MANATEE — Pierce Manufacturing received a $10.3 million contract with the U.S. Navy to develop 31 custom fire rescue vehicles, the company announced Thursday.
The vehicles will be deployed to U.S. Naval bases within the United States and around the world starting in early 2010.
As part of the contract, Pierce will give the Navy two days of vehicle training.
Pierce Manufacturing, whose parent company is Oshkosh Corp. based in Appleton, Wis., makes fire rescue trucks and also produces commercial pumps, elliptical tankers and minipumpers.
Bradenton family wins $100,000 sweepstakes
BRADENTON — A Bradenton family won $100,000 on Thursday from an online sweepstakes operated by Jackpot Rewards.
The online shopping and sweepstakes company presented the check to Toan Hang and his wife, Suwanna Hang, at their Bradenton home Thursday morning.
The Hangs are the proprietors of Nam Fong Restaurant in Bradenton.
The $100,000 jackpot was the second installment of Jackpot Rewards’ bi-monthly $100,000 giveaway.
The first winner was a Youngsville, N.C., resident who received $100,000 in March.
Insurance companies announce name changes
Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. and Allstate Floridian Indemnity Co., property insurance subsidiaries of Allstate Insurance Co., announced Friday that their names have been changed to Castle Key Insurance Co. and Castle Key Indemnity Co., respectively.
Nicholas Halliwell, an Allstate spokesman, said customers will soon be notified by mail of the change and their service and coverage will not be affected.
“This will be a seamless transition for our customers,” Halliwell said.
Halliwell said the names were being changed to reinforce the fact that the two companies operate independently of their Allstate parent company.
— Herald staff reports
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