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American LaFrance: What Does the Future Hold?

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American LaFrance files for bankruptcyWhat it means for you: American LaFrance's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcyAmerican LaFrance brings in new CEOCreditors reportedly back American LaFrance repayment plan
You don't get to be one of the oldest fire apparatus manufacturers around without having strength in the face of adversity.

But American LaFrance seems to be facing its toughest challenge yet after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday.

The decision capped a tumultuous stretch for the company after it changed ownership from a unit of Freightliner, which ran the firm for 10 years from 1995 through 2005, to Patriarch PartnersFull Story




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