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Article: Freightliner's Struggles Ripple through Truck Industry.

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October 9, 2001
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By Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 9--Antonio Rodriguez jabs a blue-and-white-striped mattress under a rapid-fire needle of one of Paramount Manufacturing's bordering machines.

On a good day, Rodriguez, the Damascus company's most seasoned employee, stitches borders on 100 mattresses made to fit in the sleeper compartment of heavy-duty trucks. His dexterity and swiftness has made Paramount an award-winning supplier of Portland-based Freightliner.

But these are not good days. With production down by two-thirds at Freightliner's truck plant in Portland, such longtime suppliers as Paramount ...

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