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Icahn Automotive Recognized with Lincoln Tech’s Pride in Partnership Award
Pep Boys team accepts award for the Company's commitment to technical education and the skilled trades PHILADELPHIA & KENNESAW, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Icahn
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nPep Boys team accepts award for the Company's commitment to technical education and the skilled trades \n\n PHILADELPHIA & KENNESAW, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nIcahn Automotive, an Icahn Enterprises L.P. company, which owns and operates leading repair and maintenance providers Pep Boys, AAMCO and Precision Tune Auto Care, was awarded the Chief Executive Officer and President’s Pride in Partnership Award by Lincoln Technical Institute (Lincoln Tech). The presentation was made to Pep Boys representatives during a career fair and recognized the Company’s recently established Race to 2026 program, which has invested in and supported promising future automotive technicians through scholarship, partnerships with schools, and continuing education opportunities, in an effort to fill the projected automotive technician gap.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191114005762/en/Lincoln Tech’s Mahwah Campus President Robert Paganini presents the Chief Executive Officer and President’s Pride in Partnership Award to Pep Boys Service Area Director Vinny Lemmo. (Photo: Business Wire)\n\nThe program – which distributed $50,000 in scholarships for automotive trade school students in 2019 – launched in February with branded classrooms and student events at Lincoln Tech campuses in Mahwah and Union, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA, as well as other technical training schools nationally. Lincoln Tech’s Mahwah Campus President Robert Paganini nominated Icahn Automotive for the award, which is given to one of the school’s top partners across the country each quarter, for the proactive steps the Company took in partnering with the school.\n\n\n“Icahn Automotive and the Pep Boys team are true partners and friends of Lincoln Tech, who have committed to hiring our automotive graduates and providing competitive wages to help ease the nation’s skills gap,” said Scott M. Shaw, Lincoln Tech President and CEO. “Lincoln Tech strives to develop and maintain quality community-based partnerships, and Icahn Automotive has taken its responsibility to the community and Lincoln Tech to the next level by demonstrating a commitment to and interest in the success of our students.”\n\n\n“Our partnership with Lincoln Tech has enriched our talent pool of high-quality automotive service technicians and future m...