

The lengthy allegations are linked in the case text (see references), and a central claim is that persons conspired to steal trade secrets from Pendpac. Within a few years, Pendpac had taken legal action against several defendants including Central Tank, and a manufacturer called Southwestern Equipment Company of Justin, Texas.

Pendpac even added an all-new front loader into the product line. The Pendpac, Impac and Sprinter all became a family of refuse bodies. Pendpac acquired certain intellectual rights and property from Central Tank. In 2003, an new company called Pendpac was formed, to make an all-new pendulum-blade ASL. The Impac (circular) and Sprinter (rectangular) bodies were stablemates at Mabar. Bingman had worked with Marc Stragier back in 1974 on the original Rapid-Rail lift, and was also inventor of the Sunbelt Automated Systems lift in 1988. called Sprinter, it featured a full-eject blade powered by cross-mounted telescopic cylinders. Bingman designed a new rectangular-type side-loading refuse packer for Central Tank, which used the EMCO type lift on a body very similar to that of a standard front loader. Impac models could be fitted to lift the large EMCO commercial bins or wheeled carts. The Impac side loader was identical to the circular EMCO body, and by the 1990s was doing business as Mabar. Central Tank of Norman, Oklahoma appears to have been established to service these cities and the numerous smaller fleets that had adopted the EMCO system. The EMCO barrel truck was briefly part of the Rand Automated Sytems family of refuse equipment in the late 1980s. The groundbreaking EMCO side loader was one of the first mass-produced automated side loaders (ASL) in the world, and had large contracts with the cities of St. It begins with the demise of EMCO of Plainview, Texas in 1983. Tracing the history of Impac involves multiple corporate entities and is somewhat confusing. Impac ASL, a clone of the old EMCO design (City of Weatherford, Oklahoma)
