The Timken Co. recently won the Manufacturer Product Training Award from Progressive Distributor magazine in recognition of its Distributor Training School. Established nearly 50 years ago, Timken's Distributor Training School travels throughout the U.S. and Canada each year teaching industrial distributors and end-users about the basic types of bearings, how...
During the 2004 International Big R Show in Las Vegas, Fernand Weiland of FJW Consulting (Cologne, Germany), will moderate a free workshop on electronics and mechatronics and the impact that electronics has on products that are currently only mechanical or electrical in nature.
In response to increased demand on the West Coast, Douglas Battery has expanded its California distribution center.
Aftermarket exhaust accessories maker ROL Manufacturing reported a new company record this week. The company announced that in the past 12 months, the ROL Exhaust and Marwil Divisions combined, set a new company record of manufacturing and selling more than 27 million individual muffler clamps.
Holley Performance Products, a leader in the performance engine market, recently announced the addition of Brent Geisler as regional sales manager for the Northwest territory.
The Automotive Oil Change Association (AOCA) is now offering private manager training courses, designed not only to meet the needs of professional technicians but also helping them overcome coming barriers to training.
Negotiations between the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and three of Michelin North America's BFGoodrich plants remain deadlocked just hours before a deadline that could result in a 3,500-worker strike. The bargaining talks involve BFGoodrich's three U.S. plants in Woodburn, Ind. (near Fort Wayne); Opelika, Ala.; and Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Akebono Corp. has announced the availability of its expanded 2004 ProACT Application Catalog, which features ProACT Ultra-Premium Ceramic Disc Brake Pads and Precision Remanufactured Loaded Calipers. The company noted that more than 100 ProACT pad part numbers have been released since July 2003, adding coverage to hundreds of vehicles including...
Adhesives maker 3M announced a number of executive changes this week. Among them was a change in the company's Automotive Aftermarket Division. Effective Oct. 1, Robert MacDonald, current vice president of 3M's Automotive Aftermarket Division, will become senior vice president of marketing and sales for the company, succeeding David Powell,...
Motormite/Dorman has successfully tapped into a new venue for providing technical information to service dealers while simultaneously promoting its new products. In May, Motormite/Dorman distributed more than 180,000 Wheel Nut Torque Specification Posters in a number of aftermarket trade publications. According to Bill Hanvey, vice president of marketing for Motormite/Dorman,...
