Executive Interview with Eric Rozier,. Vice President & General Manager, Americas and Asia for Honeywell Friction Materials
Our latest Executive Interview features Eric Rozier, vice president and general manager, Americas and Asia for Honeywell Friction Materials. In his eight years with Honeywell, he has served as vice president for the Autolite Electronics Business, vice president and chief information officer for Honeywell Consumer Product Group, and as director of sales operations for Honeywell Consumer Products Group.
R. L. Polk & Co.’s Ask the Industry Explores the Value of Professional Development
Opportunities today for professional development abound — books by professional gurus, self-guided CD-ROM’s, industry seminars, in-house training. How important is professional development to you? Does your company put a premium on it, or are you on your own when it comes to expanding your horizons? We talked to two aftermarket executives with two very different perspectives on the matter.
R. L. Polk & Co.’s Ask the Industry Looks at the Future of U.S. Manufacturing
While the reasons the U.S. manufacturing landscape have changed over the past few years are numerous, a few reasons stand out like bright red flags, causing concern for the future of manufacturing in the United States. Among those red flags are the increasing pricing pressures automotive suppliers are experiencing and the increasing presence, and increasing quality, of offshore product — two issues currently putting a serious squeeze on the U.S. manufacturing base. here exactly is U.S. manufacturing headed? Are we destined to become a nation of merely packagers, marketers and retailers?
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R. L. Polk & Co.’s Ask the Industry Digs Into Raw Materials
Rising prices on raw materials such as steel, petroleum and resins have put a squeeze on many auto parts manufacturers. While we’ve been hearing a lot about it lately, it is still an extremely convoluted matter that goes beyond a simple higher price tag. So, we asked Ann Wilson, MEMA’s vice president of government affairs, to give us a simple breakdown of what’s going on. We also talked to top executives from two leading manufacturers to find out what steps they’ve taken to deal with it. Read on to learn more.
Looking Forward and Back: Executive Interview with Dick Morgan, President and CEO, Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance
Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Alliance President and CEO Dick Morgan talked with aftermarketNews.com about this important milestone while attending the recent Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium in Chicago. Join us as Morgan looks back at the evolution of the group and also tells us what lies ahead for the Alliance and the industry as a whole.
Executive Interview with Lou Gaudette, General Sales Manager, Loctite Automotive Aftermarket Division, Henkel Corp.
After a three-year hiatus, Henkel has re-launched the Loctite brand in the automotive aftermarket with a new look and an innovative and exclusive product line. As General Sales Manager for Henkel Corp.’s Loctite Automotive Aftermarket Division, Lou Gaudette is responsible for all of Henkel’s aftermarket activities in the U.S., Caribbean and Canada. Read on as Gaudette brings us up to speed on Loctite’s re-entry into the marketplace.
Executive Interview with Gary Halpern, Vice President of Product Development Neutronics
Join us as Gary Halpern, vice president of product development for Neutronics, provides an insider’s perspective on the current R-134a issues and shares with us the message he’s been trying to get out to repair shops for a decade.
Executive Interview with Richard Alameddine, Vice President of Marketing, North American Aftermarket, Tenneco Automotive
Richard Alameddine is vice president of marketing, North American Aftermarket, for Tenneco Automotive, manufacturer of Monroe shocks and struts, Walker exhaust products, DynoMax performance exhaust, Rancho performance/off-road suspension technologies and DNX products for the tuner market. Among the company’s other key products are DuPont Car Care appearance and performance chemicals, developed through a strategic product alliance with DuPont. Tenneco Automotive is based in Lake Forest, Ill., with aftermarket product engineering and marketing operations in Monroe, Mich.
R. L. Polk & Co.’s Ask the Industry Ponders Predictions for the Next Decade in the Automotive Aftermarket
On Wednesday several hundred aftermarket executives will converge upon Chicago for the 10th annual Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium. Inspired by the theme for this year’s event — “Lessons from the Past, Perspectives on the Future” — we’ve asked some of the industry’s leading executives to give us their predictions for the future of the aftermarket.
Executive Interview with Mort Schwartz, Chairman of the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium
Next week, the tenth annual Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) will take place (May11&12) in Chicago. Celebrating this decade of annual events, the theme for this year’s GAAS is “Lessons from the Past, Perspectives on the Future.” In honor of the this tenth-annual event, we asked Mort Schwartz, chairman of GAAS, to reflect back and give us his own perspective on changes taking place in the industry in the past ten years as well as his favorite memories from past symposiums.
R. L. Polk & Co.’s Ask the Industry Offers Advice to New Graduates
As graduation season nears, what words of encouragement or advice would you give a young person entering the aftermarket? Would you encourage a young person to pursue a career in this industry? Read on to find out what aftermarket executives from a range of professions had to say.