The Best in Cataloging Recognized by NCMA
CARDONE, DENSO and International Brake Industries take top honors.
2010 INA Overrunning Alternator Pulley Catalog Now Available
“OAPs have been one of our fastest-growing product lines in recent years,” said Bill Hanvey, director of Business Development for Schaeffler Group USA’s Automotive Aftermarket Division. “We’re excited to be able to offer this valuable reference guide to our customers.”
ASA Joins Effort to Protect Parts Quality, Safety
A coalition of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), intellectual property organizations and other broad-based business associations asked U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), chairman and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, respectively, to oppose Senate Bill 1368, the Access to Repair Parts Act.
Another Valve Stem Recall Launched
The snap-in rubber valve stems under recall were manufactured by Topseal (Shanghai) Auto-Parts Co., in Shanghai, China, and imported and distributed by Dill Air Controls Products under its Dill ACP brand name.
GAAS 2008: Private Equity and the Aftermarket
“You can hardly pick up a newspaper without reading about the multi billion dollar funds buying up everything, everywhere, in every country,” said Dan Smith, president of Capstone Financial Group. Smith led a panel discussion on private equity at the 2008 Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium in Chicago.
Pronto Holds Successful Spring Shareholder’s Conference in Atlanta
National Pronto Association held its Spring Shareholder’s Conference April 8-10 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Ga. Despite tornado damage to the hotel and the downtown Atlanta area, more than 60 warehouse distributor shareholders and more than 70 vendor partners attended the three-day meeting. This meeting was primarily structured as one-on-one sessions between shareholders and suppliers, whereby the supplier had the opportunity to host up to 15 sessions over a two-day period. All together 900 one-on-one meetings took place.
Pace Edwards Presents Annual Awards to Industry Partners
Pace Edwards, retractable truck bed cover manufacturer, presented its annual awards at the 2007 SEMA Show in November. Meyer Distributing received the Pace Edwards U.S. Warehouse Distributor of the Year award for its increase in overall sales volume. Grandwest Enterprises received the Canada/International award for the same category. United Sales Associates was chosen as the Manufacturer’s Rep Agency of the Year for the U.S. territory and Alliance Sales went home with the Canadian/International award for the same category.
Akzo Nobel’s Mexico Facility Receives Quality Award
SASSENHEIM, the Netherlands — One of Akzo Nobel’s Car Refinishes facilities in Mexico has been presented with a highly prestigious award in recognition of its continued commitment to operational excellence. The business’ Automotive Plastic Coatings (APC) site at Garcia in Nuevo LeÓn received the coveted State Quality Award (Premio Nuevo LeÓn a la Calidad) after
The Week in Review (April 2-5, 2007)
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United Components Reports Results of Operations for Fourth Quarter 2006
United Components, Inc. (UCI) has announced results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006. Revenue of $222.7 million increased $31.8 million compared to the year-ago quarter. The quarter included $20.5 million in sales by water pump manufacturer ASC Industries, which was acquired by UCI during the second quarter. On a comparable basis (excluding ASC sales), the company reported revenue increases in the retail and heavy duty channels, a decline in the OEM channel, with sales flat in the traditional and original equipment service channels.