Fras-le Reports Results for First Quarter 2010
Consolidated net revenue was up $65.4 million or 31.5 percent from first quarter of 2009.
Organizational Change at Fras-le North America
Steffanie Savine has transitioned into the role of marketing and sales coordinator for Fras-le North America.
Fras-le Reports 2009 Fourth Quarter, Full Year Results
For the fourth quarter of 2009, total gross revenue, before consolidation was R$162.5 million (approximately $91 million USD), up 25.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2008.
Executive Interview with Daniel Randon, CEO and Director of Investor Relations for Fras-le
Daniel Randon brings more than 15 years of experience within the Randon organization to his role as Fras-le S.A.’s chief executive officer. His international business experience and years spent studying the inner workings of the organization allow him to steer the company on its course of global growth. In this exclusive interview, Randon talks to Brake & Front End Editor Andrew Markel about the company’s long-standing history in the global friction materials market for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as its more recent introduction of light-vehicle friction materials in 2009.
FRAS-LE Applies Hybrid Green Technology to Friction Materials
The Hybrid project, which required 12 months to develop, is the result of joint efforts between FRAS-LE’s Alabama manufacturing facility and its plant in Caxias do Sul, in Brazil.
FRAS-LE Makes Official Debut to the North American Marketplace at AAPEX
The product line-up, introduced to the market in July, is organized into four categories, each with its own specific application: Street Master, Magnum Pro, Ceramaxx and Extreme Service.
Executive Interview: Zomar Oliveira, FRAS-LE, Director of Operations and Corporate Secretary
The most recent entry into the light-vehicle brake pad market is FRAS-LE. The company has been a player in the heavy-duty truck brake block market in North America for more than 30 years and claims more than 33 percent of the market. Heading up the launch for FRAS-LE is brake industry veteran Zomar Oliveira as the director of North American operations. For this week’s Executive Interview, Oliveira talks to aftermarketNews about FRAS-LE’s strategy for the North American market.
FRAS-LE Begins Selling Brake Pads to the North American Market
The line of aftermarket brake pads consists of four different products with formulations developed specifically for each application.
Kevin Judge Inducted Into Federated Vendor Hall Of Fame
A 40-plus year veteran of the automotive aftermarket, Judge joined NTN Bearing Corporation of America in 2015.
Steffanie Savine
Steffanie Savine had a bit of a “false start” in the aftermarket in the late 1990s before moving to New York to work for a tech company. “I lived there during Sept. 11th, and that just changed everything,” she says. After Sept. 11, Savine moved back home and decided to finish school. She got a
