Centric Parts Hires Industry Veteran Don Orrell To Bolster Medium-Duty Program
With degrees from Rutgers University, University of North Carolina – Charlotte and Case Western Reserve University, Orrell comes to Centric Parts with more than 25 years of global experience in the automotive and heavy-duty commercial vehicle aftermarket.
Centric Parts Earns 11th Consecutive Friction Materials Standards Institute Award
This year, Centric Parts received the award for “New Assignments & Applications in 2013,” acknowledging the company’s ongoing status as the single-largest contributor to identifying new applications for the FMSI system.
Centric Parts Introduces StopTech Big Brake Kit For 2013 Ford Focus ST
This big brake kit represents the ultimate brake system upgrade with stiffer calipers, larger rotors, higher friction pads, stainless steel braided lines and all of the necessary mounting hardware and brackets to complete the job, Centric says.
Centric Parts Announces Expansion, Relocation Of Customer Service And Sales Offices
This brings the total square footage in City of Industry to 370,000, and to a combined 550,000 square feet between the company’s three Southern California facilities.
Centric Parts Named Outstanding Business Partner By The Parts Authority
The honor was announced during The Parts Authority’s annual meeting and expo once again held at Citi Field in New York, home of the New York Mets.
Centric Parts Offers Parking Brake-Specific Formulations
Centric Parts has announced several significant upgrades to its brake shoe programs – from the introduction of what the company states is the industry’s first-ever parking brake-specific formulations to the availability of a new entry-level line of C-Tek Brake Shoes.
Centric Parts Introduces New Line Of C-Tek Ceramic Pads
Centric said it also has taken this opportunity to update the entire C-Tek Semi-Met program to include shims, where applicable. This updated C-Tek Brake Pad line also is debuting all-new packaging for the range, which reflects the shim and formula changes.
Centric Parts Announces Changes To StopTech And Power Slot Sport Rotor Program
In an effort to streamline its performance product range, the former Power Slot and SportStop direct-replacement one-piece rotors will now be known instead as StopTech Sport Rotors.
Centric Parts Releases New 2013 Brake Systems Catalog For Mexico
The 2013 Centric Parts Mexico catalog includes pad, shoe, disc, drum, hydraulic components, wheel bearing, hub and seal listings for more than 200 applications. In addition to listing all part numbers, the catalog also includes helpful illustrations of nearly every part.
Centric Parts Appoints Brian Griffin III To Newly Created Position Of Director Of Catalog And Product Management
A graduate of Cal State Fullerton, Griffin comes to Centric following eight years at Interamerican Motor Corp. (IMC), where he was director of product lifecycle and catalog management. Before that, he was a clutch kit and assembly manager at ARI.