AMN Executive Interview: AASA’s Chris Gardner And AAIA’s Scott Luckett Discuss The New Aftermarketmatch.com
Under the direction of Chris Gardner, MAAP, vice president, programs and member services, Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA), and Scott Luckett, MAAP, chief information officer, Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA), a new website called www.aftermarketmatch.com was launched to help suppliers and resellers align their electronic commerce and data standards. In today’s interview, Gardner and Luckett discuss what this new site can offer aftermarket suppliers and resellers.
AMN Executive Interview With Jon Douglas, General Manager, MAHLE Clevite
Today, aftermarketNews sits down with Jon Douglas, general manager of MAHLE Clevite. A 20-year veteran of the MAHLE Group, Douglas was named GM of Mahle Clevite this past July. In this exclusive interview, Douglas shares some of his short- and long-term goals for the business, talks about the company’s recent consolidation in Michigan and more.
AMN Executive Interview With Sean Lyon, Director Of Marketing And Product Management, Permatex
Sean Lyon is director of marketing and product management at Permatex. He joined the company in mid-2012 as the director of product management and took on the additional role of director of marketing later that year. Lyon has an extensive background in the automotive aftermarket with more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience working for leading automotive suppliers such as Honeywell, Allied Signal, Prestone Products and First Brands Corp. In today’s interview, Lyon discusses Permatex’s passion for education and the importance of packaging, and also will give us a sneak preview of what to expect from the brand’s new marketing campaign.
AMN EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Apex Supply Chain Technologies CEO Kent Savage
In this week’s AMN Executive Interview, Kent Savage, CEO of Apex Supply Chain Technologies, sits down with aftermarketNews to talk about the aftermarket’s approach to supply chain efficiency as well as what trends he sees on the horizon.
AMN Executive Interview With Henry Hippert, Executive Sales Director, Eastern Catalytic
Having joined the company in 2003, Henry Hippert has been a major contributor to the dramatic and consistent growth Eastern Catalytic has demonstrated over the past several years. In today’s interview, Hippert brings us up to speed on recent expansion efforts taking place at Eastern thanks to the company’s continued growth and success, and also gives us an update on state-by-state CARB regulations.
AMN Executive Interview: Federal-Mogul’s Martin Hendricks Discusses New Breakthrough In Ceramic Friction Technology
Martin Hendricks is vice president and general manager, braking, Federal-Mogul and Wagner Brake Products, with responsibility for OE and aftermarket brake friction operations. Wagner Brake recently announced a breakthrough in ceramic friction technology that meets impending environmental requirements for copper content while reportedly also enhancing brake performance. In today’s AMN Executive Interview, Hendricks offers more details on the announcement.
AMN Executive Interview With Tim Corcoran, Managing Director Of The North American Region For ZF Services
For this week’s AMN Executive Interview, we sit down with Tim Corcoran, managing director of the North American region for ZF Services. In this exclusive interview, Corcoran talks with us about a variety of new and upcoming initiatives for ZF Services, including the recent opening of the 2.5MW test bench at its Vernon Hills, Ill., Wind Service Center, which will be able to test more than 200 gearboxes annually.
AMN Executive Interview With David Overbeeke, President And CEO, Brake Parts Inc.
Announcing in November 2012 plans to spin off its brake parts business, Affinia Group officially sold the division in a management-led buyout, with Torque Capital Group acquiring the business in a private transaction on March 20, 2013. Now named Brake Parts Inc., the business, which includes the venerable Raybestos brake brand, is led by President and CEO David Overbeeke. Today, Overbeeke brings us up to speed on all the changes taking place and shares a bit about his plans for the future of BPI.
AMN Executive Interview: Two Longtime Industry Execs Apply Their Expertise To Address Unmet Need In Global Aftermarket Supply Chain
In today’s AMN Executive Interview, we sit down with longtime aftermarket executives Joe Zucchero (pictured left, a former CARQUEST exec) and Frank Pagano (pictured right, former CEO of Coni-Seal), founders of inTelligentparts Inc., a new technology-driven trading company based in New York City, that is bringing innovation to the global automotive parts marketplace. In March, Zucchero, who serves as CEO, and Pagano, who is executive vice president of the business, went live with the new online direct import portal, the first of its kind in the Industry.
AMN Executive Interview: AAIA’s Scott Luckett Gets Us Pumped Up For Aftermarket eForum 2013
Scott Luckett, MAAP, is the chief information officer at the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA) and chairman of the Aftermarket eForum Planning Committee. In today’s AMN Executive Interview, Luckett talks about the plans for this year’s Aftermarket eForum, which takes place May 22-23 in conjunction with the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) in Chicago.
