By Amy Antenora
The Week in Review offers a snapshot of the most highly read stories of the week as seen on aftermarketNews. To access the complete stories, simply click on the highlighted links. If you missed reading one of our daily news emails, click on any of the dates listed at the bottom of the page to begin catching up on the latest industry news.
Editor’s Note: This week we deliver our Week in Review a day early due to the Good Friday holiday. The Friday morning edition of aftermarketNews will not be distributed tomorrow. We will resume our regular schedule on Monday, March 24.
Leading the top viewed news stories on aftermarketNews this week was the announcement that Everco Heavy Duty has selected Kitchin & Sons as its Manufacturer’s Sales Representative agency of record. Kitchin & Sons, founded in 1928, will represent Everco in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. In addition to new and re-engineered compressors, Everco offers accumulator/filter driers, expansion devices, evaporators, switches, relays, lubricants, tensioners, pulleys, tools and more.
Also in our top five this week was the launch of a new product from Federal-Mogul’s Carter brand, which was designed to help reduce fuel-pump related comebacks. Carter’s new, exclusive CleanScreen fuel strainer was designed to reduce the incidence of fuel delivery issues. Fuel contamination and strainer clogging are leading causes of premature fuel pump failures automotive service facilities face today, according to Federal-Mogul.
And, speaking of new products, Hella, best known for its automotive lighting and electronics, has entered the TPMS market. The tire valve-based system transmits tire pressure and temperature data by radio to a control unit, which forwards the data to a cockpit display. The display shows the inflation and temperature for each tire individually. In the event of sudden pressure loss, the control unit triggers an optical and acoustic alarm. Hella said it also warns of overinflation and slow loss of pressure.
AMN ’s regular “Executive Interview” feature gives industry leaders a forum to share with readers their unique perspectives and insights on the aftermarket. In this week’s interview with Tak Ito, GMB’s executive vice president, Ito shares with readers his unique perspective on doing business globally. He also shares his thoughts on direct sourcing from China.
Rounding out the list of highest viewed articles on AMN this week is a report from the Detroit Free Press, which paints a picture of Dana Corp., post-bankruptcy. Dana emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of January without the credit issues that have delayed the bankruptcy exits of a number of other automotive suppliers in the region.
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