Valeo Launches Lighting Products In The American Aftermarket
The initial product portfolio will contain 147 part numbers.
Bosch Reorganizes U.S. Aftermarket Resources; Re-Affirms Commitment To Focus On Customer Needs
The Bosch Car Service Network, the Bosch Technical Training and Service organization, and both the Parts and Diagnostics/Wheel Service sales organizations will now all be aligned into a single structural unit in an effort to simplify sales and service in the independent aftermarket.
Parts Plus Awards Grand Prize Trip To NHRA Finals
As the grand prize winner, Douglas Newman of Tucson, Ariz., will receive a trip for two to the NHRA Full Throttle Series finals on Nov. 8-11, including airfare, race tickets and pit-area hospitality, and the opportunity to meet Clay Millican and the Parts Plus team.
Distributors And Jobbers Can Receive Prizes Of Up To $250 Each By Watching Epicor ListingExpert Demonstration At AAPEX
Distributor and jobber representatives who visit the Epicor exhibit (booth 2234) during official show hours and watch an in-depth Epicor ListingExpert demonstration will receive a free scratch-off card with a guaranteed prize valued between $20 and $250.
Executive Interview With Larry Pavey, President, Federated Auto Parts Distributors
Larry Pavey has spent his entire career in the automotive aftermarket, working first for a jobber while attending high school and college and then a warehouse distributor. From there, he spent 30 years in the manufacturing sector before returning to distribution in 2006. In this interview, he reflects back on what his experience has taught him about the supplier/customer relationship. He also shares his plans for AAPEX 2012.
AAPEX Learning Forum Sessions To Address Employee Productivity
Learning Forum sessions will start on Monday, Oct. 29 and will be offered throughout the week at AAPEX, which runs through Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nev.
Executive Interview With Diane Phelan, Director Of Marketing, Permatex
In this Executive Interview from Counterman’s sister news outlet, aftermarketNews.com, Phelan talks about the company’s new marketing campaign and the variety of ways Permatex will drive home its new slogan, “Always Right on the Job.”
Gabriel Receives 2012 Oklahoma Governor’s Manufacturing Leadership Award
Gabriel has a 370,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chickasha, Okla. In 2009, Ride Control made a commitment to Chickasha and to its valued and experienced employee base to remain and grow its manufacturing and distribution efforts there. Since then, Ride Control total employment has grown to more than 350 employees today, a 75 percent increase in only three short years.
Expanded Epicor AAPEX Exhibit To Showcase ‘Business Inspired’ Solutions
Epicor also will highlight several innovative tools that are designed to help distributors and store operators outperform their competitors through keen insight to emerging business trends and the ability to provide demonstrably better service levels.
Executive Interview With Michael Palm, Vice President Of Marketing And Sales, CRP
Michael Palm is vice president of marketing and sales at CRP. He initially began his career at CRP in 1986, but left the company to take a position as director of worldwide marketing at Berlitz, an international leader in language instruction. In 2005, he returned to CRP and has been responsible for managing all marketing and sales aspects of CRPs businesses in both the automotive and industrial sectors. In this Executive Interview, Palm brings us up to speed on CRP’s integration of the AJUSA brand into its product portfolio over the past year; and also talks about product trends such as the increasing popularity of timing belt kits.
