Belts Are Need-It-Now Items
The tensioner keeps the belt tight to reduce slippage and wear. But tensioners can weaken, corrode and jam, resulting in belt flutter, slippage and noise. By the time the belt needs to be replaced, chances are the vehicle could also use a new tensioner.
Radiators Do Double-Duty
As you might suspect, rust and scale build-up inside the radiator tubes seriously reduce the radiator’s ability to dissipate heat into the atmosphere.
Registration For All New Aftermarket eForum Event Now Open
For the first time, eForum will be co-located with this year’s Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium.
AAA Goes Public With Concerns About E15
The American Automobile Association (AAA) issued a press release on Nov. 30 stating that 95 percent of consumers surveyed had not heard of E15, and only 5 percent of vehicles on the road have been approved for E15 use.
Omega Environmental Technologies Merges With Global Parts Distributors, Santech Industries
The three companies will continue to maintain separate distribution facilities, and the executive management teams of each company will remain in their current positions. The headquarters for the combined companies will be in Irving, Texas.
Gabriel Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary Of Its Chickasha, Okla., Facility
Sixteen valued employees with the company at least 35 years also are celebrated.
SENSEN Shocks & Struts Moves Corporate Offices And Distribution Center
The new corporate offices and distribution center occupies a 156,000-square-foot building located in Tabor City. The facility provides 8,000 square feet of office space and 148,000 square feet of warehouse space.
Autoliv Expands In The U.S.
The new facility in Promontory will add 20 percent more capacity to Autoliv’s existing global gas generant production capabilities.
Exide Technologies And Maxwell Technologies Form Strategic Alliance To Develop And Market Integrated Battery-Ultracapacitor Energy Solutions
Product concepts are on display at The Battery Show in Detroit.
Power Bright Technologies Announces License Agreement With Energizer For New Line Of Branded Power Inverters
The new Energizer-branded Power Inverters debuted at the AAPEX Show in Las Vegas.
