Bosch’s ‘Driving Innovation’ Road Tour Named Best Exhibit At O’Reilly Auto Parts Hot Rod Super Nationals
Bosch’s interactive traveling road tour, “Driving Innovation,” has won an award for being the Best Displayed Performance Marketplace Exhibitor at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Hot Rod Super Nationals.
ContiTech Builds Competence Center For Plastics In The U.S.
ContiTech Fluid Technology expands Somersworth, N.H., location.
MAM Announces Update To Business Intelligence Tool
New pivot feature and additional data fields increase scope of EMI, company says.
Chassis Parts Overview:
The demand for replacement chassis parts has remained fairly steady in recent years. The demand for replacement parts is a function of vehicle age and miles driven. In a soft economy, people are keeping their vehicles longer than ever before. The average age of all cars and light trucks today is at an all-time high
Understanding Engine Sensors
While their individual configurations might be different, the function of any engine sensor is to provide input data which the powertrain control module (PCM) processes to control output functions like the air/fuel mixture ratio, fuel injection mode, spark timing advance, camshaft timing, throttle opening and idle speed.
Program Groups Overview: Leveraging
Each year, Counterman magazine surveys the state of the program groups to assess the general health of program distribution. Consolidation that occurred in the last few years has been absent lately, as the groups have hunkered down to allocate resources where needed and sharpened their data-mining skills. There’s been an increasing emphasis on data in the past few years, something that will only continue. This year, we asked the heads of five groups for their take on where program distribution is headed.
DENSO Produces Its 100 Millionth SC Alternator
DENSO began producing its segment conductor alternator in December 1999, and today manufactures it in all major regions of the world, including the United States, Thailand, China, Italy, India and Taiwan.
BorgWarner Provides Friction Technology For ZF’s Automatic Hybrid Transmissions
BorgWarner’s advanced friction plates and materials increase performance and shift comfort for hybrid transmissions, enabling smooth shifting from electric motor to combustion engine, the company says.
Ohio Valley Automotive Aftermarket Association Announces 2012-2013 Scholarship Winner
Conner Kavanagh plans to attend the University of Northwestern Ohio to major in automotive and diesel technology. He also received a $1,000 award from the University of the Aftermarket Foundation.
MAM Software’s OpenWebs Records Busiest Month
More than 140,000 orders were placed through the system in May, a record-breaking figure that illustrates the vast breadth of traffic handled by OpenWebs, the company says.