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ArvinMeritor opens expanded
distribution center in Mexico

ArvinMeritor Inc officially opened its new aftermarket parts distribution center in Cienega de Flores, a suburb of Monterrey, Mexico, part of the manufacturing facility that houses the company’s commercial vehicle business operations in Mexico...

Vortex’s ‘green’ XS-Flo systems
can save fleets a lot of green

Various trucking companies have engaged Vortex Green Energy Technologies LLC to supply and supervise test installations of Vortex XS-Flo fuel saver and emission reduction systems in selected metropolitan fleet vehicles and support equipment including refrigeration units....

Utility Trailer Mfg Co’s
side skirt designs receive
SmartWay verification

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company has designed two new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay-verified side skirts that have a special bracing system....

Haldex to launch rollover
simulator for trailers

Haldex plans to launch the world’s first UN-ECE-approved rollover control simulator for trailers. The simulator will enable trailer manufacturers to obtain type approval for vehicles equipped with Haldex’s EB+ electronic braking system ...

Carvel Ice Cream orders
more Hand Truck Sentry
units for fleet's trucks

Carvel Ice Cream Celebrations Foods of New Britain CT has ordered additional Hand Truck Sentry (HTS) System units for its route sales representatives (RSRs) to equip their new Penske Freightliner M2 fleet trucks arriving in Phoenix AZ in April 2010....

Navistar acquires Holley
EGR valve technology

Navistar Inc has acquired from Holley Performance Products Inc certain assets including intellectual property rights to some of Holley’s valve technology for diesel engine exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems. Pure Power Technologies LLC, a Navistar company, will manufacture the advanced EGR valve at its Blythewood SC plant. Terms of the deal were not disclosed...

Bendix slates 2010
Brake Training School

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC is offering the 2010 Brake Training School. The school—conducted by the firm’s ASE-certified Service, Warranty, and Training (SWAT) team—teaches maintenance professionals the description, operation, and service elements for all components found within foundation and air brake systems...

APRA honors ArvinMeritor
as Remanufacturer of Year

ArvinMeritor was named Heavy Duty Remanufacturer of the Year for 2009 by the Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group (HDRG) of the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA). The award was presented to Doug Wolma, general manager–remanufacturing, ArvinMeritor, here at the fourth annual Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group Summit, held in conjunction with Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week in Las Vegas LV...

Bendix CVS divests
fan drive business

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix CVS), a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group, has completed the sale of its fan drive/clutch business and related assets to Kit Masters Inc for an undisclosed amount...

ArvinMeritor showcases
its Class 8 technologies

ArvinMeritor Inc recently hosted US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to showcase the company’s advanced technologies for Class 8 commercial vehicles. Highlighted technologies included the dual-mode hybrid Class 8 drivetrain and stability control and collision safety systems, offered by the company’s Meritor WABCO joint venture...