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Michelin to invest in Polish ag tire plant

Group Michelin will invest roughly $138 million in its plant in Olsztyn to support an expansion of agricultural tire capacity, according to a statement released by the office of Polish Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechociński.

18.04.2014

Dorman products launches Spanish website

Dorman Products, Inc. has once again made sweeping enhancements to its web-based parts search. Millions of customers utilize Dorman’s main website each year, and now site visitors who prefer to research Dorman’s growing offering of parts in Spanish have a brand-new web tool available at www.dormanproducts.es.

17.04.2014

CRP Automotive releases 2014 ContiTech Belts & Belt Kits Catalog

CRP Automotive has published its 2014 ContiTech Belts & Belt Kits Catalog, a 432-page applications guide that includes timing belts, serpentine belts, elast belts, silent and tough grip belts, as well as several different timing belt kit offerings.

15.04.2014

ZF to add 200 jobs at Czech Republic development center

Automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen said about 200 new jobs will be provided at its Czech ZF development location in Pilsen, Czech Republic, by 2017.

14.04.2014

SKF offers mobile app of online parts catalog

SKF has developed the SKF Parts Info app, a mobile app based on its automotive and heavy-duty online parts catalog, SKFpartsinfo.com. The free download available for iPhone, iPad and Android is designed to provide users with the convenience of an online parts search in a mobile app environment.

11.04.2014

NEW EMS Catalogue covers more

DENSO customers can now benefitfrom an extensive new expansion to its Engine Management Systems rangeas detailed in the new EMS Catalogue 2014/2015.

11.04.2014

Autologic Diagnostics and WORLDPAC host technical conference

Autologic Diagnostics Inc., in partnership with the WORLDPAC Training Institute (WTI), hosted its fifth annual National Conference and Tech Sessions (NCTS) at The M Resort in Las Vegas recently attended by 260 people from across the U.S. and around the globe.

10.04.2014

Monroe offers 'Trust the Pros Benefits'

Tenneco Inc.’s Monroe brakes brand is ready to reward counter people, jobber salespeople and warehouse distributors with a prepaid card for every Total Solution, ProSolution and Severe Solution brake pad set sold during the “Trust the Pros Benefits” program. The promotion runs April 1 to May 31, 2014.

10.04.2014

Blackstone to purchase Gates from Onex & CPP for $5.4 billion

Investment fund Blackstone entered into an agreement with affiliates of Onex Corporation and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to acquire all of the equity interests in Pinafore Holdings B.V., the parent company of Gates Corporation, for approximately $5.4 billion.