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Northwood University announced that it will honor 10 automotive aftermarket leaders with its annual Automotive Aftermarket Education Award on November 4 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Mike Reilly, president and chief executive officer of Randall-Reilly Publishing Company, publisher of Truck Parts & Service, will be one of the award recipients. The awards will be presented during a luncheon at the annual Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo Show (AAPEX).

Northwood’s Automotive Aftermarket Education Award recognizes leaders for their contributions to the educational process in the automotive aftermarket field. The award was created to insure that these individuals receive national recognition for their efforts to improve education inside and outside the industry.

Aside from Reilly, other award recipients are as follows:

• Rusty Bishop, chief executive officer, Federated Parts Distributors, Inc., Staunton, Va.
• Chris Chesney, director, Technical Solutions and CARQUEST Technical Institute, Raleigh, N.C.
• Jim Cozzie, president, Zoom Performance Products, Mooresville, N.C.
• Jack A. Martin, president and chief executive officer, Vaca Valley Auto Parts, Fairfield, Calif.
• Terry McCormack, president and chief executive officer, Affinia Group, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Sam Memmolo, host, Two Guys Garage, Douglasville, Ga.
• Thomas O’Hare, director, GPI and Worldpac, Newark, Calif.
• David Scheer, president, Inland Truck Parts Company, Overland Park, Kan.
• Stephen C. Sigg, e-business manager, AC Delco, General Motors Service and Parts Operations, Grand Blanc, Mich.

Marmon Highway Technologies on Wednesday, Oct. 29, announced the acquisition of TSE Brakes Inc. MHT says TSE’s line of brake actuators will complement its portfolio of undercarriage products, including Webb Wheel brake drums, rotors and hubs; Leland brake and wheel parts; Triangle suspension systems and components; and Marmon-Herrington axles and transfer cases for all-wheel drive applications.

Headquartered in Fresno, Calif., TSE manufactures a line of double-diaphragm air brake actuators and service chambers at a facility in San Luis, Sonora, Mexico — across the border from Yuma, Ariz. TSE will continue to operate as an independent company under the existing management team led by President Greg Smith. Terms of the acquisition were not released.

“TSE is a fine addition to our group of companies,” says Kelly Dier, president of MHT, a Berkshire Hathaway company. “This acquisition recognizes TSE’s value to the commercial vehicle industry and will provide additional resources enabling TSE to invest in new products and technologies, and to continue to grow in both domestic and international markets.”

MHT says TSE’s line of brake actuators will complement its portfolio of undercarriage products, including Webb Wheel brake drums, rotors and hubs; Leland brake and wheel parts; Triangle suspension systems and components; and Marmon-Herrington axles and transfer cases for all-wheel drive applications.

Headquartered in Fresno, Calif., TSE manufactures a line of double-diaphragm air brake actuators and service chambers at a facility in San Luis, Sonora, Mexico — across the border from Yuma, Ariz. TSE will continue to operate as an independent company under the existing management team led by President Greg Smith. Terms of the acquisition were not released.

“TSE is a fine addition to our group of companies,” says Kelly Dier, president of MHT, a Berkshire Hathaway company. “This acquisition recognizes TSE’s value to the commercial vehicle industry and will provide additional resources enabling TSE to invest in new products and technologies, and to continue to grow in both domestic and international markets.”

Bergstrom, a global provider in the design and supply of climate systems to the commercial vehicle industry, has named Bill Gordon national director of aftermarket and director of global marketing.

As the national director of aftermarket, Gordon will be responsible for realigning and re-energizing Bergstrom’s aftermarket sales of parts and complete HVAC systems. As part of this role, Gordon also will update the Kysor and NITE (No-Idle Thermal Environment) programs to fulfill market-based improvements. Bergstrom’s Kysor division provides HVAC replacement parts for the commercial vehicle industry.

In addition, Gordon will be responsible for leading all of Bergstrom’s marketing and communications efforts worldwide as the director of global marketing.

“Bergstrom acknowledges the importance of the coordination, strengthening and seamless integration of our global brand,” says Jack Schaffer, president and chief operating officer of the Rockford, Ill.-based company. “We recognize the huge opportunities that are in the global marketplace, and I am confident that Bill and his team will continue to exceed customer expectations.”

A 30-year industry veteran, Gordon has been heading up international sales for Bergstrom’s NITE system, directing overall marketing and branding efforts for the company, and overseeing continuous improvements in customer service since November 2007. He previously was with Sears Manufacturing, where he was director of sales.

Link Manufacturing recently announced the shipment of the company’s one millionth Cabmate Cab Air Suspension. Link introduced the suspension to the cab-over-engine truck market in 1980, with Cabmates for conventional tractors developed in 1987.

During the month of September, the Sioux Center, Iowa-based company sponsored special employee events, awards and celebrations to mark the occasion, as well as key customer recognition and appreciation visits.

As part of a public-private partnership to increase the commercial availability and use of alternative fuel vehicles, UPS (NYSE:UPS) announced its first purchases of a little-known technology – the hydraulic hybrid vehicle — that promises dramatic fuel savings and environmental benefits.

The technology, originally developed in a federal laboratory of the Environmental Protection Agency, stores energy by compressing hydraulic fluid under pressure in a large chamber. UPS was the only company in its industry asked to road-test the technology two years ago and now becomes the first delivery company to place an order for hydraulic hybrid vehicles (HHV).

“There is no question that hydraulic hybrids, although little known to the public, are ready for prime time use on the streets of America,” said David Abney, UPS’s chief operating officer. “We are not declaring hydraulic hybrids a panacea for our energy woes, but this technology certainly is as promising as anything we’ve seen to date.”

Disclosing the results of its road testing on Detroit routes for the first time, UPS and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said the prototype vehicle had achieved a 45-to-50 percent improvement in fuel economy compared to conventional diesel delivery trucks. UPS believes similar fuel economy improvements and a 30 percent reduction in CO2 are achievable in daily, real-world use. The EPA believes the technology can perform equally well in other applications such as shuttle and transit buses and refuse pick-up trucks.

Abney was joined by representatives of the EPA, the Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) and Navistar (NYSE:NAV) at a news conference in Atlanta’s Centennial Park in announcing UPS’s decision to place an order for seven of the hydraulic hybrids.

UPS will deploy the first two of the new HHV’s in Minneapolis during the first quarter of 2009. Eaton, which helped develop and refine the vehicle’s hydraulic hybrid power system, will monitor the vehicle’s fuel economy performance and emissions in the Minneapolis area. The additional five HHV’s will be deployed later in 2009 and early 2010.

With a diesel “series” hydraulic hybrid of the type being purchased by UPS, a high-efficiency diesel engine is combined with a unique hydraulic propulsion system, replacing the conventional drivetrain and transmission. The vehicle uses hydraulic pumps and hydraulic storage tanks to capture and store energy, similar to what is done with electric motors and batteries in a hybrid electric vehicle. In this case, the diesel engine is used to periodically recharge pressure in the hydraulic propulsion system. Fuel economy is increased in three ways: vehicle braking energy is recovered that normally is wasted; the engine is operated more efficiently, and the engine can be shut off when stopped or decelerating.

The EPA estimates that when manufactured in high volume, the added costs of the hybrid components can be recouped in less than three years through lower fuel and brake maintenance costs.

Eaton began working with the EPA in October 2001 under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement involving hydraulic hybrid systems and components. As part of Eaton’s role in designing and developing hybrid technologies, the company’s engineers were co-located at the EPA’s Ann Arbor facility. Eaton also earned a number of hybrid power system patents and continues to work on a number of other hybrid vehicles initiatives with UPS and others.

“We continue to be pleased with the progress and potential of the hydraulic hybrid system,” Eaton Chairman and CEO Alexander M. Cutler said at the press conference. “The market for this technology is truly global, and it can provide significant improvements in fuel economy and emission reductions for trucks, buses and off-road vehicles of many shapes and sizes.”

“EPA and our partners are not just delivering packages with these UPS trucks, we’re delivering environmental benefits to the American people,” said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. “With this investment in fuel-efficient technology, UPS is doing what is good for our environment, good for our economy, and good for our nation’s energy security.”

“The diesel hydraulic hybrid vehicle has the potential to offer our truck customers something very unique – performance and reduced emissions with dramatic improvements in fuel economy,” said Steve Guillaume, Navistar general manager, medium trucks.

UPS’s current “green fleet” totals more than 1,600 low-carbon vehicles, including all-electric, hybrid electric, compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and propane-powered trucks.

In addition to the hydraulic hybrid, UPS has road-tested hydrogen fuel cell delivery trucks. UPS began deploying alternative fuel vehicles in the 1930′s with a fleet of electric trucks in New York City.

The HHV vehicle order follows the May 2008 purchase of 500 hybrid electric and CNG vehicles and the April 2008 deployment of 167 new CNG vehicles in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Ontario, San Ramon, Fresno and Sacramento. With UPS’s new purchases, the company’s “green fleet,” already the largest private fleet in the transportation industry, will total more than 2,100 vehicles.

Grote Industries says it has developed a modular power delivery and lighting system, complete from nose box to taillight. The Ultra-Blue-Seal harness system, paired with the company’s Ultra-Nose-Box receptacle and Grote’s portfolio of lighting products, provides a complete electrical and lighting platform for trailers, according to the company.

“Our modular power delivery system creates a sophisticated, durable weather-resistant electronic backbone for today’s demanding trailer manufacturers and fleets,” says Dominic Grote, vice president of sales and marketing for Madison, Ind.-based Grote Industries. “The system minimizes wiring mistakes and downtime, while maximizing fleet and worker performance.”

The Grote Ultra-Nose-Box is designed to solve the problem of cracked, corroded and crowded electrical junction boxes. The company says it features double the standard number of pin connections, a push-on plug function, a glass-filled nylon housing, replaceable parts and insert-molded pins designed to seal out moisture and corrosive materials. Also, molded, threaded brass inserts help ensure the nose box is locked down, while a special mounting gasket helps protect against moisture.

Complementing the Ultra-Nose-Box is Grote’s Ultra-Blue-Seal (UBS) harness system, which offers connection sealing characteristics, configuration flexibility and expansion capacity. The UBS connector system helps provide protection against weather, dirt and corrosion; Grote’s proprietary double seal technology features dual sealing rings designed to provide additional sealing power, while male pin lamp plugs are reinforced with banded terminals and a grease slot that helps keeps moisture out.

Grote says the flexible design of the UBS allows for many types of connections without changing the entire harness system; the system is easy to expand, because all the plugs use the same UBS sealing technology. The UBS seal also helps keep critical connections and components from corroding, even in the toughest road conditions, according to the company.

KellerOnline, the online safety management tool from J.J. Keller & Associates, has been redesigned in order to provide subscribers with new usability and navigation features, along with a new look and enhanced features. The new service was designed so that the transition would be virtually flawless for subscribers, according to the Neenah, Wis.-based company.

A Search Box has been added to help subscribers quickly find what they are seeking, and a new navigation feature helps subscribers keep track of their location during their visit to KellerOnline.

Based on feedback, the Safety Management Process within KellerOnline has been renamed My Safety Program. It continues to provide customers with tools to create their own programs for managing safety and health, developing and setting measurable safety goals, building action plans and comparing their safety efforts with other companies, J.J. Keller says.

KellerOnline also has made some recent enhancements to existing features, which include improved recordkeeping functionality and more reporting options, the company says; safety professionals now have the ability to quickly enroll employees in training classes and share their data with other KellerOnline users from their company. Several training topics also have been added to the service, along with real-life training stories.

Used by more than 19,000 safety professionals, KellerOnline integrates a safety management process with reference materials, tools and applications in order to help users reduce accident rates, decrease injuries and lower worker’s compensation costs. KellerOnline will continue to provide free live webcasts every month to its subscribers, highlighting industry topics such as training, confined spaces, OSHA recordkeeping and worker’s compensation. To register for a 30-day free no-obligation trial, go to www.kelleronline.com.

Five companies, including three from Indiana, have been named as Cummins Inc.’s first Diverse Suppliers of the Year. The companies were honored at a recent dinner and trade show attended by top Cummins officials, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tim Solso, Vice Chairman Joe Loughrey and President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Linebarger.

Solso says the Columbus, Ind.-based company is poised for rapid growth over the next five years, entering new markets and developing new products. “That means a lot of opportunities for our supply base,” says Solso, who earlier this year doubled Cummins’ goal to $1 billion in spending with minority-owned businesses by 2012. “We are very serious about what we are doing.”

Four different Cummins businesses and the company’s indirect purchasing organization named diverse suppliers of the year. The suppliers were chosen for their high-quality goods and services, dedication to efficiency and cost-cutting, and their commitment to public service. The winning companies:

Turbocam International of Barrington, N.H., which provides Cummins with a variety of machining products, was named Diverse Supplier of the Year by Cummins Turbo Technologies.

Columbus, Ind.-based LHP Software was named Diverse Supplier of the Year by Indirect Purchasing. LHP has been a key partner as Cummins has increased the use of electronic controls in its engines.

Beachwood, Ohio-based MCM Industries Inc. was named Cummins Filtration’s Diverse Supplier of the Year. The company offers a number of products, including bearings, roller chains, castings and springs.

Telamon Corporation of Carmel, Ind., was named Cummins Engine Business Diverse Supplier of the Year. The company provides Cummins with kitting, subassemblies and inventory management. It also is involved in a logistics contract that is helping Cummins obtain significant savings in currency exchange and inventory-related costs.

Columbus Components Group of Columbus, Ind., was named as Cummins Emission Solutions Diverse Supplier of the Year. CCG provides Cummins with complex stampings and welded assemblies.

Parker Hannifin has added a new portable nitrogen tire inflation system to its TireSaver product line. The company says the system, designed for easy transport throughout a facility, produces 95 percent pure nitrogen from standard compressed air.

The TireSaver Model TS051-0ABCBR, cart-mounted to ease portability, is available with a 30-gallon storage tank; a built-in auto inflator designed to purge and fill up to six tires simultaneously; a built-in counter to help keep track of nitrogen usage; two pressure gauges to help monitor inlet and outlet pressure; a plastic bezel design to help eliminate any potential for damage from accidental contact with a vehicle; and a handheld nitrogen analyzer.

For more information, go to www.tiresavernitrogen.com.