Executives from Cummins and Meritor offered clarity on the aftermarketâs biggest acquisition of 2022 last week during Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) 2023 in Grapevine, Texas.
Finalized last August, Cumminsâ purchase of Meritor sent shockwaves throughout the trucking industry. In the aftermarket, where Meritor has long served as one of the sectorâs largest and most diverse manufacturers, distributors have waited eagerly to learn how their partnership with the vendor would evolve as it is integrated into Cummins.
During Meritorâs annual press luncheon at HDAW, Cummins-Meritor executives Alan Rabadi and Joe Mejaly were excited to unveil the future of Meritor, and how the integration is progressing. The mood was positive.
The duo said they believe Meritorâs integration into Cummins is progressing nicely; the two operations complement each other well and stand to both benefit as a single entity moving forward. Rabadi says Cummins and Meritor have long histories as great companies and moving forward the organization believes they can succeed in meeting their tagline of âbetter together.â
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âCustomers will win from this integration,â says Rabadi, who serves as Cumminsâ General Manager of Global Aftermarket. Citing enhanced engineering, technological expertise and supplier relationships as just a few areas where the transaction has created a single entity, Rabadi says the combined entity is already a stronger, more nimble operation than the two businesses were last year.
From an operational perspective, Rabadi says Meritorâs business will exist within Cumminsâ Components operating segment, one of five overall business units. The business will be known as Cummins-Meritor at an operating level, but Meritorâs aftermarket branding will remain unchanged. Meritor also will maintain its Euclid brand, and both Meritor and Cumminsâ sales teams and aftermarket product portfolios will see no alterations.
