Akebono Brake Corp. says it will continue to manufacture its entire ultra-premium ceramic disc brake pad line in the U.S., a strategy which provides exclusive control of its production processes. The company says making its ceramic brake ...
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Wastewater treatment products and systems portfolio now receives concept's expertise. Xylem has announced the extension of its TotalCare service concept to include the Sanitaire portfolio of wastewater treatment products and systems. ...
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Being a viable alternative to Shimano is not easy for the small Taiwanese company MicroShift. Not only is it in the prototyping stages of its own electronic drivetrain development, but it recently invested in a huge forging machine for cog ...
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Hearing from dealers that Chain Reaction or Wiggle is offering products below wholesale is not a phone call any supplier wants to field. So when Stan's OE sales manager Mark Hillam started with the company, one of the first things on his ...
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When Shimano announced its distribution shakeup in July, a number of Taiwanese component suppliers began calculating the odds of picking up additional aftermarket sales in the U.S. market. After all, Shimano is trimming its U.S. ...
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Crane Co. reported third quarter 2013 earnings of $0.97 per diluted share, compared to $0.99 in the third quarter of 2012. Third quarter 2013 results included transaction-related costs of $4.1 million, or $0.07 per share, related to the ...
Slidepad Technologies has named Ian Ferguson its new aftermarket sales director. Slidepad Technologies manufactures the Slidepad single-lever braking system. Ferguson will be responsible for aftermarket sales as well as introducing the ...
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Long Island distributor Security Bicycle Accessories will continue to sell Shimano components to small bike builders, following Shimano's revamp of its U.S. distrbution strategy. SBA was among the the U.S. aftermarket distributors ...
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Josh Poertner is leaving SRAM to pursue other business opportunities, the company announced Thursday. Poertner held several positions at SRAM over 13 years and departs in the role of technical director for the Zipp brand.? "Josh was ...
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Carbon wheel maker Mad Fiber is planning to set up wheel production in Taiwan to serve the OEM market. The company has laid off seven employees at its Seattle, Washington, facility, but is continuing to manufacture wheels there for ...
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Compass Diversified Holdings, the parent company of Fox and CamelBak, reported that Fox sales over the first half of the year reached $125.2 million, an increase of 18 percent from a year earlier, whereas CamelBak sales dropped 9 percent to ...
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Flowserve Corporation announced its financial results for the 2013 second quarter. In addition, Flowserve also filed its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period ending June 30, 2013. Highlights of 2013 Second ...
Following the June 2013 launch of Schrader International Inc.'s "Make the EZ-Choice" tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) campaign, the Schrader team is taking the campaign to the streets in 22 United States cities and eight locations in ...
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Looking to take the guesswork out of stocking headsets, Cane Creek is offering free to retailers a market report on headset trends. The?2013 State of the Headset Market?report analyzes headset spec on more than 3,000 model-year 2013 ...
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Hayes Components has promoted Luke Musselman to OE sales manager for the Americas, the company announced Monday. Musselman, who has been with Hayes for three years, was previously global manager for aftermarket sales and OE sales manager ...
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