Aftermarket mag recognizes top 5 products

LAS VEGAS — A quintet of commercial truck suppliers were honored by the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Journal last week as the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week wrapped things up in Las Vegas.

The awards were presented by Kate Miller, publisher of HDAJ, and Steve Sturgess, executive editor.

The award recognizes manufacturers for their innovation and contribution to truck dealers, distributors and aftermarket sales organizations. These products were singled out for their innovation, usefulness to the end user and ability to drive customers to the aftermarket chain.

The Top 5 products are:

ArvinMeritor’s remanufactured brake shoes with PlatinumShield coating (ArvinMeritor, incidentally, was named Heavy Duty Remanufacturer of the Year for 2009 by the Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group). 

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems was honored for its SmarTire Tire Pressure Monitoring System, which monitors the pressure and temperature of each tire on a commercial vehicle to provide tire status information in real time.

Timken was included for its expanded line of wheel seals and installation tools for the heavy-duty truck aftermarket with the introduction of a premium wheel seal within the Outrunner line of products.

Computer systems provider Karmak stood out for the development of Client Talk, a software solution to help heavy-duty parts and service operations.

HDAJ recognized Bergstrom and Kohler Power Systems, which joined forces to offer the trucking market a true hybrid power system combining the Bergstrom NITE Plus System with a Kohler DC power unit.