Stemco updates warranties for wheel end products
Stemco has expanded coverage to its aftermarket and OEM warranties for its wheel end products. The company is now including labor warranty on the five-year Platinum Performance System aftermarket package (PPS+) for truck and trailer on-highway applications. Stemco says key features of the warranty update include: Labor warranty coverage up to one hour per wheel
Stemco, OptiCat release data delivery services to customers
Stemco has announced an agreement with OptiCat, an ACES and PIES compliant software developer, to provide accurate, secure and real-time product information. With this new offering, Stemco says it can quickly and accurately deliver new or updated product attributes to customers. Stemco recently released three new products for commercial truck and trailer wheel ends, including
Hendrickson acquires Stemco’s Motor Wheel, Crewson businesses
Hendrickson recently announced the acquisition of the Motor Wheel brake drum & Crewson slack adjuster business segments, from Stemco and parent company EnPro Industries. “We are excited about this acquisition and the rich American heritage of Motor Wheel. We have been working to revitalize the Motor Wheel name with a new brand mark, a tagline
Stemco announces new president
Stemco has hired Deepak Navnith as the new president of the company. With this hiring, the previous president, Eric Vaillancourt, has been promoted to an executive operating role at EnPro Industries. Navnith previously led Fairbanks Morse, a medium-speed diesel engine OEM company. Prior to that, he spent about 10 years at Toyota in various operational
Hendrickson acquires slack adjuster business from Stemco
Hendrickson has acquired the Motor Wheel Brake Drum & Crewson slack adjuster business segments, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Berea, Kentucky, from Stemco and parent company EnPro Industries. The business segments will operate as a division of Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems. The Motor Wheel & Crewson names will be kept and used as a
Truck-Lite integrates Stemco wireless products into Road Ready System
Truck-Lite has integrated the Stemco wireless suite of products into the Road Ready system via its SmartBridge Integrator (SBI).
Stemco announces TrailerTail Automatic fuel-saving system
Stemco Products Inc. has announced the TrailerTail Automatic fuel-saving system, a new version of the company’s TrailerTail (seen above) that deploys automatically when the trailer reaches 35 MPH. According to the company, this will ensure fuel savings on every trip, and removes the need for the driver to get out of the cab to open it manually.
Stemco partners with Webb Wheel to introduce new pre-adjusted hub assembly
Stemco, an EnPro Industries company and manufacturer of heavy-duty components and solutions for commercial vehicles, introduced the Trifecta pre-adjusted hub assembly during the 2018 Technology and Maintenance Council Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibit taking place this week in Atlanta. The new wheel end system was developed in partnership with Webb Wheel Products. The Stemco
Stemco acquires Commercial Vehicle Components
Stemco has purchased Commercial Vehicle Components Co. Ltd. (CVC), a manufacturer of air disc brake and medium-duty hydraulic disc brake pads. Stemco says that the purchase of CVC affords it a premium portfolio of disc brake pads designed to exceed OE performance in air disc and medium-duty hydraulic applications. The business will become part of the
Stemco expands facility for manufacturing brake products
Stemco announced an expansion of its manufacturing facility with a friction production plant will open in July. The “Friction Factory,” as Stemco is calling it, is designed to manufacture brake shoes and friction components for medium- and heavy-duty truck and bus applications, and is an expansion to Stemco’s existing facility in Rome, Ga. At the heart of
