Arnold Motor Supply announces new store opening
Arnold Motor Supply has officially opened its Lincoln location at 2811 W O Street. Lincoln residents are most likely familiar with the West O location and its roots dating back to the early 1980’s as Snow Auto Supply. Joe H. Snow served as a Colonel in the United States Air Force for 28 years before

VIPAR Heavy Duty meeting focuses on aftermarket opportunities
VIPAR Heavy Duty welcomed several leaders from its supplier community to Chicago last month for the organization’s bi-annual Supplier Advisory Council meeting. Council members met with the executive team from VIPAR Heavy Duty to collaborate and discuss ideas to support the success of the network’s distributors and supplier partners. The meeting provided an opportunity for

Power Heavy Duty welcomes Cleveland Brothers Equipment as a distributor
Power Heavy Duty has welcomed Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co. Inc. as the newest distributor to its network. With over 70 years of experience, the family-oriented business provides heavy duty truck parts, shop services and drive-in services including bumper-to-bumper repair, engine overhauls, fuel system cleaning and truck bed building and installation. Established in 1948, the company continues to serve

Getting our bearings on the heavy-duty aftermarket
The shockwave of supply chain challenges touches every segment of the heavy-duty market. That means daily communication with suppliers and distributors to get materials, parts and trucks to where they need to be. All while the trucking industry’s tectonic plates shift under the surface, causing earth-shaking changes as new technology enters the industry’s atmosphere. For

HDA Truck Pride Store launches an enhanced customer experience
HDA Truck Pride, an independent supplier of parts and service to the commercial vehicle aftermarket announced the launch of the “HDA Truck Pride Store” at their annual meeting. PhaseZero’s CxCommerce is a software platform designed to connect distributors, customers, and suppliers, and bring employees and customers closer together. It also allows customers to purchase products

Fullbay acquires Dieselmatic Digital, strengthens focus on diesel repair shops
Fullbay has recently acquired Dieselmatic Digital Inc., the digital marketing agency focused exclusively on diesel repair shops. The acquisition layers the digital marketing services of Dieselmatic onto the shop management software Fullbay already offers to help drive demand for repair shop businesses. Terms of the acquisition, which closed April 1, were not disclosed. Dieselmatic is known

FleetPride reaches over 300 locations nationwide with latest acquisition
FleetPride announced that it has acquired the assets of Murray’s Diesel Repair of Shreveport, La. Founded in 2016 by Travis and Stephanie Murray, Murray’s Diesel Repair provides a full line of services to drivers and fleets throughout the Ark-La-Tex region. Separately, the Murrays will continue to operate Murray’s Auto Repair in Shreveport, La., which focuses

HDA Truck Pride strengthens its technology leadership
HDA Truck Pride has announced the appointment of Laura Hewitt as Vice President of Information Technology. Leveraging her 25+ year of experience in the data and technology fields, Laura will lead the strategic planning, development, operations, and support for the organization. Throughout her career, Laura has been instrumental in the successful delivery of legacy system

Making the truck aftermarket parts, service connection
There’s an interesting shift happening in truck technology conversations. It used to be, and still is in some segments, that talk of what could be possible with the latest data-driven solutions dominated talking points. Several years ago, in the heavy-duty aftermarket, in particular, the future was painted in the gleam of newly launched (or revamped)

HDA Truck Pride announces A & A Brake Service, All Systems Brake merger
HDA Truck Pride has announced. A & A Brake Service, established in 1944, and All Systems Brake, established in 1976 are merging. The combined power of AA Systems Truck and Bus will allow for focused attention on current customers, expanding the customer base and enhanced operations for continued success into the future. The merger will

Navistar’s Fleetrite Parts grows retail locations, extend product lines
Navistar’s all-makes and models aftermarket truck and bus parts brand, Fleetrite, has expanded its retail footprint to 31 locations through partnerships with Navistar’s International truck and IC Bus dealer networks. Fleetrite’s locations provide an expansive line of products to ensure customer access and improved uptime. The latest Fleetrite Truck Parts locations include: Kyrish Truck Center Austin,

TRP Hemel awarded global TRP Store of The Year
PACCAR Parts recognizes TRP Hemel in Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom as the 2021 Global TRP Store of the Year. TRP is PACCAR Parts’ exclusive worldwide brand of aftermarket replacement parts for all makes of trucks, trailers and buses. The TRP retail network includes 248 stores in 39 countries around the world. TRP Hemel is located
