Billy Scott of Martin-Scott Sales has been inducted into the Federated Auto Parts Vendor Hall of Fame. It is the first time that the Staunton, VA-based group has selected a manufacturers’ representative as an inductee. … This year’s SEMA Manufacturers’ Rep Council (MRC) Rep Conference will take place during the SEMA Show. The event runs [...]
SKF has named SRS Marketing (Willow Grove, PA and Westbury, NY) as its 2009 “manufacturer’s representative of the year.” SRS has been selling SKF products since the mid-’80s. … Cliplight Manufacturing (Toronto) has named the Don Green Sales Co. to represent it in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Western Chassis (Fresno, CA) has appointed the following manufacturer’s rep agencies to represent its entire line of suspension components and kits:
Philips Automotive Lighting North America has appointed Pacific Marketing as its new sales agency in the western United States. The firm is responsible for managing Philips’ aftermarket sales activities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
Atlanta-based AirSept has appointed four agencies to represent the company in the eastern United States. Accelerated Sales & Marketing (Atlanta) covers the Southeast; Grinold-O’Brien Sales (Sharon, MA), New England; SRS Marketing (Willow Grove, PA), the Eastern Seaboard; and Wonderland Marketing (Jenison, MI), the Midwest. AirSept makes filtration products for A/C, transmission, power steering, and turbocharger [...]
True High Performance Sales (Blue Ridge, GA) has been named the rep of record for New Castle, PA-based TurboStart, the high performance batteries division of Axion Power International. True High Performance Sales will cover the southeastern states.
Bossco International of San Diego has retained New Generation Marketing (Marlboro, NJ) as its East Coast sales representatives. Bossco is a maker of products with LED lights for a variety of applications, including auto repair. … Xcelplus International (Topping, VA) has signed a definitive marketing agreement with RPS Marketing. RPS is working to place Xcelplus’ [...]
Concurrent with the expansion of the Remy brand alternator and starter motor product line into the Canadian territories, Remy Power Products (Edmond, OK) has retained the sales representation of Grant Brothers Sales in eastern Canada and the Lyman Agencies in western Canada.
MAS Industries (Laval, QC), a supplier of automotive chassis parts, has hired Bill Murray & Associates as its representative for the Southeast and Specialty Sales & Marketing for Canada. … Marietta, GA-based Amrep has appointed DNR Sales (Bloomington, MN) as its representative in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and North Dakota.
