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Rep News 1/6/12

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Grote Industries (Madison, IN) has announced new representation with Schnair Sales & Service to cover the Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas territory for the automotive aftermarket. Schnair’s MINK states division is managed by Roger Sellers with a divisional office located in Springfield, MO. Schnair’s corporate headquarters is located in Dallas.

Rep News 5/7/10

Gary Molinaro — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:26:31 +0000

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 from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm on Sunday, Oct. 31 at the Las Vegas Hilton.

Rep News

Gary Molinaro — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:21:36 +0000

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.

Rep News

Gary Molinaro — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:40:14 +0000

Western Chassis (Fresno, CA) has appointed the following manufacturer’s rep agencies to represent its entire line of suspension components and kits: Ballard Allen Marketing, handling the western United States and western Canada; AutoRep Sales, handling the Midwest; Bill Perry & Associates, handling the Southeast; Tom Griggs Sales, handling the Southwest and Mexico; and Repforce, handling the Northeast, eastern Canada and Puerto Rico. … Lake Hiawatha, NJ-based Fluid Rx has retained the manufacturer’s rep firm L.A. Donnelly of Cleveland to represent its line of automotive fluid diagnostics products in Ohio and Michigan.

Rep News 3/5/10

Gary Molinaro — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:41:49 +0000

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.

Rep News 2/26/10

Gary Molinaro — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:52:34 +0000

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 systems, and offers cooling system repair products. … Mike Eighner has opened his own rep agency called Eighner Associates Southeast. Based in Camden, TN, Eighner Associates is focused on representing automotive and heavy-duty manufactures. Mike Eighner worked for Dana and Affinia for 25 years in sales and sales management positions prior to opening his agency.

Rep News 4/5/10

Gary Molinaro — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:04:12 +0000

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.

Rep News 1/22/10

Gary Molinaro — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:16:51 +0000

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’ Lubrilon line of automotive products in O’Reilly stores.

Rep News 1/15/2010

Gary Molinaro — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:10:05 +0000

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.

Rep News 1/8/2010

Gary Molinaro — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:24:21 +0000

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.