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Meritor
sells Mascot
Truck Parts
Meritor, Inc. announces it has completed the sale of its Mascot
operations in Canada and the United States to an entity that will
operate under the name Mascot Industries LLC.
All other Meritor brake and trailer axle remanufacturing
operations, as well as Meritor's distribution business, are not
affected by the sale and will continue to operate as usual.
"The decision to sell Mascot was the best option for our cus-
tomers and for Meritor," says Craig Frohock, vice president of
Aftermarket & Trailer for Meritor. "The sale will maintain Mas-
cot's position as an OES channel supplier for customers while
allowing Meritor to focus on growing in specifi c areas where we
can increase value for our customers and shareowners."
Under the Mascot brand, Meritor produced remanufactured
automatic and manual transmissions, differentials, drivelines,
steering gears and power steering pumps. Genuine Meritor
branded differentials and transmissions will continue to be
available from Meritor, the company says.
Karmak gearing up
to enhance Fusion
The books haven't yet closed on 2014, but Karmak is already
looking forward to 2015.
At the company's annual Leadership & Technology confer-
ence, held last month in St. Louis, Adam Madsen, director of
product management, says the company is already looking at
ways to improve its Fusion product.
Fusion is the company's fl agship Windows-based solution
designed specifi cally for the heavy-duty industry to handle the
varied demands of operating a full-service truck dealership.
Goals for 2015 center around customer relationship man-
agement (CRM), shop scheduling and reporting and analytics;
each with a heavy focus on third party integration to boost the
platform's capabilities.
Madsen says the company's goal is for the CRM to inter-
face with whatever CRM is already in use, "not provide you
with one, but with the one you want to use," he adds, noting
the company is working with several companies to provide
options.
