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8 Industry Focus T R U C K P A R T S & S E R V I C E | S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 5 Stan Gowisnock is the new CEO at Cardone Industries. Former CEO Terry McCor- mack remains Cardone's executive chairman. Haldex has appointed John Ducharme senior vice president of North American Sales. Accuride and aftermarket industry veteran Tony Pape has died. Bergstrom announces Aaron Potter has been promoted to vice presi- dent, Financial Planning and Analysis; and Steve Boyle has been named vice president and treasurer. Samantha Young has joined the creative team at The Marx Group. Karmak has named Jim Allen vice president of client services, Gail Wilkinson as vice president of business solutions and Adam Madsen vice president of analytics. Jon Morrison has been appointed president of WABCO's Americas Business Unit. Steve Gaddis is the new regional sales manager covering Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Arizona at The Universal Group. Bill Nowicke has been named interim CEO at Agil- ity Fuel Systems Steve Sutton has joined Wolverine Truck Group as general sales manager. Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC says Steven Goodale, has been appointed vice presi- dent of Daimler Truck Financial. Link Manufacturing, Ltd. has promoted Bob Carlsen to business development manager. Mike Postma has been named president of Webb Wheel Products OEM Business. People In The News Gowisnock Morrison Pape Navistar and Caterpillar will soon end an arrangement under which Navistar has produced and engineered Cat-branded CT-series trucks since 2011. In response, Navistar says it will release a new line of premium vocational trucks beginning in early-2016. Caterpil- lar also will begin production on its line, with production expected to begin at the company's Victoria, Texas, plant in the fi rst half of next year. Navistar will continue to manufacture trucks for Caterpillar through 2016 and both companies say they will have the opportunity to leverage certain joint intellectual property, collaborate with suppliers and utilize licensing agreements moving forward. "We appreciate the collaboration we have had with Navistar," says Chris Chad- wick, Caterpillar's director of the Global On-Highway Truck Group. "As we look to future launches of new truck models, this updated strategy will better position us to help provide our customers with the best products and services for this market." Navistar, Caterpillar Part Ways In Vocational Market Details Emerge For HDAW 2016 As Registration Opens The organizers of Heavy Duty Af- termarket Week (HDAW) are busy planning next year's event. Scheduled for Jan. 25-28, 2016, at the Mirage in Las Vegas, the theme for next year's event is 'Heavy Duty Aftermarket 2.0: Upgrade Your Busi- ness.' The co-chairs for the 11 th an- nual event are Rob Phillips, president and COO for Phillips Industries, and Jorge Mederos, CEO of Super Truck Parts. The newly-appointed vice- chair is Don Purcell, partner of Stone Truck Parts. In addition to announcing next year's theme, organizers also have announced Dr. Frank Luntz will perform the keynote speech at next year's opening general session. Luntz, an author and political pollster, will offer his thoughts on how the words we choose can change the course of politics and of life in this country, organizers say. Registration for next year's event has opened as well, and organizers announce they are offering several prizes for distributors who sign up by Nov. 1, 2015, for next year's event. By signing up early at www.hdaw.org, organizers say distributors are entered into a drawing to win a High-Roller package (with a Mirage luxury suite and free limo service), tickets to a Las Vegas show, Mirage spa passes and Mirage gift certifi cates. Registration fees for members of the HDAW's sponsor organizations are $595 for the fi rst two individuals and $350 for each additional attendee from the same company. Non-member rates are $875 for the fi rst two registrants and $575 for each additional attendee from the same company.