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8 Industry Focus T R U C K P A R T S & S E R V I C E | J a n u a r y 2 0 1 7 Brake Parts. Inc., (BPI) has promoted Rick Woodside to the position of general manager, hydraulics, drums and rotors. Wastequip has named Steve Klueg as chief fi nancial offi cer. FinditParts has appointed John Hunter as its new vice president of business development. Jim Wright has joined Truck Master Warranty as a regional sales manager. East Manufacturing has named Bill Wallace as platform product manager, in addition to his current position as Northeast regional sales manager. Jeff Kolner has been named general manager of the Fontaine Modifi cation operation in Garland, Texas. SKF USA has appointed George Garner as director of OES Truck Sales for the SKF Vehicle Service Market (VSM), North America Business Unit. Randy Wingenroth has been appointed vice president of Operations for Palfi nger North America. Nick Orlando has been named Dayco's new CEO. Daimler Truck Financial has named Tobias Waldeck as vice president of Sales, Marketing and Remarketing. Woodside Kolner People In The News Hunter Wingenroth Continental Building Truck Tire Plant In Mississippi Continental Tire has broken ground on its state-of-the-art commercial truck tire plant in Clinton, Miss. The plant will augment the company's North American commercial truck tire production alongside its existing facility in Mt. Vernon, Ill. Continental will invest nearly $1.4 billion in its Clinton facility in the next decade, making it the largest plant investment in company his- tory and the second-largest economic development project in Missis- sippi's history. When fully operational, the plant is expected to employ as many as 2,500 people, Continental says. Marangoni Expands Retread Network Hancock County Tire & Retreading in Bluffton, Ohio, is now a member of the Marangoni Tread North America family of independent retreaders, the company has announced. Hancock County Tire & Retreading was opened in 2011 by Sumerel Tire Service, Inc., which has other locations in Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia. "Hancock County Tire & Retreading added the Marangoni Ringtread system because we like to be different in the way we go to market. Everyone sells precure treads but the Ringtread separates us from the others," says Bob Majewski, chief technical offi cer for Sumerel Tire Service. Nikolai Setzer, head of Continental's global tire business worldwide, speaks at the company's groundbreaking ceremony in 2016. HDA Truck Pride, ConMet Announce Exclusive Agreement HDA Truck Pride has announced an exclusive sup- plier program with Consolidated Metco (ConMet). In the new partnership, ConMet has made available a full line of OEM equivalent after- market hub assemblies for trucks and trailers. The company says these new part numbers are direct replacements for hubs installed as original equipment. Additionally, ConMet says it has provided a mobile app for HDA Truck Pride members that provides a quick cross reference of an OEM part number to the correct Aftermarket replacement. This new application can be downloaded for An- droid and Apple devices. "We are excited about the opportunity to partner with one of the most recognized groups of independent parts and service providers in the commercial vehicle aftermarket," says Larry San- ford, ConMet's vice president of Aftermarket.