Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems (Bendix CVS) and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake, is warning its employees, customers, and other consumers about a business financing scam that has appropriated the companies’ identities.
The companies recently learned about the fraudulent activity when consumers began calling their headquarters to inquire about letters and, more specifically, checks they had received that were marked with the names and logos of both Bendix CVS and Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake, a Bendix joint venture with Dana Commercial Vehicle Products.
A survey of logistics executives revealed that continued pricing compression, reverse globalization and a commitment to green initiatives are key trends affecting global supply chains.
Results from the "2009 3PL Provider CEO Perspective" surveys were presented by Dr. Robert Lieb, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Northeastern University, and Joe Gallick, Senior Vice President of Sales for Penske Logistics, at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Global Conference in Chicago last week.
The Senate has approved legislation that would increase the funding for the Department of Transportation in fiscal 2010 and would allow Maine to raise the truck weight on Interstate 95 as part of a pilot program.
The bill, which made annual appropriations for DOT and other agencies, passed 73-25 on Sept. 17. It provides $122 billion for the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments in fiscal 2010 — 12 percent more than in the current budget.
One-on-One meeting supplier registrations for Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week are still open for the January 2010 conference. One-on-One meetings are a series of pre-scheduled and pre-arranged meetings between exhibiting heavy duty supplier and distributor executives held in private meeting suites during the conference.
HDAW 2010 will be held at Monday, Jan. 18 through Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 at The Mirage, Las Vegas, Nev.
The planned takeover includes the business with products such as brake calipers, disc brakes and drum brakes. The total sales volume in 2009 was $580 million.
The Bosch Group foundation brakes business in North America is to be sold to Tokyo-based Akebono Brake Industry. AftermarketNews.com first reported in July that Bosch was exploring options for the business. Akebono and Bosch have signed an agreement in New York regarding the sale.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting rule. This new rule will require thousands of facilities to monitor and report their annual emissions of several major GHG. The registry should provide much of the detailed, facility-level information needed to develop policies to reduce emissions. Several major changes were made to the proposed rule, mostly in favor of industry. The changes appear to have reduced the amount of facilities covered and the amount of greenhouse gases tracked.
When EPA first proposed the mandatory registry, it estimated that "85-90 percent of total national U.S. GHG emissions, from approximately 13,000 facilities, would be covered by the proposed rule." Now, following the changes that appear in the final rule, the agency claims "an estimated 85 percent of the total U.S. GHG emissions, from approximately 10,000 facilities, are covered by this final rule."
HDMA has been conducting a quarterly Supplier Barometer for the past two years. A detailed analysis is distributed after each Barometer survey to those who participate. Participants have responded very positively to the ability to benchmark other HDMA members in the commercial parts industry.
Our barometer includes a set of repeating trend measurements and a final section addressing a specific and related topic. This quarter, HDMA is measuring member responses on Class 5-6-7 and on Class 8 truck builds for 2009, 2010 and 2011.