Source: First Brands Group announcement CLEVELAND, Ohio – General Motors recognized First Brands Group™– specifically Brake Parts Inc. (BPI) and Champion Laboratories — as a 2021 Supplier of the Year. GM celebrated honorees at its 30th annual Supplier of the…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Brake Parts Inc (BPI), a division of First Brands Group, was named a GM Supplier of the Year winner in General Motors’ 29th annual Supplier of the Year awards. The annual awards highlight global suppliers that distinguish themselves…
Source: Uni-Select announcement BOUCHERVILLE, Canada — Uni-Select Inc. (TSX:UNS) honored Brake Parts Inc. LLC (BPI) with its Diamond Award when it announced the winners of its annual Canadian Automotive Group Awards for its top Canadian supply partners. This year, Uni-Select…
Source: Remy Europe/BPI Europe Group announcement MCHENRY, Ill. – Fabio Cidral has been appointed as head of sales and marketing for Remy Europe, it was announced by Martin C. Klein, CEO of Remy/BPI Europe Group. “We welcome Fabio to Remy…
David Overbeeke is president and CEO of Brake Parts Inc (BPI), a global supplier of premium quality brake components. Prior to purchasing BPI with investors in 2013, Overbeeke held the role of president, global brake and chassis for Affinia LLC…
Source: Brake Parts Inc. MCHENRY, Ill. – Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI) was recently honored with the NAPA Sales Leadership Excellence award during the annual NAPA Vendor Summit, held in Atlanta. Accepting the award for BPI were Joe Parzick, chairman…
Source: Brake Parts Inc. MCHENRY, Ill. – Brake Parts Inc (BPI) has promoted Paul Oleandi to the position of sales director of national/key accounts, Jake Wegner, vice president of sales for BPI announced. “If success can truly be accelerated by…
Source: Brake Parts Inc. MCHENRY, Ill.–Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI) will unveil its new experience room as well as its Raybestos tech garage at booth #3638 at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX), Nov. 5-7, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.…
MCHENRY, Ill. – Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI) was presented with the 2019 Content Excellence Award Receiver’s Choice from Epicor Software Corporation during the recent Automotive Content Professionals Network (ACPN) conference for catalog and content managers, according to Paul Gurns,…
Raises More Than $272,000 for Greater McHenry County MCHENRY, Ill. – July 9, 2019 – Brake Parts Inc (BPI) was recently honored by the United Way of Greater McHenry County with the Benchmark Award for raising more than $272,000 during…
MCHENRY, Ill. – Craig Stark has joined Maval Industries LLC and Brake Parts Inc (BPI) as general manager, remanufactured products, it was announced today by David Overbeeke, president and CEO. “We are very pleased to welcome Craig to Maval and…
MCHENRY, Illinois – Dec. 20, 2018 – Brake Parts Inc (BPI) will continue its lease for its global headquarters, distribution and warehouse facilities in McHenry, Illinois, further deepening its commitment to the McHenry area, according to David Overbeeke, president and…
The Raybestos brand has been around since 1902, when A. H. Raymond started the Raybestos-Manhattan Company. In the 1920s, the company won more than half the automotive brake business in the U.S. The company survived the Great Depression, produced parts…
Source: First Brands announcement MCHENRY, Ill. – First Brands Group™ announced Mark Woodburn, its business development manager, was honored by Uni-Select® Atlantic Division with the Recognition Award for his dedicated service to the organization and its members in 2021. The…
Source: Mirova announcement BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT, ILE-DE-FRANCE — Tallano Technologie, created in 2012 by Christophe Rocca-Serra, is developing an innovative technology that reduces by 85 to 90 percent one of the main sources of ultra-fine particle emissions in the road and…
Source: Winhere announcement BARTLETT, Ill. – Winhere Brake Parts has recognized John Oster with its Annual Sales Representative of the Year award. Oster is a 41-year industry veteran that started his career in a St. Paul, Minn. -based machine shop.…
Source: First Brands Group announcement CLEVELAND, – First Brands Group™, a global automotive parts company, has acquired Centric® Parts, a leading manufacturer and supplier of replacement brake components, whose labels include Centric®, C-TEK®, Posi Quiet®, and StopTech®. “We are excited…
Source: UAP announcement MONTREAL – UAP Inc. presented its 2019 NAPA Supplier Excellence Award to Winhere Brake Parts (WBPI). Winhere is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of brake rotors, pads, and drums. WBPI was identified in each of NAPA’s…
Source: First Brands Group announcement CLEVELAND, Ohio – First Brands Group, LLC (formerly TRICO Group), a global auto-parts producer, today announced the acquisition of Brake Parts Inc. (BPI), which includes the Raybestos® line of brake parts, and Champion Laboratories Inc.,…
Source: FMSI announcement AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – FMSI has again recognized Jesus Villalobos of Dynamic Friction as the top contributing member to the organization. Contributing members such as Dynamic Friction collaborate with FMSI to collect, characterize, and communicate to organization…
Source: Brake Parts Inc announcement MCHENRY, Ill.– Brake Parts Inc (BPI) was named a 2019 GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during a virtual ceremony honoring the recipients of the company’s 28th annual Supplier of the Year awards late…
Source: Raybestos MCHENRY, Ill. – Raybestos has further expanded its R-Line brake pad offering with the addition of new part numbers for older vehicle models, according to Kristin Grons, marketing manager for Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI). “The Raybestos R-Line…
Source: Raybestos MCHENRY, Ill.– Raybestos® has expanded its Element3™ and R-Line brake pad offerings by adding more than 75 new part numberswith a specific focus on European applications, according to Kristin Grons, marketing manager for Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI).…