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A new all-in-one vinyl seat repair kit comes with color-matched compounds, tools, and supplies to fix tears, holes, and punctures that kids won't be able to pick.
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John Maxwell of Dallas Center — Grimes Community School District earns top honors during the state's fourth annual Best of the Best Technicians Training and Competition. Maxwell competes with 18 other technicians for the title in what state pupil transportation director Max Christensen says is the most successful competition so far.
Read More →Thieves in Collinsville, Ill., make off with more than 35 batteries from a contractor's buses. In Peoria, Ariz., about two-dozen batteries are ripped off and buses are damaged at a school district lot.
Read More →The company's manufacturing facility in Streator, Ill., Stertil ALM, produces an ST 1082 Mobile Column Lift to reach the milestone. The lift can accommodate up to 18,000 pounds per column.
Read More →Stertil-Koni USA’s free-standing rolling pit jack has a capacity of 30,000 pounds, and lifting is done by an air driven, fully hydraulic pump actuated by tandem foot pedals. The company offers two models: The FPJ-150-F is fitted with a fixed vertical piston, and the FPJ-150-U has a vertical piston that moves side to side.
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Insta Etch has released the etch2000 professional glass and metal marking system. The smartphone app is based off Android and BlackBerry operating systems and wirelessly prints a preprogrammed or user-designed stencil to a hand-held Bluetooth printer.
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Philips Automotive Lighting North America has introduced a full range of LED work lamps designed specifically for automotive service shops and professional service technicians.
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SuperBrakes from The Brake Man are complete pad and rotor upgrades for stock brake systems that deliver three to five times more rotor life than OE parts while increasing overall braking performance by 30%, according to the company.
Read More →Federal Mogul's new Abex commercial vehicle drum brake block includes three application-specific formulations engineered to enhance overall performance. It is manufactured for enhanced resistance to cracking, according to the company.
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The EvacuBlast System offers two steps for cleaning diesel particulate filters (DPFs). The EB-9001 DPF Cleaning Cabinet gives technicians the versatility to concentrate on cells that may need extra attention.
Read More →Bosch's new series of QuietCast medium-duty premium disc brake pads are also designed to give vehicles quiet stops, low dust and great pedal feel, according to the company.
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