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24 Tuesday, November 5, 2013 FOR QUALITY STEERING SOLUTIONS, TURN TO ACDELCO ACDelco has significantly enhanced its portfolio of power-steering products with an all-new line of Professional Remanufactured steering components designed to provide consumers with quality and affordable solutions while exceeding your high standards. From power-steering pumps to rackand-pinion gears and steering gears, ACDelco applies advanced technologies throughout the remanufacturing process to ensure quality, durability and performance. Then, components undergo rigorous testing before leaving the manufacturing facility. These enhancements, on top of competitive warranties, mean you can confidently steer clear of no-name parts and turn to a brand that has been earning your trust for more than 100 years. ACDelco Professional Remanufactured Power-Steering Pumps Every ACDelco power-steering pump includes instructions specific to each pump, and an O-ring and pulley assembly kit when needed, so you're ready to deliver high-quality work right away. ACDelco Professional Remanufactured steering pumps are inspected and tested components to eliminate hairline cracks and microscopic leaks and help ensure long life and are cleaned and restored housing to eliminate corrosion prior to component assembly. They also have new seals and O-rings to improve pump life and reliability, renewed internal surfaces to provide maximum sealing quality and eliminate leaks, and are functionally tested for leaks to guarantee the pump performs to vehicle specifications. ACDelco Professional Remanufactured Rack-and-Pinion Gears ACDelco rack-and-pinion gears are designed to provide years of trouble- DRIVING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AT HAWAII TIRE WITH MAM SOFTWARE VAST ENTERPRISE RETAIL Where do you go for tires in the Land of Aloha? If you're on the big island of Hawaii, you probably go to one of the four Lex Brodie's tire stores owned by Hawaii Tire Company. Lex Brodie's is an iconic name there, recognized for high levels of customer service and a clean and comfortable environment. Hawaii Tire Company's locations sell top-quality, brand-name tires, and also have extensive service departments specializing in brakes, tire balancing, tire repair and more. The only thing holding the company back was a dated point of sale system that wasn't able to manage all areas of the business. Manual estimating was errorprone, forcing employees to redo work often. Additionally, the system's appearance – old keyboards and clunky monitors with primitive monochrome screens – simply did not fit with the modern, forward-looking brand image Hawaii Tire wanted to project. Josh Porter, Managing Director of Hawaii Tire, approached the software search with a solid list of requirements based on seven years of experience with the old system. Hawaii Tire considered six vendors and chose MAM Software VAST Enterprise Retail because of the product's stability and extensive features. Since implementing VAST Enterprise Retail, Hawaii Tire has increased margins and revenues, streamlined productivity and improved customer service. With VAST, Hawaii Tire can instantly view the availability and pricing of tires and parts from multiple suppliers, and order items directly. They can check the parts inventory of suppliers down to the VIN and barcode level to get NEW SMALL-SURFACE SPRAY SYSTEM JOINS EXPANDING PREVAL PRODUCT LINE Adding to its roster of products, Preval has released a new spray system. The vFan Gravity Spray System complements Preval's rapidly expanding line of other products, all of which use the company's proprietary spray technology to support paint and coating projects in nearly every industry. "For professionals and do-it-yourself users alike, the vFan Gravity will deliver exceptional results in an endless number of projects," says Preval President Sam Averbuch. "And it is half the price of any other competitive product." Made in the U.S.A. from the highestquality, most durable materials, the vFan Gravity works with any air source (for example, Preval's own 150 feet of ENERGY, work shop compressors and automotive air sources). This hybrid versatility makes it perfect for use in any environment. The vFan Gravity leverages nature's gravitational pull to run all water and solvent-based coatings into the device. It provides maximum control of detail. It is capable of achieving anything from hairline to 3-inch patterns using a .9-mm fan air-cap and detail round air-cap. Users in the aftermarket automotive industry will find it to be a vital tool in multiple applications, including interior and exterior detail and touch-ups involving precision paint and material dispens- After market Daily News free service, and are remanufactured using the TS16949 process – an international quality management standard specifically developed by the automotive industry to improve quality. Features and benefits include valve assembly and rack crack detection to help ensure structural integrity, polished shaft and bead-blasted housings dipped in rust inhibitor for longer life, new boots, polished sealing surface, new seals and Orings to avoid leaks and extend product life, and rack teeth checked for profile and contour to ensure the unit meets and exceeds quality standards. ACDelco Professional Remanufactured Steering Gears Each ACDelco remanufactured steering gear is tested on an ACDelco multifunctional performance simulator for quality assurance. The sector shaft is inspected using a Magnaflux profess to ensure structural integrity and longer service. Gear housings are inspected, the right part the first time, which has decreased returns substantially. Counter staff can create custom parts and labor estimates in under a minute, including upsell opportunities suggested automatically by VAST. "The VAST system gives us great efficiency and visibility," says Porter. "The Work Order screen keeps track of everything, and estimating is viewable on one screen. We can view multiple location inventories at one time, and when a sales manager creates an estimate, it can be viewed by anyone else in the company for consistency and reliability in pricing and deliverables." More than 100 standard and customizable in-depth reports help Hawaii Tire find opportunities to increase sales and profitability through targeted promotions. "We can keep track of customer preferences, past work and driving habits, and follow up with timely offers ing, touch-ups and surface repairs, and surface preparation and curing. The vFan Gravity is a natural evolution of the company's vFan Spray System, which received a 2011 New Products Showcase Award from SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association. The awards recognize the most innovative automotive products either on the market or about to hit the market. The vFan Spray System was also named runner up in the Best New Packaging Display category at SEMA. About Preval Preval is a rapidly expanding manufacturer of aerosol-based products that deliver consistent, professional spray results. Headquartered near Chicago, Preval is a world leader in the paint and bead-blasted and rustproofed for longer life, seals and Orings are replaced with 100 percent new premium grade parts to eliminate leaks and ensure reliability, sealing surfaces are renewed and polished to maximize sealing and extend service life, recirbearings are culating replaced with all-new and matching sets to ensure correct steering feel and performance and extend service life, and steering gears are 100 percent functionally tested for leaks and performance to ensure quality standards are met. Eligible members of the ACDelco Professional Service Center program who install ACDelco Professional Remanufactured power-steering products may offer additional consumer assurance such as labor and roadside assistance. For more information, visit booth 4409 at AAPEX, go online to www.acdelco.com or call 800-ACDelco. when an oil change, tire rotation or other scheduled maintenance is approaching. We can send out coupons a few months before they need tires so they return to us and are confident they are getting the best price and service," said Porter. The reports also track the productivity of mechanics and shop personnel to identify areas where efficiency can be improved. The Windows-based VAST system is easy to learn thanks to a point-andclick user experience. Employees picked it up quickly with minimal training, and it has helped them stay the goto place for tires and service on the Big Island. As Porter puts it, "The VAST system has really helped us to grow revenue and create a more intimate relationship with our customers." For more information, visit SEMA booth 40173, go online to www.mamsoftware .com, call 610-336-9045 or email info@mamsoftware.com. coating industry, and offers consumers and industrial entities the most innovative products powered by its proprietary aerosol technology. Preval's products are affordable, precise, portable and disposable, and used in a variety of industries such as automotive, aerospace, marine, hardware, and arts and crafts. Through its parent company Chicago Aerosol, Preval offers a wide range of contract filling and private labeling services. Preval is currently sold in more than 50,000 stores throughout the United States as well as in hundreds of outlets around the globe. Visit the Preval team at SEMA booth 11139 and AAPEX booth 41029. Visit online at www.preval.com for more information.