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EVANSVILLE, IN, November 1, 2006 – United Components, Inc. (UCI) announced today the formation of a direct Traditional Aftermarket sales organization that will represent all UCI product lines and brands. Bruce Tartaglione, UCI’s VP – Traditional Markets, has been selected to lead this new organization.
This new direct sales organization will provide increased direct customer support and face-to-face interaction by placing more “feet on the street” solely focused on UCI’s four primary categories—Filtration, Engine Management, Fuel Systems, and Water Pumps. A larger, better trained organization eventually representing all of the UCI lines will be utilized. Our plan is to use a combination of existing Airtex direct sales force people, other top people from UCI as well as new hires. At the same time, UCI will begin to gradually phase out its use of Independent Sales Agencies to service the Traditional Aftermarket business.
“We are positioning our company to provide our customers with a higher level of personalized support,” said Bruce Zorich, CEO of UCI. “We believe this move will be positive for our customers and for UCI.”
United Components, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad range of filtration products, fuel and cooling systems products, engine management systems, and lighting systems, for the automotive, trucking, marine, mining, construction, agricultural and industrial markets. UCI operates through an established network of manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and offices located throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico and China with a global work force of more than 6,600 employees. UCI offers one of the industry’s most comprehensive lines of products consisting of approximately 60,000 part numbers and has leading market positions in its primary business lines.
Statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties that could affect the UCI’s actual results. Information regarding the important factors that could cause UCI’s actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this release can be found in United Components’ reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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