Carlisle Motion Control Announces Strategic Partnership
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Charlottesville VA - July 10, 2008 - Carlisle's Motion Control Division (Motion Control) announced today its plan to form a strategic partnership with Brake Resources Inc (BRI) of St. Louis, Missouri. As part of this new partnership, Motion Control will consolidate its Altec brake shoe remanufacturing operation located in Pittsburg, Kansas into BRI's St. Louis area facility. "Entering into this partnership combines BRI's 50 years of brake shoe remanufacture experience with the Altec heavy-duty technology to expand our current brake shoe remanufacturing capacity, while providing superior service for the US market from a location along major freight routes" states Joe LaVarra, Division President for Motion Control.
As part of the partnership plan, all current Altec equipment and technology will be moved from Pittsburg to BRI. The Altec remanufactured brake shoes produced through this partnership will continue to meet all current quality standards, including Altec's coining process and RustGard(TM) Technology. BRI is an ISO 9001:2000 and QS9000 compliant company further ensuring the world-class quality Motion Control customers depend upon.
Customer service functions will remain essentially unchanged by this move, all inquiries for the former Pittsburg facility will continue to be handled through Charlottesville VA. There is no change in operations or customer service for Altec's Brantford Ontario facility.
LaVarra further commented, "Although we are saddened by affecting our 34 employees in Pittsburg, we have a market obligation to provide our customers with improved product and services." The relocation of Altec's US manufacturing facility will be complete within the next several months with no interruption or delay in products or services.
About Motion Control Industries
Carlisle Motion Control Industries has been an ISO 9001:2000 certified company since 1997; manufacturing and marketing heavy duty asbestos-free brake linings and Altec(TM) remanufactured brake shoes for vehicles in class sizes six through eight. Motion Control offers the heavy duty trucking industry's most complete family of brake linings all featuring Best in Class performance. Motion Control's friction brands include Long Life Cohesive Friction ® , Milestone ® Premium linings and EC standard grade products.
Altec Brake Systems, a division of Carlisle Motion Control Industries, has remanufactured more than 50 million shoes since its inception in 1988. Altec provides its customers with an OE-quality solution that significantly reduces maintenance costs. In 2003, Altec introduced RustGard(TM), a UV brake shoe coating that solves the problem of Rust-jacking and premature brake lining failure due to rusting brake shoes.
For more information, contact Scott Myers, Director of Marketing and Product Developement, Carlisle Motion Control Industries, Inc., 4040 Lewis & Clark Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22911. Phone: 434-975-7942 Fax: 434-975-7939. Web site: carlislemotion.com
