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commercial carrier journal | november 2016 29 ★ SAVINGS EVERY MILE. Detroit ™ engines are designed to deliver the best in power and effi ciency, no matter which one you choose. Pair it with a Detroit ™ transmission and axles, and you'll have a package engineered to work together as one, backed by a single manufacturer for greater effi ciency and profi tability. Find out more at westernstar.com/engines Daimler Detroit #87476 Western Star Savings Every Mile Ad 1/3 Page Vertical 2.25 x 9.5, 4C CCJ Commercial Carrier Journal 87476_DET_SavingEveryMile_CCJ.indd 1 9/12/16 4:19 PM • ZF Friedrichshafen AG on Oct. 3 withdrew its $516 million bid to acquire Haldex after only 10 percent of the Swed- ish brake company's shareholders had accepted the offer, far less than the 90 percent ZF sought. ZF made its acquisi- tion offer just weeks after SAF-Holland made a similar advance, and Knorr- Bremse later upped the ante to $570 million. ZF still owns 21.67 percent of Haldex's shares and is the company's biggest shareholder. • Peterbilt Models 567 and 579, both with 44-inch sleepers, now are available with the truck maker's factory-installed no-idle fuel-fired heater, a self-contained system that requires no plug-in ener- gy sources and is complemented by a low-voltage disconnect that preserves battery life to maintain adequate starting power. The system includes an un- der-bunk heater, fan-powered circulation and a digital control panel mounted in the sleeper. • Truck Bodies & Equipment Internation- al Inc. acquired Travis Body & Trailer Inc., a Houston-based manufacturer of alu- minum end dumps, bottom dumps and transfer trailers for the construction, waste and recycling, rendering and agriculture end markets. Terms were not disclosed. • Torque Capital Group led an investor group that signed an agreement to acquire Remy's North American and European aftermarket business from BorgWarner Inc. The business includes Remy's North American rotating electrical remanufacturing and power steering (Maval Industries) businesses and Euro- pean rotating electrical remanufacturing business. Terms were not released. • Vehicle Service Group acquired the Rava- glioli S.p.A. Group, a Bologna, Italy-based manufacturer of lifts, wheel service equipment and diagnostics equipment for commercial vehicles, trucks, cars and mo- torbikes. VSG said the acquisition, terms of which were not announced, allows it to expand its product portfolio. • SAF-Holland – a manufacturer of fifth wheels, trailer suspension and axle systems, truck suspensions, landing gear and coupling products – announced that Navistar made Holland's FW17 the stan- dard fifth wheel on International's new LT Series tractors. The durable, lightweight FW17 is manufactured from cast steel and suited for on-highway fleets. • Navistar and Meritor will co-brand Premium Brake Shoe Kits offered through the Fleetrite heavy-duty parts brand. The agreement covers about 50 part numbers that will be labeled Fleetrite Manufactured by Meritor. • Bosselman Boss Truck Shops now offer Goodyear-branded commercial tire retread products at all of its locations nationwide. Boss Shops can process all Goodyear Na- tional and Preferred Fleet Accounts and are part of the Goodyear-Fleet HQ 24/7 Emer- gency Service Network. Boss Shops also use Goodyear's Smart Tech mobile app. • RelaDyne's free AllFleet HD Engine Warranty covers 16 engine parts for up to 10 years or 600,000 miles and is available for on-road Class 2-6 vehicles with less than 75,000 miles and Class 7 and 8 trucks with less than 300,000 miles. RelaDyne also ex- panded its fluid analysis program and now offers online analytics to help optimize drain intervals. • Minimizer launched Minimizer U, an online training program designed to keep distributors up-to-date on its Tested & Tor- tured products and new product lines. Any distributor employee who has received in-person training from a Minimizer terri- tory manager will be enrolled, and those who haven't received in-person training may request it. • Peterbilt presented its first production Model 567 Heritage – a new version with exclusive interior and exterior styling features – to Hinz Trucking, an Elm Creek, Neb.-based flatbed fleet with 110 trucks. Hinz is ordering 20 Heritage tractors to be used as reward trucks for its owner-oper- ators through the company's lease-pur- chase program. • Purkeys, a provider of electrical solu- tions, announced that its products will be available through Fontaine PartSource, the aftermarket parts company for Fontaine Commercial Trailer. • PacLease's PacTrainer safety course program now is offered as a comple- mentary one-year service when national account customers lease new Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks through PacLease. Pac- Trainer was developed in partnership with J.J. Keller and allows PacLease customers to take advantage of more than 360 online courses and video tutorials. INBRIEF