Torca Products Named 2000 Aftermarket Supplier of Year

       

KIRKLAND, Wash., July 25, 2001 - Torca Products, Inc. has been named the
2000 Aftermarket Supplier of the Year by Kenworth Truck Company and PACCAR
Parts, the aftermarket division of PACCAR Inc.

Torca is a leader in the manufacturing of clamping and mounting systems and
related components. The company manufactures the TorcTite(TM), AccuSeal(TM),
and EasySeal(TM) exhaust system clamps available at Kenworth dealerships
under the Acrafit(R) brand.

"We're delighted to recognize Torca as the Kenworth/PACCAR Parts Aftermarket
Supplier of the Year for 2000," said Rick Bergdahl, product marketing
manager for Kenworth's aftermarket parts organization at PACCAR Parts.
"Torca's service has been an invaluable element in meeting our goal of
keeping our customers up and running on the road. We can count on the people
at Torca to provide a consistently high level of product and customer
support, which greatly aids Kenworth dealers in taking care of their truck
customers."

Skip Stanley, Torca heavy truck sales manager, received the Supplier of the
Year award in front of his fellow suppliers at the recent Kenworth Customer
Support meeting in Indianapolis.

"This is really an honor," Stanley said. "I've worked with many great
people in the Kenworth and PACCAR Parts organization over the past 12 years.
We've grown the business substantially because of the efforts of everyone
involved. It feels good to be rewarded for doing all the little things right
year after year."

Torca is a PACCAR Preferred Supplier and has long held PACCAR's quality
certification. Torca's quality, well-engineered clamping products help to
prevent the deformation of clamped components while providing component
integrity, easy servicing and lower leak rates. In addition, this past year
Torca again received top marks for customer support and its timely and
accurate delivery of parts orders.  Torca's website is www.torcausa.com.



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