WIX Filters Wins Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance Supplier of the Year Award

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WIX Filters Wins Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance Supplier of the Year
Award

 

Filter Manufacturer Wins Honor for Second Consecutive Year

 

GASTONIA, N.C. (Dec. 11, 2006) - WIX Filters received for the second
consecutive year the prestigious Supplier of the Year Award from the
Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance during their annual banquet in Boca
Raton, Fla., on Dec. 5.

The 2006 Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance Supplier of the Year award
recognizes WIX as the overall outstanding major supplier and as a valued
and appreciated partner in the success of the Aftermarket Auto Parts
Alliance.  

"Customer service and sales support are the key components of our
continued success, and I am honored to accept this outstanding
recognition on behalf of everyone from WIX Filters and Affinia," said
WIX Filters Vice President of Sales Bill Sheehan, who accepted the award
on behalf of WIX. "At WIX Filters and Affinia, we take pride in
providing our customers with the best filtration products, on-time
shipping and innovative marketing and sales support and we are honored
that our efforts were recognized by the Alliance with their most
prestigious award."

  The Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance Awards honor excellence in sales
support, marketing and customer service. One of the largest auto parts
distribution and marketing organizations in the world, the Aftermarket
Auto Parts Alliance markets the Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper brands. 

 "We are pleased to recognize WIX Filters as a strong business partner
who shares our commitment to exceptional customer service, mutual growth
and shareholder value," said Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance President
Dick Morgan, who presented the award. "WIX earned this recognition from
our shareholders due to their excellent support for the growth of our
members' filter businesses." 

 "Through our family of aftermarket brands, Affinia has an extensive and
successful relationship with the Alliance, and we are committed to
providing exceptional sales and service support to contribute to the
Alliance's continued growth and success," said Affinia Under Vehicle
Group's President of CRM John Washbish.

               Joining Sheehan and Washbish onstage to receive the award
for outstanding performance from Morgan and Eli Futerman, chairman of
the Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, were: Terry McCormack, president
and chief executive officer, Affinia Group; Jeff Stauffer, senior vice
president for global group marketing, Affinia Group; and Don Reimondo,
senior vice president of customer relationship management, Affinia
Group.

Since 1939, WIX Filters has been an innovator in filtration products.
WIX designs, manufactures and distributes products for automotive,
diesel, agricultural, industrial and specialty filter markets. Its
product line includes oil, air, cabin interior, fuel, coolant,
transmission and hydraulic filters for automobiles, trucks and off-road
equipment. WIX, a member of the Affinia family of brands, is the number
one filter in NASCAR and an exclusive NASCAR Performance Product. Its
NASCAR relationship also includes the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award,
which recognizes the drivers leading the most laps in each race. WIX
Filters' Internet address is www.wixfilters.com
<http://www.wixfilters.com/> .

 

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