TruckServices: Knorr-Bremse to launch new aftermarket brand at Automechanika

At the upcoming Automechanika 2016 trade fair in Frankfurt (September 13-17), Knorr-Bremse will be presenting the new TruckServices brand under which it is to deliver its full range of aftermarket services in the future.

Knorr-Bremse TruckServices offers an expanded portfolio of products to underpin its claim to provide reliable, economical solutions for diagnostic, maintenance and repair work on commercial vehicles of any type or age.

As Wolfgang Krinner, member of the Management Board of Knorr-Bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems GmbH, says, “As the world’s biggest trade fair for the automotive aftermarket, Automechanika is an appropriate venue for the launch of our new brand. Knorr-Bremse TruckServices understands customers’ needs and can deliver a wide range of reliable, economical aftermarket products and services. As well as the usual Knorr-Bremse OEM products, we also supply many remanufactured ones for value-based repair of older vehicles. In future these will have their own separate brand name: EconX.”

EconX – the new brand for Knorr-Bremse remanufactured products

As a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly option for repairing older vehicles, remanufactured products are an important element in the TruckServices portfolio. Knorr-Bremse says its experience as an original equipment manufacturer means it is familiar with the precise technical requirements for each part and is able to adhere to the highest quality standards throughout the entire remanufacturing process, from initial selection to final completion.

Customers can rely on Knorr-Bremse remanufactured products to cover the same range of functions as the original product and to have a life expectancy appropriate for the age of the vehicle concerned. The five letters of the brand name ‘EconX‘ replace the previous term ‘Genuine Remanufactured Exchange Parts’ and sum up the products’ qualities: original, value-based and sustainable. To mark the launch of the new brand at Automechanika, Knorr-Bremse will showcase the latest additions to the EconX portfolio, including an electronic clutch servo – underlining the company’s determination to continuously expand the range on offer.

Service kits for compressors

Knorr-Bremse supplies many different versions of its OE products to vehicle builders in order to ensure their suitability for installation. But for the aftermarket this variety represents a potential challenge, as it complicates the ordering process and entails additional logistics costs.

To resolve this, Knorr-Bremse TruckServices has developed value-for-money solutions for distributors and workshops that reduce the variety as far as possible without any loss of functionality and reliability. This has, for example, enabled the company to cut the 1,600 different versions of its brake calipers to a mere 140 for the aftermarket. And with its new compressor service kits, which will be on show for the first time at Automechanika, Knorr-Bremse has transferred this successful principle to a further product area.

Practical test gauge

In line with its slogan of ‘Keep it running’, Knorr-Bremse TruckServices has developed a handy tool that enables brake disc thickness to be rapidly and easily checked without having to remove the wheel. Suitable for various disc sizes, the gauge indicates whether the thickness is satisfactory or needs to be checked more precisely. The first of these gauges will be available free-of-charge exclusively to visitors to the Knorr-Bremse booth at Automechanika.

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