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61 www.moderntiredealer.com U.S. and will include POS materials, promotions, rewards and business tools. New bearings and seals program Schaefer Group USA Inc. launched a full line of premium bearings and seals through its FAG brand for the North American afermarket. Schaefer says the bearings and seals program is focused on passenger cars and light trucks. New to North America, the program has more than 3,500 SKUs providing over 95% coverage of product categories from the 1980s to today. Jens Schueler, president of Schaefer Automotive Afermarket North America, says the company is an ideal strategic partner for the automotive afermarket due to its: global manufacturing and distribution facilities; comprehensive in-vehicle presence through the LuK, INA and FAG product lines; and research and development teams. Pennzoil simplifes oil portfolio Shell Lubricants, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, introduced a redesigned Pennzoil brand portfolio of transmission and axle oils. Te Pennzoil Platinum Transmission and Axles Oils are designed to cover 95% of the passenger cars and light trucks in North America. Te tiered line of automatic transmission fuids, manual transmission fluids and axle oils are part of the Pennzoil Platinum product. "Te Pennzoil Platinum Transmission and Axles Oils build on the technology of Pennzoil Platinum motor oils by ofering full synthetic performance with a wide range of products designed to meet vehicle needs," says Doug Kooyman, Pennzoil global brand manager. Te simplifed line of Pennzoil drive- line oils allow shops to stock only one premium brand of driveline lubricants to meet their needs, according to the company. Mahle speeds diagnosis Mahle Service Solutions, a division of Mahle Afermarket Inc., introduced its frst diagnostic scan tool exclusively for the afermarket. Te company called TechPro, which provides results within seconds, a "game changer" for its speed, ease of use and low cost of entry own- ership. "TechPro is all about making technicians more efcient," says Max Dull, general manager. "For example, our new tool features the ability to decode a vehicle identifcation number in one second with one click. Plus, the speed of diagnosis is measured in seconds versus minutes for competitors' tools." Features include J-2534 pass-through capability for refashing and reprogram- ming. Other functions include cylinder balance tests, compression testing, key relearn and misfire graphing. Mahle says it is not necessary to buy or lease extra hardware as the scan tool's vehicle communication interface and sofware can be used with a technicians' current desktop, laptop or tablet. To further lower cost, TechPro is avail- able as a subscription and sofware-based model instead of a large investment in hardware. Quik-Link: 800-687-1557 ext. 11130