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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1983 Feb 15 DOC#: ABX251 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Fruehauf's Visit Industries Company Di,t: February 15, 1983 Subject: Fruehauf V i s i t From: To: l . . BretZ L. H. Boyd Memorandum On Wednesday, February 23, 1983, I w ill be b rin g in g to the plant Mr. H. 0. (Hap) Binder (pronounced Bender) o f Fruehauf Corporation. Hap i s the Manager Aftermarket and A c ce sso rie s Purchasing and has been re sp o n sib le fo r a ll brake lin in g purchases fo r both o rig in a l equipment and replacement. The purpose o f h is v i s i t is to fa m ilia r iz e him self w ith a brake l i n i n g plant and s p e c if ic a lly the Abex opera tion. We supply them 50% of t h e ir production requirements and f o r the f i r s t time in h is t o r y , during the la s t quarter o f 1982, over 50% ($259,000) of th e ir aftermarket requirements. We would lik e a tour o f the plant concentrating on the block area. He a ls o buys heavy truck s t r ip s from us fo r h is branches so we do not want to s k ip that. A c tu a lly , t h is t r ip w ill a ffo rd us an opportunity to show him we are a f u ll lin e manufacturer and we should play i t a ll up. ' ' We a ls o want to cover in depth our non-asbestos product lin e s sin ce th at may be t h e ir fu ture d ire c tio n . They have approved f o r production use Abex 931-162, C a r lis le NAB9M and Raybestos 2020. We w ill want to spend some time wi.th P h il Grim and h is people that Fruehauf deals with on a day to day b a s is . We plan to a r r iv e at the plant by 8:30-8:45 a.m. and w ill go to the P la n t conference room. Lunch i s scheduled at the clu b, and we w ill leave Winchester a t 3:30 p.m. fo r our f l i g h t back to D e tro it. I f you o r someone e lse would lik e to jo in us fo r lu nch , please do. Hap would appreciate that. Room re se rva tio n s have been taken care of- Th help. L. Earle Bretz, Jr. LE8/lb cc: CAM artin/fi 1e LLAdams A D In d e lic a to ARHummel EFPotts PHGrim p'tA / 'f KAZ KHALL06904 006935