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Hicks, et al. v. ACandS, Inc., et al. 6/1/01.-Paul L. LeCour Page 170 . Page 172 1 letter] into the professional standard and economy 2 class? 3 A. You mean as a chain? 4 Q. Yes. 5 A. Yes, yes, there is. 6 Q. All right. What would fall under the 7 professional designation? .8 A. Would be the MS and the S. 9 Q. Both semi:metallic.or just the MS? . 10 A. Wait a minute. II Q. Is MS and S - MS is semi-metallic? 12 A. Yes. 13 Q. And the S is not? 14 A. That'j correct, yes. IS MR. RILEY: Depending on the time period. 16 MR. DUMLER: Depending upon the time 17 frame. . .. IS' Q. (By Mr. Dumler) Does the S ultimately become 19 semi-metallic? 20 A. No. 21 Q. And what Ills in the standard category? 22 A. Tluc would be the AG. And that would be the 23 MAS and AS. 24 Q. What about the economy? 25 A. The economy? Actually, the economy was known 1 line? 2 A. Yes. 3 Q. What about the ES during T960 lo 1980, was 4 American Brakeblok/Abex the exclusive supplier for that 5 line? 6 A- No, 7 Q. Who else? Was American Brakeblok/Abex the 8 major supplier for the ES line? 9 MR. RILEY: Ifl can interrupt, you 10 previously testified and said "ES"? 11 MR. DUMLER: Yes. 12 MR. RJLEY: ES started in the late'70s, 13 Q. (By Mr. Dumler) From the time it was 14 manufactured through 1980, the ES line was American . 15 Brakeblok/Abex, the exclusive supplier for that line? 16 A. No. 17 Q. Was it the major supplier dr the predominant 18. supplier for that line, the ES line? 19. A.' No. 20 Q. Who supplied that line? 2.1 A. Allied-Signal, Hemisphere, FDP, Cann Parts, 22 Certified Brake, DiscTcx. That's alt 1 can recall. '23 Q. All right. What was the reason that you 24 turned to other suppliers for that particular line as 25 opposed to the other line? Page 171 1 as Stopper 2 before it became economy. It was under the ' 2 AB flag. - 3 Q. 1 apologize if t asked you this, all right; 4 I think 1 have: When was the professional, standard, 5 and economy designations first put out there? 6 A. That had to be in the late '70s, early '80s. 7 Q. All right. Now, with respect to the AB, we 8 know that was American Brakeblok/Bendix - I'm sorry - 9 Abex, that was the main supplier or that? 10 MR. RILEY: Start over again, because you II . sure messed it up. ' . 12 MR. DUMLER: Sure. 13 Q. (By Mr. Dumler) The AB, American Brakeblok 14 Abex, were they the exclusive supplier for the AB line? 15 A., AB line and S line and MAS, 16 Q. But there was no written agreement that made 17 them the exclusive supplier or any joint venture 18 agreement with respect to the production of those? . 19 A No, 20 Q. All right. What about the B between I960 and 21 1980, American Brakcblok/Abex? Were they the exclusive 22 supplier for that line? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. What about the AS between I960 and 1980? Was 25 American Brakeblok/Abex the exclusive supplier for that Page I7> 1 A. Economy. 2 Q. They were cheaper? 3 A. They were price competitive. 4 Q. What about the AS line? Who was the supplier? s Was there au exclusive supplier tor that line?' 6 A. What line? ' 7 Q. AS. 8. A. AS? Yes. 9 Q. Who was that? 10 A. What time period? 11 Q. 1960 to 1980? 12 A. Abex. 13 (Witness conferred with counsel.) 14 THE WITNESS: 1 want to make a statement. 15 Q. (By Mr. Dumler) Co ahead. You've conferred 16 with your conusd. and you need to make a statement? 17 X. Right. 18 Q. Go ahead. 19 A. When MS's first came out, Abex did not have 20 a good jemi-inetallic friction materialfor the disc 21 pads. So e used what was known as Friction King 2, 22 which was manufactured and made by Bendix initially. 23 And then when they did get their formula corrtcl. we 24 switched over to Abex. 25 Q. Thank you. WHEELER REPORTING COMPANY, INC.. 404-351-4577 44 (Pages 170 to 173)