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Denise Rondini

Aftermarket Contributing Editor

Denise Rondini is a respected freelance writer in the transportation industry, she has covered the aftermarket and dealer parts and service issues since 1982. Now, she covers those areas exclusively for Heavy Duty Trucking and TruckingInfo.com.

She pens a monthly column, as well as maintenance features in Heavy Duty Trucking magazine.

Rondini is the recipient of two Jesse H. Neal Honors.

Newsby Denise RondiniJanuary 29, 2015

Phillips Industries Rep Elected to HDA Hall of Fame

LAS VEGAS -- Pete Joy, vice president of sales and marketing for Phillips Industries, was elected into the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Hall of Fame on the opening day of Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week.

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Newsby Denise RondiniJanuary 29, 2015

A Look Into the Truck Parts Aftermarket

Before you can talk about what’s occurring in the truck parts aftermarket, you need to first look at what happened with new truck sales in prior years. For instance, while the number of medium-duty trucks has stayed the same since 1994, the number of Class 8 trucks has nearly doubled in that time.

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Newsby Denise RondiniJanuary 28, 2015

SAF Holland Launches Online Parts Catalog

The catalog contains 15 years of data about every product the company has sold. Distributors have access to 15,000 assembly numbers along with their respective component parts and exploded views.

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Newsby Denise RondiniJanuary 28, 2015

Service is Key to Parts Industry, says MacKay President

Saying that service is the key to the parts industry, Stu MacKay, president of MacKay & Co. focused on how changing service patterns are affecting the truck parts aftermarket.

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Newsby Denise RondiniJanuary 28, 2015

Economy in Fourth Largest Expansion in Recent Times

Speaking at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue in Las Vegas, Bob Dieli, founder of RDLB says the expansion is in it 67th month and is closing in on being longer than the November 2001 to December 2007 expansion, which lasted 73 months.

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Newsby Denise RondiniJanuary 28, 2015

Meritor Announces Program to Support Soldiers

LAS VEGAS -- Shoes for Soldiers is how Meritor is describing the effort it launched this week to help severely wounded, injured or ill veterans become leaders in business, government and their communities by contributing a percentage of its remanufactured brake shoe sales to the Wyakin Warrior Foundation.

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Newsby Denise RondiniJanuary 27, 2015

The Three Big Problems for Business

Regulation, litigation and taxation are three big issues faced by business, according to Geoff Davis, former Congressman and founding partner of Republic Consulting, speaking Monday at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue in Las Vegas.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniJanuary 26, 2015

9 Tips for Better Trailer Maintenance

Don’t treat your trailers as an afterthought. Give them the attention they deserve by inspecting and maintaining them on a regular basis.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniDecember 22, 2014

The Aftermarket 2014: A Year in Review

It’s been a busy year for the heavy-duty aftermarket. With the age of the nation’s fleet still high, fleets are spending a lot of money to keep trucks on the road. Given the importance of maintenance and repair, we'll recap some of the key issues that affected fleets in this area in 2014.

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Articlesby Denise RondiniNovember 24, 2014

Better Maintenance Scheduling Leads to Better Service

Staying on top of maintenance not only improves the condition of vehicles, it can lead to improved business.

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