Capital Equipment News February 2015

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METRIC AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CHAMPIONS USE of engineered replacement parts

T he very real danger with replace- ment parts is that companies produce ‘copycat’ parts by duplicating the look of the original part. In contrast, IPD parts are engineered replacement parts produced under stringent quality control measures to ensure integrity and optimum performance. “Therefore they not only resemble parts from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), but their performance under working condi- tions is identical to that of the OEM part,” says Andrew Yorke, Operations Director, Metric Au- tomotive Engineering. As a local distributor of IPD engine parts, Met- ric Automotive Engineering has access to new part numbers released on a monthly basis to cover the popular Caterpillar ® C Series en- gines. IPD is an international manufacturer of engine parts for Caterpillar ® engines. “We are very proud to be first to market with aftermarket parts of this quality,” York says. Metric Automotive Engineering is one of South Africa’s most comprehensively equipped die- sel engine and component re-manufacturers. “Since being appointed IPD’s distributor in South Africa in 2008, we have been servic- ing an increasing number of customers who have recognised and experienced the signifi- cant cost savings associated with world-class quality replacement parts,” Yorke says.

“The focus of both Metric Automotive Engineering and IPD has been on helping equipment owners to save money without risk to reliability. Essentially IPD

products are Cat- erpillar ® replace- ment parts but, unlike parts being sourced from the East, IPD parts are manufactured in a Lloyds accredited ISO 9001:2000 quality con- trolled environment.” Yorke says that Metric Automotive Engineer- ing’s association with IPD effectively trans- forms itself into a single source supplier in terms of its engine component rebuild/reman- ufacturing service and its engine parts supply. “The major advantage for our customers is that they are able to source engine parts from an engineering company – the very parts which we use in the remanufacture of our own engines,” Yorke says. “This, in turn, gives them optimum confidence about the quality and integrity of the parts. We are not simply a parts supplier. As an engine

component remanufacturer, we have the nec- essary expertise and experience to be able to identify quality parts,” Yorke says. “While most other engine rebuilders need to buy in their replacement parts, we have the tremendous advantage of an in-house stock- holding of high quality Caterpillar ® -equivalent parts. This effectively positions us as a pre- ferred supplier for heavy duty remanufactured diesel engines. “By eliminating the middle man in parts purchasing, we are able to pass on a sub- stantial cost saving to our customers, at the same time maintaining total control of quali- ty throughout the remanufacturing process,” Yorke concludes. b

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