13th March 2008 - ATE Announces Winner of Inaugural Aftermarket Sales Award

“Capoli and Sons have helped us to achieve outstanding sales results and improve our ATE brand recognition with customers,” said David Mestdagh, Director, North American Aftermarket, Continental Automotive Systems.  “Their dedication and visibility also supported our goal of commitment to our customers and we are happy to name them as the first recipients of this award.”

The award acknowledges manufacturer’s representatives for their efforts in achieving sales targets and new business growth as well as delivering exceptional sales prospect and overall product support.

“We’re honored to be recognized by ATE for our work in 2007,” said Chick Capoli. “We pride ourselves in adding value to Continental’s sales efforts and promoting the features and benefits of the ATE PremiumOne® brake products that they market.”

ATE will present the award to Capoli Sales at their 1st QTR 2008 national sales meeting.

To learn more about the ATE brand of aftermarket products, visit www.ate-na.com.

With annual sales of more than €25 billion (based on 2006 figures), the Continental Corporation is one of the top five automotive suppliers worldwide. As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for the powertrain and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics, tires and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes towards enhanced driving safety and protection of the global climate. Continental is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. Today, the corporation employs approximately 150,000 people at nearly 200 locations in 36 countries.

Supplying both, OEMs and the Aftermarket worldwide, the Interior Division of Continental AG develops and produces electronic systems which allow the information in a vehicle to be controlled and communicated according to the requirements of the driver and the driving situation. The Division achieves annual sales of more then € 6 billion with a workforce of more than 33,000 employees. The range of products includes instruments clusters and multifunctional displays, control units, electronic car entry systems, tire information systems, climate control systems, radios, multimedia and navigation systems, telematic solutions as well as cockpit modules and systems. The Interior Division develops vehicle electronics enabling car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communication, Internet access and the seamless integration of mobile devices (car-to-device). The focus on systems integration offers customers less complexity and ensures efficient and cost-effective solutions for the management of information in passenger cars as well as commercial and special vehicles.