headquarters longview texas united states key people todd anderson president products wheel end products suspension products brake products intelligent transportation systems number of employees 826 parent enpro industries nyse npo website www.stemco.com stemco from specialized truck equipment manufacturing company is a longview tx based company that manufactures and distributes products for the global commercial vehicle market . its major product categories include wheel end products brake products intelligent transportation systems and suspension components . 1 stemco products are manufactured in texas georgia michigan new york tennessee kentucky and china . parts are distributed from the united states canada mexico australia and china . contents 1 history 2 innovations 3 brands 4 references 5 external links history edit stemco was founded on march 1 1951 by ben cook and tom davidson in st. charles mo and originally manufactured mufflers and oil reservoirs for commercial trucks . the company moved to longview tx in 1958 to expand the company and began manufacturing new truck parts including dual wheel adapters hub hose carriers drum check gauges and exhaust accessories . this move led to an increase in production and employee growth . in 1964 stemco was purchased by garlock inc an industrial sealing company . 2 in the following decades stemco began designing and manufacturing new products for use in the commercial trucking industry such as hub oil seals hubodometers and other products which have become standard additions to oem truck component manufacturers . 3 in 2007 stemco began acquiring and partnering with other trucking equipment manufacturers . stemco acquired v.w. kaiser engineering in 2008 to form stemco kaiser 4 rome tool and die co. in 2011 to form stemco rome 5 and motor wheel commercial vehicle systems in 2012 to form stemco motor wheel . 6 partners and strategic allies include duroline batrf gaff international and crewson . in july 2015 enpro industries inc. nyse npo parent company to stemco completed its acquisition of the veyance north american air springs business from continental ag . 7 the air springs business unit is the manufacturer of goodyear air springs that are used in suspension systems cabs and seats of commercial vehicles . previously part of veyance technologies inc. which continental ag acquired in january 2015 the business is now part of enpro s stemco division . the addition of the air springs business unit significantly expanded stemco s presence and scale in the commercial vehicle suspension market and brought a workforce of approximately 530 employees . innovations edit stemco manufactures trucking products designed to improve vehicle safety and reduce maintenance needs including intelligent drive systems such as aeris by stemco an automatic tire inflation system . crewson a brake component manufacturer partners with stemco to manufacture and distribute an automatic brake adjuster . 8 other innovations include batrf a radio frequency product that monitors trucks and keeps detailed records of travel distance tire pressure maintenance needs and other statistics useful to fleet managers . stemco has also introduced datatrac a mileage counting hub mounted odometer system . 9 brands edit aeris aeris by stemco is an automated tire inflation system that simultaneously monitors tire pressure while reducing tread wear and alerts operators when tires are in need of maintenance or replacement . 10 batrf batrf is a data collection system for trucks designed to monitor important information such as monitoring distance traveled tire pressure fuel levels and expenses and vehicle condition or maintenance needs . stemco distributes the batrf system . 11 stemco brake products stemco brake products manufactures heavy duty brake lining products in conjunction with duroline and crewson two leading producers of brake products and system components . major products include stemco motor wheel brake drums and stemco rome new steel shoes . 12 stemco gaff stemco gaff specializes in bushings mounts engine supports torque rods and subcomponents for truck suspension systems . 13 stemco kaiser stemco kaiser tests and manufactures pins and bushings for kingpin suspension kit and no ream repair kit applications . 14 references edit stemco tour . retrieved 24 november 2013 . stemco history . retrieved 24 november 2013 . stemco skybitz team up on trailer tracking . http www.truckinginfo.com channel aftermarket news story 2007 02 stemco skybitz team up on trailer tracking.aspx . external link in publisher help ; missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help stemco acquires v.w. kaiser engineering . retrieved 24 november 2013 . stemco buys rome tool & die . retrieved 25 november 2013 . stemco acquires motor wheel . retrieved 25 november 2013 . http www.nasdaq.com press release enpro industries acquires veyance north american air spring business manufacturer of goodyear air 20150701 00476 ixzz3g5ee48c3 stemco tramec join forces to offer automatic brake adjusters . retrieved 25 november 2013 . stemco introduces airbat rf . retrieved 25 november 2013 . the high cost of tires . retrieved 25 november 2013 . stemco adds features to tire pressure monitoring system . retrieved 25 november 2013 . stemco acquires motor wheel . retrieved 25 november 2013 . stemco gaff ink truck components partnership . retrieved 25 november 2013 . stemco buys kaiser . retrieved 25 november 2013 . external links edit official website v t e fairbanks morse locomotives fm consolidated line fm erie built fm h 10 44 fm h 12 44 fm h 12 44ts fm h 12 46 fm h 15 44 fm h 16 44 fm h 16 66 fm h 20 44 fm op800 fm p 12 42 fm h 24 66 other products canon ranch railroad eclipse windmill eclipse windmill fairbanks morse 38 8 1 8 diesel engine moriarty eclipse windmill people thaddeus fairbanks charles hosmer morse facilities fairbanks morse warehouse related colt s manufacturing company enpro industries garlock sealing technologies ggb bearing technology stemco technetics group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stemco & oldid 694194248 categories companies established in 1951hidden categories cs1 errors external linkspages using web citations with no urlpages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 december 2015 at 18 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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