New Goetze® Catalogue Highlights Huge Growth in Application Coverage

Federal-Mogul’s aggressive continued investment in application coverage can be seen in the latest Goetze® piston rings catalogue (CATGT1001), now available through leading suppliers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Goetze is the pre-eminent brand of piston rings among today’s original equipment manufacturers and engine rebuilders.

The 2011-2012 Goetze catalogue features 280 new SKUs covering more than 1,000 additional engines and over 2,000 applications. Key new references include:

-    BMW N45/N46 and M54B30
-    Mercedes Benz Actros Eu4 and 5
-    PSA/Ford DV6TED4
-    Renault K9K Eu4/5
-    Ford 2.0/2.3 Duratec
-    Opel Z13DTH
-    MAN D0834/0836 Eu4 and E0836
-    Volvo D7A

The new catalogue is the only piston ring resource linked to Tecdoc. This valuable relationship has helped the Goetze product team to increase the brand’s engine and vehicle coverage by 138 percent and 123 percent, respectively, since 2008. Nearly 5,700 unique Tecdoc LV and CV engines and 19,767 applications are now linked to Goetze ring sets.

“One of the central objectives of our Expert Brands strategy was to focus more resources on new applications coverage to enable Federal-Mogul customers to aggressively grow their businesses,” said Nathan Mercer, Federal-Mogul product manager, cylinder components, Europe, Middle East and Africa. “We’re delivering on this promise with one of the most significant coverage expansions in the history of the respected Goetze brand. And every Goetze product reflects the latest OE material and design concepts, which are then adapted to the unique requirements of the aftermarket repair environment.”

The new catalogue –printed in seven languages, including Arabic – also includes a timesaving guide to help users identify the correct replacement Goetze ring set for the equivalent Nüral® piston reference.