Comapny Announcement  -Metric Automotive Engineering has announced the availability of connecting rod bearings for Caterpillar® 3500 series engines from IPD. “This is part of IPD’s concerted drive to introduce new products that help cut costs for owners of Caterpillar® equipment without jeopardising engine performance or life,” operations director Andrew Yorke says. Metric Automotive Engineering represents IPD in the local market, a leading aftermarket provider of engine components for heavy-duty diesel and natural gas powered engines based in the United States. “The quality of the latest products is in line with the high standards that IPD adheres to, in addition to being competitively priced,” Yorke says. He adds that IPD has been synonymous with quality, innovation and service since 1955. Its Caterpillar® replacement parts are manufactured in a Lloyds accredited ISO 9001:2000 quality controlled environment.

IPD has been producing high quality products for 3500 series engines since the early 1990s. Its complete range in this regard includes gallery-cooled pistons for diesel and natural gas applications, induction hardened cylinder liners, heavy duty copper alloy engine bearings and quality valve train components. This makes IPD a market leader in providing the most complete range of aftermarket products available for these popular engines. In addition IPD carries a variety of miscellaneous internal bushings for rocker arms, accessory drive and oil pump bushings.

Metric Automotive Engineering is South Africa’s most comprehensively equipped heavy diesel engine and component re-manufacturers. Established as a family business in 1969, the company has a strong ethos of investing in both quality equipment and expert personnel. This attitude towards customer service and constant product innovation has sustained the company since its inception.

Metric Automotive Engineering can refurbish large diesel engine components and offers services such as cylinder head remanufacture, cylinder block line boring, milling, honing and boring, camshaft grinding, crankshaft grinding, engine assembly and dynamometer testing. Subsidiary Reef Fuel Injection Services offers Bosch-approved fuel injection services.