Company Announcement - A range of IPD aftermarket parts for Caterpillar® diesel engines are available from Metric Automotive Engineering. “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. These include overhaul gasket sets for 3512/3516, C9, C13 and C27 engines, overhaul kits for C9 engines and connecting rod bearings for C32 engines.

With the appearance of Cat® C-series engines in the aftermarket sector after more than a decade in full production, fleet owners and other users now have the option to install IPD quality engineered replacement parts, which enjoy the reputation of being unmatched by any rival aftermarket or replacement parts.

Russell Kneipp, president of IPD, was in South Africa recently to meet with local representative Metric Automotive Engineering and said that Cat® C-series engines are now in the stage of their lifecycle where it makes sense to buy quality replacement parts that will yield the required hours at a price that will yield the required hours at a price that delivers a good return on investment.

“IPD understands these engines, which have been running in the region for some time and need to be maintained properly if they are to continue to perform according to design specifications,” Kneipp says. IDP is launching its replacement parts for C-Series engines up to C32 throughout the course of this year.

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.

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.

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