Federal-Mogul Enhances Distribution Capability in Spain

Federal-Mogul Corporation FDML has opened a new aftermarket distribution center in Madrid to service the Spanish market. Federal-Mogul President and CEO Jose Maria Alapont; David Zapata, managing director of the aftermarket business in Spain; and Angel Viveros, the Mayor of Coslada, today welcomed important aftermarket distributors from throughout Spain for the facility grand opening ceremony. This new, state-of-the-art warehouse, covering a surface area of over 8,000 m2, will serve the entire Spanish aftermarket. It will enable the company to strengthen its position in Spain, a market growing in strategic importance in Europe. The Spanish market currently accounts for nearly 10 percent of the company's European aftermarket business.