Ken-Tool offers Universal Master TPMS Sensor Hardware and Tool Service Set 
Akron, Ohio--Ken-Tool's Universal Master TPMS Sensor Hardware and Tool Service Set for tire-pressure monitoring system sensors is an all-inclusive kit that includes hardware and application-specific tools for servicing valve stem TPMS sensors.
The service set is a versatile 152-piece assortment of 15 unique hardware kits that will handle 90 percent of all TPMS-equipped vehicles in the United States. All of the necessary application-specific hardware, including the valve core and cap, grommet nut, gaskets, washers, and valve stems are provided.
Ken-Tool goes a step further by including replacement rubber "snap-in" valve stem kits with new sensor mounting screws that are now standard equipment on many late-model GM vehicles, as well as all of the specialized hand tools needed to service and replace the hardware on TPMS sensors.
Bionic Wrench receives 2008 IF Universal Design award in Germany
Chicago--LoggerHead Tools has received an IF (International Forum Design GmbH) Universal Design Award for its Bionic 
Wrench product line, a new class of adjustable ergonomic wrenches, with a patented mechanically efficient mechanism, that distribute force equally around a nut or bolt. It is the only product manufactured in America to receive a 2008 IF Universal Design Award.
Since its launch in May 2005, LoggerHead has received 12 other international awards for new product designs for the Bionic Wrench and other product lines.
The Universal Design Award is the first competition to focus on the principles of universal design exclusively, striving beyond the traditional attributes of form and function normally associated with award-winning product design.
Rotary Lift introduces new extended-height adapter
Madison, Ind.--Rotary Lift introduces a new extended-height (EH) adapter to enable technicians using any frame-contact Rotary Lift model to properly pick up the Toyota Tundra and other light trucks, SUVs, and vans.
Additionally, Rotary has widened the frame-engaging pad on the new adapter and its existing EH auxiliary adapter by half an inch in order to accommodate new vehicles, many of which have wider frames.
Many new trucks and SUVs have running boards and other equipment that make it difficult to reach manufacturer-recommended pick-up points using standard or auxiliary EH adapters, which may be either too short or too tall. Rotary Lift's new FJ6212 extended height adapter is a midrange solution. At 7 3/8 inches high, it is taller than the standard adapter but 2 inches shorter than Rotary Lift's FJ696 extended-height adapter.
Snap-on's new software bundle 8.2 now covers airbag and body systems, and purge and seal tests
Lincolnshire, Ill.--With Software Bundle 8.2 from Snap-on Diagnostics, technicians can now use the Fast-Track Troubleshooter feature on their Snap-on Modis, Solus Pro, or Solus handheld tools to access new airbag and body trouble codes. The 8.2 upgrade can also now perform the purge and seal test on 1998-2006 GM vehicles with Class II communications.
"We are expanding our experienced-based information to include airbag and body computer support in the same troubleshooter format that technicians have seen for years in engine, drivability, transmission, and ABS," said Chris Hockett, technical marketing specialist at Snap-on Diagnostics.
"The upgrade for the purge and seal is a factory-level test that helps technicians troubleshoot evaporative emissions codes quickly and efficiently," Hockett said. "There has been an explosion of new trouble codes that body and airbag systems can store, and these new developments in Troubleshooter will help guide technicians through repairs after reading the codes that are set."
With the 8.2 upgrade, technicians have 2007 vehicle-communications coverage for the major OEMs, including GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, and Subaru--all new domestic and Asian coverage in the same bundle release.
New tests, codes, data, and information have been added for vehicles back to 1998. Snap-on has also added 820 new vehicles and access to 7,000 new systems since the last software release.
Felo offers ergonomic screwdriver introduced
Monticello, Minn.--Bondhus Corp., through its German marketing partner, Felo, has introduced a new screwdriver line featuring the patented Ergonic handle. The Ergonic screwdriver handle conforms to the user's hand, increasing comfort while significantly increasing torque transmission capability. 
Each screwdriver blade is machined to exacting German standards, and the result is a screwdriver that delivers fantastic performance and lasts virtually forever.
A wide selection of screwdrivers is available in standard and insulated versions.
OTC offers new Color Nemisys USA 2007 Domestic Scan Kit
Owatonna, Minn.--OTC has unveiled its new Color Nemisys USA 2007 Domestic Scan Kit, a midlevel professional-grade scan tool that greatly simplifies the vehicle diagnostics and repair process, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership over competing solutions.
The new 3815 scan tool now features a large, 320 x 240 pixel, fully backlit, liquid crystal color display, and supports USB and serial communication ports.
The 3815 kits cover the required CAN protocol -- which was introduced in 2003 vehicles and is the mandated protocol in all new vehicles by 2008 -- and feature new powerful vehicle diagnostics applications for body and chassis systems along with engine, transmission, ABS, and airbag.
Downloaded into the software is an expanded vehicle information database covering new 2007 make-year-model configurations for easy access to the proper system interface, new TPMS system coverage, repair information, domestic OBD I and OBD II coverage, optional Asian OBD I and OBD II coverage, and enhanced OBD II Mode 6 screens.
A new catalog from Durham introduced
Durham, Conn. -- Durham has published a new, 126-page, comprehensive catalog covering its expanded lines of industrial storage products, nonpowered material-handling equipment, safety products, and literature organizers.
The catalog is divided into the following sections for easy reference: bins, drawer cabinets and drawer cabinet systems, Rotabin revolving shelves, metal and plastic compartment boxes and racks, truck/van storage, utility/aerosol cabinets, and spool racks.
And hose-clamp cabinets, rod and bar racks; heavy-duty storage cabinets, Storack heavy-duty shelving, bar storage, Plasti-Bilt shelf bins; workbenches, workstations and mobile cabinets; carts and trucks, empty first-aid boxes, spill-control storage, medicine cabinets, gas cylinder storage cabinets; Con-Tur vertical and rotary literature racks, and horizontal and special-purpose literature racks.
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