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JASPER Acquires Canam Marketing for
Stronger Presence in USPS Components

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Zach Bawel, Vice President of Sales for Jasper Engines and Transmissions, and Brian Nelson, President of Postal Products Unlimited, "seal the deal" on the purchase of Canam Marketing.

The Jasper Engine & Transmission Exchange Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) has acquired Canam Marketing Corporation. Canam Marketing will be operated by JASPER's sister company, Jasper Innovative Solutions, as the company strives to increase its presence in the United States Postal Service parts market.

Canam Marketing provides vehicle maintenance parts and supplies for LLV, FFV, Windstar, Uplander and other USPS delivery vehicles. Canam Marketing provides product distribution from its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, office, with sales offices in Milwaukee and Las Vegas, Nevada.

"The acquisition of Canam Marketing will be a great addition to JIS," says Luke Bawel, JASPER Innovative Solutions General Manager. "Canam's strength in new product development and dedicated workforce, coupled with JIS's customer service, ordering system, inventory levels, and Transit company will be a winning combination."

"We see great quality and value in Canam products," added Bawel. "With this acquisition we will be able to allow customers the convenience of ordering through one system, the availability of ramped up inventory, and on time delivery! We are very excited with this new growth!"

Canam Marketing will continue to operate as a separate company and, over time, will be merged into JIS. The Canam name will remain for branding purposes and name recognition in the marketplace.

VMF Spotlight - Santa Clarita, CA
Sierra Costal District

Santa Clarita VMF Building

The Santa Clarita VMF is home to 43 employees and is the District office for two auxiliaries - Van Nuys and Pasadena, CA. These employees consist of 39 mechanics, including Noah Dutton, Joe Corrales and Steve Buonanarati who are members of the million mile club. This club requires that you drive for a minimum of 30 years with no accidents. This club shows that they have a great appreciation for safety and an ongoing commitment to the USPS.

The Storekeeper, Mary Orvis, has been with the Postal Service for 35 years and in the VMF for 21 years. The Tool and Parts Clerk, Roger Orvis, has 23 years of service and the General Clerks, Jeff Lewis and Rosa Fuentes, have a combined 50 years of experience. The District VMF Manager, Dave Brown, has a number of years with the USPS and has experience in several areas of the country, including Maryland and Hawaii.

The Santa Clarita VMF is responsible for maintaining over 3,000 vehicles in the district, including mail handling and the Southern California Inspection Service vehicles. Their vehicle makeup consists of LLV's, two ton's, FFV's, 11-ton Internationals, Dodge Caravans, Ford Focus's and Pontiac G6's. Despite not having a full staff of mechanics in the VMF, the dedicated crew has been able to stay current with all scheduled vehicle maintenance programs.

Besides the warm climate and beautiful rolling hills, the Santa Clarita VMF has several major fault lines that run through the area, like the San Gabriel and the San Andreas, which provide several hundred small earthquakes every year. Mary Orvis played on the issue of fault lines to share this poem with us:

A little bit of shaking,

can't stop JASPER from making,

our parts arrive

to keep our vehicles alive!

Product Quality

Jasper Innovative Solutions takes considerable pride in the quality of the products it supplies, and whenever possible, strives to provide parts produced by the vehicle's manufacturer. As a rule, the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) is utilized to insure that the service repair part is of the same quality as that originally built into the vehicle. This guarantees the storekeeper that the replacement part will meet the standards of those set forth by the vehicle's manufacturer.

Customer Satisfaction

Jasper Innovative Solutions understands that a company's surest path to success still depends on the age-old art of listening. We listen to our customers, and in doing so, learn from them. To accomplish this goal, every Vehicle Maintenance Facility is assigned a trained account representative. This individual is responsible for answering any questions a storekeeper has concerning vehicle replacement parts. They're also the primary contact in placing orders and resolving any issues or concerns.

Your representative keeps in contact, monitoring our effectiveness in order filling efficiency, product quality and order turn around time.

Further understanding of your needs is achieved through periodic field visits to your facility. These visits are an excellent opportunity for both sales reps and storekeepers to sit down and discuss issues on a more personal level.

Contract Information

Jasper Innovative Solutions currently holds a National Ordering Agreement (NOA) with the United States Postal Service - USPS.

Our NOA number is: 1DVPMS07B0071

Consignment Program

Through Consignment, Jasper Innovative Solutions can eliminate your stock investment by placing our parts on your shelf. You will not be billed for any part until you close out your self-created work order. Jasper Innovative Solutions will also ship your parts free of charge and discount off of NOA pricing. With your consultation, we will provide quality replacement parts exactly as they're needed. No more oversell! No more piles of dusty, unnecessary parts. Instead we provide a consultative inventory process which will improve your turnover rate by eliminating build-ups and run-outs.

Jasper Innovative Solutions is ready to supply all the hardware and software necessary to effectively control your inventory. We offer an inventory control system that has been tried and tested for over twenty years.

Not only will you have a Jasper Innovative Solutions associate assigned to your account but you can also depend on us for on-site training absolutely free of charge.

You'll have the ability to control inventory in your auxiliaries and to transfer stock to them or any other VMF on the system. Real time inventory can be physically checked at any time by running zone bin quantities.