NASHUA, NH (January 4, 2007) — ASA Tire Systems, the leading software provider for the tire industry, announced today a new interface between TreadX, the graphical business software product developed specifically for tire dealers, and Wrenchead.

Newly integrated with TreadX, Wrenchead is a leading internet-based vehicle specific database of aftermarket parts.  With Wrenchead and TreadX, tire dealers can now search for over 3.5 million hard part and accessory numbers for passenger cars, light trucks and medium duty vehicles from as far back as 1967.  Currently, Wrenchead has over 1200 manufacturer lines, hundreds of thousands of “Smart Pages” including product images, technical data and exhaust diagrams, complies with AAIA standards, and includes Nexpart ebusiness solutions. 

With the new integration, tire dealers using TreadX join over 43,000 Wrenchead and Nexpart users to check stock, source and order parts from multiple suppliers at the same time; verify price and availability with participating suppliers; review order history; reduce counter time; and increase customer satisfaction.   All of this is automatically processed completely inside of TreadX, so users don’t ever have to re-enter the order.

About the new interface, Dave Duchesne, vice president of sales for ASA Tire Systems, said, “We are excited about the addition of the Wrenchead aftermarket parts catalog to our suite of products.  Dealers will now be able to quote jobs accurately, and just as importantly make more intelligent decisions when sourcing parts.  With instant access to multiple suppliers stocking and pricing information, they can lower their cost of acquisition while providing a much higher level of service to their customer; and since it’s all done completely within TreadX, there’s no re-entry needed.”

About ASA Tire Systems
Headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, ASA Tire Systems develops and builds enterprise-wide software solutions, delivers support and services, and enables leading independent tire dealers to achieve a maximum return on their information technology investment.  ASA’s software tools are geared to helping tire dealers and retreaders manage all facets of their businesses and can be tailored to suit the ecommerce, order processing, accounting and business management needs of any size retail, wholesale or retread tire operation.    They can be found on the Internet at: www.asatire.com.