Centric Parts, which includes the StopTech and Power Slot divisions, is a
leading manufacturer and supplier of aftermarket brake components and
systems for everyday cars, performance duty vehicles and ultra
performance vehicles. Centric continually innovates significant
improvements to brake technology for the street and track, having earned
four patents along the way. Centric’s brake pads, such as the
PosiQuiet line of premium Metallic, Ceramic and Extended Wear formulas,
provide superior performance, quality and value.
The company was founded in 2000 in Southern California and
has enjoyed solid growth every year since. Today the company operates
multiple warehouse and manufacturing facilities totaling 438,000 square
feet and exceeding 500 employees.
Centric’s executives bring with them extensive experience
and insight. Dino Crescentini, CEO of Centric Parts has several
successful aftermarket companies under his belt as founder and senior
executive, including Autospecialty and StopTech and has been a race car
driver for the last three decades. He currently races as part of the
SCCA SPEED World Challenge Championships on the Global Motorsports Group
team.
Dan Lelchuk, president of Centric Parts, has been part of
the auto aftermarket business since 1976, holding positions with several
import parts suppliers including Beck Arnley and Brembo as well as also
having worked with Crescentini at Autospecialty.
Stephen Ruiz, Centric Parts’ Director of Engineering and a
recognized industry expert, comes with over 20 years of brake and
friction materials experience as well as race car design, engineering,
and manufacturing.
The company is rounded out with skilled and seasoned experts
from across the industry. This encompassing knowledge of the industry
brought by the executive team is further expanded on through Centric’s
dedication to research and development. The company has one of the
industry’s best programs for tracking and cataloging original equipment,
and devising quality aftermarket and OE parts for consumers, mechanics
and car makers. Centric’s catalogs, a practical standard in the
industry, now boast over 40,000 braking system parts supporting nearly
every make and model from passenger cars to medium duty trucks
manufactured since 1937. In the process, the company has earned a
string of braking technology patents, has been repeatedly awarded by the
Friction Materials Standards Institute for catalog and program
excellence, and has earned the highly coveted TÜV approval on several
big brake kits.
Originally focusing on replacement parts for everyday use,
Centric parts has aggressively expanded into the performance market by
acquiring StopTech in 2006 and Power Slot in 2007.