Bando’s OEM market share continues to grow with their recent selection as the OEM serpentine belt supplier to the 2010 5.3L Vortec engine available on GM’s most popular light trucks including the Silverado, Tahoe, Suburban, Sierra and Savanna models. In 2010, one in every three vehicles manufactured in North America will be equipped with Bando’s Serpentine Belt.

Bando manufactures belts for the world’s leading automakers, supplying both OEM and aftermakert applications, all to the same exacting standards of quality. Their automotive belts, serpentine, timing and V-belts are engineered to meet the unique requirements of today’s high performance engines for applications that run the gamut from international racing teams to light duty trucks. The GM 5.3L vortec engine produces up to 310 hp and 335 lb-ft of torque.

“IDC-USA is proud to partner with this award winning supplier of the world’s largest OEM’s,” says Almeda Myers, Marketing Manager of IDC-USA. She continues, “A Platinum Supplier to IDC-USA, our distributor-owners have voted Bando as their Supplier of the Year the past eleven years.”