TROY, MI. — Meritor, Inc. has appointed Barry Eckel to the position of director, OEM Sales and Canada, as a member of the Meritor DriveForce team.

Eckel is responsible for leading the Meritor DriveForce sales and service organization for truck and trailer in Canada.

Meritor’s DriveForce is their newly branded field sales and service organization that has more than 110 experts trained to support customer needs before, during and after the sale.

Eckel was director, OEM Sales, with Meritor prior to this appointment. Eckel will hang onto his current OEM account responsibilities.

Eckel has a bachelor’s degree with a major in commerce from the University of Toronto.

Meritor also appointed Stephen Murphy, district manager, eastern Quebec and Atlantic Canada, also part of the DriveForce team.

Murphy has held a number of service management assignments in the trucking industry in Canada, most recently with TRANSX and Volvo/Mack Trucks Canada. He holds two inter-provincial certificates of qualification in mechanics from Centennial College and is a graduate of the Service Management program at Pennsylvania State University.