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Babcox Media Acquires Transmission Digest


Babcox Media Acquires Transmission Digest

Recently, it has been reported that Babcox Media Inc. acquired Transmission Digest, covering transmission repair industry. For almost four decades, Transmission Digest (TD) has been keeping track of the main trends in development in the transmission repair industry.


This magazine has become an indispensable source of technical information for several generations of transmission rebuilders as well as for self-taught technicians searching for suppliers of quality spare parts and helpful tips on how to arrange their own transmission repair businesses. Moreover, for many years in the transmission industry, TD magazine has been helping professional repair shops and spare parts suppliers in advertising and promotion of their businesses. Thanks to this deal, Babcox Media will be able to delve into the auto repair business by offering comprehensive coverage needed for this segment of the automobile world.




Cover of the latest issue of Transmission Digest magazine



Located in Springfield, Missouri, TD was established in 1980. It is said that the acting publisher of TD, Bobby Mace, will retain his post and the company will not shift its location. TD magazine is sent to more than eighteen thousand repair shops in the US monthly, providing a great variety of helpful resources to repair businesses with the main objective of improving their services. The TD’s digital publications ePowertrain Bulletin and Transmission Tech/Talk offer more technical info and tips, which can be used in practice.



Cover of the latest ePowertrain Bulletin



Bill Babcox, the head of Babcox Media, warmly welcomed TD magazine as a new member of its company. TD has gained recognition as a reliable source of valuable information on diagnostics and repair of automatic transmissions. The acquisition of TD Magazine will help Babcox Media to enhance the auto industry coverage. Mr. Mace, in turn, pointed out that it is also a step forward for TD Magazine. With the help of Babcox Media, TD will have new ways of reaching existing and new readers. For almost a century, Babcox Media has been covering different areas of the automobile business.



Babcox Media Inc.

Established in 1920, Babcox Media connects brand marketers with niche audiences throughout the automotive, auto care, powersports and truck fleet markets. Currently, the company gives to the automotive world dozens of industry-related print and digital properties, reviews and other useful info for major exhibitions. With a great variety of media resources, Babcox Media is committed to providing unique content in new formats that meet the demands of modern audience.



Transmission Digest

TD magazine, established 39 years ago, has become a real asset to repair owners, transmission rebuilders and suppliers of spare parts by monthly delivery of technical info on the latest trends in diagnostics and repair of transmissions and related components. Being up to date with the help of TD, transmission specialists can efficiently handle issues in even the most sophisticated transmission units. New transmission technologies and growing competition require new approaches not only in technical expertise in repair methods, but also new ideas in management, advertising and promotion of repair businesses – that’s where TD comes to the rescue. The magazine is published in both print and digital versions on a monthly basis.



Popular articles

Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!

Modern auto industry is full of sophisticated drivetrain technologies which are supposed to make your driving experience even more pleasant and trouble-free. Despite a great abundance of sophisticated technical solutions, it is highly likely that very few people know a transmission solution operating like a manual CVT.

Over recent years engineers developed a lot of gear shifting solutions for different car brands, which may seem a bit unusual for oldtime drivers. In this article we will review the most peculiar gear stick technologies and provide video materials related to these technologies.

Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.

Nowadays Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a torus. Extroid CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.