From a rousing and patriotic opening keynote to duelling events for the Canadian contingent, Industry Week offered plenty for those in attendance. With about 162,000 automotive aftermarket professionals on hand for the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo and the Specialty Equipment…
Automotive Aftermarket Parts Exhibition draws tens of thousands of auto service professionals to Las Vegas. The Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association held its annual show just down the road.
AAPEX 2018 opens at Sands Exhibition Centre. SEMA at the Las Vegas Convention Center
TPMS manufacturer Schrader Performance Sensors will have its senior technical lead, W Rippetoe give insights and training around the sensor technology and best practices. The first will be on Oct. 30 at TIA’s TPMS at 10 at SEMA South Hall,…
Brake company Raybestos is planning to introduce its “Big Brake-Thru” when the aftermarket gathers at AAPEX at the end of the month. It will make the announcement at BPI booth 3638. “We’re excited to share breakthrough news from our flagship…
Frost & Sullivan has awarded Mitchell 1 with its 2018 North American Customer Value Leadership Award. The repair information company won the distinction for enhancing the productivity of auto repair businesses with customer-centric software. The company’s integrated end-to-end solutions for…
More than 100 sales and marketing professionals joined the Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance for the aptly named Sales and Marketing Forum in San Antonio recently, bringing together key personnel from shareholder member companies for three days of seminars and discussions.…
It may have been chilly and wet in St. John’s, but that didn’t stop members and vendors from Bestbuy Distributors from getting business done while mixing in a bit of fun. The Mississauga, Ont.-based company hosted about 200 people at…
Richard Kloiber of Tools in Motion Auto Service in Airdrie, Alta. was one of four big winners in the an annual technician competition organized by the Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance. He was named the Auto Value Technician of the Year for…
AAPEX has added another name to its breakfast keynote just before the opening of its annual show in Las Vegas. Karl Rove, a political strategist who served as George W. Bush’s chief of staff, will join CNN’s John King for…
High Fives for Kids was the big winner of the day at the Ontario division of the Automotive Industries Association of Canada’s annual golf tournament. Another $15,000 was raised for the foundation, thanks to 136 golfers who came out for…
Just like the other sectors of the automotive aftermarket, the collision industry is set to take on a whole new set of challenges in the upcoming years. Sessions and forums at NACE Automechanika highlighted the changes that will be settling…