Each year we go to great lengths to seek out the very best of the frontline workers in the Canadian automotive aftermarket and this year Darcy Turton of Automotive Parts Distributors (APD), a Uni-Select member in Saskatoon, Sask., earned this…
Uni-Select Inc. has announced its Canadian Supplier Award winners. This collection of awards recognizes their achievements, innovation, and outstanding service. Showing excellent creativity skills and accomplishing groundbreaking work in the automotive aftermarket, the honorees were celebrated during the Supplier…
ProMax High Carbon Cross Drilled rotors are manufactured using more Carbon content than traditional aftermarket disc rotors, and feature a wide range of applications for Asian, Domestic and European vehicles. Some of the benefits of using ProMax High Carbon Cross…
Incoming president Jean-Francois Champagne says repair professionals are ‘part of the larger AIA family.’
The Monroe “Ready2Sell BENEFITS” promotion returns this fall, giving counter professionals a chance to earn a $10 MasterCard Card for each pair of qualifying Monroe Quick-Strut replacement assemblies sold from Oct. 1 through Nov. 30, 2015. “Monroe Quick-Strut replacement assemblies…
Jobber News is giving you the chance to acknowledge the hardest-working, most helpful and efficient auto parts counterperson you know – by nominating him or her for the Jobber News Counterperson of the Year Award. The Jobber News Counterperson of the Year…
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring U.S. federal agencies to consider using remanufactured parts for vehicle fleet repairs. Bill S. 565, the Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act, requires all federal agencies to consider using remanufactured parts…
Bestbuy Distributors Limited’s annual Buy & Sell attracted shareholders from across Canada, to meet and network with valued suppliers from all over North America, for a celebrated seaside conference in beautiful Bermuda, September 13 –16, 2015. The event, which combined…
The upcoming PC-11 category will be split between backwards-compatible and new, lower-viscosity lubricants – and it’s a major step forward for the marketplace. The decision to split the upcoming PC-11 heavy-duty engine oil category is a crucial one, driven by…
Drivers make numerous critical decisions every day. More often than not, these decisions are made in split seconds, so it’s paramount that both vehicle lighting and wiper blades are in peak operating condition, providing drivers a clear view at all…
Ride control is a simple idea, but there are a couple of major misconceptions that are holding back sales, limiting service levels, and even endangering lives. Most drivers, and even many technicians, view ride control as shocks and struts, but…
My first job was delivering parts for a jobber in Toronto’s west end when I was just 16. Back then (the mid-’70s), gas was 50 cents a gallon and eight-track tapes were all the rage. I remember driving down obscure…