Advance Auto Parts, Inc. has announced that its board of directors has appointed president George Sherman to the additional role of interim chief executive officer, effective January 3, 2016, the beginning of the Company’s next fiscal year. Sherman will…
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended October 10, 2015. Third quarter comparable cash earnings per diluted share (Comparable Cash EPS) were $1.95, which was an increase of 3.2% versus the third quarter…
The Automotive Industries Association of Canada held a grand opening of its new national headquarters in downtown Ottawa. The new offices, at 180 Elgin Street, provide the national association with much needed space for staff and meetings. The offices house…
KYB Americas Corp. has launched a new Crash Avoidance Systems Awareness and Training Campaign aimed at helping service providers communicate the importance of ride control maintenance to help keep a vehicle’s computerized crash avoidance system working within its designed capabilities.…
Tenneco’s industry-leading line of Monroe Quick-Strut complete replacement strut assemblies is projected to grow by 100 part numbers in 2016. With these new parts, the Monroe line of replacement strut assemblies will cover more than 132 million North American passenger…
PPG Canada has introduced the Shop-Line refinish system to its collision centre customers across the country. Offering products required to perform quality automotive refinish repairs efficiently, the compliant Shop-Line system has been developed for shops seeking a solvent-borne solution at an…
Dorval Auto Parts surpassed last year’s total donations for its annual Walkathon. “We have achieved a grand total of $77,000, up from last year’s $72,000. That gives us a total of $436,000 in the eight years we have been doing…
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…