Rockville, Maryland, Technician Wins Grand Prize Of Petty’s Garage Custom-Built Ford Mustang In MAHLE ‘Drive With The Original’ Promotion
The four finalists each received a trip to Las Vegas to participate in the special grand-prize ceremony held at the MAHLE Aftermarket booth on the opening day of AAPEX 2017.
Import Vehicle Community Names Import Product And Marketing Award Winners For 2017
The Import Vehicle Community’s Import Product and Marketing Awards recognize innovative products and marketing programs designed to serve the import aftermarket.
AAPEX 2017 Keynote Session Panelists Discuss Future Of The Shop
The session, “Grease, Code and Customers: You’re Entirely Right About All the Wrong Stuff,” was provided to help automotive service professionals prepare for the future.
Auto Value And Bumper To Bumper Select 2nd Round Winners In Kentucky Horsepower Corvette Giveaway
Grand-prize winners will travel to Louisville, Kentucky, in the spring of 2018 for four days of fun, watching live thoroughbred racing and touring the track at the National Corvette Museum, along with the chance to be one of the three lucky winners to drive home in a brand new Corvette and receive $25,000.
NASCAR Driver Julia Landauer Teams Up With TechForce
Julia Landauer, NASCAR powerhouse, female racer and advocate for women in S.T.E.M., has signed on as an official partner of TechForce Foundation and its FutureTech Success campaign.
MACS Reminds The Aftermarket To Be Aware Of Changes To Section 609 Requirements In 2018
Technicians who service mobile A/C systems and distributors who sell refrigerant need to be aware of new regulations that becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2018, concerning the requirement of technicians to be Section 609 certified.
AAPEX 2017 Keynote Speaker Provides Look At Future Of The Buyer
John Kinsella, vice president and senior consultant, FitForCommerce, explained how omnichannel – a multichannel sales approach that provides the customer with an integrated shopping experience – results in more valuable customers.
MAHLE Aftermarket Introduces MAHLE Performance Line Of Gaskets
MAHLE Performance will serve as the overarching brand under which gaskets – and in the near future performance engine parts like piston rings and Clevite engine bearings – will go to market.
ACDelco Expands Into Fast-Growing TPMS And New Brake Caliper Aftermarket
ACDelco recently announced it is expanding its aftermarket offerings to give shop owners more choices in two high-growth areas: Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensors and new – not rebuilt or remanufactured – brake calipers that will be sold with no core charge.
AAPEX 2017 Keynote Speaker Looks At The Future Of Mobility And Implications For The Aftermarket
Using two dimensions – vehicle control and vehicle ownership – Deloitte’s Neal Ganguli identified the future states of mobility as: personally owned, driver driven; shared-driver driven; personally owned autonomous; and shared autonomous.
TechForce Foundation Report Reveals The Severity Of The Vehicle Tech Shortage
Based on an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) data, TechForce found that the estimated demand for “new entrant” vehicle technicians is much higher than previously reported.
Registration Now Open For Women In Auto Care Winter Leadership Conference
The opening speaker is Karyn Schoenbart, CEO of The NPD Group. Schoenbart has more than 30 years of experience in the market research field and has led NPD’s strategic expansion with the introduction of analytic solutions and new types of data.
