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SEMA's webinar sessions throughout the year provide business-building tools and insight to members anywhere with a computer. Past sessions have covered industry issues such as minimum advertised pricing policies and intellectual property rights, and provided tools for success, including how to take advantage of media opportunities and maximize your trade show experience.

The four most recent webinar sessions made available for download here include:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a rule to regulate paint stripping operations that use methylene chloride and surface coating, and auto body refinishing operations that use paints containing hazardous metal compounds. The rule targets hazardous air pollutants (HAP) which the agency believes may cause cancer or other health disorders. The rule applies to most coating activities that emit HAP but, notably, the EPA followed SEMA’s recommendation and exempted low-volume operations such as when hobbyists restore or customize one or two cars.

As a SEMA member, one of your most important opportunities is to help identify industry leaders to serve on the SEMA Board of Directors. Our industry has many talented individuals, but often those talents aren’t immediately apparent to the committee responsible for selecting the final candidates. So please take a moment to tell us about whom you would recommend as a potential nominee. We also welcome self-nominations, which gives us background, experience and visionary information straight from the source.

Time is running out to reserve your booth space at the SEMA Spring Expo and SEMA OFFROAD events! Click here to nail down your exhibitor real estate now. To see what other top industry manufacturers are exhibiting at SSE/SOR, click here.

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"It’s been a few months since the Panamera was last spotted, so we were thrilled when our photographer caught this convoy in South Africa a couple of days ago," says spy shooter Brenda Priddy.

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Below are some of the key racing moments from 2007 as determined by National Speed Sport News.  

OVER AND OUT
After 33 years, the International Race of Champions went out of business after a title sponsor did not materialize. By the end of the year, the cars had been sold and the final chapter in the glorious history of the series that pitted the world’s best drivers in identically prepared cars, was over. Tony Stewart, who won the 2006 title, will go down in history as the final IROC champion.

ACI (Agri-Cover Inc.) promoted Joy Hanson to marketing manager. Hanson will work to strengthen all market segments by managing and coordinating all media relations, product literature and ACI’s website. Hanson joined ACI in 2005 with the primary role of redesigning the company’s website. She later expanded her position with other graphic design responsibilities.

Joy Hanson