The 2016 SEMA Show is scheduled for Tuesday–Friday, November 1–4, in Las Vegas. Online registration for the Show, available now through October 14, is $40.

The 2015 SEMA Show gathered more than 170,000 individuals together to do business. The annual Show features manufacturers representing all segments of the industry highlighting their latest product innovations—from wheels, tires, mobile electronics, restyling kits and paint, to exhaust kits, engine upgrades, suspension components, interior products and much more.

The 2016 SEMA Show is scheduled for Tuesday–Friday, November 1–4, in Las Vegas. Online registration for the Show, available now through October 14, is $40.

The 2015 SEMA Show gathered more than 170,000 individuals together to do business. The annual Show features manufacturers representing all segments of the industry highlighting their latest product innovations—from wheels, tires, mobile electronics, restyling kits and paint, to exhaust kits, engine upgrades, suspension components, interior products and much more.

SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities (view all here) in the Classifieds page of SEMA.org. Working for a SEMA-member company has many advantages. In addition to working for a company that supports and contributes to the success of the overall industry, being employed by a SEMA-member company enables employees to participate in webinars, access free market research, join SEMA committees and more.

SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities (view all here) in the Classifieds page of SEMA.org. Working for a SEMA-member company has many advantages. In addition to working for a company that supports and contributes to the success of the overall industry, being employed by a SEMA-member company enables employees to participate in webinars, access free market research, join SEMA committees and more.

Cap World is a SEMA-member company specializing in truck caps, truck trailers and other truck accessories—or, as the company’s website proclaims, “everything but the truck.” Alongside a recent 30-year anniversary milestone came recognition from the Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA), as Cap World was named Retailer of the Year for 2015. Each of those accomplishments explains how Cap World has stood out as a retail success story.

The story of Cap World is one of organic growth—a store-by-store expansion that has seen the highs and lows of the industry over the course of its existence. Beginning in Massachusetts, Cap World now offers 12 locations along the East Coast. The company’s catalog of parts and services now encompasses virtually the entire truck, van and SUV markets. SEMA News spoke with the president of Cap World, Charley Holden, who outlined the company’s distinct history with SEMA while also pointing out a few tips on retail success in the process.

Cap World is a SEMA-member company specializing in truck caps, truck trailers and other truck accessories—or, as the company’s website proclaims, “everything but the truck.” Alongside a recent 30-year anniversary milestone came recognition from the Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA), as Cap World was named Retailer of the Year for 2015. Each of those accomplishments explains how Cap World has stood out as a retail success story.

The story of Cap World is one of organic growth—a store-by-store expansion that has seen the highs and lows of the industry over the course of its existence. Beginning in Massachusetts, Cap World now offers 12 locations along the East Coast. The company’s catalog of parts and services now encompasses virtually the entire truck, van and SUV markets. SEMA News spoke with the president of Cap World, Charley Holden, who outlined the company’s distinct history with SEMA while also pointing out a few tips on retail success in the process.

Cap World is a SEMA-member company specializing in truck caps, truck trailers and other truck accessories—or, as the company’s website proclaims, “everything but the truck.” Alongside a recent 30-year anniversary milestone came recognition from the Truck and Off-Road Alliance (TORA), as Cap World was named Retailer of the Year for 2015. Each of those accomplishments explains how Cap World has stood out as a retail success story.

The story of Cap World is one of organic growth—a store-by-store expansion that has seen the highs and lows of the industry over the course of its existence. Beginning in Massachusetts, Cap World now offers 12 locations along the East Coast. The company’s catalog of parts and services now encompasses virtually the entire truck, van and SUV markets. SEMA News spoke with the president of Cap World, Charley Holden, who outlined the company’s distinct history with SEMA while also pointing out a few tips on retail success in the process.

By SEMA Editors

The current SEMA Board of Directors.

Voting for the 2016 SEMA Board of Directors election is underway now through through Tuesday, May 24. Election details, ballots and links were sent to each member company's designated primary contact earlier this week. Learn more about the candidates, their backgrounds and campaign goals by visiting www.sema.org/bod16.

To help ensure that the primary contact received the specific voting details, they were encouraged to add the following e-mail address as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net.

The SEMA Board is comprised of 10 directors, the chairman, the chairman-elect, immediate-past chairman, secretary and treasurer. While there are a limited number of seats available on the SEMA Board, the election process provides all SEMA-member companies the opportunity to influence the direction and future of the association and specialty-equipment market.

Winners will be announced by May 27 and formally welcomed to the SEMA Board of Directors during the SEMA Installation Gala, July 29.

Here are the candidates for this year’s election:

Manufacturers Category (two open seats)

• Chris Douglas – vice president of marketing, COMP Performance Group
• Dave Edmondson – senior vice president, Roadwire
• Kyle Fickler – director of business development, Aeromotive Inc.
• Rick Love – executive vice president, Vintage Air

Manufacturers' Representative Category (one open seat)

• Les Rudd – president, Bob Cook Sales
• Rich Butler – CEO, R&R Marketing

For more information about the 2016 SEMA Board of Directors election, contact Susan Alfonso at 909-978-6671 or susana@sema.org.

By SEMA Editors

The current SEMA Board of Directors.

Voting for the 2016 SEMA Board of Directors election is underway now through through Tuesday, May 24. Election details, ballots and links were sent to each member company's designated primary contact earlier this week. Learn more about the candidates, their backgrounds and campaign goals by visiting www.sema.org/bod16.

To help ensure that the primary contact received the specific voting details, they were encouraged to add the following e-mail address as an approved sender: noreply@directvote.net.

The SEMA Board is comprised of 10 directors, the chairman, the chairman-elect, immediate-past chairman, secretary and treasurer. While there are a limited number of seats available on the SEMA Board, the election process provides all SEMA-member companies the opportunity to influence the direction and future of the association and specialty-equipment market.

Winners will be announced by May 27 and formally welcomed to the SEMA Board of Directors during the SEMA Installation Gala, July 29.

Here are the candidates for this year’s election:

Manufacturers Category (two open seats)

• Chris Douglas – vice president of marketing, COMP Performance Group
• Dave Edmondson – senior vice president, Roadwire
• Kyle Fickler – director of business development, Aeromotive Inc.
• Rick Love – executive vice president, Vintage Air

Manufacturers' Representative Category (one open seat)

• Les Rudd – president, Bob Cook Sales
• Rich Butler – CEO, R&R Marketing

For more information about the 2016 SEMA Board of Directors election, contact Susan Alfonso at 909-978-6671 or susana@sema.org.

Too many senders are being unfairly characterized as spammers simply because their emails “look like” spam.

“Internet service providers are waging an endless war against the spammers who invade our mailboxes,” said Maciej Ossowski, director of enterprise sales for GetResponse (www.getresponse.com), an e-mail marketing service provider. “This war has heavy casualties in the form of ‘false positives’—legitimate commercial e-mails mistakenly routed by spam filters to bulk folders.”

Unfortunately, there’s no way to counter spam filters head-on. After all, spam filters are nothing more than robots. And they’re blindly programmed to characterize one e-mail as junk and another e-mail as valuable, based on the opinions—right or wrong—of the people who programmed them.