Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:34
By Linda Spencer

  international buyers guide
Last year's SEMA Show exhibitors were eligible for a free listing in the widely distributed International Buyers’ Guide. Take advantage of this valuable opportunity again this year.
   

There are only a few more weeks left to sign up for a free listing in the 2013–2014 SEMA International Buyers' Guide—the directory provided to all 2013 SEMA Show international buyers and all year at major overseas trade shows.

One in four buyers expected to attend the 2013 SEMA Show reside outside the United States. Help them find your booth! 

To take advantage of this valuable opportunity to gain worldwide exposure, register before the September 8 deadline.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:34
By Linda Spencer

  international buyers guide
Last year's SEMA Show exhibitors were eligible for a free listing in the widely distributed International Buyers’ Guide. Take advantage of this valuable opportunity again this year.
   

There are only a few more weeks left to sign up for a free listing in the 2013–2014 SEMA International Buyers' Guide—the directory provided to all 2013 SEMA Show international buyers and all year at major overseas trade shows.

One in four buyers expected to attend the 2013 SEMA Show reside outside the United States. Help them find your booth! 

To take advantage of this valuable opportunity to gain worldwide exposure, register before the September 8 deadline.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:34
By Linda Spencer

  international buyers guide
Last year's SEMA Show exhibitors were eligible for a free listing in the widely distributed International Buyers’ Guide. Take advantage of this valuable opportunity again this year.
   

There are only a few more weeks left to sign up for a free listing in the 2013–2014 SEMA International Buyers' Guide—the directory provided to all 2013 SEMA Show international buyers and all year at major overseas trade shows.

One in four buyers expected to attend the 2013 SEMA Show reside outside the United States. Help them find your booth! 

To take advantage of this valuable opportunity to gain worldwide exposure, register before the September 8 deadline.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:17

By SEMA Editors

   gen 3
Brian Reese, vice president of product and business development for COMP Performance Group, won SEMA's inaugural GEN-III Innovator Award at last year's SEMA Show Banquet.
  
SEMA is seeking nominations to identify youthful innovators whose work is substantially changing the way the automotive aftermarket is doing business. These nominations will be used to select the second-annual GEN-III Innovator Award. SEMA will honor the award winner at the 2013 SEMA Show Banquet, which takes place the evening of Thursday, November 7, 2013.

The winning candidate will be energetic and passionate about the enthusiast marketplace. He or she will have contributed a bright, novel way to fix something broken, build something new or make something better.

He or she may be the MVP on a team that leads with a game-changing product or service. They may have been the first to act on a new trend, invent an original product people did not yet know they needed, or working independently, devise and implement stellar ideas that better suit the changing marketplace of the new millennium.

Whatever the case, the GEN-III Innovator will be young—less than 40 years of age as of December 31, 2013.

If you know someone who exhibits the same pioneering spirit as the original industry founders, we need your help in identifying that person for the GEN-III Innovator Award.

Please fill out the 2013 SEMA GEN-III Innovator Award Nomination form and tell us about the person you think deserves a moment in the spotlight.

All nominees will be invited, along with a guest, to attend and participate in the SEMA Banquet.

Please submit your GEN-III Innovator Award nomination form prior to close of business at 5:00 p.m. (PDT), Friday, September 20.

For more information about the award, please visit www.sema.org/innovator or contact Arlene Wood at ArleneW@sema.org or 909-978-6689.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:17

By SEMA Editors

   gen 3
Brian Reese, vice president of product and business development for COMP Performance Group, won SEMA's inaugural GEN-III Innovator Award at last year's SEMA Show Banquet.
  
SEMA is seeking nominations to identify youthful innovators whose work is substantially changing the way the automotive aftermarket is doing business. These nominations will be used to select the second-annual GEN-III Innovator Award. SEMA will honor the award winner at the 2013 SEMA Show Banquet, which takes place the evening of Thursday, November 7, 2013.

The winning candidate will be energetic and passionate about the enthusiast marketplace. He or she will have contributed a bright, novel way to fix something broken, build something new or make something better.

He or she may be the MVP on a team that leads with a game-changing product or service. They may have been the first to act on a new trend, invent an original product people did not yet know they needed, or working independently, devise and implement stellar ideas that better suit the changing marketplace of the new millennium.

Whatever the case, the GEN-III Innovator will be young—less than 40 years of age as of December 31, 2013.

If you know someone who exhibits the same pioneering spirit as the original industry founders, we need your help in identifying that person for the GEN-III Innovator Award.

Please fill out the 2013 SEMA GEN-III Innovator Award Nomination form and tell us about the person you think deserves a moment in the spotlight.

All nominees will be invited, along with a guest, to attend and participate in the SEMA Banquet.

Please submit your GEN-III Innovator Award nomination form prior to close of business at 5:00 p.m. (PDT), Friday, September 20.

For more information about the award, please visit www.sema.org/innovator or contact Arlene Wood at ArleneW@sema.org or 909-978-6689.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:17

By SEMA Editors

   gen 3
Brian Reese, vice president of product and business development for COMP Performance Group, won SEMA's inaugural GEN-III Innovator Award at last year's SEMA Show Banquet.
  
SEMA is seeking nominations to identify youthful innovators whose work is substantially changing the way the automotive aftermarket is doing business. These nominations will be used to select the second-annual GEN-III Innovator Award. SEMA will honor the award winner at the 2013 SEMA Show Banquet, which takes place the evening of Thursday, November 7, 2013.

The winning candidate will be energetic and passionate about the enthusiast marketplace. He or she will have contributed a bright, novel way to fix something broken, build something new or make something better.

He or she may be the MVP on a team that leads with a game-changing product or service. They may have been the first to act on a new trend, invent an original product people did not yet know they needed, or working independently, devise and implement stellar ideas that better suit the changing marketplace of the new millennium.

Whatever the case, the GEN-III Innovator will be young—less than 40 years of age as of December 31, 2013.

If you know someone who exhibits the same pioneering spirit as the original industry founders, we need your help in identifying that person for the GEN-III Innovator Award.

Please fill out the 2013 SEMA GEN-III Innovator Award Nomination form and tell us about the person you think deserves a moment in the spotlight.

All nominees will be invited, along with a guest, to attend and participate in the SEMA Banquet.

Please submit your GEN-III Innovator Award nomination form prior to close of business at 5:00 p.m. (PDT), Friday, September 20.

For more information about the award, please visit www.sema.org/innovator or contact Arlene Wood at ArleneW@sema.org or 909-978-6689.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:17

By SEMA Editors

   gen 3
Brian Reese, vice president of product and business development for COMP Performance Group, won SEMA's inaugural GEN-III Innovator Award at last year's SEMA Show Banquet.
  
SEMA is seeking nominations to identify youthful innovators whose work is substantially changing the way the automotive aftermarket is doing business. These nominations will be used to select the second-annual GEN-III Innovator Award. SEMA will honor the award winner at the 2013 SEMA Show Banquet, which takes place the evening of Thursday, November 7, 2013.

The winning candidate will be energetic and passionate about the enthusiast marketplace. He or she will have contributed a bright, novel way to fix something broken, build something new or make something better.

He or she may be the MVP on a team that leads with a game-changing product or service. They may have been the first to act on a new trend, invent an original product people did not yet know they needed, or working independently, devise and implement stellar ideas that better suit the changing marketplace of the new millennium.

Whatever the case, the GEN-III Innovator will be young—less than 40 years of age as of December 31, 2013.

If you know someone who exhibits the same pioneering spirit as the original industry founders, we need your help in identifying that person for the GEN-III Innovator Award.

Please fill out the 2013 SEMA GEN-III Innovator Award Nomination form and tell us about the person you think deserves a moment in the spotlight.

All nominees will be invited, along with a guest, to attend and participate in the SEMA Banquet.

Please submit your GEN-III Innovator Award nomination form prior to close of business at 5:00 p.m. (PDT), Friday, September 20.

For more information about the award, please visit www.sema.org/innovator or contact Arlene Wood at ArleneW@sema.org or 909-978-6689.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 11:17

By SEMA Editors

   gen 3
Brian Reese, vice president of product and business development for COMP Performance Group, won SEMA's inaugural GEN-III Innovator Award at last year's SEMA Show Banquet.
  
SEMA is seeking nominations to identify youthful innovators whose work is substantially changing the way the automotive aftermarket is doing business. These nominations will be used to select the second-annual GEN-III Innovator Award. SEMA will honor the award winner at the 2013 SEMA Show Banquet, which takes place the evening of Thursday, November 7, 2013.

The winning candidate will be energetic and passionate about the enthusiast marketplace. He or she will have contributed a bright, novel way to fix something broken, build something new or make something better.

He or she may be the MVP on a team that leads with a game-changing product or service. They may have been the first to act on a new trend, invent an original product people did not yet know they needed, or working independently, devise and implement stellar ideas that better suit the changing marketplace of the new millennium.

Whatever the case, the GEN-III Innovator will be young—less than 40 years of age as of December 31, 2013.

If you know someone who exhibits the same pioneering spirit as the original industry founders, we need your help in identifying that person for the GEN-III Innovator Award.

Please fill out the 2013 SEMA GEN-III Innovator Award Nomination form and tell us about the person you think deserves a moment in the spotlight.

All nominees will be invited, along with a guest, to attend and participate in the SEMA Banquet.

Please submit your GEN-III Innovator Award nomination form prior to close of business at 5:00 p.m. (PDT), Friday, September 20.

For more information about the award, please visit www.sema.org/innovator or contact Arlene Wood at ArleneW@sema.org or 909-978-6689.

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 10:56
 WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose F-150
Chip Foose created a rendering of the WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose Ford F-150 at the SEMA Garage – Industry Innovations Center.
  

By SEMA Editors

Chip Foose and WD-40 are teaming up again, this time to design a custom off-road truck that will be the first vehicle built inside the new, state-of-the-art SEMA Garage – Industry Innovations Center. The project recently kicked off when Foose arrived at the SEMA Garage August 19, armed with only a sketch pad, some stock photos of an F-150 and a giant cache of pencils and markers. After sketching out three concept variations in front of a group of young enthusiasts, Foose asked the crowd to vote for their choice on the direction of the buildup. With the winning concept chosen, Foose then completed a detailed drawing of the project.

From here, the torch has been passed on to a special team of mechanics and builders which includes the young guests that voted on the winning design for the F-150. In fact, Foose Design and WD-40—through a partnership with the Alex Xydias Center for Automotive Arts—will have leading SEMA manufacturers working alongside a talented group of underprivileged teens and young adults, to install parts and equipment on the Foose-inspired vehicle, dubbed the WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose Ford F-150.

All work for the build program will be done at the recently opened SEMA Garage-Industry Innovations Center in Diamond Bar, California—a facility that allows SEMA-member companies to test and prototype parts, try its 3D modeling and printing and use its full-scale photo studio, among other things.

Instead of being auctioned like previous WD-40/SEMA Cares vehicles, the enhanced ’13 Ford F-150 Lariat will be raffled off to one lucky winner in the spring of 2014, with all of the proceeds going to three SEMA Cares charities. With raffle tickets costing only $50 starting November 1, 2013, owning a Foose-inspired truck is now more accessible than ever to all automotive enthusiasts. Proceeds from the raffled vehicle will benefit the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund, Childhelp and Victory Junction.

This is the sixth vehicle WD-40 Co. and SEMA Cares have teamed up to build and the fourth vehicle Chip Foose has designed with them. To date, WD-40/SEMA Cares vehicles have raised more than $575,000 for SEMA Cares charities. 

Thu, 08/29/2013 - 10:56
 WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose F-150
Chip Foose created a rendering of the WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose Ford F-150 at the SEMA Garage – Industry Innovations Center.
  

By SEMA Editors

Chip Foose and WD-40 are teaming up again, this time to design a custom off-road truck that will be the first vehicle built inside the new, state-of-the-art SEMA Garage – Industry Innovations Center. The project recently kicked off when Foose arrived at the SEMA Garage August 19, armed with only a sketch pad, some stock photos of an F-150 and a giant cache of pencils and markers. After sketching out three concept variations in front of a group of young enthusiasts, Foose asked the crowd to vote for their choice on the direction of the buildup. With the winning concept chosen, Foose then completed a detailed drawing of the project.

From here, the torch has been passed on to a special team of mechanics and builders which includes the young guests that voted on the winning design for the F-150. In fact, Foose Design and WD-40—through a partnership with the Alex Xydias Center for Automotive Arts—will have leading SEMA manufacturers working alongside a talented group of underprivileged teens and young adults, to install parts and equipment on the Foose-inspired vehicle, dubbed the WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose Ford F-150.

All work for the build program will be done at the recently opened SEMA Garage-Industry Innovations Center in Diamond Bar, California—a facility that allows SEMA-member companies to test and prototype parts, try its 3D modeling and printing and use its full-scale photo studio, among other things.

Instead of being auctioned like previous WD-40/SEMA Cares vehicles, the enhanced ’13 Ford F-150 Lariat will be raffled off to one lucky winner in the spring of 2014, with all of the proceeds going to three SEMA Cares charities. With raffle tickets costing only $50 starting November 1, 2013, owning a Foose-inspired truck is now more accessible than ever to all automotive enthusiasts. Proceeds from the raffled vehicle will benefit the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund, Childhelp and Victory Junction.

This is the sixth vehicle WD-40 Co. and SEMA Cares have teamed up to build and the fourth vehicle Chip Foose has designed with them. To date, WD-40/SEMA Cares vehicles have raised more than $575,000 for SEMA Cares charities.