By SEMA Editors

	The deadline to ensure that exhibitor information is listed accurately in the 2014 SEMA Show Directory for buyers and media is Friday, August 29.

SEMA Show exhibitors are encouraged to take a few minutes to review the company information that will appear in the 2014 SEMA Show Directory. The deadline to ensure that exhibitor information is listed accurately for Show buyers and media is Friday, August 29.

Since the submission of the online Exhibit Space Rental Agreement, exhibitors may have company information that needs to be updated, or has changed completely. While verifying the information, exhibitors should pay particular attention to applicable product categories. Only an exhibitor’s product category will be included in the printed 2014 SEMA Show Directory.

The deadline for changes to the printed publication is Friday, August 29. Any changes made after the deadline will appear on the online floorplan only.

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1. Go to SEMA Show Directory Update
2. Click on your Company Name
3. Enter your company password (your password is 9 digits followed by the letter "O")
4. Click "login"

Additional SEMA Show Directory Update Instructions are available online. Contact Marel Del Rio at mareld@sema.org with questions.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to ban the use of HFC-134a as a motor-vehicle air-conditioning system refrigerant starting with model-year (MY) ’21 new vehicles. The EPA has also proposed a ban on the use of SP34E, R-416A and several other refrigerants as of MY ’17. Although the refrigerants were approved for use years ago, other chemicals have now been identified by the EPA as being more environmentally friendly substitutes to chlorofluorocarbons that deplete the ozone layer.

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to ban the use of HFC-134a as a motor-vehicle air-conditioning system refrigerant starting with model-year (MY) ’21 new vehicles. The EPA has also proposed a ban on the use of SP34E, R-416A and several other refrigerants as of MY ’17. Although the refrigerants were approved for use years ago, other chemicals have now been identified by the EPA as being more environmentally friendly substitutes to chlorofluorocarbons that deplete the ozone layer.

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to ban the use of HFC-134a as a motor-vehicle air-conditioning system refrigerant starting with model-year (MY) ’21 new vehicles. The EPA has also proposed a ban on the use of SP34E, R-416A and several other refrigerants as of MY ’17. Although the refrigerants were approved for use years ago, other chemicals have now been identified by the EPA as being more environmentally friendly substitutes to chlorofluorocarbons that deplete the ozone layer.

For more information, contact Stuart Gosswein at stuartg@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

	The Massachusetts state legislature failed to complete action on a series of bills that would have impacted the automotive hobby.

The Massachusetts state legislature failed to complete action on a series of bills that would have impacted the automotive hobby. Among these are legislation to ban the “use and sale of any exhaust pipe that increases the sound emissions of any vehicle including motorcycles,” legislation to provide for the issuance of a single registration plate and legislation to establish a pilot program to impose a vehicle miles traveled tax.

For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

	The Massachusetts state legislature failed to complete action on a series of bills that would have impacted the automotive hobby.

The Massachusetts state legislature failed to complete action on a series of bills that would have impacted the automotive hobby. Among these are legislation to ban the “use and sale of any exhaust pipe that increases the sound emissions of any vehicle including motorcycles,” legislation to provide for the issuance of a single registration plate and legislation to establish a pilot program to impose a vehicle miles traveled tax.

For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff

	The Massachusetts state legislature failed to complete action on a series of bills that would have impacted the automotive hobby.

The Massachusetts state legislature failed to complete action on a series of bills that would have impacted the automotive hobby. Among these are legislation to ban the “use and sale of any exhaust pipe that increases the sound emissions of any vehicle including motorcycles,” legislation to provide for the issuance of a single registration plate and legislation to establish a pilot program to impose a vehicle miles traveled tax.

For details, contact Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org.

By SEMA Editors

Comedian and SEMA Show crowd favorite Sinbad—along with up-and-coming soul and R&B artist Curtis Harding—will entertain guests at the 2014 SEMA Show Industry Awards Banquet. The annual industry celebration, taking place Thursday, November 6, features dinner and presentation of several industry awards, including the SEMA Person of the Year, WD of the Year and Rep Agency of the Year.

Sinbad

	Sinbad

Ranked by Comedy Central as one of the top 100 stand-up comedians of all time, Sinbad has built a loyal following by taking audiences’ painful trials or embarrassing tribulations of day-to-day life, throwing them back in their faces and causing an uproar of comedic hysteria. He can also make it sound profound without being profane. Not that he’s any kind of choirboy, but by being the son of a preacher man, he decided to keep his comedy clean after his father attended one of his early performances. Up to that time, he had been what he self-described as ”semi-dirty.”

Sinbad says he learned that night that “funny is funny,” and that masters of dirty comedy, such as Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce, could all have worked clean without losing a step. Sinbad is internationally known for his starring appearances in hit movies, such as "Jingle All the Way," playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger; "Houseguest," co-starring the late Phil Hartman; and his film debut "Necessary Roughness," where he performed none of his own stunts. He has starred in the television sitcom “A Different World” and his own series “The Sinbad Show.”

Curtis Harding

	Curtis Harding

Curtis Harding says that soul music, and his music, speak for themselves. It's self-evident on the Atlanta artist's debut, Soul Power. The driving sound of his electrified Stratocaster, the foot-stomping backbeat and the lyrics swimming in reverb—with something this flourishing, it's almost reductive to just dig around the roots.

Harding's style was born in Michigan and bred on the road, a restless childhood spent singing gospel alongside an evangelizing mother, then cultivated in Atlanta, where he sang backup for CeeLo Green and befriended the Black Lips (he plays with Cole Alexander in Night Sun).

There's a foundation to the stirring soul Harding has created. "Gospel is inspiring," says Harding. "From hardship and trials, you make something beautiful. It's the history of black people in America, what happened to us during slavery, it's the foundation of blues, R&B, soul, country, rock."

But he's not just preaching to the choir—Harding's out there on the road, singing alongside everyone else looking for something real.

Information on the 2014 SEMA Show is available at www.SEMAShow.com.

By SEMA Editors

Comedian and SEMA Show crowd favorite Sinbad—along with up-and-coming soul and R&B artist Curtis Harding—will entertain guests at the 2014 SEMA Show Industry Awards Banquet. The annual industry celebration, taking place Thursday, November 6, features dinner and presentation of several industry awards, including the SEMA Person of the Year, WD of the Year and Rep Agency of the Year.

Sinbad

	Sinbad

Ranked by Comedy Central as one of the top 100 stand-up comedians of all time, Sinbad has built a loyal following by taking audiences’ painful trials or embarrassing tribulations of day-to-day life, throwing them back in their faces and causing an uproar of comedic hysteria. He can also make it sound profound without being profane. Not that he’s any kind of choirboy, but by being the son of a preacher man, he decided to keep his comedy clean after his father attended one of his early performances. Up to that time, he had been what he self-described as ”semi-dirty.”

Sinbad says he learned that night that “funny is funny,” and that masters of dirty comedy, such as Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce, could all have worked clean without losing a step. Sinbad is internationally known for his starring appearances in hit movies, such as "Jingle All the Way," playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger; "Houseguest," co-starring the late Phil Hartman; and his film debut "Necessary Roughness," where he performed none of his own stunts. He has starred in the television sitcom “A Different World” and his own series “The Sinbad Show.”

Curtis Harding

	Curtis Harding

Curtis Harding says that soul music, and his music, speak for themselves. It's self-evident on the Atlanta artist's debut, Soul Power. The driving sound of his electrified Stratocaster, the foot-stomping backbeat and the lyrics swimming in reverb—with something this flourishing, it's almost reductive to just dig around the roots.

Harding's style was born in Michigan and bred on the road, a restless childhood spent singing gospel alongside an evangelizing mother, then cultivated in Atlanta, where he sang backup for CeeLo Green and befriended the Black Lips (he plays with Cole Alexander in Night Sun).

There's a foundation to the stirring soul Harding has created. "Gospel is inspiring," says Harding. "From hardship and trials, you make something beautiful. It's the history of black people in America, what happened to us during slavery, it's the foundation of blues, R&B, soul, country, rock."

But he's not just preaching to the choir—Harding's out there on the road, singing alongside everyone else looking for something real.

Information on the 2014 SEMA Show is available at www.SEMAShow.com.