Last week's SEMA Town Hall Meeting at Weld Racing in Kansas City, Missouri, was a huge success. More than 115 members and non-members in attendance had the opportunity to discuss hot topics with SEMA’s panel of industry leaders.

Todd Lindblade, regional sales manager for Extang, based in Michigan, explained one of the reasons why his company and 41 other SEMA members recently spent a week in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) meeting with buyers from throughout the region.

Digital tools, such as social-media sniffers, mobilized career websites and video interviewing, have all received major upgrades in the past year, making it even easier for businesses to snag prime candidates.

Virtually synonymous with the earliest days of the automotive specialty-equipment industry, hot rodding never seems to grow old. In fact, the market segment has remained incredibly resilient, even in the face of the recently bumpy economy.

Sign up now for one of the limited slots for the 2014 SEMA China Business Development Tour, which is designed to explore the growing specialty market for 1.3 billion Chinese consumers. The 2014 SEMA tour, to be held September 16–20, will travel to two of the most important cities in regards to...

WeatherTech designs its packaging and prints all of its materials in-house. They export to 21 foreign markets around the world. The company is the largest consumer of sheet plastic in America.

Are you hunting for a new job? The “Positions Available” section in the SEMA Member Classifieds lists more than 50 job openings around the country. Here are some of the latest classifieds posted to the website.

Having assumed operation of the SEMA Garage – Industry Innovations Center just more than one year ago, SEMA is hosting an Open House to celebrate the completion of the facility designed to help manufacturers develop automotive parts and accessories.

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