SEMA has been awarded part of a $2.2M federal grant to expand exports of automotive aftermarket products into foreign markets, including Russia, the United Arab Emirates and China.

While the current sales are far from the boom of the late ’90s and early 2000s, the compact-performance segment continues to show a slow climb of consistent growth over the past few years.

The ProMedia Competition Department has announced two Bowling Green, Kentucky, dates for the 2015 season.

The CompuLEAD Smart lead-retrieval app—available for 2014 SEMA Show exhibitors—essentially turns a smartphone into a badge scanner, providing exhibitors an easy way to capture and qualify leads on and off the Show floor using their own iPhone, iPad or Android device.

The Society of Collision Repair Specialists' (SCRS) OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit will explore how automotive design, technology and materials impact repairability, and how in turn, repairability influences structural design and development.

Here is a brief look at some of the news and updates from around the specialty-equipment industry.

SEMA Trade Show Director Tom Gattuso and Director of Education Zane Clark will present an exclusive, free exhibitor webinar on Thursday, September 25, at 10:00 a.m. (PDT), entitled “Preparing Yourself for a Successful SEMA Show—On and Off the Floor.”

The NHRA is serving up Texas Motorplex fans a double portion of the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

SEMA Show exhibitors can get a free vehicle daily wipe-down, sponsored by Mothers Polishes-Waxes-Cleaners.

The deadline for SEMA Show exhibitors to register one or more of their booth or feature vehicles for Battle of the Builders at SEMA Ignited is this Friday, September 19.