The Tire Industry Association (TIA) will host several educational sessions for the Global Tire Expo–Powered by TIA at the 2013 SEMA Show, which runs November 5–8, 2013, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

With more than 15,000 international buyers expected at the 2013 SEMA Show, exhibitors at the upcoming event have an opportunity to learn about new markets and what they can do to grow their businesses internationally.

This year marks SEMA’s 50th birthday—a remarkable milestone for our association. Let's take a walk down memory lane as we celebrate a half century of our industry.

Protecting the intellectual property rights (IPR) of its members is a top SEMA priority. The process begins when companies register their patents, trademarks and copyrights with government agencies in the United States (and other countries). Registration is a key to establishing legal rights.

Legislation that would end a five-year debate on how to expand the U.S. Marine Corps base at Twentynine Palms, California, has been included in HR 1960, the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), greatly increasing the likelihood of approval.

Legislation has been introduced in Wisconsin to require that motor vehicles display only a single license plate on the rear of the vehicle. The bill, supported by the state’s hobbyist community, has been referred to the Senate Transportation, Public Safety and Veterans and Military Affairs Committee...

With about five months to go until the 2013 SEMA Show takes place, editors and reporters are increasingly looking for news from SEMA Show exhibitors.

SEMA members have a powerful resource available in their benefit arsenal that provides access to consumer information and can be used to develop marketing programs, increase customer loyalty and bolster sales. The resource is the CarCareONE credit program available through a partnership with GE...

For one week each year, the SEMA Show gathers the largest collection of outfitted, upgraded dirt shredders, people haulers and street machines that exist with the specialty-equipment industry.

SEMA eNews highlights the websites of SEMA-member companies through the Hot Links to Cool Sites section each week.