The ’13 Ford Focus ST and ’13 Ford Fusion will be featured in the next SEMA Measuring Session at TechShop in Allen Park, Michigan, Thursday, August 23, 2012. Registration deadline is Friday August 17.

Ernie Silvers, CEO/president of SEMA member Egge Machine Co. Inc., has joined the board of the California Small Business Association (CSBA). As a new board member, Silvers will play a vital role in representing the needs of CSBA members and the millions of small businesses throughout California.

A U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee held a hearing on a bill that would allow companies to market collision-repair parts without infringing a design patent once a vehicle has been marketed for two-and-a-half years. Under current law, a design patent covers the ornamental design for an object having...

A bill to ban the “use and sale of any exhaust pipe that increases the sound emissions of any vehicle including motorcycles” has been assigned for study.

SEMA-supported legislation to extend the emissions inspection exemption to vehicles three years old and newer was signed into law by Governor Bev Perdue.

SEMA-member Matt Agosta of Steele Rubber Products has been appointed to serve on the North Carolina DMV’s Vehicle Classification Review Committee. The committee was established to include a SEMA representative pursuant to the 2009 enactment into law of SEMA-model legislation creating vehicle...

Movers & Shakers: Don Baxter Named General Manager for Baer Brakes

NEWS NUGGETS WOMEN MAKE HISTORY IN SEATTLE: For the first time in NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series history, two female drivers claimed Wally trophies at the same event. Courtney Force powered her Traxxas Ford Mustang Funny Car to the winner's circle for the first time, and Erica Enders earned...

The photo gallery located at www.semaphotos.com features thousands of pictures from the 2011 SEMA Show.

Over the years, exhibitors were periodically contacted by non-official contractors to offer them “better deals” on items and services at the SEMA Show. The SEMA Show only contracts with and endorses the Official Service Contractors listed in the Exhibitor Services Manual and under Contact...