SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities (view all here).

SEMA eNews highlights the websites of SEMA-member companies through the Hot Links to Cool Sites section each week. SEMA members: To be included in Hot Links to Cool Sites, e-mail your company name and website to enews@sema.org. Note: Make sure to include “Hot Links” in the subject line of the e-mail...

Seventeen industry professionals are candidates for a seat on the 2010–2011 SEMA Board of Directors, a group that provides strategic direction to the association and helps shape the industry.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate’s version of health care legislation by a partisan vote of 219-212. President Obama signed the bill mandating health care coverage for most Americans into law.

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on legislation that would create an exemption to allow companies to market collision repair parts without infringing a design patent. A design patent covers the ornamental design for an object having practical utility for a 14-year term.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill to reinstate the doctrine that treats minimum resale price agreements as automatically illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Minimum price agreements allow manufacturers to establish a set pricing system with distributors and retailers in exchange...

In just the first week of exhibitor registration, booth commitments are up 20 percent and many exhibitors are increasing their footprint—positive signs that the industry is getting back on economic track.

Declining emphasis on education, unstable oil prices and imbalanced personal and corporate taxation threaten to undermine the U.S. economy, says Northwood University professor Dr. Timothy Nash.

Help shape the future of the restyling industry by joining the Professional Restylers Organization's annual Long-Range Planning (LRP) meeting, held in conjunction with the Technical Skills & Training Conference.

The automotive specialty-equipment industry is slow to change. We get set in our ways and find it hard to look outside of the box. There are those times that, upon looking outside of the box, we find we should've just stayed in.