While thousands of industry professionals gathered at the 2015 SEMA Show during the first week of November, millions of consumers and enthusiasts throughout the United States tuned in to Velocity for daily updates from the exclusive trade show.

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

Nominations for the 2016 SEMA Board of Directors are now being accepted.

Following are dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows, webinars and activities.

Here are some of the latest job opportunities added to the Positions Available category on SEMA's Classifieds page.

The number of specialty-equipment businesses discovering and leveraging quality product data as a tool for increasing sales is on the rise, with hundreds of companies investing time and connecting with the SEMA Data Co-op (SDC) during the 2015 SEMA Show.

Del Worsham became just the third driver in NHRA history to win NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championships in Top Fuel and Funny Car, joining Kenny Bernstein and Gary Scelzi in the exclusive club.

Media registration for the 2016 MPMC Media Trade Conference is now available at www.sema.org/mtcreg.

SEMA News provides a year-round channel for businesses to leverage their SEMA Show sales strategy.

Through SEMA’s Loan Forgiveness, part of the SEMA Memorial Scholarship, individuals currently working for SEMA-member companies can receive $2,000 toward outstanding student loans.