The week after the SEMA Show is a prime opportunity to generate results from your marketing and sales efforts. With a bundle of leads—vendors, customers, prospects, media reps and industry peers—the week following the Show is a crucial time for follow-up.

The 2012 Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) Reception will include a live auction to support SEMA Cares and increase awareness for the third-annual HRIA Pinewood Builder’s Challenge.

SEMA Show exhibitors looking for ways to effectively use social-media tools and outreach at trade shows may want to read the articles linked below.

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Bryn Dana International is hosting a training seminar, October 26–27, at its Matrix/ColorBond training facility in Van Nuys, California, for top buyers from China.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to increase the regulation of flame-retardant chemicals known as polybrominated diphenylether (PBDEs) that are added to plastics and many other materials.

California legislation to allow driverless cars to be operated on public roads for testing purposes, provided that each vehicle has a fully licensed and bonded operator in the driver’s seat to take control if necessary, was signed into law.

In 2007, California began requiring car manufacturers to give electronic key replacement information to registered locksmiths so lost electronic keys could be replaced 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation to establish the California Legacy License Plate Program. Under the new law, the DMV will create and issue a series of specialized license plates that replicate plates from the state's past.

Attend the SEMA Show’s International Happy Hour, Wednesday, October 31, to network with international buyers, distributors and media from key overseas markets.