The economy and the environment have been the major drivers for many markets over the last three years, and they have also been consistent topics of conversation among tire and wheel experts. The tire industry underwent a sort of accordion buckling in inventory as the economic slowdown led consumers...

The seventh annual Global Media Awards program found 150 companies being recognized by an international panel of automotive journalists at the 2010 SEMA Show. Twenty-four of the top automotive journalists hailing from 15 important world markets for specialty products rolled up their sleeves, and...

The Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC) presented its Robert E. Petersen Media Award to Steve Wolcott of ProMedia LLC in conjunction with the MPMC Media Trade Conference in January. The award is presented to a member of the print, electronic or broadcast media who has made a substantial...

SEMA urged the U.S. Congress to support a provision to prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using designated funds to increase the amount of allowable ethanol content in gasoline to 15% (E15). SEMA contends the legislation is necessary to protect automotive enthusiasts and...

NEWS NUGGETS ONE WEEK TO GO! NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES READY TO BEGIN 2011 WITH KRAGEN O’REILLY AUTO PARTS NHRA WINTERNATIONALS: After nearly three months off, the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is just one week away from the 2011 season and the Kragen O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA...

Adam Satzman Joins Eastern Catalytic Eastern Catalytic named Adam Satzman the company's catalog/data manager. Satzman will assist in company-related decisions regarding corporate acquisition of software- and IT-related products, and he will become acting spokesperson for AAIA-related publications...

Students preparing for careers in the automotive industry may be eligible to receive financial awards ranging from $1,000–$4,000 through the 2011 SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund (SMSF). The scholarship application, which is due April 1, 2011, and requires college transcripts and letters of...

Paul “Scooter” Brothers, co-owner of the Comp Performance Group, received the “Outstanding Contribution to Racing” award presented by Dick Berggren’s Speedway Illustrated magazine as part of the annual RPM Promoters Workshops in Daytona Beach, Florida.

On February 8, ATC Truck Covers—a fiberglass truck cap and tonneau cover manufacturer in Garnett, Kansas—had a fire start in one of its four buildings around 1:00 a.m. ATC builds fiberglass truck caps, tonneau covers, sliding-bed systems and other fiberglass products.