Dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows, webinars and activities have been announced.

The 2010 SEMA Show is packed with educational sessions, networking opportunities, keynote discussions and—thanks to sponsor UPS—a bit of NASCAR excitement. On Tuesday, November 2, UPS will welcome UPS NASCAR driver David Ragan to its SEMA Show booth #11937. SEMA attendees can enter a drawing at UPS’...

Continuing with this year’s attendee marketing campaign of “SEMA Show: Behind Your Business 100%” and the association’s efforts to market all the way up until Show time, a 16-page comprehensive brochure dropped in the mail earlier this week to 40,000 buyers.

Saks Fifth Avenue in Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip will host a complimentary holiday fashion presentation and champagne brunch on Wednesday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. for spouses of 2010 SEMA Show exhibitors and attendees.

California Proposition 23 (Prop 23), a voter initiative to suspend implementation of the state’s “Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,” will be considered on the November 2 California statewide ballot.

A collation of industry associations was able to alter legislation that would have placed unnecessarily restrictive limits on substances in brake friction materials. Brakes rely heavily on the use of copper for lubricity and the prohibition will increase costs by forcing manufacturers to undertake...

SEMA submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opposing a requirement that businesses issue 1099 reporting forms to all vendors from whom they buy more than $600 of goods or services in any year, beginning in 2012. The mandate was included in the health-care law as a revenue-raising...

Budgets are tight, but protecting your intellectual property—patents, trademarks and copyrights—is essential. How can a company make sure its intellectual property rights are protected while also keeping the amount spent on its intellectual property program within budget?

The federal government intends to set stringent new fuel economy and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions standards for model year (MY) 2017–2025 vehicles. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are working with the California Air...

Learn which Asian, European, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries are the most promising for your product and why during "Global Growth: Successful Aftermarket Companies Show the Way to International Success." Scooter Brothers, SEMA chair-elect and Competition Performance Group COO, and Kevin...