News and updates from SEMA's councils and committees.
The United States Senate passed Senate Resolution 513 (S. Res. 513) at the request of SEMA and the Automotive Restoration Market Organization (ARMO)
council designating July 9, 2010, as “Collector Car Appreciation Day.”
The resolution was the result of an effort undertaken by ARMO as a
means to raise awareness of the vital role automotive restoration and
collection plays in American society.
Do you really know what your business is worth? Do you know how to
maximize the value of your business in a changing economic environment?
Whether you plan to sell, strategically buy, or just want to understand
your capitalization options, a new SEMA webinar entitled “Calculate the
Value of Your Company: Value Realization Strategies” will teach you how
to assess your company’s worth. Bob Kinsella and Karl Johnson of
Kinsella Group will provide an overview of automotive aftermarket
trends and the ways in which value is measured, and then they’ll teach
you how to attract capital investment for acquisitions, consolidation,
recapitalization and more.
May 10, 2010
Currently with more than 100 first-time exhibitors, the 2010 SEMA
Show—which takes place Tuesday-Friday, November 2-5, 2010 in Las
Vegas—is a can't-miss opportunity to reach thousands of industry
professionals, display the latest new products and attend educational
seminars designed to help you improve the way you do business.
For the past several years, SEMA has been working to provide added
value to participation in the annual industry trade show in Las Vegas.
This past year, the association conducted a first-ever Enthusiast
Opinion Leader Research Program at the SEMA Show that was intended to
promote new products beyond the walls of the Las Vegas Convention
Center and provide meaningful feedback to both exhibitor and attendee
member companies.
As part of SEMA’s ongoing commitment to offer attendees unparalleled value, Show organizers have once again introduced a quick and easy way to get the latest airfare information for travel to this year’s SEMA Show.
Exhibitors of the 2010 SEMA Show: Here is your final opportunity
to sign up for the first-ever SEMA Show Exhibitor Summit and get your
business up-to-speed with valuable information, techniques and skills
to guarantee that your SEMA Show experience is profitable and
successful.
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) and SEMA have come
together to create the Global Tire Expo (GTE) – Powered by TIA, which will be
a tire industry-only section of the SEMA Show, taking place November 2-5,
2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The new Expo will be open to
all segments of the tire industry, including automotive, commercial,
retreading, recycling and more.
Leading SEMA members, including AEM Performance Electronics, Eibach
Springs Inc. and Competition Cams Inc., have already signed on to
participate in SEMA's groundbreaking business-development conference
taking place in Beijing in September. The three-day event, entitled the
SEMA CIAPE China Business Development Conference, will include
one-on-one meetings with Chinese distributors who want to give China’s
burgeoning number of auto enthusiasts a taste of U.S. innovation. The
SEMA members, for their part, aim to find Chinese companies that can do
just that.