aftermarket News Issue: Friday, June 18, 2010

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Autoliv Opens New Engineering and Production Facility in India Autoliv's new plant is located in Bangalore and will support all vehicle manufacturers in India with testing and product development. This is Autoliv's ninth technical center and one of three specializing in small car safety. It is also Autoliv's sec...... More...

MEMA Praises House Passage of Small Business Lending Provision The bill establishes a Small Business Lending Fund that will assist banks in increasing small business capital investment lending. More...

Illinois Bans Lead Wheel Weights The Illinois legislature passed its lead wheel weight ban on May 27 and sent the law to the governor for signature. The Illinois ban kicks in as of Jan. 1, 2012, and bans wheel weights containing either mercury or lead. More...

The Pulse: Rate of Returns In this installment of "The Pulse," we offer a snapshot of data from Babcox Research examining the rate of returns at the retail and jobber levels. More...

BodyShop Business Conference Lining Up Industry Heavyweights for Educational Sessions The conference, which has the theme of "Succeeding Through Change," will be held at the Hilton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites in downtown Indianapolis Sept. 17-18. More...

WIX Announces Winner of Heavy Duty Hauler Sweepstakes Winner B.J. James, a truck driver from Seaman, Ohio, enjoyed an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour and driver meet-and-greet at Richard Petty Motorsports and JGR and also visited the new NASCAR Hall of Fame, and toured the WIX facilities in Gastonia, ...... More...

SEMA Installation Banquet Tickets Available Now 2010 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees and SEMA Board members to be honored at banquet. More...

New SmartLift Brochure Celebrates Company's 15th Anniversary Fifteen years after its introduction, Rotary Lift has sold more than 50,000 SmartLift inground lifts -- more than any other inground lift in the world, according to the company. More...

NetCom Signs 48-Hour Data Publishing Agreements with Major Manufacturers According to NetCom, these manufacturers have partnered with the company to "offer product catalogs of an unparalleled quality, notably through the publication of their data 48 hours after its receipt." More...

Federated Car Care Center Member Wins 2010 Camaro at Federated 300 Each year, Federated awards a new vehicle to one of its 1,200 hospitality guests during the pre-race festivities. After the guests drew a number, NASCAR legend Ken Schrader called On-Star from the Camaro, and On-Star announced the winning number belo...... More...

Gearwrench Launches @Work Video Contest GearWrench will reward one lucky winner an all-expenses-paid trip to the SEMA Show. More...

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