RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC and AKRON, OH – The Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) and Babcox Publications are pleased to announce that Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, will be the exclusive sponsor of the 2007 AASA Top Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List.

"We are excited about sponsoring this year's AASA Top Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers list," said Randy Miller, Global Automotive Markets Leader, Ernst & Young. "It is a new opportunity for us to show our continued dedication to serving the companies in this important, challenging and evolving global segment of our industry. Many of the Top 100 companies are our clients and we are committed to providing relevant thought leadership and service offerings tailored to their most important business issues."

This annual multi-page, full-color publication, published by AASA and produced by Babcox Publications, will feature insightful information on the largest suppliers to the automotive aftermarket. Included in the AASA Top Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List will be key data on each company, from product and brand information to annual aftermarket sales figures. In addition to sales data by company, the publication also will include a market overview authored by MEMA Senior Director of Research, Frank Hampshire.

“The automotive supplier industry is the nation’s leading manufacturing sector and producing the Top Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List every year is just one more way we can support our members and communicate the value this industry brings to the U.S. economy,” said Steve Handschuh, President and COO of AASA. “Ernst & Young is a perfect fit as a sponsor of this publication and we are grateful to have their support for this very important project.”

The AASA Top Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers list will be distributed with the May issue of Counterman magazine, which is seen by more than 50,000 aftermarket professionals every month. The publication will also be distributed to the more than 400 attendees of the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS), which takes place May 8-9 in Chicago. Ernst & Young and AASA will co-sponsor a special reception at GAAS on May 8.

The list will be posted on aftermarketNews.com, with search-enabling features and hotlinks to each of the top aftermarket suppliers’ websites.