Automotive Aftermarket Distributors
The Network Hosts Capacity Convention Crowd At Hyatt Regency New Orleans

More than 190 vendors hosted booths at the Network’s 50,000-square-foot Manufacturers Expo at the Hyatt Regency, displaying their latest products and services as well as providing the opportunity to speak face-to-face with their customers from the field.

Maxiforce Relaunches Website

According to the company, the new Maxiforce.com will offer powerful search engine capabilities paired with a user-friendly, interactive online parts catalog.

WIX Filters Launches 2015 FFA Box Top Redemption Program

The 29th annual program runs now through April 30.

MAPSA Scholarship Deadline March 31

Since the program began in 2002, MAPSA has awarded $33,750 to 59 students.

AutoZone Reports Second Quarter Results

Net income for the quarter increased 9.8 percent over the same period last year to $211.7 million, while diluted earnings per share increased 15.6 percent to $6.51 per share from $5.63 per share in the year-ago quarter.

ProMax Named Bestbuy Distributors Supplier Of The Year

The award was presented at Bestbuy Distributors’ 61st annual shareholder meeting, held Feb. 20 in Toronto at the Westin Bristol Place hotel.

The Network Wraps Up Sell-Out Convention In New Orleans

The program group expected a record-breaking crowd for this year’s event, which sold out weeks in advance.

The Network Signs Sixth Parts Plus Mexico Member

GERMANTOWN, Tenn. – The Automotive Distribution Network continues to grow the Parts Plus Mexico brand with the recent signing of Refacciones Agricolas Friessen S.A. de C.V. (RAFISA) into membership, according to Mike Lambert, president of the Network. “A two-step operation with three locations in Cuauhtémoc, Nuevo Casas Grandes and Chihuahua City, Mexico, RAFISA is a

MAM Software, Phocas Software Announce Strategic Partnership

BARNSLEY, England – MAM Software Group, a leading global provider of on-premise and cloud-based management solutions for the auto parts, tire and vertical distribution industries, has agreed to a strategic partnership with Phocas Software, a leading global provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions. The two companies say this strategic partnership will offer a solid business

Automotive Parts Associates To Host 34th Annual Conference In L.A.

LENEXA, Kan. – Automotive Parts Associates (APA) will host its 34th annual conference, “Shifting Into High Gear,” March 18-20 at the Hyatt Century Plaza in Los Angeles, Calif. With more than 300 people from across North America registered to attend, this will be one of the largest conferences in APA’s history. Events will include a

Federated Supports ASE Education Initiative

STAUNTON, Va. – Federated Auto Parts has joined the ASE Industry Education Alliance, a group of organizations under the ASE umbrella with the mission to connect motivated technicians with the best training and certification programs in order to ensure a qualified automotive service workforce now and in the future. “Federated has been committed to training

WELD Presents Inaugural President’s Award At 2015 O’Reilly’s World Of Wheels In Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Eric Butler’s custom-built 1968 Mustang was the first recipient of the WELD President’s Award at the 2015 O’Reilly’s World of Wheels presented by WELD. Butler, who participated in the show at Bartle Hall in Kansas City, Mo., is a resident of the Kansas City metro area. Butler completed all the work