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Durakon Relaunches Web Site
Durakon, a leader supplier of drop-in bedliners, has unveiled a new and improved corporate Web site -- www.durakon.com
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Durakon, a leader supplier of drop-in bedliners, has unveiled a new and improved corporate Web site -- www.durakon.com
Motormite/Dorman has named Glenn Barco vice president of traditional market sales. In this role, Barco will be responsible for the management of the Motormite/Dorman regional sales force, which calls on traditional warehouse distributors and their subsequent customers. He will also be responsible for the management of the company's independent sales...
Autospecialty has announced a number of executive promotions. Larry Fidance has been promoted to vice president of marketing for the entire company.
The deadline to return contracts and deposits for the International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) show space draw is near. NACE is being held Nov. 3-6, during Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week (AAIW) in Las Vegas.To qualify for the Space Draw, prospective exhibitors are required to return their contracts and deposits...
This year's Aftermarket eForum -- Solutions Today for Tomorrow’s Technology Challenges -- will take place Monday, Aug. 2 through Wednesday, Aug. 4 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago. Building on the success of the past three years, the 2004 eForum will feature an expanded format that includes breakout sessions...
Lord Corp. -- which makes specialty adhesives, polyurethane coatings as well as electronic, vibration and noise control solutions for the automotive market -- has expanded its Detroit area facility in an effort to better serve the automotive market. Located on 4.8 acres in Wixom, Mich., the newly constructed 19,020-square-foot facility...
In what it called a “voluntary safety campaign,” Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) recalled about 297,000 tires in LT265/75R16 LR D on 2000-2002 and some early-2003-model-year Ford Excursions late last week. Now, NHTSA is reporting that it has linked six accidents, which resulted in five fatalities and 20 injuries, to...
Metaldyne has named Wendy Beale Needham to the company's board of directors. Needham most recently served as managing director of global automotive research for Credit Suisse First Boston. Before retiring in 2003, she provided investment research on the automotive industry, including extensive research on economic factors driving industry demand trends,...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-S.C.), introduced Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair legislation (S. 2138) in the Senate on Feb. 26, according to the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA). Similar to legislation introduced in the House (H.R. 2735), the bill would ensure that motorists retain the right to choose how and...
The UAW's quick settlement Friday morning of the one-day strike at American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. in Detroit finds the union again authorizing a concept it once loathed -- a two-tier wage structure that ensures future employees never make as much as current ones.
