Chandler’s Auto Parts Warehouse Under New Ownership
Chandler’s Auto Parts Warehouse in Ft. Worth, Texas, has been sold to Concho Supply Inc. of San Angelo, Texas.
PERA to Meet During 2005 AERA Expo
Incoming PERA Chairman Denny Janisewski of Gopher Motors Rebuilding, Inc., announced this week that PERA will hold its Spring Marketing and Technical Meeting in Las Vegas during the 2005 AERA Expo. PERA will hold its meetings on the mornings of April 29 and 30, 2005 at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, allowing attendees the opportunity to attend trade show events during the afternoon.
CARQUEST Selects 2004 TECH-NET Professional/ASE Technician of the Year
Richard Robb of Elkhorn, Wis., has been named the 2004 TECH-NET Professional / ASE Technician of the Year. Owner of Hi-Tech Automotive, he is an ASE certified master automobile technician with L-1 certification. Robb was selected for the award after meeting the criteria set by CARQUEST and excelling on the Spring 2004 ASE automobile certification exams. Robb became an automotive technician in 1975. He started Hi-Tech Automotive 12 years ago and today his business has four bays.
ConocoPhillips Upgrades Selected Conventional Motor Oils to Synthetic Blends
ConocoPhillips announced that the company will upgrade selected conventional motor oils to synthetic blends with ILSAC GF-4, beginning immediately with its 5W-20 and 5W-30 mainline conventional oils. The new 5W-20 and 5W-30 synthetic blend oils will become available August 16. The product upgrade will be supported by an integrated marketing campaign that includes trade media advertising, direct mail and collateral. The trade media campaign will start in September.
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results
O’Reilly Automotive announced record revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2004, representing 43 quarters of record revenues and earnings for O’Reilly since becoming a public company in April 1993. Net income for the second quarter, which ended on June 30, totaled $32.7 million, up 21.3 percent from $26.9 million for the same period in 2003.
Pronto Adds Another New Member, Fifth New Member This Year
Continuing in its strategy to aggressively grow membership, National Pronto Association has added its fifth new member this year. International Car Parts has become the newest shareholder of the programmed distribution group.
AASP to Hold Seminar at AAPEX on Using OEM Web Sites
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) has announced it will sponsor the seminar “A Practical Guide to Using OE Websites in Your Repair Shop” at AAPEX on Thursday, Nov. 4. Presenter Dave Scaler, director of the Mechanic’s Education Association (MEA), will discuss how to use OEM Web sites to obtain direct access to service information for technicians. He will review service information Web sites and will cover cost, details of content, speed, system requirements and compliance with current laws as well as practicality and application in
DST Asks: Are Some Business Processes in Our Industry Flawed?
When the question is “Why do we do it that way?” and the only answer is “Because that’s how we’ve always done it,” red flags should be going up all over the place in the minds of management. Technology can greatly enhance business processes. But do you think some business processes in our industry are fundamentally flawed?
Goodyear to Boost Kelly Plant
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will invest more than $17.7 million in its Kelly-Springfield plant to build bigger tires, the company and local officials announced.
DST Asks: Is Your Company Part of a Technology Users’ Group
Scientists can’t actually agree on when mankind first discovered fire. Some think as recently as 100,000 years ago, but others claim evidence of campfires as old as 1.6 million years by carbon-dating them. In any case, whenever fire was discovered, everyone is in agreement that the first thing needed was a users’ group to share knowledge and techniques about this new, mysterious technology. Cavemen and their cavewomen traveled far and wide to assemble and discuss fire and trade new ideas and stories about its benefits. Can’t you just imagine the program agenda for that first Users’ Group? Probably workshops with titles like “Cooked Meat: A Whole New Paradigm” and “Heating Your Cave: Why a Chimney is a Good Idea” and “Stay Awake after Dark with a New Source of Light.”