Michigan Automotive Parts Association Collaborates With Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium on Industry Scholarships
Applicants at the automotive scholarships Web site, www.automotivescholarships.com, will now be placed in consideration for three $1,000 MAPA scholarship awards to be presented in 2010.
The Week in Review (Dec. 14-18, 2009)
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Eighty Percent of Past GAAS Scholarship Winners Are Actively Employed in the Automotive Industry
The GAAS Scholarship committee conducts an annual survey of past recipients after they have completed their education and embarked on their careers. This year’s survey was sent to 2006 GAAS Scholarship recipients.
Affinia Group Files Petition for Federal Brake Rotor Standards
The petition for a safety standard is the latest step in Affinia’s ongoing public awareness campaign to bring to light important safety issues affecting aftermarket auto parts and to push for effective action where necessary. The new Safety Standard that Affinia seeks from NHTSA would require all rotors sold in the United States to meet minimum performance standards for structural strength and crack-resistance under rigorous laboratory testing. No such mandatory standard exists in the U.S. today, although rotors are a critical component of a vehicle’s most important safety feature, its brake system.
MIS Council Says 2009 Fall Conference Was a Success
Participants gained vital insights from leading automotive aftermarket customers — including ADN, O’Reilly Auto Parts, CARQUEST, Advance Auto Parts and National Pronto — who shared their respective visions with suppliers. Interactive breakout sessions spurred lively discussions on how to get critical data flowing better from supplier to channel partners.
OPINION: The Choice is Yours. Or is it?
There are times my choices are limited, if or when they exist at all. There are times when all I can purchase is that which my suppliers are willing to offer. There are times when my insistence on quality as defined by a branded part is ignored.
Gene Ezzell, Retired President of Crane Cams, Receives 2009 MEMA Triangle Award
For more than 30 years, MEMA has presented its Triangle Award periodically to that person, persons or organization whom the association’s members choose to honor for selfless contribution to the automotive industry.
Motor Vehicle Parts Suppliers Testify Before Senate Subcommittee, Urge Coordinated Action to Assist Industry
The testimony for the hearing, entitled “Restoring Credit to Manufacturers,” focused on the current state of the parts supplier sector, the need for greater access to capital, and the importance of long-term programs to support technology and innovation.
Nominations Now Open for MEMA’s Prestigious Triangle Award
David O’Reilly, chairman, O’Reilly Automotive Inc., received the Triangle Award in 2007.
The Week in Review (Oct. 5-9, 2009)
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