Don’t Miss Out! Make Sure Your Company Ranks as a Top Supplier in the AASA Top 100 List
Time is running out to see your company listed among the top suppliers in the industry. The deadline to participate in the fourth annual Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List is Friday, March 31. There is no cost to participate. To submit an online application for your company, click here.
Bush Signs the ‘Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act’
President George Bush yesterday signed into law the “Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act,” attended by representatives of the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) and other industry groups. The bill was introduced by Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) at the beginning of the 109th Congress with the support of MEMA and other industry associations that helped craft the bill and worked for its passage. It passed in the House on March 7 and the Senate on Feb. 15.
Time is Running Out: Submit Your Company Information for AASA’s Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List
Time is running out to see your company listed among the top suppliers in the industry. The deadline to participate in the fourth annual Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List is Friday, March 31. There is no cost to participate. To submit an online application for your company, click here: click here.
Brake Manufacturers Council, Transportation Safety Equipment Institute Announce New Officers
Two product line segments of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association – the Brake Manufacturers Council (BMC) and the Transportation Safety Equipment Institute (TSEI) have elected new officers.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Last Chance To Qualify for AASA’s Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List
The deadline to participate in the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List has been extended until, Friday, March 31. There is no cost to participate. To submit an online application for your company, click here .
House Passes ‘Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act’
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the ‘Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act,’the bill which many aftermarket businesses and associations have been lobbying in support of. The “Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act” extends federal seizure authority to include not only the infringing product, but also the tooling, equipment and supplies used to produce and traffic counterfeit goods and criminalizes production of stickers, tags boxes or other items used to traffic fake products. The bill also expands the current definition of trafficking to include the import or export counterfeit goods and clearly specifies that it is illegal to give away counterfeit goods in exchange for some future benefit – in effect, the “bartering” of counterfeit goods. Networks of counterfeiters have used these loopholes to frustrate investigation and prosecution under current law.
Deadline: Information for AASA Top Suppliers List Due March 10
Applications are now being accepted for the 2006 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List. The deadline to participate is Friday, March 10. There is no cost to participate. To submit an online application for your company, click here.
Automotive Suppliers Support New Free Trade Agreement Deal Between the United States and Colombia
Two leading automotive and truck parts supplier associations applaud the U.S. Trade Representative’s completion of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia. The agreement is supported by the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) and the Overseas Automotive Council (OAC).
Deadline: Information for AASA Top Suppliers List Due March 10
Applications are now being accepted for the 2006 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers List. The deadline to participate is Friday, March 10. There is no cost to participate. To submit an online application for your company, click here .
R. L. Polk & Co.’s Ask the Industry Looks at the Impact of Hybrid Vehicles
Last week, as part of a speech on his Advanced Energy Initiative, President Bush called for increased spending on scientific R&D and incentives for makers and consumers of alternative sources of energy in order to reduce the United States’ dependency on foreign sources of energy. The most promising breakthrough in alternative energy, the president said, is the hybrid vehicle. As interest in hybrid vehicles grows, it also raises many questions both for consumers and the technicians who must eventually repair these cars.