Modacar Selects Media Management Marketing as PR Firm of Record
Modacar, Inc, and its online businesses, Modacar.com and Forcedfed.com , have announced that Media Management Marketing will be handling its PR and marketing campaigns. Modacar carries brand names like AEM, Apexi, HKS, Skunk2 and Tanabe.
GPI Gives $2 Million Gift to Northwood’s Aftermarket Building Project and Program
Northwood President Dr. David Fry announced late last week that General Parts Inc. (GPI) presented the university with a $2 million dollar gift toward the university’s planned 25,000-square-foot automotive aftermarket facility on its Midland, MI, campus. The gift was announced on behalf of the company by O. Temple Sloan III, president of GPI on Monday, February 20, during a gathering of 1,100 of their suppliers, associates and the extended Sloan family in Raleigh, NC. The building will be named The Sloan Family Building for Aftermarket Studies.
AMN’s Top Ten Week: Top Ten News Stories
If nothing else has been made clear by the events taking place in the automotive industry over the past 12 months, this much is true: The automotive aftermarket is changing — in dramatic ways. Here, the editorial staffs of Counterman and aftermarketNews takes a month-by-month look at the key events that have shaped this industry’s destiny over the past year.
AMN’s Top Ten Week: Top 10 Distribution Influences
Annually, Counterman magazine, in conjunction with aftermarketNews, presents the 10 trends and issues that influence the aftermarket parts distribution industry. For this year’s list, Counterman and aftermarketNews editors examined all the major issues, eventually paring the list down to those issues that most affect today’s and tomorrow’s aftermarket industry.
Quaker State Launches New Line of Highly Engineered Motor Oils
Quaker State has launched a new line of highly engineered motor oils designed to provide today’s modern engines with maximum performance and power. A high-performance product for the automotive enthusiast, the new line, called “Q,” offers advanced technology and a ground-breaking formulation to provide better protection and less friction as engine load and oil temperatures increase.
SEMA Awards Record Amount in Scholarships
As the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund celebrates its 20th year of giving, the association has announced it awarded students a record number of scholarships this year. Seventy-five students preparing for careers in the automotive industry received individual awards of up to $4,000, for a total of $110,000 in scholarships.
GSC Motorsports Launches New Web Site
GSC Motorsports announced that its new Web site, www.gscmotorsports.com is open for business. Now consumers have the opportunity to find the latest information on the hottest parts and accessories to make their cars go faster, handle better and look cooler.
AutoZone Completes Acquisition of Eastern Parts Store Chain
Yesterday, AutoZone announced it had completed the purchase of selected assets of the Eastern U.S. auto parts chain, ABC Discount Auto Parts. ABC had been a long-time member of the RPM Group. The acquisition of ABC furthers AutoZone plans to develop market areas through asset acquisitions where the company currently is under-penetrated. ABC Discount Auto Parts operated 17 stores and one distribution center in Southern New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. The company, previously owned by Lou and Carla Fishman, was headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ.