The Marx Group Hires Donna Wagner
Donna Wagner has joined The Marx Group as account strategist and supervisor. She will focus on helping clients with strategic marketing and business design consultation and marketing communications programs for new customers in the automotive aftermarket and OE segments and related fields.
The Top Ten Newsmakers of 2006
For the third year in a row, the editorial staffs of aftermarketNews and Counterman magazine have selected 10 individuals who have made an impact on the industry this past year. The list is presented in alphabetical order.
Jerry Schneiderman Wins OAC Lifetime Achievement Award
LAS VEGAS, NV — Jerry Schneiderman, president and CEO of IMC World Trade Corp. in Boca Raton, FL, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Overseas Automotive Council (OAC) at the Council’s annual breakfast meeting held Oct. 31, during the AAPEX “Jerry has been a tireless supporter of OAC since he first joined in 1965,”
Tom Chambers Named President and COO of Metaldyne
Tom Chambers has been named president and chief operating officer of Metaldyne Corp. effective immediately. He will report to Timothy Leuliette, who remains chairman and CEO. Leuliette was served as president in addition to his roles as chairman and chief executive officer.
NASTF Issues Open Letter, Seeks Industry Involvement
The National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF) recently issued an ‘open letter’ to the industry, reaching out to all industry association, organizations and businesses involved in the automotive service industry to ask for their participation on the task force.
Boeing Exec Joins TRW Board of Directors
LIVONIA, MI — TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has announced the election of James “Jim” Albaugh, executive vice president of the Boeing Company, to the company’s board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately and will bring the number of TRW Directors to nine. Albaugh joins as an independent director and will serve on the board’s
R. L. Polk & Co.’s Ask the Industry Looks at the Value of Networking
This year, the Car Care Council Women’s Board celebrates ten years of bringing together aftermarket professionals to encourage more women to join the aftermarket and help women become better vehicle maintainers. At the recent Women’s Board summer meeting held last month in Atlanta, aftermarketNews Editor Amy Antenora asked a few longtime aftermarket executives what they get out of networking events and associations such as this. Here’s what they had to say.
Executive Interview with Scott Luckett, Chairman of the Aftermarket eForum Planning Committee
This week, we hear from Scott Luckett, vice president of technology standards and solutions for AAIA. Luckett is also chairman of the Aftermarket eForum Planning Committee. The 2006 Aftermarket eForum takes place in Chicago next month – July 17-19 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. Join us as Luckett gives us an update on the aftermarket technology landscape.
Delphi Outlines Transformation Plan
Delphi this morning outlined its strategy to prepare for its return to stable, profitable business operations through a broad-based global restructuring in order to complete the Chapter 11 cases for Delphi and 41 of its domestic U.S. subsidiaries in the first half of 2007 as previously announced. Delphi’s transformation plan is intended to allow the company to become competitive in the global marketplace.
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.