APSA Of Illinois Announces Scholarship Winners
Jesse Brian of Olney, Ill., received a $500 Scholarship and Umair Shah of Wheaton, Ill., received a $300 Scholarship.
Ten Telematics Scholarships Awarded For 2014
The scholarships are awarded in the name of the winner of the Aftermarket Telematics Challenge, a competition organized by the Auto Care Association to recognize the leading example of telematics technology that serves to protect the consumer’s right to choose the independent auto care industry for their maintenance and repair needs.
Royal Purple Introduces Commercial Lubricant Product Line
The new line of high-performance lubricants has been specifically developed for the over-the-road trucking, construction, mining, agriculture and heavy-duty fleet markets with state-of-the-art technology to optimize equipment performance.
Sun Private Equities Acquires Major Ownership Stake In Sustainable Refining LLC
Sun expands its portfolio with innovative vegetable-based lubricants manufacturer.
NASCAR And Sprint Participate In Department Of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge
Initiative aims to increase popularity of workplace charging; supports efforts to make plug-in electric vehicles more affordable and convenient.
NTN-Bower To Exhibit At HDAW 2014
This year, NTN-BOWER will exhibit differential kits, BOWER wide-based single tire tapered bearings and BOWER pre-adjusted hub bearing sets. Each repair kit contains carefully selected contents and high-quality, OEM-preferred products.
NTN Bower Releases New Differential Kit Coverage
NTN says it has quickly expanded its product coverage for the Bower brand since the release of its first differential kit less than two years ago.
Troubled Sears ‘Evaluating Options’ For Auto Center Operations
Reports say that Sears is repositioning Sears Auto Center business around services other than tires and is “evaluating strategic options for the business.”
Italian Tool Company Hits The Silver Screen
In the 1970s, the highly regarded Italian tool company Beta Utensili was an official supplier of some of the best F1 racing teams, and also directly involved in supporting the well-known driver Vittorio Brambilla, winner of the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix in Zeltweg, with the orange March 751 sponsored by Beta Utensili. Because of this heritage in racing, the company was invited to take an active role in the film production for “Rush,” directed by two-time Academy Award-winner Ron Howard, spectacular big-screen recreation of the merciless 1970s rivalry between racecar drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Beta played a role in supplying some of the materials required to accurately represent the environment of the pits and pit lane at that time.
When A Car Is More Than Just A Car
How one group of Chicago-area aftermarket professionals is helping to keep struggling community residents on the road to stable employment.