Executive Interview: AASA President and COO Steve Handschuh Talks About the Association’s New Know Your Parts Initiative
Next month at AAPEX in Las Vegas, the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) will reach out to the aftermarket community on its new “Know Your Parts” initiative that was recently unveiled. Here, AASA President and COO Steve Handschuh shares some early details.
Mark IV Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petitions to Restructure Its Debt
Company reaches agreement in principle with lenders on plan of reorganization.
Proponents Say Timing is Right for Right to Repair
As car sales plunge and dealerships close, Right to Repair Act is back in the spotlight, says AAIA.
Judiciary Committee Holds Patent Reform Hearing
Chairman Leahy calls for strong patent protections.
Aftermarket Associations Applaud Passage of Anti-Counterfeiting Legislation
Congress recently passed legislation that will strengthen intellectual property protections for U.S companies.
WIX Filters Offers Tips for Selling Cabin Air Filters
GASTONIA, N.C. — The lingering lack of education about cabin air filtration maintenance among consumers has inspired WIX Filters to launch a new seven-step educational approach to help technicians and counter professionals explain and sell cabin air filters. To support this new educational approach, WIX has developed vivid new packaging, a point-of-sale kit and the
AutoZone Board Authorizes Additional $500 Million for Share Buybacks; Announces Agreement with Largest Shareholder
AutoZone’s board of directors has authorized the repurchase of an additional $500 million of the company’s stock, bringing its current unused repurchase authorization to $608 million. Including the additional authorization, the cumulative share repurchase authorization approved by its board since 1998 totals $6.4 billion. The company also has entered into an agreement with its largest shareholder, ESL Investments, setting forth certain agreements concerning ESL’s continued investment in AutoZone.
Gates Corp. to Testify at June 17 Judiciary Committee Hearing on Intellectual Property
Jeffrey Thurnau, patent counsel with Gates Corp. will testify on Tuesday, June 17, before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing entitled “Protecting Consumers by Protecting Intellectual Property.” The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Thurnau will testify on behalf of Gates Corp. and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA). MEMA represents more than 700 motor vehicle product manufacturers with nearly 12,000 U.S. plant locations and 783,100 U.S. workers and contributes to 4.5 million private industry jobs across the country.Thurnau will address the need for strong intellectual property protections to assure the safety and well being of U.S. auto parts consumers as well as the importance of Intellectual Property to Gates and the U.S. motor vehicle parts supplier industry.
Professional Technicians Rally on Boston’s Beacon Hill in Support of Right to Repair
BOSTON, Mass. – Nearly 100 men and women who work in the automotive aftermarket industry, including professional technicians from repair shops from around Massachusetts, converged on the Massachusetts Statehouse on Tuesday to call for passage of the Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act (HB 296). The repairers told their legislators they continue to
Chrysler Can’t Move Molds Yet, Judge Says
From Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Chrysler LLC will have to negotiate with Dearborn, MI-based supplier Plastech Engineered Products Inc. to move its molds and dies out of the struggling supplier’s plants. A bankruptcy judge decided Tuesday that Chrysler cannot immediately move tooling out of Plastech’s plants because of the protections that Chapter 11 bankruptcy