Eighty Percent of Past GAAS Scholarship Winners Are Actively Employed in the Automotive Industry
The GAAS Scholarship committee conducts an annual survey of past recipients after they have completed their education and embarked on their careers. This year’s survey was sent to 2006 GAAS Scholarship recipients.
The Week in Review (Dec. 7-11, 2009)
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Franklin Chang Diaz Elected to Cummins Board of Directors
During his 25 years at NASA, Chang Diaz was an integral part of the Space Shuttle program.
New Dates and Direction for ASRW 2010 Events
The ASRW 2010 events will take place Oct. 11-13, 2010, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, and will no longer be held during Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week.
Affinia Group Files Petition for Federal Brake Rotor Standards
The petition for a safety standard is the latest step in Affinia’s ongoing public awareness campaign to bring to light important safety issues affecting aftermarket auto parts and to push for effective action where necessary. The new Safety Standard that Affinia seeks from NHTSA would require all rotors sold in the United States to meet minimum performance standards for structural strength and crack-resistance under rigorous laboratory testing. No such mandatory standard exists in the U.S. today, although rotors are a critical component of a vehicle’s most important safety feature, its brake system.
MIS Council Says 2009 Fall Conference Was a Success
Participants gained vital insights from leading automotive aftermarket customers — including ADN, O’Reilly Auto Parts, CARQUEST, Advance Auto Parts and National Pronto — who shared their respective visions with suppliers. Interactive breakout sessions spurred lively discussions on how to get critical data flowing better from supplier to channel partners.
OPINION: The Choice is Yours. Or is it?
There are times my choices are limited, if or when they exist at all. There are times when all I can purchase is that which my suppliers are willing to offer. There are times when my insistence on quality as defined by a branded part is ignored.
Bill Cropper Named 2009 CABA Person of the Year
The Person of the Year honor is bestowed upon an individual who makes a significant personal contribution of time and effort for the betterment of the association. Cropper first volunteered for service to the association when he joined the board of directors in 1977.
Looking to Export? U.S. Commercial Service Helps AAPEX 2009 Participants Go Global
AAPEX has been selected by the U.S. Commercial Service to participate in the International Buyer Program, truly making it a global marketplace.
Gene Ezzell, Retired President of Crane Cams, Receives 2009 MEMA Triangle Award
For more than 30 years, MEMA has presented its Triangle Award periodically to that person, persons or organization whom the association’s members choose to honor for selfless contribution to the automotive industry.