Despite what occurred throughout 2020, the specialty-equipment industry showed resilience with industry retail sales climbing from $46.2 billion to a new high of $47.89 billion in the U.S., according to the new 2021 SEMA Market Report. The report provides an overview on the state of the U.S. specialty-equipment market and...
This webinar contains vital information that will affect most everyone in the industry. Beginning in January 2014, many individuals will be required to have minimum essential health insurance coverage or pay a penalty (an individual mandate). Certain employers with more than 50 full-time equivalents that do not offer qualified health...
The Power Tour is considered one of the biggest and best road trips in the nation for performance enthusiasts. A variety of special events are scheduled throughout the week, including a highly anticipated cruise night in downtown Memphis (home of CPG) on the Tuesday, June 4. Among the special promotions...
Each year AETCbrings together engine builders, racers, engineers and media members from around the world to exchange information on the day’s most popular engine-building topics. In an effort to make information about the conference even more accessible, AETChas recently launched an updated, easy-to-navigate website. The redesigned site features an overview...
The PRW warehouse distribution center and corporate headquarters in now located in Perris, California. In addition to being designed to maximize storage and order shipping, the facility has an abundance of office space that houses the sales, management and support teams, an employee break room, conference rooms, and a larger...
Charles Barnett, vice president of sales and marketing at Dura-Bond Bearing Co., will be heading up the consoliated efforts between Dura-Bond and Melling. Barnett has been a long-term employee at the company as president prior to the Melling purchase several years ago. He also had a career with ACDelco/General Motors and...
The Motor & Equipment Remanufacturers Association (MERA) will partner once again with the Golisano Institute for Sustainabilityto co-host a Remanufacturing and Sustainability conference on Oct. 2 atthe Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy, Mich. Leading speakers will cover topics on remanufacturing, sustainability and corporate responsibility. MERA members...
The Indiana General Assemblyhas approved a bill that will strengthen the state’s position as a global leader in the motorsports industry and create benefits for economic development in tourism, hospitality and motorsports, including upgrades and improvements at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. House Bill 1544 passed the House and Senate...
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eatonannounced that it has provided $8,000 to Western Michigan University (WMU) insupport of three student engineering teams. Severalengineers from Eaton’s Galesburg and Marshall, Mich., facilities are serving asmentors, providing technical and engineering support to the WMU teams from itsCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Students also will...
The Production Engine Remanufacturers Association (PERA) will hold a webinar on "Power Branding" featuring Tom Marx, president and CEO of The Marx Group. Scheduled for Wednesday, May 15 from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. (CST), the PERA webinar will provide attendees with step-by-step ideas on how to achieve and use...
It may seem that there’s nothing natural about cleaning an engine. Even after the couple of hours of cleaning time, the engine might be cleaner than the tech working on it – but the engine still needs cleaned (and so does the cleaning crew from time to time). We are...
Engine rebuilding, arguably the truest form of recycling, restores core durability and is part of the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. In fact, the very definition of the word “recycle” could be interchanged with “engine rebuilding.” Recycling means to reuse or make (a substance) available for reuse for biological...
Liberty Engine Parts has announced that it will host an AERA Tech & Skills Regional Conference at its Pittsburgh warehouse on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Liberty’s Tim Fisher says they encourage all vendors to purchase a 6-ft. table to “display your wares” during the conference. “At last year’s show in...
According to Edmunds.com, gasoline engine’s staying power isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “Gasoline’s talents and versatility make the internal combustion engine ajuggernaut that cannot be matched by any other power source,” says Edmunds.com Engineering Editor Jay Kavanagh. “Gasoline is cheap, abundant and packs more energy into a given volume than...
