NACE | CARS Expands Expo Floor Plan To Meet Growing Demand
Since booking opened for the NACE | CARS Expo in Anaheim, exhibit space sales have been significantly ahead of last year’s pace. In order to accommodate current exhibit demand, 20,000 additional square feet was recently added to the expo floor. Much of this space has already been reserved, including an outside demo for the 2017 Ford Super Duty Drive Tour.
Exhibit Space Selling Out For NACE | CARS 2016
The automotive collision and service repair industry is heading to Anaheim, California, this summer for NACE | CARS 2016, which takes place from Aug. 9-13. With many groups holding co-located meetings, a record commitment from OEMs and key companies booking exhibit space faster than ever, the show organizers say NACE | CARS 2016 is shaping
ALLDATA Partners With Carfax To Boost Shop Revenues
ALLDATA LLC, an AutoZone company and provider of manufacturers’ automotive repair information and solutions for the professional automotive service and collision repair industries, has teamed up with Carfax to offer a new benefit that helps increase customer loyalty and revenue, according to the company. Users of the ALLDATA Manage Online shop management system can now
Quaker State Announces Winners Of The ‘Best In Class Challenge’
After six weeks of intense competition, Quaker State has announced the top three schools from the “Best in Class Challenge,” a custom, hands-on automotive education program for high school auto shops from across the United States. As the grand prize winner, the Maxwell High School of Technology team, the Navigators from Atlanta, was awarded a
ASA Honors Member, Industry Achievements At 2015 ‘Celebration Of Excellence’
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) held its “Celebration of Excellence” July 22 at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich. – a site near ASA’s NACE | CARS 2015 events in downtown Detroit. This traditional awards dinner honors the achievements of ASA members and its industry partners. Dan Risley, ASA’s president and executive director,
Companies Commit To Support Breast Cancer Fundraising Efforts At NACE | CARS 2015
The NACE | CARS conference and exposition, North America’s largest auto collision and service repair event, announced its involvement in fundraising to support Metro Detroit’s local breast cancer programs and national research last week. Since the release of these fundraising efforts, companies have already committed to support the program. Painters Supply Equipment & Co., a
ASA Honors Member Achievements At 2014 Celebration Of Excellence
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) held its Celebration of Excellence Aug. 1 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. – a site located close to ASA’s NACE | CARS 2014 events in downtown Detroit. The annual awards dinner honors the achievements of ASA members and its industry partners. Dan Risley, ASA’s president and executive
CRC Introduces GDI IVD Intake Valve Cleaner
CRC Industries, Inc., manufacturer of specialty chemicals for automotive technicians, introduces the GDI IVD Intake Valve Cleaner designed to remove harmful deposits from all types of gasoline powered engines.
Capturing Unperformed Service Work
We’ve all had those preventive maintenance conversations with customers, but has a customer ever asked you to replace something that didn’t test bad? I had a customer tell me to replace a battery that was barely four years old and it was a 75-month battery. I told him that the battery tested fine and the charging system was working well. That’s when he said something that I now say to my customers almost every day. “You don’t wait until you run out of gas before you put gas in, right? Why would you wait until your battery died to put a new one in?”
Meguiar’s Announces ‘Ultimate Sweepstakes’
Meguiar’s announces that the company will kick-off the Meguiar’s “Ultimate Sweepstakes” on March 17, giving entrants the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience the ultimate car guy’s trip to the 2014 SEMA Show. This is an opportunity for a regular car fanatic to gain access into one of the world’s largest automotive aftermarket events that is never open to the public, but is a mecca for any car enthusiast.