News Update: Monroe Billboard Campaign Drives Home Need for Regular Maintenance
From coast to coast, consumers are getting the message: For a safer, more reliable ride, replace your vehicle’s shocks and struts every 50,000 miles. Sponsored by Monroe shocks and struts, a brand of Tenneco Inc., the billboard campaign encourages consumers to follow a regular vehicle maintenance schedule, a key element to catching and preventing potential
SKF Launches Two New Technical E-Newsletters
SKF now offers technical e-newsletters as part of its Pole Position program for automotive technicians and its Heavy Duty Pit Crew program for fleet technicians.
News Update: Heritage Equity Group Names Executive Council Members
Art Lottes, Leon Viars and Joe Bagwell have been named members of the Heritage Equity Group Executive Council, the company recently announced. The cornerstone of Heritage Equity Group is Beck/Arnley, a full-line foreign nameplate replacement parts company, that it acquired in 2005. Together with Heritage Equity Group owners Max Dull, Patrick Greene and Richard Crawford,
SKF Launches Technical E-Newsletter Through Pole Position Program
SKF now offers a technical e-newsletter as an element of its Pole Position program. The Pole Position e-newsletter provides automotive technicians with the industry’s latest technical tips, failure analysis data and product information.
News Update: DENSO Launches Summer Tune Up Campaign
DENSO Sales California is launching a summer sales campaign, “Tune In & Tune Up” to all DENSO warehouse distributors, jobber/counterpersons and service technicians. The program runs now through Sept. 30, 2006. DENSO is rewarding jobber/counterpersons and professional service technicians by offering them an opportunity to win electronic prizes for selling DENSO First Time First Fit
News: KYB Taps Mike Fiorito
KYB America LLC recently named Mike Fiorito to the position of director of business development, announced KYB Senior Vice President Mike Howarth. “As KYB continues to expand in the North American aftermarket, and with the recent announcement by CARQUEST that KYB will become its full line shock and strut supplier, we had a need to
Autocarepronews Technician Survey: Tell Us What You Enjoy
Autocarepronews wants to learn more about what types of activities professional technicians enjoy participating in during their free time. This is a short, one-question survey. Click here to take it.
News: Popular Aftermarket Columnist Mitch Schneider Joins Babcox Publications
Mitch Schneider, nationally recognized automotive service professional, author and lecturer, has joined Babcox Publications as a senior contributing editor. Beginning in July, Schneider’s popular commentary will appear monthly in Babcox’s Tech Group publications, including Brake & Front End, ImportCar and Underhood Service. In addition to frequent exclusives on aftermarketNews.com and Autocarepronews.com, another column written specifically
Stant Renews NASCAR Contingency Sponsorship with Two Victories
Stant Mfg. Inc. has announced that it is a contingency sponsor for the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Tech Tip: Lift Safety Question From Autocarepro:news Reader
Question: I am having a consistent problem with cables breaking on one of our lifts. I have replaced seven cables since this lift was purchased in 1997. The lift manufacturer has been contacted and they claim that this is normal wear. Can you give me any help or advise?