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News and updates from the automotive aftermarket: performance, restyling, hot rods, and customization.

LTA Manufacturing Launches Venturous Truck Tops Brand

LTA Manufacturing launched its all-new Venturous Truck Tops brand at the 2023 SEMA Show, the company announced. The company displayed the new line of caps at the SEMA Show, highlighting its all-new, patent pending PolyFuse Technology, an injection molding process developed by LTA that utilizes a closed-mold system, producing a top that is lighter, stronger… Continue reading LTA Manufacturing Launches Venturous Truck Tops Brand

DEI Receives 3 Global Media Awards at SEMA Show

Design Engineering Inc. (DEI) received three Global Media Awards at the 2023 SEMA Show, the company announced. DEI won Global Media Awards for its Advanced Thermal Acoustic Coating (ATAC), EV Charge Cord Protector and RFI Shield split line sleeve and tape. Every year at the SEMA Show, a panel of international journalists evaluate nearly 3,000… Continue reading DEI Receives 3 Global Media Awards at SEMA Show

AAM Group Announces 2023 Keys to Ride Sweepstakes Winner

Jimmy Hamrick of Truck Equipment Sales in Mobile, Alabama, is the winner of the 2023 Keys to Ride sweepstakes, the AAM Group and RealTruck announced. Hamrick won the drawing on Oct. 31 in the RealTruck booth at the SEMA Show and took home a 2022 Toyota Tundra fully customized with RealTruck products. The other finalists… Continue reading AAM Group Announces 2023 Keys to Ride Sweepstakes Winner

Tri-State Enterprises Secures New Private Equity Partner

Tri-State Enterprises has announced the recapitalization of the company in partnership with HCI Equity Partners (HCI) and management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tri-State is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and is a warehouse distributor of automotive aftermarket hard parts, consumables, accessories, and paint, and serves automotive service centers, independent parts and… Continue reading Tri-State Enterprises Secures New Private Equity Partner

XPEL Adds to Leadership Team

XPEL has appointed two new members to its executive team, the company announced. Tony Rimas was named VP of Revenue and Kim Steiner was named VP of People Services. Rimas will lead XPEL’s global sales team, partnerships and commercial strategy, the company said, and has experience in many segments of the automotive industry including retail,… Continue reading XPEL Adds to Leadership Team

Melissa Parker-Boudreaux Receives SBN Woman of the Year Award

Melissa Parker-Boudreaux, senior sales and marketing manager at ORACLE Lighting, has won the annual She is SEMA Woman of the Year award from the SEMA Businesswomen’s Network (SBN), the company announced. The award was announced at the SBN banquet during the 2023 SEMA Show and recognizes the recipient’s outstanding achievements and contributions in the automotive… Continue reading Melissa Parker-Boudreaux Receives SBN Woman of the Year Award

SEMA Names Winner of Inaugural Best Engineered Vehicle Award

Scorpion EV has been named the inaugural winner of SEMA’s Best Engineered Vehicle Award for its all-electric “Venom” Cobra, the organization announced. Venom has been converted to an all-electric powertrain and is designed to demonstrate how internal combustion engine vehicles can be converted to electric power, SEMA said. The car showcases Scorpion EV’s Venom EV… Continue reading SEMA Names Winner of Inaugural Best Engineered Vehicle Award

Atlas Automotive Equipment Launches Giveaway Marking Sales Milestone

Atlas Automotive Equipment is celebrating $1 billion in sales by launching a giveaway for its customers, the company announced. The giveaway runs through Dec. 31 and is open to customers who spend $2,000 or more on Atlas Automotive Equipment, the company said. Each customer will receive one entry ticket for each qualifying order. The giveaway… Continue reading Atlas Automotive Equipment Launches Giveaway Marking Sales Milestone

RNR Tire Express Announces Winner of Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

RNR Tire Express (RNR), the franchise retailer for tires and custom wheels, revealed the winner of its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, the company announced. With the help of RNR franchisees around the country, the team donated a portion of all tire sales during October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month – to foundations advancing the… Continue reading RNR Tire Express Announces Winner of Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

Wheel Pros Rebrands as Hoonigan

Wheel Pros, parent company of brands including Fuel Off-Road, American Racing, KMC, Morimoto, TeraFlex, Rotiform, Black Rhino, and more, is rebranding to Hoonigan, effective immediately, the company announced. Wheel Pros previously merged with the Hoonigan brand in 2021. According to the announcement, the Wheel Pros brand will remain under the Hoonigan banner as the company’s wholesale… Continue reading Wheel Pros Rebrands as Hoonigan

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SEMA Presents Person, Gen-III & Content Creator of the Year Awards

SEMA has named Ian Lehn of BOOSTane Octane Engineering as the 2023 SEMA Person of the Year, Jon Delgado of Repairify as 2023 SEMA Gen-III Innovator of the Year and Vin Anatra of Hoonigan as the 2023 SEMA Content Creator of the Year, the organization announced. In addition, Roy Brizio of Roy Brizio Street Rods… Continue reading SEMA Presents Person, Gen-III & Content Creator of the Year Awards

Landsail Tires Showcases 2023 VW ID. Buzz Cargo Van at SEMA Show

In its first appearance at the 2023 SEMA Show–and in the U.S.–Landsail Tires debuted its VW ID. Buzz Cargo Van build at the Sentury Tires booth, the company announced. The ID. Buzz is Volkswagen’s brand new all-electric cargo van that is currently only available in European markets, the company said. Featuring Landsail Tires and aftermarket… Continue reading Landsail Tires Showcases 2023 VW ID. Buzz Cargo Van at SEMA Show

Registration Opens for Work Truck Week

The Work Truck Association has released the full Work Truck Week 2024 schedule and opened registration and housing for the annual work truck event, event organizers announced. Scheduled for March 5-8, 2024, at Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Work Truck Week provides commercial vehicle industry professionals with opportunities to see the latest trucks, equipment and… Continue reading Registration Opens for Work Truck Week