News and updates from SEMA's councils and committees.

Dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows, webinars and activities have been announced.

SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities (view all here). Working for a SEMA-member company has many advantages. In addition to working for a company that supports and contributes to the success of the overall industry, being employed by a SEMA-member company...

The 2010 SEMA Show is packed with educational sessions, networking opportunities, keynote discussions and—thanks to sponsor UPS—a bit of NASCAR excitement. On Tuesday, November 2, UPS will welcome UPS NASCAR driver David Ragan to its SEMA Show booth #11937. SEMA attendees can enter a drawing at UPS’...

Continuing with this year’s attendee marketing campaign of “SEMA Show: Behind Your Business 100%” and the association’s efforts to market all the way up until Show time, a 16-page comprehensive brochure dropped in the mail earlier this week to 40,000 buyers.

Saks Fifth Avenue in Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip will host a complimentary holiday fashion presentation and champagne brunch on Wednesday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m. for spouses of 2010 SEMA Show exhibitors and attendees.

California Proposition 23 (Prop 23), a voter initiative to suspend implementation of the state’s “Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006,” will be considered on the November 2 California statewide ballot.

A collation of industry associations was able to alter legislation that would have placed unnecessarily restrictive limits on substances in brake friction materials. Brakes rely heavily on the use of copper for lubricity and the prohibition will increase costs by forcing manufacturers to undertake...