It turns out that headlights, spark plugs and plant seed have something in common: sales actually have the potential to go up during recession.

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate to establish a one-year national vehicle scrappage program includes a SEMA provision to prevent cars that are 25 years or older from being crushed.

SEMA members can stay up-to-date on all the current state legislation affecting the specialty equipment industry by visiting the SEMA Action Network at www.semasan.com.

Several exhibitors of the 2009 SEMA Show are offering products to SEMA Show project-vehicle builders for free or at a substantial discount.

Despite efforts from manufacturers to make diesel vehicles more understood, uncertainties remain about their availability, even about what vehicles are produced.

Dan and Art Danchuk went into business together in the 1960s, but did not make their first Chevrolet part, a parking light lens for a 1957 Chevrolet, until 1976. Danchuk Manufacturing, Inc. was born.

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SEMA Show organizers guarantee all exhibiting manufacturers/importers and exclusive distributors a list of at least 1,000 pre-registered buyers whose profile matches the exhibitor's on or before October 1, 2009.

Tim McDonnell Joins the AMI Board of Trustees; Robert Allen Joins Firestone Industrial's Ride-Rite Division; Dick Wells Earns Sparco High Performer; and more.

Nearly 27 million small-business owners, employees and dependents are uninsured under the current healthcare system. SEMA members responded to a comprehensive survey with a clear message that the system is broken.