President Barack Obama has proposed to congress a $48 billion legislative package to aid small-business growth.

Tags: Automotive Service Association, President Barack Obama, Small Business

Wisconsin Assembly Bill 483, a non-lead wheel weight rule, was introduced on Jan. 24, 2012.

Tags: Gregory Parker, Non-Lead Wheel Weights, Wheel Balancing, Wisconsin Assembly Bill 483

Mitchell 1’s video on its forthcoming ProDemand information product is now available for viewing on YouTube.

Tags: Gary Hixson, Kristy LaPage, Mitchell 1 ProDemand, Repair Information, YouTube

Gabriel (Ride Control LLC) now has more than 140 Gabriel premium ReadyMount SKUs available.

Tags: Gabriel ReadyMount Struts, Lisa Bahash, Shocks and Struts, Undercar Service

Federal-Mogul Corp., which has trained more than 200,000 technicians in the last 10 years at its St. Louis, Mo., Technical Education Center, reports it will now take its technical training directly to technicians through a fleet of mobile training units.

On 2007-10 Volkswagen Eos vehicles, the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) utilizes air pressure sensors in the wheels. The sensors transmit radio data signals to the Central Locking and Antitheft System antennas.

Tags: Tire pressure monitoring systems, TPMS, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Eos

The broadly held definition of the difference between small business ownership and entrepreneurism boils down to a single word: “growth.” Increasing sales is not, by itself, growth.

Tags: Business Insight, Dealership Growth, Global Tire Expo, Roger McManus

What began as a chance meeting at Autopromotec in 2008 has become a partnership between ITDG and point S.

Tags: Independent Tire Dealers Group, ITDG, point S

The numbers don’t lie. The 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show was a huge success. A record 132,000 people attended the event, according to the Tire Industry Association (TIA), which sponsored the show’s Global Tire Expo section. There also were 61,000 buyers, also a record and close to 19% higher than last year.

Tags: ASA, CIMS, Cooper, Falken, Hercules, Landsail, Nexen, Nitto, Pirelli, R.L. Polk & Co., Schrader, SEMA Show, SEMA Show 2011, TIA, Vee Rubber

As another year comes to an end, it seems only natural to reflect on the last 12 months. Reflection on past mistakes, like constructive criticism, is always good, in my opinion. At the very least, it allows past mistakes to become life lessons.

Tags: ARA, Bob Ulrich, Ed Wagner, Editorial, Jerry White