AAPEX Blog

Remanufacturing: Sustainable by Definition. Responsible by Design.

By John Chalifoux, President and COO, MERA, The Association for Sustainable Manufacturing

Remanufacturing can be simply defined as “manufacturing with reuse.” It is a manufacturing process that starts with original products, reuses key components, and yields finished goods that are “like new but better” than the originals. The finished goods… READ MORE  

AWDA Conference Draws Warehouse Distributors to AAPEX

By Larry Northup, AAP, AWDA Executive Director, Senior Director, Community Engagement, Auto Care Association

Customers make AAPEX successful. Without people and companies to purchase the products on display, there would be no reason for exhibitors to attend the show.

Fortunately, AAPEX draws a huge number of buyers to Las Vegas… READ MORE  

New Inspection Guidelines for Natural Gas Vehicles

By Micheal Smyth, director of the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC), a program of the Energy Institute at West Virginia University

Editor’s note: This blog post is the third in a series leading up to AAPEX 2019 in Las Vegas, and highlights alternative fuels training sessions scheduled to take… READ MORE  

Consumer and Market Trends Drive Robust Aftermarket Opportunities

By Mike Jackson, Executive Director, Strategy and Research, Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA)

The U.S. light vehicle sales outlook continues to benefit from a protracted economic expansion that has now stretched beyond 10 years. Looking back at 2018, though late in the cycle, the vehicle sales environment reflected surprising strength… READ MORE  

New Market Opportunities at AAPEX: Examining Emerging Technologies 

By Joe Register, vice president, Emerging Technologies, Auto Care Association

Industry analysts like McKinsey & Company believe the introduction of connected and automated vehicle technologies, the rapidly evolving ecommerce sector and the introduction of new competitors (like digital natives) will lead to the redistribution of 30-40 percent of aftermarket profits… READ MORE  

Consolidation Trends, Opportunities and Challenges for Independent Service Professionals

By Carm Capriotto, podcast host, Remarkable Results Radio

Every single day, 12 billion miles are driven by consumers in the United States, 2.2 million cars are brought in for repair and 158,000 brakes jobs are performed.

The opportunities in the automotive aftermarket continue to be strong, yet because of the… READ MORE  

The Scoop on ASE Certification

By Micheal Smyth, director of the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC), a program of the Energy Institute at West Virginia University

Editor’s note: This blog post is the second in a series leading up to AAPEX 2019 in Las Vegas. This installment is the first to highlight alternative fuels… READ MORE