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CARSTAR Conference Examines Hiring and Employee Retention

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BALTIMORE, Md. --Willis Ramirez, director of human resources for CARSTAR, explains at CARSTAR's national conference in Baltimore how shops can use online job site for hiring. He also explains the main reasons why workers leave their jobs.

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Is a correction up ahead?

Aftermarket Business

Analysts who cover financial markets are always talking about "corrections," especially as they pertain to markets in distress. In the past few months of economic turmoil, we have been hearing about corrections in the housing and stock markets. But are we going to see a correction in the aftermarket?

At the speed of right

Aftermarket Business

For those of you who think it's your God-given right to drive what you want, when you want, where you want and as fast as you want, this would be the time to get your thesaurus out to find every name in the book that you want to call me. At the risk of being called a threat to the American way of life, I am asking this industry to actively support a review of the most efficient speed limit. And if the outcome of such a review is to roll back the speed limit to 55 mph, then so be it.

Trademark battle stuck in park

Aftermarket Business

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) appears nervous about the growing number of design patents it is awarding to auto manufacturers. Many of the patents cover collision parts, but the USPTO also grants design patents for items such as exterior mirrors and wheel covers, among other items sold in every auto aftermarket retail store in the U.S. The unease surfacing in the PTO was reflected during two meetings earlier this year when the floor was opened to discuss its policies on automotive design patents.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Industry News

New report details U.S. tire segments, analyzes demographic trends and provides selling tips

Global bearing demand expected to reach $66 billion in 2012

EPA gives MACS the OK to update Section 609 certification program

ASA wraps up more training courses

NASTF meeting features OEM panel spotlighting training information availability

As seen on video: Jumbo 63-inch OTR tires declared a huge on-the-job success

AMI certifies Mitchell 1 shop management series

Technical

Oil Purification Systems wins Quality Improvement Award for oil refining system

Fuel injector technology showcased during Olympics

HUGHES Telematics enters agreements with IBM, Oracle

Have extra time? Why not build your own hybrid from scratch

Council recommends rebuilding engines to save consumers money

Four Seasons offers suggestions on working on Taurus, Sable liquid lines, orifice tubes

Honeywell, Ford finding replacement for displacement with new turbochargers

Oil Purification Systems wins Quality Improvement Award for oil refining system

Motor Age

Oil Purification Systems recently announced that the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership (CQIA) has recognized the company with its silver level Innovation Prize.

Fuel injector technology showcased during Olympics

Motor Age

Freescale Semiconductor is providing microcontroller (MCU) technology for ElectroJet Inc.?s fuel injection system, designed to reduce harmful emissions by 65 percent and increase fuel economy by 12 percent in motorcycle applications. Showcasing this innovative technology during the 2008 Olympic Games, ElectroJet is providing its advanced fuel injection systems to Dayang Motorcycle Co., Ltd., the official motorcycle supplier for the Olympics.

HUGHES Telematics enters agreements with IBM, Oracle

Motor Age

HUGHES Telematics has entered two agreements that enhance its portfolio of global technology relationships. IBM and Oracle both will provide essential technological ingredients necessary to deliver HUGHES Telematics' consumer solution to its automotive partners and the drivers of their vehicles.

Have extra time? Why not build your own hybrid from scratch

Motor Age

Robert Q. Riley Enterprises, a product design firm in Glendale, Ariz., has released construction plans for anyone who wants to build its XR3, a two-passenger, plug-in hybrid that can travel up to 225 miles per gallon.

Council recommends rebuilding engines to save consumers money

Motor Age

Serious engine trouble can cause real panic to someone who is already facing economic difficulties. By repowering an engine rather than buying a new vehicle, your customers could skip the new car payments ($479 per month on average according to Edmonds.com) and have extra money to help with other bills

Four Seasons offers suggestions on working on Taurus, Sable liquid lines, orifice tubes

Motor Age

Four Seasons recently released guidelines to assist in changing the orifice tubes on 2000 to 2007 Ford Taurus and 2000 to 2005 Mercury Sable vehicles. At first glance, the liquid line looks like one long hose. But, unlike the liquid lines of the 1980s and 1990s, this hose has a fitting in the middle. The orifice tube is located at this fitting. Four Seasons? part number for the orifice tube is 38639.

Honeywell, Ford finding replacement for displacement with new turbochargers

Motor Age

Honeywell has been selected by Ford to develop turbochargers for its first introduction of EcoBoost technology on next year's 2010 Lincoln MKS. The new turbocharged 3.5L V-6 engine will perform like a large V-8, but will deliver the fuel economy of a V-6.

Ricardo technology improving cost, weight, fuel efficiency in transmissions

Motor Age

Ricardo, an independent engineering firm specializing in total vehicle fuel economy and efficiency, has unveiled a research prototype vehicle that demonstrates the company's patent-pending eAMT electromagnetic linear actuation technology. This technology offers a low cost route to robust and highly efficient Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) and dry Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) vehicles capable of delivering increased fuel economy and lower emissions.