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Registration for the 2012 Women’s Industry Network (WIN) Conference, Be The Change, is now open. This year’s event will be held at the InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta May 6-8.

Effectively practicing pollution prevention and energy reduction has become increasingly important for collision repairers. To make it easier for body shops to manage and improve their environmental performance, the Society of Collision Repair …

Roppel Industries, an aftermarket warehouse distributor with multiple locations in four states, has joined the Automotive Distribution Network as an Auto Pride member.

LORD Corporation, maker of Fusor Automotive Repair Adhesives, a metal and plastic bonding solution for the automotive collision repair market, announced the availability of new Fusor® Repair Clinics.

Kelley Blue Book projects new-vehicle sales to reach 1,425,000 units, or 14.6 million seasonally adjusted sales rate (SAAR), in March 2012. This is a 24 percent gain from last month and a 14 percent gain from March 2011.

Dan King is the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Yokohama Tire Corp.

Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motors, a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Kia Motors and Yueda, will open a third manufacturing plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.

New-vehicle retail sales are on track to end the first quarter of 2012 particularly strong, with performance in March continuing the trend from the past several months, according to a monthly sales forecast by J.D. Power and Associates and LMC …

Registration is open for the Automotive Service Association (ASA) annual business meeting to be held May 7-8 in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, area. This is a pivotal meeting for all members who want to be engaged in the future direction of ASA.

If aftermarket tire retailers listen carefully, they may be able to hear the beginning chords of the Bob Dylan song “The Times They Are a Changing.”