Trico Products Launches Teflon SHIELD Wiper Blade
Trico Products recently introduced the new Teflon SHIELD wiper blade – Engineered by TRICO, the first aftermarket blade line in North America using hybrid beam wiper technology.
Mitch Schneider: The View From Terrace East
An automotive service business runs best when its purpose, mission, vision, goals and objectives are understood by everyone involved.
Management: Do You Fire or Promote?
If you have a “situation” taking place at your shop, it’s better to address it sooner rather than later because the shop’s productivity and profitability could be jeopardized.
New ANCO Wiper Blades Catalog Features Expanded Late-Model Coverage, Comprehensive New Rear Wiper Product Line
Federal-Mogul Corporation has released a new ANCO wiper blade master catalog featuring coverage of hundreds of additional automotive applications as well as a comprehensive new line of integral rear wiper blades. The ANCO brand is “The Clearest Choice in Wiper Blades.”
Directions: Will You Be Servicing a 100-MPG Vehicle in the Near Future?
Vehicles in the Progressive Insurance Automotive X-PRIZE vie for $10 million in prizes that will be awarded to teams that develop production-capable vehicles that exceed 100 miles per gallon or energy equivalent (MPGe).
Perspectives: It’s More Than Just Fixing Cars
We are excited to offer you a new resource designed to help you grow your business — www.ShopOwnerMag.com and its accompanying e-newsletter delivered twice a month.
Nation’s World Class Technicians are Recognized
Seventeen professional automotive technicians obtained ASE certification in 22 specialty areas in 2009.
Mitch’s World: Getting ‘Schooled’ in the Shop
Mitch gives his take on the old saying — “Those who can, do…Those who can’t, teach!”
Bosch 2010 Wiper Blades Catalog Covers ICON Evolution, Excel, Micro Edge, Direct Connect and Winter Blades
Bosch has released the 2010 Wiper Blades & Refills catalog, covering more than 250 part numbers of wiper blades and refills for domestic, Asian and European passenger car, van and light truck applications. The catalog includes applications of ICON, Evolution, Excel+, MicroEdge, DirectConnect, OE Style blades and winter blades.
Directions: Will Driver Awareness on Recalls Drive Up Shop Stops?
While new car recalls have been among the biggest news stories of the year, an analysis by Edmunds.com, assures consumers that despite these recent headlines, recalls were much more of a concern in decades past.
Perspectives: Are Empty Streets Around the Corner?
Some of my peers in the media are preaching that kids aren’t interested in driving anymore. In fact, one columnist recently wrote that the dwindling love affair with the auto will have a significant impact on car sales.
Mitch Schneider: The Other Side of the Mountain
It is rare that a situation or event will present itself in such a way as to so profoundly alter the way you see your world that you know you will never be the same. I’m talking about a paradigm shift so powerful it either reinforces everything you believe to be true or forces you to redefine even your most fundamental principles. I am muddling my way through such an event even as I write this; and, to be completely honest, I’m still not sure where it’s all heading. But, like so many of the other profound and sometimes confounding events in my life, I’m hoping that sharing it here with you will help me achieve a level of clarity that has so far eluded me.