Shannon Spano, incoming chair of AIA Canada, wants to be a leader for young industry pros, while making the aftermarket more welcoming
Dayco announced it has promoted four aftermarket team members: Jay Buckley, Jerry Reeves, Jon Crawford and Sheila Mann. Jay Buckley will take on the role of director of marketing, catalogue and technical product support. He was most recently director of…
The automotive aftermarket community is mourning the loss of industry veteran Bill Russell. He died Feb. 14 in Victoria, B.C., at Broadmead Care Home. He is survived by his wife of 62 years Carole, his children Todd (Geri), Denise (Eddie)…
Global filtration company Mann+Hummel announced senior leadership changes within its automotive aftermarket Americas group. Marco Faulenbach will serve as senior vice president of the group. He will lead the company’s aftermarket activities in North and South America, including engineering, sales…
Spectra Premium Mobility Solutions announced that Jeff Lee will lead the company’s Canadian sales aftermarket division as director of sales – Canada. He has been with Spectra Premium since 2011. In that time, he has held various positions, including territory…
JNPSoft OptiCat announced that Mark Nasra will be joining the company as its director of sales for North America. He will draw on his more than 20 years of automotive experience to provide exceptional service and innovative tools to help…
Long-time Canadian automotive aftermarket veteran Scott Cleroux has joined First Brands Group as its Canadian vice president of business development. Cleroux was most recently Canadian sales manager with Spectra Premium — a company where he had spent 32 years. He…
The Automotive Industries Association of Canada announced the appointment of Stuart “Stu” Klein to the newly created position of senior director of collision. He will join the senior leadership team and help AIA Canada’s efforts involving the collision sector of…
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) has announced its officers for its 2023 board of directors. During the annual ASE board meeting held in Arizona, the following officers were elected: Chair – Homer Hogg, vice president, truck service,…
The last issue of CARS for 2022 arrived in mailboxes just before the end of the year. If you haven’t had a chance to flip through it yet, here’s what you’re missing… View this post on Instagram A…
Peter Szarafinski, long-time head of international media relations at Liqui Moly died unexpectedly just ahead of Christmas. Colleagues were stunned to learn of the news of the 47-year-old’s death before Christmas Eve. “Unfathomable – the great loss of a valued…
Len Mazzanti is taking over as the chief executive officer at CRC Industries. He succeeds Perry Cozzone, who served as CEO from 2018 until his retirement at the end of 2022. An announcement from CRC highlighted Mazzanti’s 30 years of…