Midwest

June 2013 People & Places - Midwest

Sat, 2013-06-01 00:00 | compiled by Matthew Sevart

IOWA

Arnold Motor Supply in Milford is expanding, building a new 7,200-square-foot auto parts store on the north side of Milford. Plans are for the store, which is currently located in downtown Milford, to relocate to the new facility by the end of October.

KANSAS

Midwest Motorsports roundup Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 00:00 Midwest Motorsports roundup Mother Nature played a role in setting some tracks back this spring, but the weather is warming up and so are the engines, and soon enough the 2013 racing season will be right on track. Whether you’re a fan of dirt tracks, drag strips, or NASCAR racing, area tracks...	Top-of-mind awareness a priority for Wicklunds, winner of Carstar’s top marketing award Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 00:00 Liberty, Mo.—When he visits an insurance agent’s office, Gerald Wicklund hopes to leave a lasting impression of his business, Wicklunds Carstar & Glass. On Halloween, he makes his rounds “reverse trick-or-treating,” handing out ad-specialty items with the company...
Major auto supplier plans to build new manufacturing facility in Riverside, create 263 jobs Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 00:00 Riverside, Mo.—In the latest example of Missouri’s resurgent automotive industry, a major auto supply company based in China is planning to construct a new manufacturing plant in Riverside, Gov. Jay Nixon recently announced. As a Michigan-based subsidiary of Yanfeng Visteon of...	Midtown location offers more space and younger clientele for Gore Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 00:00 Kansas City, Mo.—In 1980 when Mike Gore started working professionally as a technician at Waldo Imports — a repair shop owned by his brother in South Kansas City — he said the business was very niche oriented, with 95 percent of the clientele driving European and Asian imports....
Speed shop thrives on parts availability and customer relationships Saturday, June 1, 2013 - 00:00 Kansas City, Kan.—In the highly competitive business of selling high-performance and race car parts, MotorSports of Kansas City has enjoyed consistent growth in its customer base, even through recent economic conditions. Opened in 1990 as a second location for the former Iowa-based Midwest...	Midwest People & Places Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 22:00 IOWA Toyota of Des Moines is moving from the Merle Hay Auto Mile in Des Moines to Grimes and expanding its service department. Toyota of Des Moines will take over the space Des Moines Imports occupies at 1650 S.E. 37th St. in Grimes, which is north of the Interstate Highway 35/80 on Iowa...
Midwest trade show features parts procurement discussion, seminars and expo Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 22:00 Altoona, Iowa—More than 60 vendors were on hand at the Midwest Auto Body Trade Show, hosted by the Iowa Collision Repair Association (ICRA) in Altoona, March 28, at the Prairie Meadows Casino. The event featured a luncheon that addressed the insurer parts procurement program, as well as the...	OEMs discuss ‘service-readiness’ at franchise dealership level Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 10:47 Overland Park, Kan.—During an OEM panel discussion at the National Automotive Service Task Force (NASTF) General Session, four automaker executives offered details about service-readiness requirements at franchise dealerships. Skip Potter, executive director of NASTF, led the discussion,...
‘Think Tank’ builds link between industry and educators Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 10:43 Kansas City, Mo.— Organizers of the 2013 Vision Hi-Tech Training and Expo announced the event’s first-ever Educator Think Tank training sessions were popular with its automotive repair educators. The Educator Think Tank, launched this year, focused on providing high school, vo-tech and...	Vision’s Hi-Tech ‘Power Up’ 2013 trains 1,500 and sells out expo floor Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 09:07 Overland Park, Kan.—The “Power Up” theme of the 2013 Automotive Service Association-Midwest (ASA-Midwest) Vision Hi-Tech Training & Expo, which ran from March 7-10, at the Overland Park Convention Center was fitting, as the 21st annual event produced a record 1,700-plus hours...