Monthly Archives: December 2013

NIASE honors 45 top scoring technicians

NIASE honors 45 top scoring technicians

Forty-five automotive professionals were recognized at the fall board meeting of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (NIASE) held at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach, Cal.

Truckers for Troops sends care packages overseas

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is getting ready to launch the seventh Truckers for Troops care package campaign, scheduled for the week of Dec. 9-13.

The fundraising effort is an OOIDA tradition since 2007 and has a head start with a generous donation of $5,000 from Shell Rotella. Truckers for Troops raises money to pack and send care packages to service personnel stationed in combat zones.

Alcraft Motor Company launches a uniquely British design

Alcraft Motor Company launches a uniquely British design

A new British bespoke design and engineering business, Alcraft Motor Company has arrived with what the company calls a unique commitment to reinterpret vehicles using British design values.

New UK tech stops cars using electromagnetic waves

British soldiers on sentry duty from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery stop and search a civilian vehicle at a road block near the Iraqi military stronghold of Abu al Khasib outside Basra in southern Iraq.

A new device, which can disable a car using electromagnetic waves, has been developed by a British company.

Colorado Springs outsourced workers have until Dec. 31 to accept job offer

More than 50 Colorado Springs fleet maintenance employees have until the end of December to accept an offer of employment with Serco, the international company taking over fleet services for the city.

Since the city announced in June that it would outsource its fleet management program and let go 70 employees, some found other jobs. Fifty-four stayed and all were offered jobs with Serco, said Laura Neumann, chief of staff.