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SMP Receives 2015 Vendor of the Year Award from The Parts House
March 2016The Oscars weren’t the only awards handed out this February. At the recent Parts Plus warehouse distributor’s Annual Sales and Marketing Summit, The Parts House honored Standard Motor Products with its 2015 Vendor of the Year Award.
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SMP Receives Two American Package Design Awards
March 2016For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) has been sponsoring competitions like the American Package Design Awards, which recognizes graphics that advance brand promise and strengthen emotional connections with buyers.
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SMP President Eric Sills Receives NPW’s "Person of the Year" Award
February 2016National Performance Warehouse (NPW), a member of the Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, recently hosted its seventh annual FAST Expo Trade and Car Show in Miami, FL. The night before the show, the NPW organized an appreciation dinner to recognize the achievements of its Bumper to Bumper Jobber customers and vendor partners.
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SMP Releases 500 New Parts for Standard and Intermotor
January 2016Kicking off the new year, SMP added 500 new part numbers to its Standard and Intermotor lines. The release expands coverage through the 2015 model year and covers more than 166 million additional VIO.
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SMP CEO Larry Sills Appointed to University of the Aftermarket Foundation’s Board Of Trustees
November 2015Earlier this month, SMP Chairman and CEO Larry Sills received the AWDA’s prestigious "Jack Creamer Leader of the Year" award, renamed in honor of the late Jack Creamer. Now, Sills has been appointed to the University of the Aftermarket Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
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SMP CEO Receives Prestigious Award
November 2015More than 2,400 manufacturers and suppliers flocked to Las Vegas this year for the 2015 AAPEX Show. But before the attention turned to new products and new technologies, the event organizers took a moment to honor an industry legend.
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SMP Teams with Organizations to Train Vo-tech Automotive Instructors
October 2015Each year, Standard Motor Products trains over 60,000 technicians on the latest technologies, diagnostic strategies, and equipment required to diagnose and repair today’s vehicles. The goal is to help technicians do their jobs more efficiently and accurately, along with building brand loyalty.
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Standard Introduces New, Expanded Diesel Program
August 2015Standard has always been synonymous with quality and coverage. Now the same can be said for the new and improved Standard Diesel program, which Standard Motor Products launched today.
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SMP Wins Parts Authority's "Outstanding Partnership Award"
June 2015This spring the applause at Citi Field has been directed at the New York Mets. But when Parts Authority—a high-profile auto parts distributor with 68 locations around the country—held its awards gala at the ballpark on April 28 the cheers were aimed at members of the automotive installer community.
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SMP Invests in Future of Automotive Import Industry
May 2015The future of the automotive industry brings to mind high-tech gadgetry such as computerized engines and self-piloted cars. But there’s another component to the industry’s future that Standard Motor Products wants to invest in: the people.
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