AASP/NJ announces NORTHEAST 2013 seminar schedule

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ)'s 36th annual NORTHEAST 2013 Automotive Services Show announced show seminars. The show takes place March 8 to 10 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J.

The weekend starts at 1 p.m. Friday with the SCRS and AASP/NJ-hosted East Coast Resolution Forum & Leadership Conference, which welcomes representatives from national and local automotive repair associations. This event will be followed by a panel discussion on the industry's most controversial topic, insurer-mandated parts procurement.

The panel will include representatives from many of the State Farm PartsTrader program test areas across the country, as well as discourse on other similar programs currently in use or in development. Moderated by SCRS Executive Director Aaron Schulenburg, the panel is expected to be an early highlight of the weekend.

Larry Montanez will return to present "Damage Report Writing Case Study," where attendees will follow along with three case studies on a quarter panel replacement, bumper fascia replacement and key scratch down the side of a vehicle. Montanez also will be teaming with Metropolitan Car-O-Liner to present a "Calculating Frame/Uni-Body Set Up and Realignment" demonstration on Saturday morning.

Future Cure will host an educational waterborne paint seminar, "Drying Waterborne in 2013: Just the Facts" as well as "Lease Financing Made Easy" and "Painting With Nitrogen: Inside the Collision Industry's Best-Kept Secret" in conunction with Haydell Industries. NUCAR will facilitate two programs presented by GM Parts: "After the Crash," a seminar addressing new NVH technologies and several new safety features, and "Beyond the Four Strokes," a presentation using real world scenarios based on vehicles from several manufacturers to focus on engine mechanical related misfires diagnosis, SIDI engine service techniques and most recent engine sensor technology.

I-CAR will be represented by its latest class, "Vehicle Technology & Trends 2013 (NEW13)" and social marketing will be addressed by Frank Terlap of Summit Software & Marketing Solutions with "Digital Marketing = More Customers, Revenue & Profit."