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SEMA Show 2003 Is Already Setting Records
            Space Selection for 2003 Show, Held During 2002 Show,
                          Promises Even Better Show

    DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SEMA Show 2003 is already
setting records, nearly a year before it opens in Las Vegas next Nov. 4,
according to Peter MacGillivray, vice president of sales and marketing for
SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association.
    "Our SEMA Show exhibitors were extremely satisfied with the new layout and
organization of our show this year.  They voted with their commitments for
exhibit space for next year's SEMA Show.  At our 2003 SEMA Show space
selection, which we held during the 2002 Show early this month in Las Vegas,
exhibitors reserved more space than our 2002 SEMA Show exhibits occupied," he
said.
    MacGillivray said that more than 1,100 exhibiting companies have
contracted for 7,800 booths (780,000 net square feet) at the SEMA Show next
fall.
    The 2002 SEMA Show, which was open only to professionals in the automotive
industry, had 770,000 net square feet of exhibit space and was organized into
ten sections for the convenience of buyers and exhibitors.
    In addition, more than 1,500 cars, trucks, boats and other vehicles --
each one unlike any of the others -- were on display at the Las Vegas
Convention Center during the 2002 show's run from Nov. 5 to Nov. 8.
    Images and descriptions of the vehicles on display at SEMA Show 2002 will
be online at http://www.sema.org/showcase , as are images and descriptions of
hundreds of products introduced at the show.
    SEMA Show 2003 will have twelve (12) sections.  They are:  International
Tire Expo; Wheels & Performance Tires; Car Care & Accessories; Mobile
Electronics; Performance Marine; Racing & Performance; Restoration
Marketplace; Restyling & Accessories Center; Street Rod Alley; Tools &
Equipment; Trucks, SUVs, Truck Caps & Accessories; and Business Services.  The
three new sections -- Car Care & Accessories, Tools & Equipment, and Business
Services -- will be adjacent to each other.
    MacGillivray said that the 2003 SEMA Show, although already larger than
this year's show, still has exhibit space available.
    The 2003 SEMA Show will be the 27th consecutive annual show the
association has held in Las Vegas, and the 38th SEMA show SEMA has organized.
The show will open Tuesday, Nov. 4, and close Friday, Nov. 7.  Pre-show
activities -- such as SEMA's annual Innovations Day of seminars and previews
-- are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 3.
    Companies wanting information about exhibiting at SEMA Show 2003, or other
trade and industry shows produced by SEMA, should contact ConvExx, SEMA's show
management company, at info@convexx.com, or 702/450-7662.  For information
about SEMA and its activities and programs, contact the association staff at
909/396-0289, or info@sema.org.

    SEMA represents the $26 billion specialty automotive industry.  The trade
association has more than 4,500 member companies.  It is the authoritative
source of research data, trends and market growth information for automakers
and the specialty auto products industry.  The industry provides appearance,
performance, comfort, convenience and technology products for passenger cars,
minivans, trucks, SUVs and recreational vehicles.  For more information,
contact SEMA at 1575 S. Valley Vista Dr., Diamond Bar, CA, 91765-3914; call
909/396-0289; or visit http://www.sema.org or http://www.enjoythedrive.com .
SOURCE SEMA
http://www.sema.org
CONTACT:
Rosemarie Kitchin of SEMA, +1-909-396-0289,
ext. 104, rosemariek@sema.org