Tony Larimer, director of sales and marketing for Dan-Am Co., an importer and distributor for SATA, introduces the new SATA Jet 4000B.
Elektron Offers Welders for High-Strength Metals
Timothy Morgan, managing director of Elektron Inc. Americas, talks about the company’s new welders, designed for use on high-strength metals.
NACE A Part of ASRW Plans To Change Locations
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I’ve been hearing the buzz about it and I think it’s a great thing. Las Vegas is a great place to visit, but it does become old year after year. I am excited that NACE plans to move to Orlando, Florida. Hopefully, they don’t stop there. I think it would be great to move every couple of years. That may give more people a better chance to attend from different areas. It will also give people like me that does not travel much a chance to visit new places. I know, it supposed to be all about the training and knowledge that we will receive, but come on, we’re all ordinary people too….there has to be fun involved!
That’s just my opinion, it’s going to be interesting to hear what others think of the change. Also, SEMA has stepped up and getting more involved with the collision repair industry. If you’re only able to attend one of the events each year, like me, we’re going to have to make a decision.
I would really like to hear others thoughts on this. Which one do you prefer and which one do you think will provide that best training package for 2011? Leave us a comment with your thoughts!
Interview With Bill Haas About NACE/CARS
ASA vice president, Bill Haas, gives his perception of NACE and CARS 2010. He mentions that the industry asked for OEM and scan tool companies to be on the show floor to help answer questions. NACE/CARS was able to have around 10 OEM auto makers and several Scan Tool companies present this year. Bill also stated that they like to hear from the attendees what they would like to see next year. Therefore, if there is anything that you would like to see next year be sure to let them know.
It would be awesome if more paint companies and spray gun vendors would attend. I would have liked to see more demonstrations and interactive booths. That is just a few suggestion, what suggestions can you bring to the table?
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NACE 2010
We just returned from NACE 2010. There was great training and we met some awesome people. I would personally like to thank the 3M team for their kindness. I really enjoyed meeting and visiting with them. KUDOS to 3M!
Jody DeVere with askpatty.com presented a class, “What Women Want!” This class helped give the repair shops insight of how to market to women customers. The fact that women influence 85% of all automobile purchases, purchase 65% of new cars and 53% of used cars; I believe that we better take this seriously if we want to stay in business in the future. If not, you may lose over half of your customer volume….pay attention! You can visit her website at AskPatty.com
Bob Cooper with Elite Worldwide presented “Stop Dreaming and Start Achieving.” This class taught us about setting, defining and reaching our goals for our business. He talked about building a plan and how to make that plan successful. It was a great class and awesome training. Bob has many of his audio training available for download on his website at EliteWorldWideStore.com – Check It Out
There were other great classes that I will tell you about in upcoming posts. As far as NACE Exposition…….we were a little disappointed. I had several students attend this year that were looking forward to visiting with Iwata and Sata. However, we could not find them. If they were there, they were difficult to find.
That is it for now, but check back as we’ll tell you more about the training classes that we attended!
One last thing! It has nothing to do with collision repair, but it was cool to see. Check out the little people Elvis and Marilyn…
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