ASRW | NACE | CARS Feedback
A collection of feedback, comments, and endorsements from attendees and exhibitors who believe in the value of ASRW | NACE | CARS.
"Our booth was very well attended and this was by far the best NACE show we have had this century! We had terrific support in the booth from our distribution partners helping us work the showroom floor. NACE also provides us the best opportunity to meet and visit with shop owners across the nation about their spray booth and related equipment needs. This was a selling show for us and once again was an excellent venue for featuring our newest product technology!" -- Donnie Montgomery, VP Sales, Col-Met Spray Booths
“For the record, NACE 2009 was of tremendous value to us, and given my way, I would like to continue to exhibit in the future. It is a great opportunity to get together face-to-face with the people we sell to directly. In the right circumstances, if all the paint manufacturers (our main customer) either exhibit or attend, I can take every opportunity over the three or four days to sit with them to discuss everything we need to. This saves me (and our company) a tremendous amount in time and travel costs, vs. having to visit each customer individually.” -- Gil Davis, Account Support Manager, Paint Mixing Scales, Sartorius Mechatronics
"In a nutshell... this is best NACE show we have ever had! It would appear that the show was somewhat smaller and attendance was somewhat down. Despite that, the people who did attend the show were truly the people we wanted to talk to. They were shop owners and managers who were serious about their business, and that wanted to talk about OE programs and initiatives. We didn't have the people who came with their kids to see how many freebie widgets they could grab up. This year we made more presentations and talked to more people about the business we came to talk about - than ever before. We talked to shop owners well into the day on Saturday which typically is unheard of. " -- Gary Ledoux - Assistant Manager, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Wholesale Parts Marketing
“Over the last five years we have continued to see an increase in sales on the NACE show floor and this was another record year for Mitchell,” said Jason Bertellotti, VP Repair Solutions at Mitchell. "With an increase of over 35% compared to the year prior, we couldn’t have been more pleased with our results.”
"The newly added OEM Pavilion at NACE enabled Volvo to participate at this year's event. Attendees that visited our display were genuinely interested in becoming a Certified Volvo Paint and Body Service Center. Volvo stands for safety and we want to be sure that our vehicles are repaired properly using Volvo genuine parts - the parts that were designed and manufactured to fit and perform properly." -- John Boone, CS Sales & Field Operations Manager,
VOLVO CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
"I consider ASRW a vital part of the planning stage of our business. Months before the event, we make a list of the training that is needed, equipment that we would like more information on and questions that we would like answers to. ASRW did not let us down. I feel that we left the event with a distinct advantage over those that did not attend. If your business is selling parts or installing aftermarket accessory products, there are several other shows that you may get a benefit from. But if you are a professional collision or mechanical shop that is serious about automotive repair and service, there is only one place to go. There is no other event in the country that has more quality training or product displays for the professional automotive collision or mechanical repair shop." -- Aaron Clements, President , C & C Automotive
"This was our first NACE Show, and it was fantastic. The shop owners, Jobbers and distributors were there, and they were ordering. The NACE Show put TG Products and our first product, The Rail Saver, on the map." --
Tim Gerhards, Owner, TG Products
