AAPEX 2022 featured three exciting days filled with thousands of innovative product displays, essential hands-on training and education, and networking with the best of the best. If you covered the event, thank you! If you missed it, we look forward to seeing you at AAPEX 2023, Tuesday, Oct. 31 through Thursday, Nov. 2, at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas. For a glimpse of this year's event, watch,
AAPEX announced this year’s winners of the New Product and New Packaging Showcases during an awards ceremony on Nov. 1. For a list of winners, read the AAPEX press release.
Best Booth Award Winners
AAPEX 2022 presented Best Booth Awards to exhibiting companies during a ceremony on Nov. 2. Best in Show awards were presented to American Express (10X10 or Linear), and Manufacturas Diversas S.A. de C.V. (Peninsula or Island). For a complete list of winners, read the AAPEX press release and tune in to the awards ceremony by watching:
AAPEX 2022 Best Booth Awards!
Service and Repair Award Winners
AAPEX recognized recipients of its Service and Repair Awards during the Keynote Session on Nov. 1. Shop Owner of the Year went to Kristi Hudson, Donnie Hudson and Frank Hudson, Troy Auto Care, Troy, Michigan. The Technician of the Year was awarded to Brandon Sadler, Shop Foreman, American Pride Automotive, Williamsburg, Virginia, while the Service Advisor of the Year Award went to Ray Christensen, J&L Automotive, Alpine, Utah. For more information about the award winners, read the AAPEX press release.
James Carville and Karl Rove Discuss Midterm Elections
Political icon James Carville and political strategist Karl Rove kicked off AAPEX 2022 on Nov. 1 with a timely and interactive discussion on the midterm elections. Carville and Rove touched on what will likely drive election results, the races to watch and what it will mean to businesses. Read the press release for more discussion topics.
The Alliance at AAPEX
On Nov. 2, the Alliance marched 2,000 of the industry’s best shop owners, technicians and warehouse distributors to AAPEX from the Mirage. A swarm of yellow filled the AAPEX show floor as attendees visited their valued channel partner booths, engaged in training and education, and learned about exciting new products. The group returned to AAPEX on Nov. 3 to talk shop, visit additional booths and make new connections. To see the excitement of the Alliance marching to AAPEX, watch:
The Big Alliance Walk Across
LVB at AAPEX 2022!
EV and E-Commerce Joint Trends Reports
AAPEX co-owners – the Auto Care Association and the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association (AASA) – commissioned the 2022 Joint E-Commerce Trends and Outlook Forecast and the 2022 Joint EV Trends and Outlook Forecast to provide the auto care industry with the insights needed to navigate the rapidly evolving industry. A summary of the reports, which show strong growth in both categories, was released at AAPEX 2022. For more information, read the Auto Care Association press releaseand the AASA press release.
