INDUSTRY EVENTS
Cheryl and Gus Stavropoulos of Fix Auto Yorkdale.
Norm Angrove, Greg Benchart and Rob Rukavina of PPG.
Simon, Mina and Bud Bajric of Fineline Collision ~ CSN.
Mike Mario of Regina Auto Body deep in discussion with Mike Gilliland of AutoHouse Technologies.
Michael Lampshire and Brandon Lowder of GFS at the GFS booth in the PPG MVP Conference trade show.
Vince Poscente was one of the keynote speakers. He also ran a seminar titled Down to Business, Up to Speed.
Father and son Mario and Justin Menna from Elite Auto Collision in Toronto. This was their first time attending a full-scale PPG MVP Conference.
Sandro Perruzza of Garyray Auto Collision in Weston, Charlie Bathurst of PPG, Dave and Linda Procunier of Heartland B & B Collision and Rafael Hinojos, Director of Automotive Refinish for PPG Canada.
Derrick Ryan of Garland Auto Body and Tom Bissonnette of Parr Auto Body in conversation during a break in one of the presentations. One of the advantages of the PPG MVP Conference is the chance to network with peers.
One of the social events included a tour of Desert Auto Parts and its collection of hundreds of classic cars. From left: Barb and Tom Bissonnette and Derrick and Kathy Garland.
Linda and Dave Procunier of Heartland B & B Collision Center.
Jim Berkey of PPG MVP Business Solutions opened the conference.
Darryl Simmons, publisher of Collision Repair magazine, and Patricia and Mike Srigley of Quality Assured Collision Services in B.C.
Mark Algie from 3M and Rick Tuuri of Audatex.
Melissa Girard and Beth Kassabri of PPG Industries and Lianne Perissinotti, Program Manager, Value Added Programs for PPG Canada.
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