FORT
WORTH, Texas --
National Pronto Association recently held its Fall Shareholder’s Conference
& Expo Oct. 1 –3 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Diego.
On
Thursday, Oct. 2, National Pronto Association Chairman of the Board, Tim
Renehan of Stone Wheel Inc. in Willowbrook, Ill., opened the meeting with an
update on the welfare of the group.
An awards
luncheon was also held Thursday and Bill Maggs, president of National Pronto
Association, presented Gary Basciano of KMB/CT in Stamford, Conn., the Pronto
Executive of the Year Award. The Executive of the Year honors an outstanding
shareholder for serving the members of the group unselfishly.
At left: Maggs (right) presents Basciano with his award.
Maggs also
presented Murray Sullivan, director of business development for National Pronto
Association, with a plaque honoring him for his recruiting efforts and
dedication to the group.
Pronto
VP Mike Mohler then took the stage to recognize six manufacturers that excelled
in certain categories as voted upon by the shareholders of National Pronto
Association. The award categories were Partnership, Marketing, Pronto Brand,
Manpower, OE Supplier and Supplier of the Year.
The
winners of the supplier awards:
• Standard
Motor Products – Partnership Award;
• Tenneco
– Marketing Excellence Award;
• Power
Train Components – Pronto Brand Supplier;
• Gates
– Manpower Award; and
• Denso
– OE Supplier
Tenneco also
won Supplier of the Year. Below: Tenneco execs accept their award.
Mike
Mitchell, director of Supply Chain Management, awarded the following suppliers
for their participation in Pronto Supply Chain Technology programs: Affinia
Under Vehicle Group, Dayco Products, Dorman Products, Federal-Mogul, Ford
Motorcraft, Gates Corp., Ideal, KYB America, Plews & Edelmann, Power Train
Components and Westar Industries.
On
Friday, Oct. 3, Al Bates of the Profit Planning Group, gave a presentation on
the economics of the group business. The meeting concluded Friday afternoon.
More than 300 attendees participated in the two-day event, including more than 60
shareholder members and more than 100 vendor partners.
