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Walker Products Earns Two Awards at AAPEX 2010

This is the second time that Walker has been given an AIA award at AAPEX.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Walker Products of Garden Grove, Calif., won multiple awards at last month’s AAPEX Auto Show in Las Vegas. The company earned AIA Import Product Awards in two categories: “Best New Packaging of a Product for Import Cars or Trucks” and “Best New Catalog of a Product Line for Import Cars or Trucks.”

“We were very proud,” said Morgan Hayes, marketing manager for Walker. “Our product management and marketing teams put a lot of effort into developing these items, and it was rewarding to be recognized. We hope that our customers receive them warmly too.”

This is the second time Walker has been given an AIA award at AAPEX.

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