AIA Accepting Entries for Award

AIA Accepting Entries for Award

AIA-Global-Import-LogoThe Auto International Association (AIA), a segment of the Auto Care Association, is accepting entries for the 2014 AIA Import Product and Marketing Awards. The AIA Import Product and Marketing Awards program honors brands and companies for their programs for import nameplate cars or trucks, and is open to all AAPEX exhibitors. Entries and award winners will be recognized during AAPEX in Las Vegas at a press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

This year’s awards features the following categories:

  • Best Problem-Solver for Import Cars or Trucks
  • Best New Tool for Repairs on Import Cars or Trucks
  • Best Performance Product, Accessory or Functional Fluids for Import Cars or Trucks
  • Best Overall Import Aftermarket Product
  • Best New Product for Import Cars or Trucks
  • Best Packaging of a Product Line for Import Cars or Trucks
  • Best Merchandising/Advertising of a Product for Import Cars or Trucks
  • Best Catalog of a Product Line for Import Cars or Trucks
  • Best Website Presentation of a Product Line for Import Cars or Trucks

Award winners receive a full-page post-AAPEX ImportCar ad, and will be recognized at the AIA Luncheon and Awards Program on Nov. 5.

Click here for the 2014 AIA Import Product and Marketing Awards entry form that includes judging criteria for each category. Entry forms received by Aug. 30 will enjoy the early-bird discount fees; entries received by Sept. 15 will be included in pre-AAPEX publicity in the October issues of ImportCar and Counterman magazines.

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