2008.03.11 The CAR-O-LINER Company of North America participated in the 91st NADA Exposition held in San Francisco, California earlier in February 2008.

Out of the 700 exhibiting companies CAR-O-LINER was the only Collision Repair Equipment provider showcased displaying our latest LEAN industry products & services in our exhibit booth as well as within the General Motors display & Chrysler LLC’s as well.  

The show gave us great opportunities to meet with several North American dealers and also others from as far away as Barbados and even Germany!  Our EcDesign display continued to WOW our visitors from the various OEM’s that stopped by for visits as they were greatly thrilled to see a product capable laying out workshop facilities in 3D, we even custom built designs for prospective customers right there on the spot! 

We further arranged several key planned opportunities to further connect with the OEM manufacturers and their Program Administrators such as Mercedes, Chrysler LLC, Ford, GM Toyota, Jaguar, Land Rover, ISN, SPX, & Snap-On EQS.  During our meetings we touched on hot topics such as collision repair equipment needs for new & future vehicles, displaying our Work Space Solutions in OEM display booths along with displaying their latest vehicles clamped in position on our alignment system, we held several meeting to discuss continuing to boost our relations & becoming valued partners within the OEM community that we have been absent from. 

Finally we observed a very interesting key exhibit displayed by Toyota’s which strongly focused on Green Initiatives that included facility design process, productivity, environmental, & energy conservation with their Dealer in a Box concept and LEEDS Program where we feel that our products can greatly support this type of initiative.