TEXAS COLLISION REPAIR FACILITY OWNER WINS SNAP-ON TOOLBOX

Hoffman Estates, IL, Leesburg, VA – January 2, 2007 – Clay Fallis, the owner of ProCare Automotive and Collision Inc., in San Antonio, Texas, was the winner of the Snap-on toolbox presented by I-CAR®, ASE, I-CAR Education Foundation, and NATEF during NACE 2006. Fallis qualified for the toolbox by entering and being I-CAR trained as well as ASE-certified. His name was randomly selected in a drawing on the final day of NACE.

"Snap-on has always had a strong commitment to ASE, I-CAR and the advancement of the automotive collision profession," said Al Biland, Senior VP, Snap-on Incorporated and President of Snap-on Tools Company."The Snap-on tool storage unit donation is our way of thanking these four organizations for their loyalty to our common goal of organized industry training, education, and certification."

“We thank Snap-on for donating the toolbox for this special promotion at NACE, and congratulate Clay as our winner,” said Ron Weiner, ASE president. “This cooperation between our four organizations has been a great way to spotlight the value that training, education, and certification brings to the collision industry.”

I-CAR President and CEO Tom McGee said, “We would like to congratulate Clay not only on his winning of the Snap-on toolbox, but also for his recognition of the importance of training, education, and certification in today’s collision industry. Snap-on also deserves our appreciation for their participation in this program and allowing us to recognize individual’s commitment to excellence in collision repair.”

PHOTO CAPTION:

Honoring the Snap-on toolbox award winner at the ASE Annual Meeting in San Antonio was (lft to rt) Ron Weiner, ASE; Al Biland; Snap-on, winner Clay Fallis; Mike, Hyatt, ASE Chair.

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