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The PTEN Innovation Awards recognize those outstanding companies whose products respond to the automotive repair industry's market challenges with creativity and innovation. We invite you to nominate your company for this prestigious award.
Entry Information
Early Bird Entry Fee: $350 U.S. for the first entry. Additional entries from the same company receive a $100 discount.
Early Bird Deadline: December 31, 2024
Regular Entry Fee: $385 U.S. for the first entry. Additional entries from the same company receive a $100 discount.
Final Deadline: March 21, 2025
Payment: Credit card payments are preferred, but an invoice can also be requested.
Eligibility/Rules
- Products must be introduced and available for purchase by the end user between January 2024 and December 2024 to qualify.
- Products must be innovative, meaning they must be new to the automotive industry or substantially updated within the last year. This does not include label or packaging updates.
- Companies must submit a completed entry form for each individual product entered.
- A product may only be entered once, but a company may submit more than one new and innovative product.
- Editorial has the right to move entries to more appropriate categories if necessary (company will be notified of category change).
Judging
Each entry will undergo a preliminary review by the editorial team to ensure its accuracy, innovativeness, and eligibility. If the editorial team has any questions or concerns regarding the product entry, they will reach out to the applicant.
All entries will then be judged by our panel of professional automotive technician judges, who will evaluate the products based on five criteria:
- Time savings
- Task simplification
- Uniqueness
- Level of improvement over current tool
- Ease of use
Each product is given a score out of 50. An N/A option is available if a tool does not pertain to the judge or falls outside their area of expertise. If only one product has been entered in a category, the product must meet a minimum threshold score of 30 or more to win the category otherwise it will receive an honorable mention.
Results
All products submitted will receive digital exposure.
The products selected as category winners by our panel of judges will be published in the September issues of PTEN and Professional Distributor as well as in their newsletters and on their social media platforms.
Those with the highest scores will be interviewed by a PTEN editor and will receive additional coverage in the coming year.
Once the results are in and the category winners have been selected, the products reviewed by our panel of professional automotive technician judges will be entered into our PTEN People’s Choice Awards.
The PTEN People's Choice Awards allows our readers to vote on their top products. Voting will be open from June 1 through July 31. Winners of the PTEN People's Choice will be published in the October issues of PTEN and Professional Distributor as well as in newsletters and on social media platforms.
Questions?
For questions about the awards program, please contact Emily Markham at emily@vehicleservicepros.com or Griffin Matis at griffin@vehicleservicepros.com
For billing or submission entry questions, please contact Jessica Ross at jross@endeavorb2b.com or 603-891-9422.