Automotive Service & Repair Week (ASRW) made its debut
in Las Vegas Nov. 5-8, 2008.

ASRW is the umbrella under which the Congress of Automotive Repair & Service (CARS) and the International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) are co-located at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas.

As Reggie Denney, AAM, ASA's 2008 chairman of the board of directors, explained in his chairman's message in AutoInc.'s September 2008 issue: "NACE and CARS were already going to be held that week in Vegas, but at separate places. Now they will be co-located at the Mandalay Bay. This is to better serve you, our members."

ASRW is an industrywide event that includes both the collision and mechanical segments of the automotive service and repair; however, it enables each event to maintain its own unique market identity. It simply allows both collision and mechanical service professionals to benefit from both NACE and CARS.

More and more collision repair shops are handling their mechanical repairs in-house. They're holding on to their profits by doing such repairs versus subcontracting the work. That growing trend and NACE's co-location with CARS makes perfect sense, say event planners. NACE attendees will benefit from having the opportunity to visit with companies that can help them succeed in that endeavor. On the other hand, CARS attendees will benefit from exposure to the NACE exhibiting companies - perhaps considering options to diversify the services they currently offer in their businesses.

Co-location of CARS and NACE provides an unmatched opportunity for attendees to shop and compare all the products, services, equipment, state-of-the-art technologies and innovations available today. Beyond the trade show floor, the co-location of the events gives attendees the opportunity to attend both conference educational programs.

During ASRW, AutoInc. magazine publishes an online daily report of the event. Since 1996, AutoInc. has been covering NACE and CARS. In 2008, ASRWNow, the official online publication of the world's No. 1 collision repair and automotive service event, brought daily reports include coverage of keynote addresses, educational seminars and product demonstrations, as well as pre- and post-event coverage.

The NACE Online Daily News can be accessed through www.ASRWNow.com. Look for our 2009 coverage, which will be published Nov. 4 - Nov. 7, 2009, and will bring you up-to-the-minute coverage from the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

ASRWNow Coverage

• 2008

Previous NACE Online Daily News Coverage

• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003