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The 2021 Texas Auto Body Trade Show: All about the FUN

Jill Tuggle

ABAT Executive Director

HHopefully, you are reading this message as you prepare to go to the 2021 Texas Auto Body Trade Show! If not, no worries; you can still attend and register at the door. In this message, I want to highlight some of the fun things you should check out when you’re there! The first thing you will want to check out is the celebrity autograph session on Friday afternoon, where we will hear an inspirational message from Dave Kindig from Bitchin’ Rides. Dave will be available to sign autographs and take photos as well!

Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall begins at 5pm, with FREE

BEER at your favorite booths all throughout the show! You will feel like you’re walking through the collision version of Disney’s Epcot, where you can grab a brew down each aisle of the show! It’s like

“drinking around the world” but without the costumes. The Friday night fun doesn’t end there! Stop by the ABAT booth to score an invitation to the After Party at Bar Louie. It’s the after-hours and casual networking that makes this show so great.

There will be food, drinks and lots of fun.

Saturday kicks off early with the show floor opening at 10am. English Color and Supply is hosting a HUGE Car Show that will fill the back parking lot of the Irving Convention Center. Just follow the 400 aisle to the back, where you will pass the competition area where repairers of all roles will be testing their skills at the ABAT Big Shots Competition to prove the age-old claim that they are “the best in the business.”

Saturday will come to a close after we squeak in one more Happy Hour with MORE FREE BEER in the exhibit hall.

Whether you come for the educational seminars, the shiny equipment or the networking, you will definitely find what you’re looking for. The Texas Auto Body Trade Show has it all – she is brains, beauty and a good time!!

jill@abat.com

TXA

2021 TEXAS AUTO BODY TRADE SHOW EXHIBITORS (As of August 17)

3M AAMS, LLC AirPro Diagnostics AkzoNobel ALLDATA Anson PDR, LLC. asTech Audatex (Solera) Auto Body Association of Texas (ABAT) Auto Techcelerators, LLC Axalta Coating Systems BASF Beacon Equipment Resources

Car-O-Liner SW CCC Information Systems Celette, Inc. Collin College Dealer Industries Eco-Tech Systems, LLC English Collision Equipment English Color & Supply, Inc. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Express Hail FinishMaster Automotive Paint Garmat USA / Equipment Solutions

Innovative Collision Equipment (ICE) KECO Body Repair Products Killer Tools Kritech Launch Tech Lift King Mitchell International NCS / Single Source, Inc. Norton/ Saint Gobain Nuventory Optima Automotive O’Reilly Auto Parts PartsTrader Polyvance PPG Professional Collision Equipment, LLC ProSight Specialty Insurance/ Brian Buck & Associates Sherwin-Williams Solidus Equipment Spray Booth Services Summit CRS USI of North America Vale Training VeriFacts Automotive

Visit ABAT.US/TRADESHOW for more info & to register!