2017 Mobile Tech Expo

This year marked the first time A-1 Tool came as an exhibitor of PDR tools to the Mobile Tech Expo.  We were welcomed warmly by Kevin Halewood and crew and enjoyed meeting fellow exhibitors.  The best part, of course, was meeting face-to-face with so many Paintless Dent Repair technicians!  Pictured above is John Kallenbach, owner of A-1 Tool and Danny Espinal of Dee Dents in Danbury, Connecticut.   Danny Espinal is a PDR Nation Certified Dent Technician.


John brought along several tool sets including our Quick Silver Hand Tools.  We wanted to give techs an opportunity to feel these ergonomically designed handles.  Countless hours of research, design and engineering went into developing this product line, and the result is the "absolute best hand tool in the PDR industry."  Our PDR tool manufacturers worked hard to complete two new sets featuring these handles.  We were ecstatic with the positive feedback!  We even met several in the Paintless dent removal industry who had some of our original Quick Silver sets already and absolutely loved them.

We also featured several of our Ratcheting Handle tools as well.  In fact, we were overwhelmed by the great response and came back with great new tool designs featuring these handles. We set our A-1 Crew to work producing 3 new sets that will be featured in our next blog!  This was another perk of meeting so many dent technicians face-to-face.  We were able to listen to what they needed and gathered their feedback to make PDR Tools specifically designed with them in mind.

I must say that going to MTE 2017 was a dream-come-true for me!  Last year, Keith and Shane of PDR College interviewed John and I on PDR College Podcast #108.  We were sharing the story behind how we began manufacturing PDR Tools.  The boys asked if we were ever going to plan to exhibit.  I revealed in this episode how much I wanted to go.  As it turned out, we came and even got the opportunity to have dinner with our PDR College friends.  On the way home, we began making plans for next year.  WE WILL BE BACK!