On September 25 and 26, a contest for the title of “The best tire-changing specialist in Vologda region” took place with an active support of the Group of GARO Companies. The contest was organized by OOO GK Rustechnika, a dealer of the GARO Group and had a status of an open competition for a title of the best specialist in the particular professional field. The total number of contestants exceeded 50.
The strict board of judges that included, among others, representatives of the GARO Group, evaluated the contestants’ professional skills in the following criteria:
— speed;
— observance of the technology while detecting and eliminating a problem;
— compliance with the norms of safety and cultural standards at a workplace.
It should be noted that the event’s target was not only to establish the best tire-changing specialist in the region, but also to stimulate the tire service executives to provide professional training for their employees, to expand the knowledge regarding abilities of contemporary tire-changing equipment. It was for this purpose that ZAO “GARO-Trade” (a structural division of the GARO Group) has provided the contestants with state-of-the-art machines within the range of tire-changing and wheel-balancing equipment manufactured by Giuliano Industrial (Italy).
Certainly, the most anticipated part of the event was awarding of the winners, especially since they were granted valuable prizes in addition to the diplomas of participation.
We would like to congratulate the contest winners:
1st prize – Sergey Omelyanovich (ООО “Partner Auto”). Note that this contestant was also honored with the Audience Award
2nd prize – Oleg Kolesov (ООО “ASK AUTO”)
3rd prize – Ivan Novikov (individual entrepreneur Sudnitzyn A.V.)
An additional prize for the 4th place was instituted and granted to Ilya Tarasyuk (Real Motors) for his immense zeal and potential.
We would like to emphasize that the Group of GARO Companies established a special nomination “For the best mastering of innovative technologies in tire-changing”, the prize for which was awarded to Alexander Borisov (ООО “Protector”) who was the fastest to master the innovative mounting/demounting QX device that enables to completely avoid any damage of rims and tires and considerably simplifies handling large-size wheels and Run Flat tires.
We are grateful to the contest’s organizers and participants and hope that it will become a traditional annual event.
