Wrap Installers Earn Avery Dennison Certification

Avery Dennison has announced the 36 newly certified Wrap Installers from the latter half of 2015. Having passed a five-part certification exam (written test, wrap installation, fender door and window installation, and cutting), the installers join 14 others certified in early 2015 for a record-high total of 50 Certified Wrap Installers in the US and Canada, according to Roxanne McSpadden, marketing director, in a release.

“The Avery Dennison wrap certification exam is rigorous,” says Justin Pate, designer and administrator of the test, in the same release. “The exam is meant to challenge installers and ensure those that pass are the best of the best.”

The newly certified installers include:

• Phil Aquin, Adhere Graphics (Manitoba, Canada);
• Corey Bennet, Printree (Chattanooga, Tennessee);
• Gary Besaw, Jeff Besaw, and Nate Mulkey, Custom Graphic Solutions (Salem, Oregon);
• Adam Blackman, 34 Wraps (Pottstown, Pennsylvania);
• Armando Blancarte, Visible Marketing (Salt Lake City);
• Chad Bosworth (Charlotte, North Carolina);
• Matt Braswell, Miller Decal (Acworth, Georgia);
• Mark Caron, MHC Signs & Designs (Payson, Utah);
• Justin Castillo, Justin’s Tint & Paint (Murray, Utah);
• Jason Cho;
• Burt Ednman and Matt Finch, (Sacramento, California);
• Jeff Ellet, Queen of Wraps (Salt Lake City);
• William Eng;
• Keith French, Divine Signs and Graphics (Schaumburg, Illinois);
• Josh Grimley (Fargo, North Dakota);
• Istvan Hargittai, Florida Car Wrap (Davie, Florida);
• Nicolas Harris (Dallas);
• Andrew Harsch, Diamond Graphics (New Berlin, Wisconsin);
• Jeremy Henson and Matthew Thomas, Henson Signs & Graphics (Newnan, Georgia);
• Michael Hudak, Assured Installations (Columbus, Ohio);
• Dan Lundberg, Mills Auto (Baxter, Minnesota);
• Daren Merkle, Shadow Graphix (Indianapolis);
• Eric Michael Myers, Myers Custom Signs (Centerville, Iowa);
• Jamie Mullican, (Nashville, Tennessee);
• Chad Parrish, Graphit Wraps (Muskegon, Michigan);
• Philip Perantonkis, Kwik Sign (Beltville, Maryland);
• David Ramirez, Rolotech Graphics (Anaheim, California);
• Adam Segura, Graphic Installations (Corona, California);
• Fabio Tadue, Sign Doctor (Orlando, Florida);
• Nick Vantrease (Santa Rosa, California);
• Jeff Watkins, Graphit Wraps (Grosse Pointe, Michigan);
• And Chris Youngash, Wrap Works (Laguna Niguel, California).

Certified Wrap Installers can be found via the Find an Installer feature on Avery Dennison’s website. Fifteen certification tests are available in 2016 across the US and Canada.