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Directed was honored as the MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR at Mobile Electronics magazine’s 2010 Dealer’s Choice Awards at the MERA KnowledgeFest show
(MECP Certified Master Technician Andy Hartshorne pictured here accepting award)










Sunday, October 10, 2010 --




Mobile Electronics magazine presented its 2010 Industry Awards at the 2010 MERA KnowledgeFest show in Dallas. Texas, and announced the winners of the Dealer Choice awards for best manufacturer programs and service in a range of categories, the Retailer of the Year awards in the single-store, small chain and medium/large chain store categories and the Installer of the Year award. Parrot presented its Certified Installer of the Year award.

At the Mobile Electronics Industry Awards reception, attendees ate, drank and networked at the Gaylord Texan hotel and conference center before sitting down to honor their colleagues and find out who the winners were. Editor Todd Ramsey talked about the industry and later how the finalists in the award categories were judged.

Mobile Electronics’ Publisher Joni Owens presented the Dealer Choice Awards, which ask retailers to rate the industry vendors they work with in a variety of categories. These awards were given based on responses from retailers.

For the Dealer Choice Awards, Mobile Electronics honored companies with first, second and third place award in each category and gave an overall “Manufacturer of the Year” award.

The Retailer of the Year awards and Installer of the Year award were given based on an extensive process that involved industry nominations and voting to determine the retailer and installer finalists and then the judging of materials submitted by the retailer and installer finalists.

For those of you keeping score Directed Electronics also came home with the following awards:

• #1 in Technical Support
• #1 in Customer Service
• #1 in Warranty Programs
• #3 in Dealer Programs