ACPN Announces 2023 Content Excellence Award Winners

ACPN Announces 2023 Content Excellence Award Winners

ACPN, a community of the Auto Care Association, announced the winners at its annual Knowledge Exchange Conference.

The Automotive Content Professionals Network (ACPN) recently announced the winners of the 2023 ACPN Content Excellence Awards.

ACPN, a community of the Auto Care Association, announced the winners at its annual Knowledge Exchange Conference, which took place in May during the Auto Care Association’s Auto Care Connect event in Orlando, Florida.

The Content Excellence Awards recognize best-in-class examples of data standards (ACES and PIES) use and compliance, as well as electronic cataloging and content in B2C and B2B platforms in the automotive aftermarket.

ACES and PIES Data Award – All Vehicle Types

This category is intended to recognize excellent source data. This award judges ACES and PIES files on a variety of criteria that ACPN deems as essential when creating best-in-class ACES and PIES data for all vehicle types.

  • Gold (Small – 10-50k applications) – Continental Corp.
  • Gold (Medium – 50-250k applications) – First Brands Group
  • Gold (Large – more than 250k applications) – BorgWarner*
  • Gold (Large – more than 250k applications) – DRiV Inc.*

*Due to a clerical error, ACPN awarded two deserving recipients for the 2023 ACES and PIES Data Award – All Vehicle Types – Large category.

ACES and PIES Data Award – Off-Highway & Equipment Only

This category is intended to recognize excellent source data. This award judges ACES and PIES files on a variety of criteria that ACPN deems as essential when creating best in class ACES and PIES data for Off-Highway & Equipment Vehicle Types Only.

  • Gold (more than 500 applications) – Old World Industries

Web-Based Catalog Award

This category is for catalog-application lookup that is purely browser-based (websites) and does not require any special client-side app to be installed. The 2023 winners are:

  • Bronze – Mevotech
  • Silver – First Brands Group
  • Gold – Dorman Products

Technician’s Choice Award

This award is presented by ACPN in partnership with the Car Care Professionals Network (CCPN), Women in Auto Care (WIAC) and the Young Automotive Networking Group (YANG). This category is for business-to-business systems that are either web-based or client-side install (app) supported. This award is judged from a technician’s and shop owner’s point of view (an end consumer).

  • Bronze – Factory Motor Parts
  • Silver – Parts Tech
  • Gold – Parts Authority

Receiver’s Choice Awards

The Receiver’s Choice Award recognizes organizations that are supplying high- quality content including ACES, PIES, digital assets and other customer-specific formats. Honorees are selected by content receivers who support ACPN for their exemplary content and are leading the way in integrity, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, best practices and other proprietary-specific judging criteria.

  • Advance Auto Parts presented Award to Dorman Products, Inc.
  • Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance presented Award to Motor Car Parts of America
  • AutoZone presented award to BBB Industries
  • Epicor presented award to Cardone Industries
  • O’Reilly Auto Parts presented Award to Continental Corp.
  • PartsTech Inc. presented award to DRiV
  • WHI Solutions presented award to Dorman Products

Learn more about the ACPN Content Excellence Awards at ACPN Awards.

You May Also Like

MAPA Honors Ken Wendling with Lifetime Achievement Award

The award recognizes individuals who have made a significant impact in the aftermarket and/or the association.

The Michigan Automotive Parts Association (MAPA) has selected Ken Wendling, retired from Standard Motor Products and living in Chesaning, Michigan, as the recipient of its 2023 MAPA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Created in 2010, the MAPA Lifetime Achievement Award was created to honor the excellence of individuals in the automotive aftermarket who have made significant impacts in the industry and/or the association. The recipient must have had an extensive career in the industry, contributed significantly to the automotive aftermarket in Michigan and made accomplishments within their local community.

AutoZone Recognizes Contributions of Top Suppliers

AutoZone named BBB its 2023 Vendor of the Year.

ACPN Recognizes Carter for Water Pump Catalog

ACPN evaluates catalog quality, resourcefulness, creativity, content, effectiveness and overall excellence.

AAM Group Honors Top Suppliers, Contributors at Annual Meeting

Lippert accepted the Partnership Award for outstanding overall performance across all categories.

Dana, TruckPro Receive MEMA Channel Excellence Award

The companies worked together in the development of the Dana EZ-ID Tool for Spicer ReadyShaft.

Other Posts

Registration Open for Women in Auto Care Conference

The conference will take place Feb. 20-22, 2024, in Salt Lake City, at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center.

Right to Repair Triumphs in Maine Referendum

At press time, more than 80% of Maine voters had answered “yes” to Ballot Question 4.

Report: BEVs to Comprise 35% of US Light-Vehicle Sales by 2030

BEV sales are projected to account for 9% of total U.S. light-vehicles sales in 2023.

Auto Care Data Standards Gain Momentum in Columbia

Mercado Libre and Imotriz announced their adoption of the association’s data standards for their Colombian marketplaces.