Having been named to Inc. Magazine's "5000 Fastest-Growing Companies" list last month, the Virginia-based Curry's Auto Service is also a leader in "green" shop operations. And company president Matt Curry will be telling attendees at the Tire Industry Association (TIA) Environmental Symposium how turning your business green can be good for your image and bottom line.
The Sept. 30-Oct. 2 event takes place at the Ocean City Convention Center in Ocean City, Md.
In Curry's session, entitled, "Eco-Friendly Tire and Auto Care," he will discuss how they have employed a practice of recycling oils, antifreeze, chemicals, refrigerants, metals, tires, coffee cups, paper and more. The company even has a fleet of hybrid cars that customers can use as loaners while their car is being repaired.
"In just a little over 11 years, Curry's Auto Service has become a thriving, five-outlet operation that sees the value in 'going green,'" reports Dick Gust, co-chair of the TIA Environmental Advisory Council. "If you want to make your operation more environmentally-friendly, this is an unbelievable opportunity to learn from not only a leader, but a peer as well.""Matt Curry and Curry's Auto Service represent the future for the tire industry with their forward-thinking vision and commitment to 'green' principles," says TIA Executive Vice President Roy Littlefield. "Attendees of the TIA Environmental Symposium will have the benefit of learning from not only Matt, but an impressive roster of other industry leaders."
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