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June 2, 2015

Exciting announcements on PTEN staff promotions, our first ever product showcase issue and the Innovation Awards.

Erica Schulz-Schueller, Editor of PTEN and Professional Distributor

Here at PTEN, we're always pushing to provide you with the most up-to-date product news and industry information on tools and equipment. With that, we're constantly looking for ways to improve what and how we get this information to you.

You may have noticed a different photo in this month's editor's note. I'm excited to take the helm as the editor of PTEN. I've worked on this publication for more than five years, and can't wait to continue the journey of discovering new and innovative products that can help you succeed in the independent automotive repair market.

Speaking of new, this issue marks our first annual 2014 PTEN Product Showcase issue. Remember the issues from 10, 15 and even 20 years ago? We followed the same format by keeping the magazine strictly products for this issue. Unlike those older issues, long gone are the days of rainbow covers and faux metal backgrounds in our page design. (For a taste of the past, check out our product throwback section on page 9).

This issue is chalked full of product releases in eight different categories. There isn't a page throughout where you won't find a product listing. As always, if you want more information on any product or in any category, check out or extensive online product guide at VehicleServicePros.com/directory.

If that wasn't enough, we've also introduced something new this year: The PTEN Innovation Awards People's Choice. For the first time in Innovation Awards history, we're allowing you, the reader, access to provide your feedback on the most innovative tools and equipment introduced to market in the last year. To let your voice be heard and vote on your choice for top Innovation Award nominee products, visit VehicleServicePros.com/11506102 for details. Don't forget to check out the October issue of PTEN for the winners in the traditional Innovation Awards, and for the People's Choice awards.

At PTEN, we strive to bring you the newest product information to help you perform your job the most efficiently. After all, the world is changing very fast. We're here to help you keep up with it.

About the Author

Erica Schueller | Editorial Director | Commercial Vehicle Group

Erica Schueller is the Editorial Director of the Endeavor Commercial Vehicle Group. The commercial vehicle group includes the following brands: American Trucker, Bulk Transporter, Fleet Maintenance, FleetOwner, Refrigerated Transporter, and Trailer/Body Builders brands.

An award-winning journalist, Schueller has reported and written about the vehicle maintenance and repair industry her entire career. She has received accolades for her reporting and editing in the commercial and automotive vehicle fields by the Truck Writers of North America (TWNA), the International Automotive Media Competition (IAMC), the Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards and the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) Azbee Awards.

Schueller has received recognition among her publishing industry peers as a recipient of the 2014 Folio Top Women in Media Rising Stars award, acknowledging her accomplishments of digital content management and assistance with improving the print and digital products in the Vehicle Repair Group. She was also named one Women in Trucking’s 2018 Top Women in Transportation to Watch.

She is an active member of a number of industry groups, including the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC), the Auto Care Association's Young Auto Care Networking Group, GenNext, and Women in Trucking.

In December 2018, Schueller graduated at the top of her class from the Waukesha County Technical College's 10-week professional truck driving program, earning her Class A commercial driver's license (CDL).

She has worked in the vehicle repair and maintenance industry since 2008.