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Automotive recyclers gathered at the ARA 72nd Annual Convention & Expo resolved together to push through the tough challenges facing it.

“Let’s make auto recycling great again,” encouraged Incoming President Mike Swift as a call to unite. If the positive energy at the event is any gauge, this industry will see its way through. BY CARYN SMITH

successful gathering of professional automotive recyclers can only be judged by what attendees have to say regarding the event. In the case of the 72nd Annual Automotive Recyclers Association Convention & Expo, the results are in. Close to 1,000 attendees from as far and wide as the United States, Canada, UK, China, Japan, Ireland, Lithuania, Australia, Germany, and Spain converged upon Charlotte, North Carolina, in October 2015. The sessions and social events were robustly attended, and the Exhibition boasted the most vendors in recent ARA history, with 109 exhibiting companies.

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