The national winners of the 2013 Suncorp/Paint and Panel Autobody Repairer of the Year Awards we announced last Friday at a special awards lunch in Brisbane.
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us to honour the achievements of all our brilliant state and national winners. Details of the event and the judging process will be published in the next issue of the magazine.
And the national winners are:
Best large: Maxbutts Autobody Works, QLD
Best medium shop: Planet Smash Repairs, QLD
Best small shop: Europanels, Vic
Best new: Repair Process Management, Vic
Operational execellence: Highland Smash Repairs, QLD
Best customer experience: Wayne Phipps Smash Repairs, WA
Best regional shop: Coulson Body Repairs, NSW
National winners from left Alana Studdert and Jeff Nugent from Maxbutts Bodyworks, state winner Victor Merciecia from Fixwell Smash, Peter Bubeck from Repair Process Management, Dean Taylor from Planet Smash, Diane and Peter Ruggeri from Europanels, Wayne Phipps from Wayne Phipps Smash Repairs and Ray Iversen from Highland Smash Repairs.
Leigh Bryan, Suncorp's new head of motor claims getting to know the winning repairers.