Spandex, with the support of Avery Dennison, recently completed an exclusive car wrapping workshop for WA customers, conducted by one of the world’s leading wrap experts, Justin Pate.
Pate, an American who now lives in The Netherlands, is an internationally-recognised wrap installer and instructor who has personally wrapped over 3,000 cars and commercial vehicles over a 16-year career. He is endorsed by Avery Dennison and also Mutoh, having created a highly efficient car wrapping platform called UGIS: Universal Graphic Installation System. Using UGIS, Pate can comfortably wrap almost any vehicle by himself in under five hours and even some vehicles, like cargo vans, in two hours. UGIS is the basis for the workshops he teaches throughout the world.
For the Perth workshop, a select group of 16 Spandex customers were shown techniques to improve efficiencies when wrapping vehicles. After a tuition session, the group broke into smaller teams to put their theory into practice, with live vehicle wrapping.
Spandex managing director Alex McClelland, who was present, says: “Justin really brought new ideas and thinking to the party. It’s always good to get technical perspectives from other markets but in Justin Pate, I believe we had the world’s best. He also traveled to NSW where he delivered a smaller workshop for the benefit of our own team.”
Spandex and Avery Dennison have co-operated on workshop training and certification for several years as the vehicle wrapping industry continues to grow.
“We look forward to welcoming Justin Pate back at a future date,” concludes McClelland.