ASA Tire Systems Wins Progress Software's President's Award
22 June 1999
ASA Tire Systems Wins Progress Software's President's Award
NASHUA, N.H., June 21 -- ASA Tire Systems , An
ASA Company, today announced that it was one of only thirty seven companies
nationwide to receive the 1998 Progress Software President's Award. The
award, initiated in 1996, is given to the top 1% of Progress Software partners
who have shown excellence during the year.
ASA Tire Systems' TirePro(R)* accounting and management software for tire
dealers and other businesses in the automotive aftermarket, is built on
Progress' software. Due to the increased sales of TirePro in 1998, ASA's
sales of Progress' software increased from $175,000 in 1997 to $5,500,000 in
1998, a more than 3100% increase. ASA's other flagship product, TireMax(R),
enjoyed a similar popularity. As the premier ERP software packages for the
automotive aftermarket, TireMax and TirePro help users effectively manage
their mission critical business functions in addition to giving them the
ability to provide top notch service to their customers.
"ASA is very pleased to receive this recognition from Progress Software,"
said Wayne Croswell, President of ASA Tire Systems. "We appreciate the
relationship we have with our partner, Progress Software. They continue to
work with us in many ways to foster the growth and success we mutually share.
We look forward to the continued opportunities that lie ahead."
According to Progress Software's Paulo Kujawski who has managed the
ASA/Progress relationship for the last four years, "Under the leadership of
Wayne Croswell, a crack team of sales people, and a deeply committed group of
developers, ASA Tire has grown to be one of the most successful Independent
Software Providers for Progress Software. The professional relationship with
the Progress sales force has grown into a personal relationship with most of
ASA's sales force, resulting in a winning team that is hard to beat."
Progress Software provides professional developers and IT organizations
with the solutions they need to build, deploy and manage powerful, enterprise-
class business applications that streamline business processes and enable
organizations to better communicate with customers, partners and employees.
Businesses around the world depend on Progress Software solutions to acquire,
order, calculate, manage and transform data into meaningful information in the
shortest possible time. Progress was founded in 1981 by Mr. Joseph W. Alsop as
an application tool supplier, and it has since grown to a $240 million
software industry leader. The company has flourished through a base of
Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) and end user organizations who use
Progress Software Technology to build highly functional and scalable
applications that are easy to deploy and cost less to maintain.
As a leading supplier of ERP systems to the automotive aftermarket, ASA
Tire Systems' software products are installed in many of the most visible and
successful tire dealerships and retreader shops in North America. The company
is headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire and can be found on the world wide
web at http://www.asaint.com/tire. Its parent company, ASA International Ltd.,
was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts. For
sales information and literature contact Sales and Marketing at
(603) 889-8700, FAX (603) 880-3438, email tiresales@asaint.com, or write: ASA
Tire Systems, 615 Amherst St., Nashua, NH 03063.
* TirePro(R) and TireMax(R) are registered trademarks of ASA
International Ltd. Other products mentioned in this document are trademarked
or service marked by their respective owners.