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T H E C O M P A N Y A B O U T U S T H E C O M P A N Y 11 A-Team is a breakthrough company in the global paintless dent repair (PDR) market YEARS with 11 years of experience in large-scale demand. Single or key-participant in major EXPERIENCE vehicle recovery projects in 14 countries around the world so far, the company has 14 become a high quality service with extreme agility in the delivery time. Through qualifjed collaborators and cutting-edge tools, its innovative business model focuses on astonishing recovery results by accurate COUNTRIES and detailed schedule planning according to the clients’ needs. AROUND THE WORLD 30 YEARS PASSION FOR VEHICLES
A B O U T U S T H E C O M P A N Y The A-Team’s international standard and cumulative cross-cultural awareness in the PDR business are attested by its certifjed and trained employees, as well as winning global competitions. Its results are lifetime guaranteed. Born from a family-owned company with more than a 30 years passion for vehicles, A-Team was idealized by its CEO and competition jury, Andrio Rodrigues, aims to recover automotive sheets hit by hail storms applying PDR techniques without removing the original paint job. Ready to expand its services and brand to segments such as assembling, polishing, painting and fjnishing, A-Team has open offjces in Austrália, Brazil and France as a fjrst step to meet the players that will inspire its future partnerships.
A / T E A M I N F I G U R E S I N F I G U R E S OUTSTANDING IN 14 OVER COUNTRIES 50,000 VEHICLES REPAIRED IN 11 YEARS MORE THAN 100 COLLABORATORS
B E N C H M A R K S T U R K E Y T U R K E Y KASTAMONU ISTANBUL H I G H E S T P E R F O R M A N C E ISTANBUL YEAR: 2017 VEHICLES: 3,700 REPAIRED PERIOD: 3 MONTHS PARTS RECOVERED: 80% OUT OF THOSE ESTIMATED TO ADANA REPLACE, 75% OUT OF THOSE TO REPAINT TEAM: 64 COLLABORATORS Since the last 2 years , A-Team has been constantly providing its PDR service around Turkey. Frequently hit by hail storms due to its climate conditions, the country is a key market for large scale repairing vehicles , where the company has led 4 major projects in Adana , Istanbul and Kastamonu.
B E N C H M A R K S A U S T R A L I A A U S T R A L I A H I G H E S T P E R F O R M A N C E MELBOURNE YEAR: 2018 VEHICLES: 1,800 REPAIRED PERIOD: 6 MONTHS BRISBANE PARTS RECOVERED: 90% OUT OF THOSE ESTIMATED GRAFTON TO REPLACE, 84% OUT OF THOSE TO REPAINT ADELAIDE NEWCASTLE TEAM: 19 COLLABORATORS SYDNEY MELBOURNE The rich diversity of Australian SYDNEY ecosystems regularly results in severe YEAR: 2019 hail stone storms, wreaking havoc VEHICLES: OVER 11,800 REPAIRED on both rural and urban areas. PERIOD: SINCE JAN/19 Thus, A-Team has designed task-forces PARTS RECOVERED: 91% in cities like Adelaide, Brisbane, Grafton, OUT OF THOSE ESTIMATED Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney, TO REPLACE, 89% OUT OF THOSE TO REPAINT where it sums 6 remarkable works TEAM: OVER 60 COLLABORATORS in the last 3 years .
B E N C H M A R K S F R A N C E H I G H E S T P E R F O R M A N C E F R A N C E SMARTVILLE, HAMBACH SMARTVILLE, HAMBACH YEAR: 2019 VEHICLES: 900 REPAIRED PERIOD: 5 DAYS TEAM: 10 COLLABORATORS A-Team had a record performance in the hailstorm that hit part of Europe in May 2019 . With a team of around 10 employees , 900 vehicles were repaired in just 5 working days at Smart’s factory in France.
O U R W O R K F LO W P R O C E S S C U S T O M E R 1 2 3 4 P I C K- U P FINAL QUALITY Final inspection: evaluation of quality CONTROL on internal and external works The crafts: Vehicle is directed to the repair line, R E PA I R S in which one or two technicians work Recounting: records in the recovery C H E C K- I N Recounting: records of damage not affected by hail rain A R R I VA L AT Preliminary inspection: damage counting in parts T H E YA R D and accessories and scheduling for repair H A I L S T O R M M A N A G E M E N T A N D C O M M U N I C A T I O N S Y S T E M A-Team has its platform developed by a international IT personnel, and it is focused on the optimization of the service that the company provides. Through a data protected system, A-Team collaborators are able to share real time information with consumers around the world. Beside an embodied control of the production itself, the technology allows technical staff and in-yard managers to notifjcate consumers, track the vehicles along the workfmow system, as well as to share reports of both ongoing and fjnal work.
A D VA N C E D T E C H N I Q U E S The jaw-dropping percentage of spare parts healed by A-Team comes from the matchup between high tech tools and artful hands of certifjed collaborators. Out of the hundreds of appliances that A-Team uses on a daily basis, the following 3 examples demonstrate some of its special techniques that contribute to its notorious accomplishments.
S H O C K M A C H I N E S H O C K M A - Mobile equipment can be moved to the region affected by the hail storm, where a-team builds a base to manage the damaged vehicles. The tool allows the advanced shock technique that shrinks the metal and stop oil canning. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SPARE PART COOLING PREPARA TION OF IS ISOLA TED THE DAMAGED PART PAINTING PREPARA TION OF PREPARA TION OF THE DAMAGED PART THE DAMAGED PART
T H E H O T B O X T H E H O T B O X One of the latest technologies currently on the market, the appliance functions by a heating and cooling process. The use of the technique in areas with minor oil canning effects is an a-team innovation that has contributed to the gain of agility in the work. 1 2 3 4 5 6 TIME COOLING PART SETTING REPAIRED HEA TING FINISHING DAMAGED PART
S P R AY B U F F M O B I L E S P R A Y B U F F The equipment supports smart repairs, so-called touch-ups and small paintings of parts hit by hail rains. 1 2 3 4 5 MASK UP AND PAINTING DESIGNED AIR POINT PORT ABLE FINAL CLEAN QUICK CURE DOWN
T H E F U T U R E W E C R E A T E Composed by collaborators with many of the 21st century citizen skills, such as lifelong learning, initiative, as well as fmexibility and adaptability, A-Team believes it can further enhance its works by diversifying its portfolio services through expansions and partnerships. The idea is to extend its team’s level A into other areas through collaboration and teamwork, thereby solving problems that involve the repair market as a whole. Thus, in the short-term future, A-Team is investing in the structure of its o ffjces in Cascavel - Brazil, Sydney - Australia and additional offjces in France . These bases are essential to systematize a model of cooperation with sister companies and clients. For the next few years, A-Team wants to In addition to that, the company aims impact the automotive market positively to improve its repair services in 2019 with unprecedented productivity and englobing polishing, painting and tinkering, quality, in an ecosystem of repairing through a long-standing partnership with companies that the company will resourceful yard management in South be pivotal in creating. American countries.
I N T E R N AT I O N A L A U T O M O T I V E S M A R T R E PA I R E X H I B I T I O N J A P A N E D I T I O N D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 8 Q U A L I T Y A N D A G I L I T Y The last edition of the 2018 International While the bottleneck tests would Automotive Smart Repair Exhibition (IASRE) expect the competitors to fjx 2 critical was an opportunity for A-Team to translate spots on a door by 45 minutes, the grand its ability to align quality and agility in a fjnal for the 8 left mixed hail marks friendly and competitive environment. The and a park dent on a car mudguard 6 members that the company selected to piece by 60 minutes. The champion participate in the challenge have achieved completed it in 55 minutes, the fjrst and second fjnal positions after with the second winner only 8 tryouts involving high skilled rivals from 5 seconds behind. None of the all over the world. rivals fjnished the test .
Q U A L I T Y A N D A G I L I T Y A T T E S T E D Q U A L I T Y A N D “ “ I have been working with A-Team for about 6 years, when I met A-Team’s CEO Andrio Rodrigues. The company’s impressive level of professionalism grounded and motivated us to keep in touch within the time. We have worked together in Switzerland, Germany, Australia and other countries. D I E G O P E R E I R A A L M E I D A A -T E A M T E C H N I C A L E X P E R T, I A S R E 1S T P L A C E I N T H E 2 0 1 8 J A PA N E S E E D I T I O N A N D 2 N D P L A C E I N T H E 2 0 1 9 G E R M A N E D I T I O N “ “ A-Team trusted me and in my work. It open for me the door to the auto hail repair segment. The quality of the team is inspiring. I am especially thankful for them. J A N D R O H A R A A -T E A M T E C H N I C A L E X P E R T “ I have met the A-Team due to a long project to repair “ cars hit by hail storms, when I was managing a group of workers for a company sharing the same yard. Through my long time experience in evaluating vehicles’ standards, I noticed their commitment to quality from the very fjrst disassembly to the last assembled part. S E B A S T I Ã O O L I V E I R A V A L I M YA R D M A N A G E R F O R R O S I S
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