Professional Tool & Equipment News is the magazine shop owners and technicians read first to learn about the latest tools and equipment in the automotive aftermarket that can increase productivity in the shop and maximize billable hours.

Each issue reports on new tool and equipment innovations and their applications to properly and efficiently diagnose and repair vehicles. PTEN recognizes the most groundbreaking products with our prestigious Innovation Award. Our panel, comprised of technicians from around the country, offer feedback in identifying products with the most innovative and time-saving qualities, as well as those that will make a positive impact on the automotive repair market and the technicians who will use them.

Our goal is to bring readers exactly what they want, information on the right tools for doing a quality job as efficiently as possible. For a free subscription, visit our website, www.vehicleservicepros.com/magazine.

 

STAFF

 

Sarah Shelstrom (sarah.shelstrom@cygnus.com)
Publisher

Sarah provides guidance and support for all operations of PTEN, which includes staying up-to-date with the latest tool and equipment offerings for the professional automotive technician. Sarah also works hard to ensure PTEN is providing the optimum benefit for both our readers and advertisers by serving as a go-between for both parties.

Elliot Maras (elliot.maras@cygnus.com)
Editor

Elliot provides new tool and equipment innovations and their applications to properly and efficiently diagnose and repair vehicles in our Tool Briefing article each month. He is responsible for assembling product information from throughout the repair industry in order to bring the pages of PTEN to life. This means visits to shops and utilizing contacts from throughout the marketplace to provide information on the newest, best and most relevant tools and equipment for your shop.

Craig Truglia ( (craig.truglia@cygnus.com)
Assistant Editor

Craig combines his experience as an active technician with his M.A. degree from Columbia University to provide technicians with time-saving tool tips and troubleshooting strategies for attacking some of the tough problems today's vehicles can present. Craig has a blog, Labor Time on vehicleservicepros.com and assists in all aspects of getting new products into the magazine and online, delivering daily news and keeping our online content up to date for visitors.