I started in 1992 as a hand painter and continued as a team leader in signmaker. In 1998, I made my first cover, and since that moment, I always tried to understand and improve my work as well as my techniques. In 2003, I was employed by a company to be an independent adhesive installer. I was able to do wraps on a lot of different mediums.

In 2006, I got started in the industry without any previous experience or wrapping/PPF knowledge. I was hired at XPEL after learning about the company from a friend who designs patterns at XPEL. I was hired to train, which was a big risk considering I had no experience, but they trained me to train others, and now I train at XPEL Inc. headquarters, as well as wherever they need me to be globally. In addition, I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to the IWFC’s PPF competition since it started and have loved it.

He began wrapping in 1996 in New York City. I started out working for a small, installation-only company, but only stayed with them for a year before leaving to install on my own. Until 2007, I was a freelance installer who focused primarily on car wraps. During those 11 years, I wrapped roughly 1,900 cars — the majority of them by myself.  This helped me streamline the wrapping process, and I was able to bring my install time well below the industry average. The last year I was in New York City, I wrapped 350 cars along with other install work such as walls, buildings and windows.  

He was born in 1963 in Reutlingen, Germany, and by 1978, I had learned how to be a store window dresser. In 1992, I started the signmaker company “Werbe-Team,” and did my first car wrapping job in 2005. Just 4 years later in 2009, I participated at the first European Wrap Star and got 2nd place.

Rainer began his journey as a professional wrapper 18 years ago. In 2003, he began his own wrapping business, and two years later, began tinting as well. In 2016, Rainer became an Avery Dennison Specialist Trainer for wrapping, and two years later, became an Avery Dennison Specialist Trainer for both tinting and PPF. At this time in his life, he also began making videos for The Wrap Institute and became a Masters of Branding member. Furthermore, he has been merited 3M DiNoc and GEWA certifications.

He started my automotive film journey in 2010 with window film, shortly after i got into PPF and vinyl. I have been installing since then and started my own business (Auto Film Solutions) in Colorado in 2016. Learning on my own was not the easiest but it gave me the ability to create my own techniques and problem solve common issues in our industry by thinking outside of the box.

John Duever has been in the Vehicle Wrap and Graphics industry for over 18 years. John is very active in Worldwide vehicle wrap competitions, the latest winning the World Championship of Car Wrapping. Since 2002 John has been a partner at Vinyl Images and Design in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2017 John has been a Certified Instructor for Avery Dennison and travels all over North America training and certifying installers. John is passionate about being an entrepreneur while touching as many lives as he can through coaching, mentoring and teaching.

He was born and raised in Louisville, KY, and have been happily married for 13 years to my wife Cindy Richart. We have three boys: Brody 11, Chase 9, and Daxton 3. Our family stays busy with me traveling all of the time, year-round basketball for the kids, and some golf sprinkled in from time to time. My family is everything to me, and without them, none of my achievements in my business life would be possible.

He has been applying various types of films on a hyper cars, super cars and all range of all cars. That being said, I’ve collected a priceless amount of experience in my time wrapping. There are so many different decisions that have to be made while wrapping to ensure high quality success – speed, quality, durability, problem solving, sales, customer care and etc. I can teach you all of this as a TWI Endorsed Trainer.

I started my business, which was then called Kariya Sign Service, in 1989 with my father. In 1995, we became Kariya Sign Service Limited Company, and in 2004, when my father retired from his work, I became the owner and changed the name to Design Lab. Inc. In 2010, we opened a new side to the sign business and began to run a vehicle wrapping facility as well as an online shop for wrapping tools. I was admitted as the first MOB member from Japan in 2015 and have been an active member ever since. Today, our company is well established and flourishing.