The Automotive Content Professionals Network Opens 2025 ACPN Content Excellence Awards

Bethesda, Md. – November 21, 2024 – The Automotive Content Professionals Network  (ACPN), a community of the Auto Care Association, announced the opening of the 2025 ACPN Content Excellence Awards. The ACPN Content Excellence Awards recognize best-in-class examples of data standards (ACES® and PIES™) use and compliance as well as electronic cataloging and content in B2C and B2B platforms in the aftermarket. 

Each year, ACPN Content Excellence Award winners are presented during ACPN conference programming at Auto Care Connect. The content professionals track is the largest gathering of content professionals and their vendors and solution partners. This year will mark the 51^st anniversary of the gathering and will take place May 12-15, 2025 at the  Sheraton Phoenix in Downtown, Ariz., as part of the Auto Care Association’s Auto Care Connect event.


The ACPN Content Excellence Awards consist of four categories:

Web-Based

ACES® and PIES™ Data – All Vehicle Types

*NEW* ACES® and PIES™ Data – Off-Highway and Equipment Vehicle Types Only

Receiver’s Choice

 

Catalogs, content and systems are judged on a variety of criteria, including: 

Compliance with the Auto Care Association’s Data Standards (ACES® and PIES™);

Best practices;

Readability;

Technical accuracy;

Innovation;

Interactivity;

User experience; and

Quality of content.

To be considered for and receive an award, the submitting company must attend the ACPN conference programming at 2025 Auto Care Connect.

Entry forms for each 2025 ACPN Content Excellence Award are available on the ACPN Awards webpage. The deadline to submit award entries is Jan. 31, 2025.

For more information about ACPN and each Content Excellence Award, visit the ACPN awards webpage or contact acpn@autocare.org.