George Lewis, industry legend and former owner of Performance Films Distributing Inc., also known as 44 Tools and Performance Auto Spa, passed away at age 68 after struggling with side effects from his cancer treatment on February 8, 2020. Lewis was born December 22, 1951 was always sharing stories about his greatest passions which included […]

Early last week a fire destroyed Daniel’s Auto Glass, a window film and auto glass business, in Bassett, Va.. The building was a total loss. The shop’s owner, Daniel Hanks, was left with no office nor tools to tint customer’s windows or repair or replace windshields. But then the industry stepped in to help Hanks […]

Performance Tool Distributing (PTD), known as 44 Tools and Performance Auto Spa (PAS), has two new owners. Bill Valway, owner of AP Corp., of Sykesville, Md., and Bo Ryan, president and chief operating officer of 44Tools, have joined together to purchase PTD of Plain City, OH. The two purchased the company from owner, George Lewis, […]