Erickson and ASWF

Dear Colleagues,
This is Pierre Chraghchian one of the principals of former Suntek distribution center in California. I am also one of the investors for the new factory in Las Vegas Nevada. I like to set the record straight on few questions pertaining to ASWF. This product was made by Commonwealth Laminating and Coating (Suntek) to be distributed world wide . There was never territorial restrictions and CLC was always aware where we sold this product. Although I still believe Suntek is a good brand with modern manufacturing facility, we made a business decision to become self-sufficient and invest in the most modern and advances window manufacturing equipment in the world. I have no doubt that the rumors will start with all kinds of imaginations. However, rumors can not change the fact! Erickson International has the worlds most advanced and modern equipment and I invite everyone to come and take a tour of the facility. In the meantime, I hope this introductory video will answer some of your questions.

I am ready to answer any questions and hopefully continue to update information as it becomes available.
Looking forward to meeting everyone at SEMA

Sorry for asking again -
1. Is Alex with You?
2. Who will sell SunTek and ASWF in Russia?

3. Who are Erickson?

Hello Pierre,

Welcome to the board.

i just saw the commercial video u guys made. and how can i get hold of ur sales person??? im interested in getting some samples and price sheets.

I am ready to answer any questions and hopefully continue to update information as it becomes available.

Hi Leo. Sorry for not responding immediately! I am not at my computer all the time.
Yes Alex is with the company also.
Erickson is a manufacturing facility located in Las Vegas Nevada.

Thank you for the interest.
For any information you may call the factory directly at 800.835.4800
The website should be operational within few weeks (aswf.com)

No problem - I checked whois
Why he wasn't on video?
And what You are making in this facility?

Hello All, My name is Narbeh Babaian and I am the Director of International Sales for Erickson International. If you are interested in a sample, pricelist or have any questions you can reach me directly at 702-853-4802. We have a state of the art manufacturing facility in Las Vegas and we welcome anyone to come in and take a tour, we don't have any secrets and we welcome your questions and feedback. There are numerous rumors about ASWF which are completely false so I will be available to assist you with anything that you question, feel free to email me at narbeh@aswf.us or call me at 702-853-4802. We are very proud to introduce the next level of window films, combining the highest quality products at the lowest price with our highly efficient manufacturing process.

Guys, if I am not wrong - You can be banned.
Better support board - it will be honestly
And send me MY BOTTLE OF VODKA
Low prices is nice. In addition with lifetime warranty

Erickson staff could you please clear up a question of mine. Will you be owning or running a retail dealership out of the Erickson plant in Las Vegas similar to former ASWF/SunTek operation? All three of these companies had the same owner and were run out of the same location. Many of your potential customers would be concerned about you possibly competing against them at an unfair pricing advantage. Your response is appreciated.

SunTek West (Wholesale)
414 W. Chevy Chase Drive
Glendale, CA 91204
Toll Free: 888.511.5800
Fax: 818.239.3883
Email: sales@suntekfilms.net

AWSF (Wholesale)
414 West Chevy Chase Drive
Glendale, California 91204

Tint Studio (Retail)
Listed Owner: Pierre Chraghchian
414 West Chevy Chase Drive
Glendale California 91204

VCLIMBER start questions
Be carefull......

im interested to hear this
hey Vclimber i gotta say much respect to you

Thanks for the question. We will not have a retail operation in Las Vegas, we now manufacture our own line of products and will sell directly to our customers/distributors. In Glendale we were the distributors for SunTek and sold SunTek, we then introduced our own custom line of film under ASWF because of our customers demands for different shades and mainly better priced High Performance products (mainly the 5%). The retail operation has been sold, it was originally leased to a local tinter. SunTek and ASWF was sold out of the same location because it came from the same location (CLC), it was never anything that the SunTek factory didn't know about, it was never Korean film or anything else people here are guessing.

so when can i take a tour of the factory i will be at the sema show.

During the SEMA show we will arrange a trip. Come see us at our booth!

is this on a certain day ill be out there for two days thats why

Email me and let me know your schedule. narbeh@aswf.us

What booth are you in? I'd like to take a tour also. I be in Vegas Wed. thru Sat. for SEMA.

We will be in the Restyling hall where all the other window film manufacturers are. Stop by and see us for arrangements.

Your booth is not showing up on the exhibitors list at semashow.com . Do you have the booth number? thanks

Did I miss something ? Are these the same people that were just banned for spamming the forums?...
--- If i'm way off and this post is dumb then by all means delete it----

Booth number is 11115.

One of them was banned for representing himself as a customer, I've deleted those threads.

interesting...with only 54 posts you pick up on that. you been lurking long?

Nobody here asked about Korea

mainly better priced High Performance products

Do You know any other sales ways except "cheaper-than-next-door"?

Thank you. As you know there is a lot of information available via the internet and some is true and the rest is probably not. We just like to verify what we see and hear and appreciate your help so that disinformation does not spread. CLC/SunTek approached a lot of us with a few years back with a ceramic film in an ASWF box. The connection between SunTek/ASWF back then is understandable, however the concern from many dealers is in a distributor owning a retail dealership as sole owner and contractor holding the license #. Leasing it to a local tinter does not change the fact that a distributor owned a retail dealership and held the contractor's license. It is hard to do business with a supplier that competes against you and yet this seems to be a common occurrence in the window film industry.

I'm curious. Now that the retail operation is sold why is Alex Sardarian still the registrant? Was it sold to him?

3 years... I just made this account there seems to be usage gaps for me by the time I come back my account is either gone or I forgot what the hell it was.

Ok... looks like I might not get an answer to that one.

Narbeh, I read where Erickson is a 20mil per year MFG that moved to Nevada from California. Where were they previously located in CA?

The retail shop was set up to have pulse on the retail market, we would do our film tests and see what works and doesn't and we would use this information to better our products and services. The retail shop was never intended to take away any business from our customers and nor did we. The previous SunTek West office in Glendale office would actually refer most of the calls for installation to their own customers, you can find many customers who will testify to this. On jobs that the retail shop did the prices were at or above market levels, there was never an unfair price advantage. The retail shop was a small operation, the distribution operation is where our energy and efforts was and for that reason we grew large enough to open our own manufacturing facility.

On your questions about Erickson being a 20M company from CA, where did you read this? The fact is we were a 20+M distributor in CA and that's what helped us to get into the manufacturing side of things. Why are you asking for the address of the CA location when you wrote the address in your post? This was the old SunTek West and ASWF warehouse in Glendale (414 W. Chevy Chase) which is now the home of the ASWF distribution center in CA. We have never manufactured film in CA.

If anybody wants please call me at 702-853-4800 and I'll be happy to answer any of your questions. We have nothing to hide and we are operating very transparently.

Then MSNBC.com needs to get their facts straight. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33027875/ns/lo...s-las_vegas_nv/ "Erickson International is a window tinting manufacturer which, for the last 13 years, was based in California." The 20M comment is on one of your YouTube news feeds. I'm not trying to make a big issue of things. I just kept reading posts by your and your colleagues and comparing them to what is on the internet... things just don't add up. Here is an example below. If the Tint Studio was a small "test operation" then why didn't the warehouse say "Erickson Dist" or "Cartel Dist" or "SunTek?" You said the retail operation was sold and now your are saying it is your CA distributor. They both have the same address, same people still seem to be involved. Am I missing something? I'd call but that doesn't benefit the community here. If you guys would have started out telling the truth then I don't think you would get this kind of speculation.
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V. If I ever need a private investigator Im callin you. Where the he** did you come up with that. Im sure this guy is sayin the same thing.....BUSTED !

I tried to get some information about ASWF way back and they never responded so one day when I was doing a bid down the street I took a drive over to the "warehouse" and this was the place.

I'm glad someone is here to ask questions that I would never think of... I like it when a company is accountable.

Tint Studio was never a secret. Put it this way, don't you think that the same people who are bright enough to put together the largest independant distributorship and now a manufacturing plant would at least be smart enough to open the retail shop in a different location if they were up to something? How easy is it to open a shop in a different location? Not difficult at all, you think we are that dumb? The fact is that at the Glendale warehouse they have hundreds of customers buying window film and they are all aware of the retail shop in the back and nobody has accused them of taking their jobs away. What more can I say? What am I hiding?

So Your team HAVE NO local installation? That's truth?
And some more questions:
Who will sell SUnTek in Russia?
Valleytint = Alex?

You are right, TTS is no secret. I've known of it for some time mainly because I have competed against them for work. Pierre owned it, held the contractors license, and was exempt from worker's comp because it was listed as a sole owner company. He also happened to own a distributorship and by all accounts it has been a very successful one. I am personally suspicious of that type of arrangement for obvious reasons and I am trying not to do business with companies that are my suppliers and also happen to compete against me. So I typically ask what a supplier's business model is... I think it is prudent.

I am not accusing you or your organization of being dumb. Your reasoning on whether your customers actually cared or not would probably be due to their own awareness or lack thereof of the long standing situation of MFG's and Dist's competing for the same customers. It is only going to affect a certain percentage of retailers that market in the same regions or to the same customer base. An automotive customer up in Sacramento really isn't going to have a problem with TTS nor will they ask questions about it. A flat glass company that markets large commercial in the greater LA area may have an issue.

It is not what you may be hiding, it is what has been said on these boards, the way it got started, and what public information is available. In my observation they do not add up so I ask questions. If you are going to market your company and products here on a chat board, I would think that it would stand to reason that the people you are trying to market too would ask questions. Wouldn't you?

For instance, in the YouTube videos Erickson Intl gives the impression that it has been manufacturing film for the last 13 yrs or so in CA. You said no, ASWF was made by CLC and distributed out of your warehouse in CA. See the discrepancy here? You guys threw up the topic, it kind of doesn't make sense, so it raises questions. No one is accusing you of anything, or at least I am not.

what a supplier's business model is...

hopefully the product gets better!

its to shady for me. they've got a big oak tree following them everywhere.

i applaud your diligence vc.

VC, it's not a problem that you ask questions. You have the right to ask any question you want and I have done my part to answer your questions. The story has been the same here, I have not changed anything I have said all along. Our official company youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqfxNfmLcxc) does not say anything about us being a manufacturer in CA, when it comes to the news feeds we don't write it and we don't see it until it airs. Do you think there is a conspiracy there too? Do you think we own the news channel? They interviewed us and wrote the story, we did not misrepresent ourselves in any way. The fact is that we were doing business in CA as a distributor for 13 years and that's pretty obvious to anyone that is in the industry, the media is not in the industry. The news can write the story as they please, they don't check with us prior to airing to see if everything is okay, I'm sure you already know that.

Narbeh - i think You will easy reply WHO will sell SunTek to Russia - as You have no secrets
About news channel.
That's easy - they just transmitt what You are telling them, not digging deep.

Leo you should contact SunTek and ask them.

So You can't reply? I have no any contacts with SunTek, so sad......

So VC was correct in his thoughts?

Have you been reading all the posts? Do you realize that we do not work with SunTek anymore? We are now the manufacturer of ASWF products in Las Vegas. If you need information about other brands you should contact them yourself, if you don't have the contact information it is very easy to find it online.

Leo, are you manufacturing your film in Riga? Do you want me to start asking questions about your operation?

No problem.
That's easy.
N1. We supplied COATING EQUIPMENT which was MADE IN RIGA to ONE OF KOREAN MANUFACTURERS.
N2. Yes, we make SOME CONTRACT COATING IN RIGA.
And if You want - no problem to make it also for You.
That's easy.
What do You need to coat:
Gold, Silver, Iridium, Platinum?
NO ANY PROBLEMS.
But my question was WHO WILL SUPPLY SunTek to Russia
And - who told You about Riga?
All Your team sitting near comp?