June 13, 2022 - The Michigan Automotive Parts Association is pleased to announce the selection of Ron Dannis as recipient of its 2022 MAPA Lifetime Achievement Award.  Ron is the former owner of Black Magic Products in Ferndale, known as BMP Distributing today where Ron can still be found.

A little about Ron, as told by Ron's nominator Ron Gray of Ron's Auto Parts in Capac;

Ron Dannis has been around the automotive aftermarket for many, many years from being a factory rep. at Henkel to starting Black Magic Products (BMP) as a chemical company and now a rep. for the company he once owned. Now 85 he still makes his regular sales calls. I honestly believe that is why he is still here today. His love for the business and helping owners and managers succeed. From my first year as a store owner he has been there with advice and suggestions to improve even though I went years without buying after changing program groups.

Ron has been a great supporter of Scouting and many other youth groups always buying popcorn and tickets to the raffle of the day, then donating the winnings back. He ran many program years ago also giving back to the community. Never asking for anything, always there if you needed anything. I can not say enough about Ron and his wife Diane who drives him around.

We will have more to share about Ron coming up soon.

The MAPA Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Ron Dannis during MAPA Industry Day 2022 being held on Wednesday, September 14th at the Crowne Plaza Lansing West hotel in Lansing, Michigan. Please plan to join us as we celebrate Ron!