Greenwood Village, CO-based Grease Monkey International LLC (GMI LLC), an independent franchisors of automotive quick lube centers, not owned by an oil company, announced it will now use a new business name: FullSpeed Automotive™. “This new name better reflects the diversity of the company’s automotive service brands and continues to inspire its terrific growth trajectory”, said John B. Adams, the company’s president and CEO.

The brands covered by FullSpeed Automotive include: Grease Monkey®, SpeeDee®, LubePro’s®, and Monkey Shine®. For more information, visit www.greasemonkeyintl.com.

Separately, the company announced that Grease Monkey franchisee, Wayne Glasser, had been honored as franchisee of the year at the International Franchise Association’s annual franchisee of the year award ceremony in Washington, DC.

Owner of 11 Grease Monkey centers located throughout Colorado, Glasser’s centers are always ranked among the brand’s top performers. This success was earned through hard work, commitment to the Grease Monkey system, and assembling a passionate team of employees over the past 35 years.