The annual International Window Film Conference and Tint-Off™ included a special luncheon honoring this year’s inductees into the Window Film Hall of Fame, as well 2024’s top dealers. This year, two members of the window film industry were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Those inducted include Tommy Silva, founder of T&T Tinting Specialists in Honolulu, and Jim Black (retired) of Madico.
Black has been a fixture in the window film industry for decades. He first launched California Tint and pivoted to Sun Pro in 1992. Since then, he has held various roles, culminating at Madico.
Jim Black, Madico Inc., receives Hall of Fame recognition at the Window Film Conference and Tint-Off.
“Jim is loved and respected by all,” says Darrell Smith of the International Window Film Association. “At meetings, he’s quiet and attentive, but when he speaks, everyone listens. He’s one of the most beloved members of the window film industry.”
Silva started T&T Tinting Specialists in 1982, hand-cutting film for cars using inexpensive dyed films and Yellow Pages for advertising. He first started tinting as a teenager and has grown from a local tinter to a national icon in the window film industry.
Tommy Silva, T&T Tinting Specialties, receives Hall of Fame recognition at the Window Film Conference and Tint-Off.
“Just a get a little bit better each day,” he says. “I’ve relied on many people in this industry to improve. That’s one good thing about this industry; we might be all competitors, but we are family.”
T&T Tinting Specialists is an employee-owned company, one of the few such in the window film sector. Silva says without his employees, he would not be standing before his peers accepting the Hall of Fame award.
