Happy Holidays from the CollisionWeek staff. We wish you and your family a safe and happy holiday season. We would also like to thank you for your support in 2023. While we will keep an eye out for breaking news during the holiday period, daily news coverage, including emails, will resume on January 2, 2024.
Archives for 2023
Interview: Brandon Eckenrode, Collision Repair Education Foundation
Eckenrode details year-end donation matching program by BASF and Foundation’s successful school grant program. The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) has been busy supporting high school and college collision school programs across the country over the past year and is asking for support during its holiday matching program where BASF will match up to $10,000 […]
Car ADAS Solutions Announces First Licensee in Kansas
Car ADAS Solutions announced the addition of ADAS Smart, the first licensee in Kansas. Owned by Luke Price, the company’s 6,000 sq. ft. facility is located in Merriam, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. During the grand opening celebration on November 29, Price shared information about calibration to educate attendees. The event also included an […]
CIECA Reactivates Vehicle Damage and Imaging/Estimating Committee
Industry stakeholders invited to participate. The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced the reactivation of the Standards Development Committee focused on Vehicle Damage and Imaging (VDI)/Estimating. The committee will be chaired by CIECA Past Chair Phil Martinez, principal technical consultant at Mitchell International, an Enlyte Company. “Now that new CIECA API Standards (CAPIS) are […]
Nearly 104 Million Expected to Take Road Trip Over Christmas, New Year’s in U.S.
Second highest year-end holiday travel forecast since AAA began tracking in 2000. AAA projects nearly 104 million people will drive to their holiday destinations, an increase of 1.8% compared to 2022. This year’s projected number of drivers is the second highest on record after 2019 when 108 million drivers hit the road for the holidays. […]
Repairify Receives ASE Accreditation for In-Person and Online Training
Repairify, Inc., a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, has achieved ASE accreditation for both online and in-person training. Repairify is now recognized by ASE as a provider of Continuing Automotive Service Education to help train the future technicians of the automotive repair industry. Repairify sought this accreditation to ensure that its training content aligns […]
Advanced Vehicle Systems Makes Up Over One-Third of Collision Repair Costs
AAA analysis of ADAS system repair shows sensor replacement and calibration adds significant cost to repairs. A recent study by AAA found that advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), like automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, and lane departure warning, can add up to 37.6% to the total repair cost after a crash. This is due […]
TechForce Foundation Report Shows First Increase in a Decade in all Tech School Completions
For the first time in 10 years tech schools have seen an increase in student completions in all segments, signaling positive change in the perception, viability of technician careers. The TechForce Foundation announced the release of its 2023 Technician Supply & Demand Report. The report covers projections for the next five years in both the […]
Stellantis Renews Hazmat Training Agreement with CCAR
The Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair (CCAR) announced that Stellantis has renewed their commitment to using “HazmatU” for its network of dealers as part of their mandatory Hazardous Material Training Program Stellantis has selected CCAR to be their hazardous materials training and program management partner for (a minimum of) another three (3) years. Since the […]
Interview: Jason Scharton and Jason Garfoot Detail the Recently Launched 3M Skills Development Center
The new facility will serve collision repair technician training needs as well as career and technical educators. In October, 3M officially opened its doors to the new 3M Skills Development Center, a 15,000-sq. ft. training facility in St. Paul, Minn. To better understand how the new 3M facility will benefit the collision repair industry, CollisionWeek […]
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