Shops reporting higher sales compared to 2014 increased during the fourth quarter. Repair facilities reporting higher earnings, however, declined. The CollisionWeek quarterly survey of business conditions reported by collision repair facility owners and managers indicates that the overall percentage of facilities with higher sales increased in the fourth quarter of 2015 over last year compared […]
Service King Acquires Two Collision Repair Centers in Southern Maryland
Service King Collision Repair Centers announced it has acquired Wentworth’s Collision Works and its two repair facilities in southern Maryland. Service King and Wentworth’s officially finalized the deal on Friday, March 18 and operations under Service King management will begin immediately. The two collision repair centers included are located at 12860 H G Trueman Rd […]
Registration for Southern Automotive Repair Conference Open
Registration is now open for the fourth annual Southern Automotive Repair Conference. The collision repair event will be held April 8-9 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss. Speakers scheduled to appear at the event include: Clifton Lambreth, Keynote Presenter, Founder/CEO, Daniel Bradley Matthews, Inc. Robert McKenzie, Conference MC, Executive Director, Refinish […]
Axalta, BASF, Cunningham Brothers Receive GM Supplier of the Year Awards
General Motors recognized 110 of its best global suppliers during its 24th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held at Cobo Center. The announcement represents the most suppliers GM has recognized since debuting the Supplier of the Year event in 1992. Among those receiving awards were companies that also supply the collision repair industry […]
GM Approves Chief Equipment for Cadillac CT6 Repair
General Motors has approved a family of Chief aluminum-specific tools and equipment to repair collision damage on the new Cadillac CT6. Chief’s dust and fume extractors, aluminum dent repair station, MIG welder, collet set and structural holding package are the latest additions to a long list of GM-approved Chief collision repair products. The following CT6 […]
Maryland Non-OEM Parts Bill Withdrawn
Bill that sought to require insurance companies to specify OEM parts for two years after a vehicle is manufactured fails in the Maryland House of Delegates. The Maryland House Committee on Economic Matters voted to provide an unfavorable report March 18 on House Bill 1258 (HB 1258) that sought to require insurance companies to specify […]
Boyd Group Acquires Ohio Glass Repair Business
The Boyd Group announced the acquisition, through its Glass America subsidiary, of four Ryan’s Auto Glass locations, serving the Cincinnati, Ohio area. In business for over 25 years, Ryan’s Auto Glass also provides a mobile glass repair service. “We are very pleased to acquire Ryan’s Auto Glass,” said Eddie Cheskis, President and CEO of Glass […]
Lexus and Toyota Will Have Automated Braking on Nearly Every Model by End of 2017
Toyota announced that automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology will be available as standard equipment across almost every Toyota and Lexus model in the U.S. by the end of 2017. Doing so will beat, by four years, the 2022 target announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) […]
S/P2 Releases Online Welding Safety Course
S/P2 has released its latest online safety course covering welding. The course educates students and professionals on the potential safety and environmental hazards specific to the practice of welding. The 22-module course addresses topics important to businesses and schools, such as: Hazard Communication and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Fumes and Welding […]
Paint, Body and Equipment Specialists Conference May 10-12
The Paint, Body and Equipment Specialists (PBES), a segment community of the Auto Care Association, announced that online registration is now available for its 2016 annual conference, May 10-12, at the Embassy Suites at the Denver Conference Center in Denver, Colo. The 2016 PBES Conference theme is, “Differentiate to Win.” “The 2016 PBES Conference program […]