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I-CAR Australia Announces Three Board Appointments

March 1, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mark Czvitkovits, I-CAR Australia CEO, announced the appointment of three new Board members to fill vacancies and to add further strength and direction to the organization. “Conducted in accordance with the By Laws, the team at I-CAR was excited to receive nominations from 15 quality individuals, representing all the segments that form part of this […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, Board of Directors, I-CAR

LKQ to Acquire Pittsburgh Glass Works

February 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

LKQ Corporation (NASDQ:LKQ) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC (PGW) from private equity firm Kohlberg & Company LLC and PPG Industries, Inc. for an enterprise value of $635 million. PGW is a global distributor and manufacturer of automotive glass products. PGW’s business comprises wholesale and retail distribution services, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, LKQ Corporation, Pittsburgh Glass Works, PPG Industries

3M and Festool Announce Strategic Collaboration

February 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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The 3M Company and TTS Tooltechnic Systems AG & Co. KG, maker of Festool brand products, today announced a strategic collaboration to provide customers in the global automotive collision repair industry a new and comprehensive surface preparation and finishing system. The collaboration brings together 3M’s abrasives, global sales and distribution capabilities with Festool-branded premium power […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, Agreements Signed, Festool, TTS Tooltechnic Systems

Registration Open for April 7 NABC Regional Golf Fundraiser in Texas

February 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Registration is now open for the National Auto Body Council’s Regional Golf Fundraiser. The event will be held Thursday, April 7, in Dallas, Texas at the Texas Star Golf Course. Participants will join their industry friends and colleagues for some Texas-style golf and fun an meet and network with industry colleagues in the Southwest. Proceeds […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: NABC, National Auto Body Council

Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Ivania Konieczka Elected to CAPA’s Board of Directors

February 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) announced the election of Ivania Palacios Konieczka, Vice President of Personal Insurance Claims at Liberty Mutual Insurance. Konieczka joined Liberty Mutual Insurance in 2011 and is currently Vice President of Personal Insurance Claims for the Auto Physical Damage Product and Analytics group. She and her team are responsible for […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Board of Directors, CAPA, Certified Automotive Parts Association

Patents at Center of Audatex Lawsuit Against Mitchell Ruled Invalid

February 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board rules business processes covering total loss valuations that were at the heart of 2012 patent infringement lawsuit are not patentable. In a ruling filed February 19, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued its Final Written Decision in favor of Mitchell International’s petition […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: AudaExplore, Mitchell International, Solera Holdings

AAA: 87 Percent of Drivers Engage in Unsafe Behaviors Behind the Wheel

February 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

About 87 percent of drivers engaged in at least one risky behavior while behind the wheel within the past month, according to latest research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. These unsafe behaviors include driving while distracted, impaired, drowsy, speeding, running red lights or not wearing a seat belt. “There is a culture of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Distracted Driving

Auto Care Association Calls on Copyright Office to Clarify Consumer Ownership of Vehicle Software

February 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Auto Care Association submitted comments last week to the U.S. Copyright Office requesting the agency make clear that when purchasing a vehicle, the consumer also purchases the software in that vehicle. Last year, the Library of Congress published its final rule on the Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Copyright, Library of Congress, Software

NORTHEAST Trade Show Hosts Variable Rate System Seminar

February 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Over the last few years, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) has advocated support for the National AutoBody Research (NABR) Variable Rate System. As a way to expand the usage of the system in the Northeast region, NABR’s Sam and Richard Valenzuela will be presenting the Variable Rate System at AASP/NJ’s […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, Labor Rates, Northeast Trade Show, Variable Rate System

Crash Parts Maker Jui Li to Invest $48.5M in New Factory

February 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Export Processing Zone Administration (EPZA) under Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced that it recently approved an application from the Jui Li Enterprise Co. Ltd., the collision repair crash parts maker, to set up a factory in the Pingtung Export Processing Zone (PEPZ) of southern Taiwan. Pingtung is the southernmost city in Taiwan. According […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Jui Li, Non-OEM Parts, parts, Taiwan

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