Report recommends ways to expand consumers’ repair options, including more enforcement, and use of voluntary agreements between manufacturers and independent repairers. In a new report to Congress, the Federal Trade Commission identifies numerous types of repair restrictions across industries such as mobile phones and automobiles. Concerns raised in the report and by proponents of an […]
Women’s Industry Network Announces Scholarship Recipients
The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) has announced 11 new recipients to receive the 2021 WIN College Student Tuition and Conference Scholarship Award. This scholarship is presented annually to deserving students enrolled in a post-secondary collision repair technology program. Each recipient receives a $1,000 scholarship to continue their post-secondary education in collision repair and complimentary registration […]
Collision Industry Foundation Online Silent Auction Ends Today at 3PM
The Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) virtual silent auction will remain open for bidding through until 3 p.m. (EDT) today, Friday, May 7. Registration for the event is available online. There are up to 30 items to bid on, with something for everyone. Bid on sports memorabilia like autographed items by Joe Namath, Pete Rose, and […]
Improvements in Gasoline Consumption Slowed in Late April
Demand for gasoline on weekly basis in top 10 since start of pandemic for most of April. Interstate travel was down in mid-April after exceeding pre-pandemic levels for one week. 13 of top 15 metro areas have above average percentage of people working from home. The recovery in traffic volume remains near the best levels […]
Crash Champions Acquires 8 Collision Repair Centers Across the Midwest
Crash Champions, LLC announced it closed out the month of April with the acquisition of eight collision repair shops in Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. These acquisitions complement Crash Champions’ earlier purchase of nine repair shops located throughout the Midwestern market earlier this year. In East Moline, Illinois, Crash Champions completed the acquisition of Collision […]
TuSimple and Liberty Mutual Insurance Partner to Study the Safety Benefits of Autonomous Trucks
TuSimple (NASDAQ:TSP), a global self-driving technology company based in San Diego, California, and Liberty Mutual Insurance, the sixth largest global property and casualty insurer, announced a partnership to assess the comparative safety of autonomous trucks. TuSimple and Liberty Mutual will work together to better understand how autonomous technologies perform in comparison to the same types […]
Boyd Group Acquires Three Collision Repair Centers in Wisconsin and North Carolina
Adds locations in two separate transactions. The Boyd Group announced the acquisition of two collision repair centers in North Carolina and one in Wisconsin in two separate transactions. The two North Carolina locations operated as Overton Body Shop, founded in 1980 with an opening in Southern Pines followed by the addition of Sanford in 2019. […]
US Light Vehicle Sales Shatter Projections in April
Sales at an annual selling rate above 18 million units for the second consecutive month. US Light Vehicle sales broke records once again in April, according to LMC Automotive, the independent automotive global forecasting and market intelligence company. Light Vehicle sales totaled 1.54 million units, the highest volume for the month of April ever. At […]
Wesco Group Acquires Ogden Auto Color
The Wesco Group, the paint, body and equipment distributor in the Western U.S. and Canada, announced Ogden Auto Color has joined the Wesco family of companies. Ogden Auto Color is based out of Ogden, Utah with three locations serving the state out of Ogden, Salt Lake City and Orem. Ogden Auto Color was founded in […]
CSN Adds Five Collision Repair Facilities to Network in April
CSN Collision Centres announced it signed five new locations in Canada during April. The additions come as CSN looks to solidify itself as the preferred option for independent and banner repairers who are interested in joining a network to secure their future in the increasingly competitive collision industry. “We know that our model works and […]
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