AkzoNobel announced it has become an Automotive Management Institute (AMi) Foundation Partner. AMi is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-deductible education organization. The accreditation enables AkzoNobel to further support and promote AMi’s role in filling a critical need for training and certification in the automotive collision industry. “While AkzoNobel has always been active in providing and […]
Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists Adds Two Executives to Corporate Team
Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists, LLC (AWRS) announced the addition of two key members to their Corporate staff. Jason Yarbrough, a former franchise owner, will assume the role as Franchise Relations Manager and Mike Perkins, as the new Director of Business Development. Yarbrough has been a part of AWRS since 2005. Throughout his time, Yarbrough’s efforts […]
SCRS Adds Audi of America as Corporate Member
Audi of America (Audi) is the latest automobile manufacturer to support the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) through Corporate Membership. “It’s important to us at Audi to be able to reach a wide audience with a shared point of view with the many different factions,” shared Mark Allen, Manager of Collision & Equipment for […]
TechForce Foundation Launches Because I’m a Tech Campaign
The TechForce Foundation has launched its Because I’m a Tech campaign (#becauseimatech) to coincide with Labor Day. The campaign is designed to educate teens and parents that there’s more than one road to success, that a technical education and career is a viable pathway to a rewarding future, and about the attractive opportunities of being […]
Toyota Invests $500 Million in Uber
Extends collaboration on automated vehicle technologies. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) today announced that they have agreed to expand their collaboration with the aim of advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale. To accomplish this, technology from each company will be integrated into purpose-built Toyota […]
Trump Administration Announces Preliminary Mexico Trade Agreement
President Trump yesterday announced that it had secured a preliminary United States–Mexico Trade Agreement that it believes modernizes and rebalances the trade relationship to reflect the realities of the 21st century. The effort, part of the Administration’s effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), includes “rules of origin” requirements to incentivize billions […]
Eustis Body Shop Opens Sixth Location in Nebraska
Doug Keller, owner of Eustis Body Shop, announced its sixth Nebraska location now open at 88th and Highway 2 in southeast Lincoln. Eustis Body Shop began as a one-shop enterprise in 1979 when Doug Keller opened up the first shop in his hometown of Eustis. A grand opening of the new location was held […]
Audatex Commits to $25,000 Donations to Collision Repair Education Foundation for Next Five Years
In addition to their $3,370,740 software donation last year through a partnership with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), Audatex, a Solera Company, has committed to donating $25,000 to the Foundation annually for the next five years. The funds are unrestricted and will be used to support collision repair education students and programs in North […]
NABR Launches Research on Estimate Data Covering Paid Not-Included Procedures
National AutoBody Research (NABR) announced the creation of its Collision Research Panel, a nationwide research panel of body shops to gather an extensive data set of actual repair data on insurer paid not-included procedures and operations, labor rates, labor rate concessions, and other manually entered estimate line items. To join the panel, shops can enroll […]
August Retail New-Vehicle Sales Projected for Largest Gain of 2018
J.D. Power and LMC Automotive project 1.3 percent increase in retail sales. Annual sales forecast revised upward. New-vehicle retail sales in August are expected to rise from a year ago according to a forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. Retail sales are projected to reach 1,280,400 units, a 1.3 percent increase compared […]
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