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U.S. Auto Body Repair Price Growth Dropped Below General Inflation in April

May 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto body repair prices in April were up less than three percent compared to year ago and dropped below the rate of overall inflation in the U.S. The most recent government figures on inflation through April 2018 indicate the rate of growth of auto body repair prices has declined somewhat over the past few months, […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Auto Body Repair Prices, Auto Insurance Affordability, consumer price index, Inflation

Lawson Products Opening New Distribution Center in Alberta, Canada

May 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Lawson Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAWS), the parent of Kent Automotive, held an open house to celebrate its new distribution center in Alberta, Canada. The new distribution center, co-located in the recently acquired facility of The Bolt Supply House, allows Lawson to reduce product delivery time to within one to two business days to its Western Canadian […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Kent Automotive, Lawson Products, Openings

Lift Institute Warns Counterfeit Inspection Labels Found in New York City and Long Island

May 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Automotive Lift Institute, Inc. (ALI), issued a public announcement that counterfeit lift inspection labels have been found in New York City and Long Island with records going back to at least 2016. In recent months, various vehicle service lifts have been reported to display counterfeit inspection labels bearing ALI’s Certified Lift Inspector mark. Use […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automotive LIft Institute, Safety

Registration Open for September 17-19 CIECA Symposium

May 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

2018 CIECA Symposium

The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced that online registration is now open for its 2018 Symposium being held September 17-19 at the Hilton Downtown in Tampa, Fla. The annual CIECA Implementation Conference is the only industry event where business and technical personnel involved with application systems can get the knowledge they need to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Annual Conference, Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association

Women’s Industry Network Celebrates 2018 Most Influential Women Inductees

May 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Women’s Industry Network (WIN) conference attendees and other distinguished guests celebrated this year’s recipients of the Most Influential Women (MIW) award on May 8 during a ceremony held at the 2018 Educational Conference in Indianapolis, Ind. The event provided a glimpse into the MIW program’s history, recognized past recipients of the award and honored the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Most Influential Women Award, People, Women's Industry Network

California Assembly Committee Approves Amended Collision Repair Labor Rate Survey Bill

May 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AB 2276

Appropriations Committee approves amended legislation that would revise California Insurance Department regulations governing how auto insurer’s conduct labor rate surveys on collision repair work. The California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Friday amended and approved Assembly Bill 2276 (AB 2276) that would revise collision repair labor survey regulations that came into effect last year. The previous […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: California, Labor Rates, legislation

Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Center in Louisiana

May 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group Inc. announced the May 18, 2018 opening of a collision repair center in Alexandria, La. The center was previously operated as Kyle’s Collision Center and is located near the busy highways Route 167 and Interstate 49 and about 90 miles north of Gerber’s collision repair center in Lafayette. “We are very pleased […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Boyd Group, Louisiana

Service King Opens New Collision Repair Center in Dallas-Fort Worth

May 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Service King Little Elm

Service King Collision Repair Centers announced the opening of its 38th Dallas-Fort Worth collision repair center. The brand-new 20,000 square-foot facility is located along the rapidly growing Highway 380 corridor at 27710 E. University Dr. in Little Elm, Texas. With the announcement, Service King now operates a total network of 338 collision repair centers in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Openings, Service King Collision Repair Centers, Texas

Papageorg Named AASP/MA Executive Director

May 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (AASP/MA) announced it has partnered with Evangelos “Lucky” Papageorg, who will take over as Executive Director, and Thomas Greco Publishing, Inc., who will perform administrative duties for the association. Papageorg previously served as the Executive Director for  Massachusetts Auto Body Association (MABA), and more recently has been […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/MA, People

Women’s Industry Network Elects Board Leadership

May 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

At the recent Board of Directors meeting held during the Women’s Industry Network’s Educational Conference in Indianapolis, IN, the Board elected the 2018-2019 Executive Committee. The following appointments were made: Chair, Michelle Sullivan, FinishMaster, Inc. Vice-Chair, Jenny Anderson, Enterprise Holdings Inc. Treasurer, Cheryl Boswell, DCR Systems, LLC Secretary, Kathy Coffey, AkzoNobel Coatings, Inc. Immediate Past […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Board of Directors, People, Women's Industry Network

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