The Refinish Distributors Alliance (RDA) announced it has added a new member, Ogden Auto Parts & Glass Co., with headquarters in Ogden, Utah. Ogden Auto Parts & Glass Co. was founded in 1929. They are a family owned business with the fifth generation still actively involved in managing the business. Bret Thorpe, the COO/CEO, and […]
PPG Foundation Funds Refinish Scholarships through Collision Repair Education Foundation
The PPG Foundation has provided $20,000 in funding for the Collision Repair Education Foundation that will be awarded to students who have demonstrated a career interest in automotive collision repair and refinish. The scholarships, $5,000 each, are awarded annually to full-time students attending a post-secondary school with a focus on degree programs in collision repair. […]
Indiana Senate Approves Amended Bill Placing Anti-Steering Restrictions on Collision Repairers and Insurers
While restrictions on collision repair facilities remain, several proposed restrictions on insurer activities removed from amended legislation. Indiana Senate Bill 164 (SB 164), introduced by State Senator Mark Messmer in early January, that sought to define and prohibit several practices by both collision repair facilities and insurance companies that affect their relationships with customers, was […]
SEM Products Announces Collision Repair Approvals from FCA
SEM announced that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) now officially recommends 14 SEM products for use in collision repair facilities in accordance with FCA repair procedures. Outlined below, these products can be used as dictated by brand and part # or “equivalent” on repair procedures outlined by FCA Technical Service Bulletins (TSB). Adhesives 40202 Dual-Mix Quick […]
IIHS and HLDI Announce Board Election Results
Nationwide’s Windsor elected IIHS chairman, Amica’s Petrarca elected HLDI chairman The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the election of William L. Windsor Jr. as chairman of its Board of Directors. Windsor is associate vice president, Office of Consumer Safety, Nationwide Insurance. He succeeds Floyd M. Yager, senior vice president and chief data officer, Allstate […]
Spanesi Collision Repair Equipment Approved by Tesla
On January 16, Tesla, Inc. announced they have added three new Spanesi structural repair benches and the Touch Measuring System to their OEM approved equipment list, for Tesla Approved Body Shop program. “Spanesi is excited to be a part of approved list of collision repair equipment recognized in the Tesla Approved Body Shop program,” states […]
AASP-MN Automotive Scholarship Applications Open
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) will be awarding scholarships to select students enrolled in post-secondary mechanical or collision repair programs. Scholarship awards will be $1,000 per student and can be applied towards tuition or tool purchases. Recipients must be entering their first or second year of a two-year NATEF-certified automotive program […]
Nationwide Announces Venture Capital Investment to Build Safe Driving Network
Nationwide is making a strategic venture capital investment in Nexar, an Israeli-based startup focused on building the world’s largest safe driving network. Nationwide’s stake in Nexar is part of a new $30 million Series B round of funding recently announced by the Tel Aviv-based company. “Our venture capital approach is key to Nationwide’s innovation strategy,” […]
New Vehicle Retail Sales Pace to Decline in January
J.D. Power and LMC Automotive Project Full Year Retail Sales to Fall 1.5% For the second consecutive year, the new vehicle retail sales pace in January is expected to fall from year-ago levels, according to a forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) for retail sales is […]
NJM Announces Mitch Livingston to Succeed Retiring CEO
NJM Insurance Group announced that President & Chief Executive Officer, Bernie Flynn, will retire on April 27, , after a career at the Company that spanned 25 years, including the past 10 as its leader. Mitch Livingston, NJM’s Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, has been selected by the Company’s Board of Directors to succeed […]
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