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I-CAR Training Featured at Northeast Trade Show

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) announced that the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) will be hosting three events over the course of the weekend at NORTHEAST 2018 trade show. On Saturday, March 17, from 8 a.m – 12 p.m., Michael Bonsanto and Peter Fryzel of I-CAR will be […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: I-CAR, Northeast Trade Show

Ford Selects OEConnection for Mechanical Parts Marketing Program

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Ford Motor Company has selected OEConnection LLC (OEC) for a comprehensive mechanical parts ordering and fulfillment program through the OEC RepairLink solution. With the Ford and Motorcraft Stars (FAMS) Pricing Program, Ford Certified Parts Wholesale Dealers are able to offer competitive pricing to their mechanical repair shop customers on program parts utilizing the RepairLink platform. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Ford Motor Company, OEConnection

mikeroweWORKS Foundation to Provide Travel Scholarships to SkillsUSA Championships

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The mikeroweWORKS Foundation has contributed $50,000 to a SkillsUSA scholarship fund for students competing in the world’s largest showcase of career and technical education at the 2018 National Leadership and Skills Conference being held June 26-29 in Louisville, Ky. This is the eighth consecutive year that the mikeroweWORKS Foundation has offered travel scholarships to SkillsUSA […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mikeroweWorks Foundation, Scholarships, SkillsUSA

Indiana House Insurance Committee Amends and Approves Legislation Defining Deceptive Collision Repair Practices

February 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Indiana Senate Bill 164

Adds language to Senate Bill prohibiting assignment of benefits to collision repair facilities. Amendment eliminates most restrictions on insurers. The Indiana House Committee on Insurance amended and approved Senate Bill 164 (SB 164) on February 21 by a vote of 12-0. While SB 164 originally included extensive anti-steering provisions, amendments in both the Senate and […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Anti-Steering, Assignment of Benefits, Indiana, legislation

Liberty Mutual Acquires Mapfre’s Personal Lines Business in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee

February 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

MAPFRE Insurance, that announced in December it will cease operating in five states to focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of the five states it is leaving to Safeco Insurance, a unit of Liberty Mutual. MAPFRE has agreed to provide Safeco the opportunity to underwrite its personal lines policies […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Indiana, Kentucky, Liberty Mutual Insurance, MAPFRE, Safeco, Tennessee

PPG Foundation Invests More Than $63,000 on Behalf of Automotive Refinish Business

February 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Funding supports programs in communities where PPG operates PPG (NYSE:PPG) announced that the PPG Foundation invested more than $63,000 in eight organizations in 2017 on behalf of PPG’s automotive refinish business, which operates an administrative office in Pittsburgh and two manufacturing facilities in Ohio. The grant recipients and funding purposes were: American Association of University […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Donations, PPG Industries

The Collision Centers Acquires Sixth Collision Repair Center on Long Island

February 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Collision Centers of New York announced it has acquired Silver Star Collision in Port Jefferson, N.Y. The new collision repair center is located at 14 Industrial Road. With the acquisition The Collision Centers has six locations in Suffolk County on Long Island. Operations will be transitioned to The Collision Centers effective immediately. “We are […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, New York State, The Collision Centers

Quickbooks Training Available for Collision Repair Facilities

February 22, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AEII-QuickBooksRus announced the debut of The Owner’s Handbook & The Bookkeepers Perspective, a two-day training course specifically tailored for the collision industry taught by Certified Quick Books Advisor and former collision repair shop owner Tony Passwater from AEII.  Participants will have the opportunity to work in a “live” setting with their own individual computers equipped […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Management Training

LKQ Reports Revenue Up 13.4 percent in 2017

February 22, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Organic revenue growth for year was 4.1 percent LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31. For the fourth quarter of 2017, revenue was $2.47 billion compared with $2.15 billion for the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of 14.9 percent. For the fourth quarter, parts […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Earnings, LKQ Corporation, Openings

Boyd Group Acquires Four Collision Repair Centers in Ontario, Canada

February 21, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group Inc. announced that on January 31 it acquired a multi-store operation located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada with  four collision repair centers. The centers were previously operated by the Nero Family as Regent Autobody. “We are very excited to add these new locations, which have served the Sudbury market well for over 30 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Boyd Group, Canada, Ontario

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