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Nagy’s Celebrates Grand Opening at New Orrville, Ohio Office and Estimating Center

February 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Nagy's Collision Orrville Ohio Grand Opening

Nagy’s Collision Centers recently announced it celebrated the grand opening of its new facility in Orrville, Ohio on Friday, February 2. The new center, located at 1793 North Main St., will house the company’s corporate offices, an Estimating Center and an Enterprise Rental Center. The grand opening event had over 130 guests attend the celebration, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Nagy's Collision Centers, Ohio, Openings

Collision Safety Consultants Adds 8 Locations

February 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision Safety Consultants logo

Collision Safety Consultants, the provider of diminished value and post collision repair inspections for consumers announced it has added eight new locations. According to Billy Walkowiak, founder and CEO of Collision Safety Consultants, they now have 12 locations in the U.S. and two international locations. The new locations include: Collision Safety Consultants Of Southern Arizona, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Safety Consultants, Network Affiliations

CAPA Certified Collision Repair Parts Program Grows 19% in 2017

February 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Adds six new manufacturers to program The Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) reported that it saw across the board increases in the number of CAPA Certified parts available to the U.S. market during 2017.  Based on distribution of its unique yellow and blue CAPA Quality Seal, manufacturers have increased seal requests by 19 percent over […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Certified Automotive Parts Association, Non-OEM Parts

2018 Winter Olympic Athletes Sport Axalta Coatings

February 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Axalta Ski Coatings

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) has worked behind the scenes to provide coatings that are designed to protect and beautify ski equipment at the Winter Olympics taking place in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. This is not the first time Axalta’s coatings have proved themselves at a global sporting event. Last year, many of the skiers at […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Axalta Coating Systems

Enterprise Foundation Donates $20 Million to Help Fight Hunger

February 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation has now donated $20 million to food banks around the world as part of one of the largest donations aimed at fighting hunger. The program, known as Fill Your Tank, is a companywide initiative launched in October 2016 to celebrate Enterprise’s 60th anniversary by providing a total of $60 million to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Donations, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

RICO Lawsuit Against State Farm to Proceed

February 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

State Farm RICO suit

Judge denies State Farm motion to dismiss case seeking reinstatement of $1.18 billion aftermarket collision repair parts verdict. U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon denied a motion last week by State Farm attorney seeking a summary judgement to have a 2012 lawsuit dismissed that alleges the auto insurer recruited and secretly bankrolled Illinois Supreme Court […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Hale, Karmeier, Lawsuit, State Farm

ASA Calls for Opposition to Missouri Anti-Vehicle Safety Inspection Legislation

February 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

According to the Automotive Service Association (ASA) on February 7, the Missouri House Transportation Committee held a hearing to address House Bill (HB) 1444 that would repeal Missouri’s vehicle safety inspection program. ASA opposes HB 1444 and encourages all interested parties in Missouri to visit the alerts section of TakingTheHill.com to contact their state representatives […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automotive Service Association, legislation, Missouri, Safety Inspection

A.M. Best Projects Property/Casualty Insurance 2017 Underwriting Loss of $29 Billion

February 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

A.M. Best expects the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry to post a second consecutive underwriting loss in 2017, driven mainly by catastrophe losses. As a result, the industry 2017 combined ratio is estimated to deteriorate to 105.1 from 100.9 in the previous year, according to A.M. Best’s 2018 Review/Preview special report on the P/C industry. The […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: A.M. Best, Profitability, Property Casualty Insurance

Industry Veteran Seeks Input for Collision Repair Industry History Book

February 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Yesterwreck website

Gary Ledoux, industry veteran and former OEM program administrator, and now a freelance collision industry journalist announced the launch of his new website, designed to support Ledoux’s forthcoming book, “YesterWreck: The History of the Collision Industry in America.” The site was created and is managed by Optima Automotive of Batavia, Ill.   Ledoux’s book will […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: History, Yesterwreck

Spies Hecker Renews Three-Year Agreement with Volkswagen Group UK

February 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Spies Hecker, one of the refinish paint brands of Axalta Coating Systems, announced it has maintained its preferred paint partner status with the Volkswagen Group UK (VWG) in a three-year contract renewal. Mark Andrews, National Sales Manager for Axalta in the UK & Ireland, says, “Spies Hecker and Volkswagen Group UK (VWG) have worked closely […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Approvals, Spies Hecker, United Kingdom, Volkswagen

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