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Registration Open for April 4 NABC Golf Fundraiser in Dallas, Texas

March 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Registration is now open for sponsors and golfers for the National Auto Body Council’s Collision Industry Golf Fundraiser April 4 in Dallas, Texas. The event will be held at the Texas Star Golf Resort in Euless. Title Sponsor Enterprise Rent-a-Car leads a roster of industry leaders already committed as event sponsors, including Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Golf Outing, National Auto Body Council

Interview: Jennifer Maher and Greg Settle, TechForce Foundation

March 14, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Jennifer Maher TechForce Foundation

Foundation is championing students seeking careers across the transportation industry, including collision repair, and developing partnerships with industry groups to achieve its goals. The shortage of collision repair technicians, evident in CollisionWeek’s Quarterly Collision Repair Business Conditions research as well as the Collision Repair Education Foundation and I-CAR Snapshot Survey of the Collision Industry, is […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Employment, Interview, TechForce Foundation

Small Business Optimism Increased in February

March 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

NFIB Optimism Index February 2018

Optimism, capital spending, compensation, job creation – all up, according to the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends survey Small business owners are showing unprecedented confidence in the economy as the optimism index continues at record high numbers, rising to 107.6 in February, according to the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey. The historically high numbers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: National Federation of Independent Business, Small Business Optimism Index

AirPro Diagnostics Named Preferred Provider for Maaco and CARSTAR

March 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AirPro Diagnostics logo

AirPro Diagnostics announced today that Maaco Auto Painting and Collision Repair and CARSTAR North America in the US and Canada named AirPro Diagnostics preferred provider for pre-and post-repair scan services.    “We are proud we’ve earned this designation and look forward to servicing CARSTAR and Maaco franchisees with our superior diagnostic scanning and OEM safety system […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, AirPro Diagnostics, CARSTAR, MAACO

Copart Acquires Finnish Salvage Auto Auction Company

March 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced that it has acquired Autovahinkokeskus Oy, a salvage auto auction company based in Finland doing business as AVK. “We are thrilled that AVK and its team members have joined the Copart family. We look forward to growing the business by providing outstanding results and service to our customers,” said Copart’s Chief […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Copart, Finland

Ron Coan Joins Spanesi Americas as Spray Products Specialist

March 13, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Spanesi Americas announced the addition of Ron Coan to its team in the role of Spray Products Specialist. Coan comes to Spanesi with over 35 years of experience spent mostly inside of spray booths. His expertise in the automotive coatings industry has provided him multiple opportunities to paint concept vehicles (including the Cadillac 16), one-of-a-kind […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, Spanesi

Pedestrian Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Accidents Remain High

March 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Marijuana laws

Growth in smartphone usage and marijuana legalization correlated with higher fatalities The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) projects nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2017, marking the second year in a row at numbers not seen in 25 years. GHSA’s annual Spotlight on Highway Safety provides the first […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Traffic Fatalities

Toyota Partners with Avis Budget Group on Connected Cars

March 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Toyota Connected North America, the global technology strategy business unit for Toyota, today announced a multi-year partnership with Avis Budget Group that will add 10,000 Toyota vehicles to Avis Car Rental’s expanding fleet of connected cars. Avis Budget Group will utilize Toyota’s proprietary Mobility Services Platform (MSPF) to enable greater operational and rental fleet efficiency […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Avis, Telematics, Toyota

WeGoLook Connects to the CCC ONE Platform

March 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

WeGoLook, an on-demand workforce solutions provider and subsidiary of Crawford & Company, announced it has full integration with the CCC ONE platform. Through the connection, CCC’s customers can electronically connect to WeGoLook’s on-demand field force of more than 40,000 Lookers to gather imagery and information in the field, in any U.S. location, in as little […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CCC, Crawford & Company, Integrations, WeGoLook

SCRS Releases Details of April 11 Repairer Roundtable in Colorado

March 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) will be hosting the annual “Repairer Roundtable” from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11th at the Westin in Westminster, Colo. The meeting is open to all industry participants, and is free of charge. SCRS only requests that attendees pre-register so we can accommodate the audience as […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Society of Collision Repair Specialists

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