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Copart Canada Moves to a New Facility in Calgary

February 21, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the grand opening of a new facility in Calgary, Alberta. Copart has moved its current operations in Calgary to this new location, located at 234082 84 Street SE in Rocky View County. In conjunction with the grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony on December 7, 2017, Copart Canada also hosted its first […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alberta, Canada, Copart, Openings

Hartford Acquires Commercial Independent Agent Business Of Foremost Insurance

February 21, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Hartford announced it has entered into a renewal rights agreement with the Farmers Exchanges to acquire its Foremost-branded small commercial business sold through independent agents. The Hartford Insurance Group was the 14th largest commercial auto insurer in the U.S. with over $603 million in direct premiums written in 2016. The Foremost-branded small commercial independent […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Commercial Auto Insurance, Farmers Insurance, Foremost Insurance, The Hartford

Refinish Distributors Alliance Adds New Member in New York State

February 21, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Refinish Distributors Alliance (RDA) announced that Central Auto Body Supply, serving the Central New York region since 1979, is its newest member.  They are a single line BASF Color Source distributor and have two locations, which are in Auburn and Buffalo, N.Y. “We are excited to have Central Auto Body Supply as part of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Network Affiliations, New York State, Refinish Distributors Alliance

Fix Auto UK Express Collision Repair Center on Isle of Wight Now Operational

February 21, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto UK announced Fix Auto Fix & Go Isle of Wight is now fully operational. The site is the first express vehicle repair facility on the island and has been completed three months after the facility was announced in November. This is the latest venture by brothers Terry and Chris Clemens, as Fix Auto […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fix Auto UK, Network Affiliations

S/P2 Careers Offers Automotive Businesses Access to Over 30,000 Student Technician Resumes

February 21, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

S/P2 announced it has made its S/P2 Careers resume database publicly available for automotive and collision repair shops and businesses. An S/P2 Careers subscription allows businesses to access the resumes of more than 30,000 career tech students looking for full-time, part-time, and internship opportunities. Businesses can use S/P2 Careers to recruit from career technical schools […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: S/P2

IIHS Questions Conclusions from Tracy Crash Test Data on Safety of Non-OEM Parts

February 20, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Following examination of publicly-available results, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety stands by its previous statements that cosmetic parts are irrelevant to crashworthiness and that non-OEM structural parts can meet OEM performance. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) issued an advisory last week examining the publicly-available results from crash tests conducted by the Tracy […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Crash Testing, injur, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Non-OEM Parts

Acquisitions Drive Uni-Select Sales Up 42.6% in Fourth Quarter

February 20, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

FinishMaster US sales up 10.1% in the fourth quarter, 8.2% for the year. Uni-Select Inc. (TSE:UNS), the parent of FinishMaster, today reported sales up 42.6 percent to $415.0 million in the fourth quarter and up 21.0 percent to $1,448.3 million for 2017 due to the Parts Alliance and other acquisitions combined with organic sales growth […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Earnings, FinishMaster, Uni-Select

Fix Auto USA Announcements Management Appointments

February 20, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto USA announced the promotion of Landon Thompson to the role of Vice President of Field Operations and appointment of Greg Carter to the role of Director of Franchise Development to its management team. Thompson has accepted the role of Vice President of Field Operations, previously Senior Director of Field Operations. In his expanded […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fix Auto USA, People

Craggan and Gruskos Join AASP/NJ Board

February 20, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

At their February Board Meeting, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) welcomed two new Board members. Following the untimely passing of late Board members Anthony Sauta and Billy Aiello, the association added Dave Gruskos of Reliable Automotive Equipment and John Craggan of Ultimate Collision Repair, Inc. to the Board of Directors. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, Board of Directors, People

Weather Data Provider Baron Joins CCC X Connected Data Exchange

February 16, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Baron Services, Inc., the provider of weather data, has announced plans to join the CCC X Connected Data Exchange to provide live and historical weather data. CCC X helps convert connected data into actionable insights for consumer and commercial applications in the automotive, insurance, and collision repair industries. CCC X will ingest radar information and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Baron Services Inc., CCC, Weather

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