Abra Auto Body Repair has a new franchise owner in southeastern South Dakota, with Bruce Nerison taking the reins of Abra Yankton, the company announced. The ownership transition maintains local service at the 8,000-square-foot facility, which operates inside Northtown Chevy Buick GMC and employs five technicians across more than 10 work bays and two paint […]
Safelite Donates $50,000 to Collision Engineering Career Alliance
The Collision Engineering Career Alliance said April 9 that Safelite, the vehicle glass repair, replacement and recalibration company, has contributed $50,000 to support the nonprofit’s technician training program at partner colleges across the country. The donation adds to a growing list of industry contributions aimed at expanding the pipeline of collision repair technicians at a […]
Auto Care Association Launches Grant Program to Equip High School Automotive Classrooms
The Auto Care Association’s Tool and Equipment community has launched a grant program to supply tools and equipment to high school automotive vocational programs across the United States, the association announced April 9. The “Tools for Tomorrow’s Technicians” initiative invites high school instructors and program leaders to describe their classroom needs and the challenges they […]
Triple-I Targets Oklahoma and Wisconsin Lawmakers With Legal System Abuse Campaigns
The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) has launched consumer and legislative awareness campaigns in Oklahoma and Wisconsin that tie rising auto, home and business insurance costs to lawsuit abuse and press state lawmakers to advance tort reform before their sessions adjourn. The campaigns pair digital out-of-home advertising around the Oklahoma and Wisconsin state capitols with targeted […]
NHTSA Issues Initial Decision Finding Safety Defect in Chinese DTN Air Bag Inflators
Airbags linked to 10 deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued an initial decision finding that frontal driver air bag inflators manufactured by Jilin Province Detiannuo Safety Technology Co., Ltd. (DTN) of China contain a safety-related defect, a step that could lead to a permanent ban on the sale of the inflators in […]
Progressive Renews Long-Term Contract With Mitchell
Mitchell announced today that Progressive Insurance has signed a long-term renewal of its contract for auto physical damage software, extending a relationship that began in 2010. The renewal provides Progressive with continued access to Mitchell’s platform for collision claims, damage appraisals, total loss valuations and interactions with repair facility partners. The renewal preserves a key […]
Autel U.S. ADAS Training Program Earns ASE and I-CAR Accreditation
Autel U.S. announced that its Autel Academy ADAS Training Program has received accreditation from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR). The dual accreditation verifies that the instructor-led program meets curriculum, instruction, facility and resource standards set by two of the collision and mechanical repair […]
House of Kolor Marks 70th Anniversary with New Products, Events and Content Series
House of Kolor, the custom automotive paint brand owned by Sherwin-Williams, is marking its 70th anniversary with a year-long program of new product launches, community events, technical school visits and editorial content highlighting the brand’s history in custom refinish. The Minneapolis-born brand, founded in 1956 by Jon “Koz” Kosmoski, introduced the refinish industry’s first organic-pigment […]
Hunter Engineering’s Global Sales Chief John Zentz to Retire at Year End
Hunter Engineering said John Zentz, senior vice president of global sales, will retire Dec. 31, 2026, capping a career with the automotive equipment maker that began in 1995. Zentz has led Hunter’s worldwide commercial organization since 2018 and oversees a field force the company said numbers more than 1,000 representatives. “For more than 25 years, […]
New Light-Vehicle Sales Pace Down Year over Year
While the highest sales rate of the quarter, year-ago sales were up sharply as consumers pulled forward purchases due to impending tariffs. New light-vehicle sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 16.3 million units in March 2026, down 8.7% year-over-year, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association’s latest Market Beat report authored by chief […]
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