The Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) announced its 10th Annual Gala event which will be held at a new location in Palm Springs, Calif. on Thursday, January 16, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Registration for the event is available online. Due to growing attendance, rather than limit the number of guests who can attend, the event […]
Copart Expands in Montreal
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced a 24-acre expansion to its Montreal location in Quebec, Canada. “We are excited to grow our capacity in Canada by expanding our Montreal location,” said Managing Director of Copart Canada Steve Macaluso. “This will enable us to grow our vehicle inventory and offer our members even more choices.” “With this expansion, […]
Constantino Uliano Named Area Manager for Canada at Spanesi Americas
Spanesi Americas announced the addition of Constantino Uliano, Area Manager – Canada, to the its team in order to meet the increasing demands for customer sales, support and training in the Canada marketplace. Uliano is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry and is also a welding specialist. He […]
Ranken Technical College Instructor Walt Rundell to Receive I-CAR Award
I-CAR has announced that Walt Rundell, an instructor at Ranken Technical College will receive the 2019 I-CAR Platinum/ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) Master Collision Repair & Refinish Technician of the Year award. Rundell was cited by I-CAR for his career spanning nearly four decades, his robust and diverse skill set and his hands-on approach that has […]
CARSTAR Adds its 700th Collision Repair Facility to Network
CARSTAR Montrose in California is the franchise organization’s 700th in North America and 52nd in the state. CARSTAR celebrated a milestone yesterday as its network of independently owned collision repair facilities reached 700 with the addition of CARSTAR Montrose, located 2604 Honolulu Ave. in Montrose, Calif. “Becoming known for our premier collision repair quality and […]
Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Center in Louisiana
The Boyd Group Inc. announced the opening of a Gerber Collision & Glass collision repair center in Gonzales, La. The location previously operated as Precision Collision Center since being built 19 years ago. Gonzales is known as the “Jambalaya Capital of the World” as a result of its well-known annual Jambalaya Festival attended by more […]
I-CAR Plans to Finalize New Governance Structure at November Membership Meeting
The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, (I-CAR) announced it plans to vote on its new governance structure, that was announced last April, at its upcoming membership meeting on November 7 held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the SEMA show. The training organization is an Illinois corporation that was founded in 1979 to develop […]
NADA Urges Congress to Pass New North American Trade Pact
National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) 2019 Chairman Charlie Gilchrist announced October 8 the organization’s support for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at the Automotive Press Association luncheon in Detroit, Mich. The USMCA was signed last November by the United States, Canada and Mexico and the new trade agreement is designed to replace the North American […]
I-CAR Launches Enhanced Curriculum and Recognition Programs
Gold Class businesses and individuals who achieved Platinum recognition by October 1 grandfathered into new program with multi-year transition period. I-CAR announced the official launch of the enhancements to its core education and recognition programs that the non-profit training organization has been working on for the last few years. The changes include enhanced courses and […]
CCC Enables Collision Repair Facilities to Reach 1 Million Monthly Customer Engagement Milestone
CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announced today that a new customer engagement milestone was reached through its CCC ONE Platform. In the third quarter, CCC ONE powered nearly three million unique digital connections, one million in a single month, and enabled collision repair facilities to exchange more than 13 million individual messages with the customers […]