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WIN Presents Cornerstone Award at Annual Conference

May 31, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

This year’s Women’s Industry Network (WIN) Educational Conference was held May 1-3 in San Antonio, Texas, and Laura Kottschade Operations Manager of Jerry’s ABRA Auto Body & Glass – Mankato, Minn., and Jeanne Esquivel, Business Development Manager, Enterprise Holdings, were presented the WIN Cornerstone Award by WIN Chair Tanya Sweetland, General Manager, OEC. The WIN […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, Scholarships, Women's Industry Network

Vehicle Manufacturers Seek Restraining Order to Stop Massachusetts from Enforcing 2020 Right to Repair Law Updates

May 30, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Association representing manufacturers seeks to stop the Attorney General from enforcing provisions of voter approved law that was supposed to start June 1. On May 25, the Alliance for Automotive innovation, filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting enforcement of the 2020 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Attorney General, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition, Right to Repair

Florida Governor DeSantis Signs Auto Glass Bill That Prohibits Assignment of Benefits

May 30, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Bill prohibits steering, assignment of benefits and financial incentives by auto glass providers. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1002 (SB 1002) May 25 that prohibits repair facilities from offering incentives to customers on insurance claims or the assignment of benefits to a glass claim. SB 1002 amends the Florida Statutes to prohibit motor […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Assignment of Benefits, Auto Glass, Florida, legislation, Steering

AASP/NJ’s Lou Scoras Memorial Golf Outing Returns September 19

May 30, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

This September, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) will bring back its longstanding tradition of gathering the automotive community together for a fun day of golf and interaction for the first time since 2019. The 16th Annual Lou Scoras Memorial Golf Outing will be held Tuesday, September 19 at the Knob […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, Golf Outing, New Jersey

Northeast U.S. Homes Least Ready for Fast EV Chargers

May 30, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Broader U.S. electric vehicle (EV) adoption will demand significantly upgraded home-charging capacity – as about 80 percent of EV charging is done at home. Unfortunately, public charging today is a slow and cumbersome alternative for many American EV drivers – while home EV charging eliminates the burden of charging in the wild, maximizing the experience […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Electric Vehicles

PPG Invests $44 million to Boost Global Powder Coatings Production

May 30, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

PPG (NYSE:PPG) announced a $44 million investment to upgrade five powder coating manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Latin America. Collectively, the investment – $30 million for U.S. plants and $14 million for facilities in Latin America – is expected to increase overall capacity, add production capabilities for bonded metallic powders, improve processing times with automated […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Brazil, Indiana, Mexico, North Carolina, Powder Coatings, PPG, Texas

42.3 Million Americans Expected to Travel for Memorial Day Weekend

May 25, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Road trips projected up over 6% compared to 2022. AAA projects 42.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend, a 7% increase for all modes of travel compared to 2022. This year, 2.7 million more people will travel for the unofficial start of summer compared to last year, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Holiday Travel, INRIX

AIA Canada Partners with Ontario Government to Launch New Automotive Trades Training Program

May 25, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA Canada), in partnership with the Government of Ontario, St. Lawrence College, Conestoga College, Fanshawe College and Plug ‘N Drive, announced May 24 a new auto care industry training program to help address the industry’s workforce development challenges. Made possible through round three of the Ontario Government’s Skills Development […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AIA Canada, Canada, Ontario, Workforce Development

US House Republicans Send Letter to EPA Opposing Proposed Emissions Regulation

May 25, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Automotive Service Association (ASA) reports that the EPA received a letter signed by 151 Republican members of the U.S. House urging the agency to rescind its proposed rule that would create more stringent tail pipe emissions regulations for light and medium-heavy vehicles. If enacted, the rule would increasingly cap the amount of carbon dioxide […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Regulations, U.S. EPA, U.S. House of Representatives

State Farm Releases 2022 Impact Report

May 25, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

State Farm has released its 2022 Impact Report, an overview of “our efforts to be a good neighbor and work toward a better world tomorrow.” This is the company’s third report and details its efforts in 2022 and provides an update on the commitments it made to build a better world. Formerly titled the Environmental, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ESG, State Farm

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