Auto Care Association and FIGIEFA co-host aftermarket associations from six continents; Insurance Europe among the participants and Malaysia joins for the first time. Automotive aftermarket associations from six continents met during Automechanika Frankfurt for the Right to Repair Global meeting, where delegates said the fight over independent vehicle repair has moved beyond access to service […]
Robotic Painting Workshops Sell Out at Automechanika Frankfurt
Hands-on training sessions on AI-supported robotic painting ran fully booked at Automechanika Frankfurt 2026, which drew more than 112,000 trade visitors from 173 countries to the five-day aftermarket fair that closed Sept. 12. Glass repair workshops drew comparable demand, organizer Messe Frankfurt said. Automated refinish application has advanced through a run of vendor investments and […]
Copart Launches Tender Offer for ACV Auctions Shares, Sets Sept. 30 Expiration
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPRT) has launched its tender offer for all outstanding shares of ACV Auctions Inc. (NYSE: ACVA) at $10.50 per share in cash, moving forward with the approximately $1.9 billion acquisition the companies announced Sept. 10. The offer, commenced Sept. 17 through Apple Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned Copart subsidiary, is scheduled […]
MSO Symposium Releases Agenda for November 2 Las Vegas Conference
Insurance and consumer behavior sessions join the program held ahead of the SEMA and AAPEX shows. The Automotive Service Association has confirmed the session lineup for the 15th annual MSO Symposium, the one-day conference for multi-shop operators set for Nov. 2 in Las Vegas ahead of the SEMA and AAPEX trade shows. This year’s program […]
State Farm Backs Wildlife Crossing Reauthorization as Animal Claims Fall to 1.6 Million
State Farm said Sept. 15 that it supports federal funding for wildlife road crossings, including enactment of the Wildlife Road Crossings Program Reauthorization Act of 2025, and estimated that more than 1.6 million auto insurance claims industry-wide involved animal collisions in the 12 months ending June 30. The figure is down from the 1.7 million […]
Axalta CTO Robert Roop Receives 2026 PCI Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert K. Roop, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Axalta Coating Systems, has received the 2026 Paint & Coatings Industry Lifetime Achievement Award, presented Sept. 16 at the Coatings Trends & Technologies Summit in Lombard, Ill. Roop leads a global organization of about 1,300 scientists, engineers and technical professionals across 21 product development […]
Surventis Introduces LightAssist Color Matching Visualization in Refinity
Surventis has added a visualization mode called LightAssist to the color module of Refinity, its cloud-based digital platform, aimed at the match decisions painters find hardest to make on screen: black and dark effect colors. The company announced the feature Sept. 9 and introduced it at Automechanika Frankfurt, which ran Sept. 8-12 in Frankfurt, Germany. […]
Colours Acquires Stephens Auto in Hornell, New York
Colours Inc. has acquired Stephens Auto Inc. of Hornell, N.Y., a deal that gives the paint, body and equipment distributor five locations in New York State. Terms were not disclosed. Stephens Auto has served the Hornell-area automotive market for decades, according to Colours, which said it will bring its product lines, technical expertise, training, inventory […]
Registration Open for Georgia Collision Industry Association Oct. 12 Golf Tournament
The Georgia Collision Industry Association will hold its 2026 golf tournament Oct. 12 at Eagle Watch Golf Club in Woodstock, Ga., sponsored by Ed Voyles Automotive. Registration and breakfast begin at 8 a.m. and a shotgun start follows at 10 a.m. Sponsorships run from $1,000 to $5,000. The $5,000 Diamond sponsorship includes three foursomes and […]
NJM Earns Ninth Consecutive J.D. Power Auto Claims Certification
NJM Insurance Group has earned the J.D. Power Auto Claims Certification for a ninth consecutive year, satisfying 66 of 68 evaluation metrics in the 2026 audit for a 97% success rate. The program’s minimum threshold is 80%. NJM sells personal insurance directly to consumers in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The audit itself […]
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