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IAA Relocates St. Louis East Branch to Larger Facility

October 19, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA) announced the relocation and expansion of its St. Louis East branch to Caseyville, Illinois. This new location, approximately twelve miles from St. Louis, Mo., updates the branch facilities and supports IAA’s growth in this expanding market. The new site accommodates the increased capacity needs of the company’s customers.  “IAA is pleased […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Illinois, Insurance Auto Auctions, Openings

U.S. Length of Rental Declines in Third Quarter

October 19, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Length of Rental Q3 2020

Latest data from Enterprise Rent-a-Car shows rental length has stabilized following disruptions by COVID-19 crisis earlier this year. As patterns of “new normal” emerge – from continued remote working to limited travel, business as usual and everything in between – Enterprise has continued to track results and patterns in the Length of Rental (LOR) for […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Length of Rental, PartsTrader

State Farm Makes $100 Million Pledge to Close Racial Equity and Justice Gaps

October 16, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

To promote change State Farm is pledging $100 million over five years to support minority communities and issues of racial equity and justice. This is just one part of the insurer’s ongoing efforts to bring about change.  “State Farm has a long history and commitment to social justice,” said Victor Terry, Chief Diversity Officer and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Donations, State Farm

EU Passenger Car Registrations Up Over 3% in September Compared to Last Year

October 16, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

September 2020 EU Vehicle Registrations

Even with increase, for the first nine months registrations are down nearly 30%. In another sign of an improving global automotive economy, in September the EU passenger car market registered the first increase of the year compared to 2019. Registrations grew by 3.1% last month to reach 933,987 new cars sold across the European Union. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Europe, New Vehicle Registrations

John Bean Becomes WorldSkills Global Partner

October 16, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

John Bean logo

WorldSkills International announced that John Bean, the wheel alignment and ADAS-calibration equipment supplier, has become a Global Partner. John Bean will support Automobile Technology with Wheel Alignment and Calibration equipment at WorldSkills Shanghai 2021. John Bean’s precision equipment includes Wheel Aligners, ADAS-calibration tools, Tire Changers, Wheel Balancers and Lifts designed and manufactured to the highest […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, John Bean, WorldSkills Competition

Andrea Giunta Named Vice President, Science and Technology, Color at PPG

October 16, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

PPG (NYSE:PPG) announced the appointment of Andrea Giunta as vice president, science and technology (S&T), color, effective Oct. 1. Reporting to David Bem, PPG vice president, S&T and chief technology officer, Giunta will lead the company’s corporate color organization and strategic color direction to enable activities such as automated color matching and digital color renderings. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, PPG Industries

Collision Repair Education Foundation Partners with 90 I-CAR Volunteer Committees on Fundraiser

October 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

CREF Collision Cup

Winter virtual golf fundraiser, sponsored by PPG, will benefit local collision repair school programs. To raise additional support for high school and college collision school programs, the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) will be collaborating with 90 I-CAR Volunteer Committee groups nationwide on a winter virtual golf fundraiser, exclusively sponsored by PPG Automotive. More information […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Career and Technical Education, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Fundraiser, PPG Industries

CSN Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Ontario

October 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

CSN Lew Carlaw

CSN Collision Centres announced the addition of CSN Lew Carlaw in Campbellford, Ontario, Canada to its collision repair network. The Carlaw family has been a staple in the automotive collision repair industry for over 60 years. For the Carlaw family the automotive repair industry is one they know well. Following in the footsteps of the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canada, CSN Collision Centres, Network Affiliations, Ontario

AAA Reports Americans Planning Fall Travel with Cautious Optimism

October 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

AAA Fall Travel

According to a recent AAA Travel survey, American travelers are making vacation plans through the end of the year, but remain cautiously optimistic about those future plans. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. adults planning a vacation before the end of the year report some degree of uncertainty they will actually be able to take their vacation. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Travel Forecast

AkzoNobel Named New Vendor of the Year by Advance Auto Parts

October 15, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

AkzoNobel Advance Auto Parts New Vendor of Year Award

AkzoNobel announced that it has been named the New Vendor of the Year by Advance Auto Parts. According to remarks made by Advance during the award presentation, “AkzoNobel has shown the highest level of commitment to training, sales support, marketing support and advancing market share than any vendor in their product category in Advance history.” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advance Auto Parts, AkzoNobel, Vendor Awards

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