The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced the recipient of the Sulkala Family Scholarship. The Sulkala Family scholarship program honors NABC Founder and longtime executive director Chuck Sulkala who retired last year. Sulkala is also a Trustee Emeriti of the Foundation. The 2019 Sulkala Family Scholarship recipient, Joseph Silbaugh, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis, Minn., will […]
IAA Expands in Indianapolis
IAA, Inc. (NYSE: IAA) announced the expansion of its Indianapolis branch. This investment will increase the branch’s ability to support new customer demand in Indianapolis and the surrounding metropolitan area. “This expansion brings needed resources to the Indianapolis branch and brings us to over 70 acres of capacity,” said John Kett, Chief Executive Officer and […]
Small Business Optimism Index Declined Slightly in August
Predictions of looming recession weigh on outlook. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index fell 1.6 points to 103.1, remaining within the top 15 percent of readings. Overall, August was a good month for small business. However, optimism slipped because fewer owners said they expect better business conditions and real sales […]
Darrell Amberson to Moderate November 4 MSO Symposium
Darrell Amberson, President of Operations at Minnesota-based LaMettry’s Collision, has been named as the event moderator for this year’s MSO Symposium. The event takes place Monday, November 4 at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. Early-bird registration for the MSO Symposium is available through September 20. “The MSO Symposium is an event like […]
CSN Adds Two Collision Repair Centers to Network in Ontario
CSN Collision Centres announced the addition of CSN Formula and CSN Morningside, located in Scarborough Ontario, Canada. Owned and operated by the Drive Autogroup, the new locations are situated between Markham and Scarborough. Drive Autogroup serves customers throughout the greater Toronto area through a developed network of nine dealerships across the OEM spectrum. With Honda, […]
Axalta Sells Its 60,000th Spectrophotometer
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) today announced that it has sold its 60,000th spectrophotometer, with 10,000 sold in the past 15 months. The company attributes the rapid increase in recent sales mainly to a strong global digitization trend. These increasingly popular handheld digital tools are an accurate and fast way of color matching that boost the […]
AAA Reports Annual Cost of Vehicle Ownership Rises to $9,282 on Higher Financing Costs
It’s going to cost more for those looking to buy a new car this year. Finance costs on new car purchases have jumped 24% in 2019, according to new AAA research, pushing the average annual cost of vehicle ownership to $9,282, or $773.50 a month. That’s the highest cost associated with new vehicle ownership since […]
Root Insurance Raises $350 Million in Latest Funding Round
Root Insurance announced it raised $350 million in Series E funding. Root has now raised a total of $523 million in funding, with an additional $100 million in debt financing. This latest round, led by DST Global and Coatue, raises Root’s valuation to $3.65 billion and provides additional capital to accelerate growth in existing markets […]
Tractable Announces AI Photo Appraisal Partnerships
Tractable announced a series of industry partnerships to bring artificial intelligence (AI) photo appraisal to the North America auto collision repair and claim ecosystem, following requests from North American insurers. Key partners include Thatcham Research, LKQ Corporation, and the Automotive Body Parts Association, among others. The new collaborations combine Tractable’s AI algorithms with industry data […]
IBIS 20th Anniversary Global Summit June 8-10 in Monaco
Monaco is the location for the IBIS Global Summit 2020 taking place from June 8-10 at the Le Méridien Plaza hotel. The event marks the 20th anniversary of the IBIS Global Summit series. The theme for next year’s event is Tomorrow’s world, today or Le monde de demain, aujourd’hui. The collision industry’s world influencers, decision […]
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