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Impact of Marijuana Legalization and Automated Vehicles on Agenda at National Highway Safety Conference

August 22, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

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750 of the nation’s top highway safety leaders will convene at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, Calif. next week for the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) Annual Meeting, Imagine the Future: Advancing Traffic Safety through Technology and Innovation, occurring August 25-28. The meeting draws attendees from the federal and state governments, the private sector, law […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Annual Conference, Autonomous Vehicles, Governors Highway Safety Association, Marijuana Legalization

Boyd Group Acquires Two Collision Repair Centers in Alabama

August 21, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group Inc. announced the acquisition of two collision repair centers in Alabama. These new Gerber Collision & Glass locations previously operated as Auto Collision Experts, originating with the Moody location in 2013. The Anniston location was added in 2018. Moody is one of the fastest growing cities in Alabama and is located 22 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Alabama, Boyd Group

Fix Auto Canada Adds New Collision Repair Center to Network in New Brunswick

August 21, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Fix Auto Canada announced the addition of Fix Auto Shediac, located in Shediac, New Brunswick to the network. Owner André Boudreau has been in the collision industry for four decades following in his brother’s footsteps and has been a shop owner for 13 of those years. “A lot has changed over 40 years in this […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canada, Fix Auto Canada, Network Affiliations, New Brunswick

AirPro Diagnostics Announces Canadian Distribution Partner

August 21, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

AirPro Diagnostics, LLC announced a partnership with iPro Auto Solutions for the distribution of AirPro’s OEM-Compliant scan-tools and services to the Canadian market. IPro Auto Solutions founders, Darren Cox and Gord Fraser, have extensive backgrounds in the auto glass sector as well as shop certification for automotive mechanical, glass and collision repair facilities in the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, AirPro Diagnostics, Canada, iPro Auto Solutions

AAA Reports Gasoline Demand at All Time High

August 21, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

AAA Fuel Gauge Report Aug 19 2019

According to AAA gasoline demand is soaring to new heights. In its latest reading covering the week ending Aug. 9, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) recorded demand at 9.93 million b/d, the highest since the agency began recording data in 1991. As demand jumped, gasoline stocks fell by 1.4 million bbl and pump prices slowed […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Gas Prices, Gasoline Demand

Safelite Acquires TruRoad Holdings

August 20, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Safelite Group and CenterOak Partners LLC, the Dallas,Texas -based private equity firm, announced the sale of TruRoad Holdings to Safelite. The transaction was completed at the close of business yesterday. TruRoad, based in Woburn, Mass., was formed in 2018 through the combination of JN Phillips Auto Glass and existing CenterOak platform investment Techna Glass, Inc. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Auto Glass, Belron, Harmon Auto Glass, JN Phillips Auto Glass, Safelite, TechnaGlass, TruRoad Holdings

Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists Announces Partnership with Meineke Dealers Association

August 20, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Wheel Repair Specialists (AWRS) announced their partnership with the Meineke Dealers Association as the preferred alloy wheel repair service provider for all Meineke Car Care Centers in the U.S. and Canada. “We are very excited for this opportunity and we look forward to servicing Meineke locations nationwide,” says Mike Perkins, Director of Business Development. As […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists, Meineke

Impact Auto Auctions Expands Branch in London, Ontario

August 20, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Impact Auto Auctions, a subsidiary of IAA, Inc. (NYSE:IAA)  announced the expansion of its London, Ontario, branch. This investment increases the branch’s gross acreage by nearly 25 percent. The London, Ontario, branch is one of six Impact Auto Auctions branches in Ontario.  “This expansion further solidifies our leadership position in both the Ontario market as […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canada, Impact Auto Auctions, Insurance Auto Auctions, Ontario, Openings

AASP/NJ Urges Collision Repair Industry to Defend 1963 Consent Decree

August 19, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) is taking action in defense of the 1963 insurance industry antitrust consent decree that has been proposed for termination by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). AASP/NJ has created an online petition to assist members in quickly submitting their comments and telling the DOJ just […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 1963 Consent Decree, AASP-NJ, Antitrust, U.S. DOJ

Chelle Travis Appointed Executive Director of SkillsUSA

August 19, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

SkillsUSA announced it has named Chelle Travis as its next executive director. Travis will succeed Tim Lawrence, who has been executive director of SkillsUSA for the past 19 years. Travis will take the helm of SkillsUSA in November 2019. “Chelle Travis, as the fourth-ever leader of SkillsUSA, embodies the dynamic and progressive leadership to expand […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, SkillsUSA

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