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AACF, Collision Industry Foundation Partner to Expand Emergency Aid for Automotive Professionals

April 8, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Automotive Aftermarket Charitable Foundation (AACF) and the Collision Industry Foundation (CIF) announced a partnership April 7 to expand awareness of the emergency financial assistance both organizations provide to automotive industry workers and to create referral pathways between the two charities. Both nonprofits offer emergency aid to individuals and families facing crises such as accidents, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Automotive Aftermarket Charitable Foundation, Collision Industry Foundation

4Plastic Names Frank Phillips Jr. CEO

April 8, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

4Plastic announced that it has appointed Frank Phillips Jr. as chief executive officer as the plastic repair technology company moves to expand beyond its existing footprint and into broader North American and international markets. The appointment comes roughly 10 months after PPG’s SEM Products division secured exclusive U.S. and Canadian distribution rights for 4Plastic’s range […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 4Plastic Repair, People

Large Regional Independent MSOs Adding Locations

April 7, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Focus Advisors reports 13 MSOs added locations in past six months. Thirteen independent multiple-shop operators with eight or more collision repair locations added at least one store between Oct. 1, 2025, and April 1, 2026, according to proprietary location data published by Focus Advisors. The growth spanned franchise operators, family-owned groups and regional platforms across […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Focus Advisors

Crash Champions Opens 20th Tampa Bay Area Repair Center

April 7, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Crash Champions has opened a new collision repair center in Dade City, Fla., its 20th location in the Tampa Bay area. The 15,000-sq. ft. facility began operating April 6 at 36127 Clinton Ave. The opening continues the multiple shop operator’s buildout in Florida, where it has been actively growing its store footprint since first entering […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Crash Champions, Florida, Openings

Enlyte Completes Acquisition of PartsTrader

April 7, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Enlyte has closed its acquisition of PartsTrader, the parts procurement marketplace, the companies announced April 6. Financial terms were not disclosed. PartsTrader becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Enlyte and will continue to operate as an independent entity alongside Mitchell’s Auto Physical Damage division, the parent of Mitchell, Genex and Coventry said. Both Mitchell and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Enlyte, PartsTrader

CollisionRight Selects asTech for Scanning and ADAS Calibration Across 130-Shop Network

April 7, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

CollisionRight LLC has selected asTech, a Repairify company, to provide scanning and advanced driver assistance systems calibration technology across its network of 130 collision repair facilities in 11 states. The agreement will give CollisionRight technicians access to asTech’s All-In-One device, local and remote calibration services, and the company’s adasThink and Rules Engine platforms. CollisionRight expects […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Agreements Signed, asTech, Calibration, CollisionRight, Scanning

Bodywork Bowl Crowns Estimating, Painting and Welding Winners at Northeast Trade Show

April 7, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Estimators, painters and body technicians competed on the show floor of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) NORTHEAST Automotive Services Show for the fourth annual Bodywork Bowl, with first-place finishers taking home tools, equipment and cash prizes the association valued in the thousands of dollars. Held March 21 at the Meadowlands […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, Bodywork Bowl Collision Repair Skills Competition, Northeast Trade Show

Plasnomic Launches Testing Program to Benchmark Plastic Repair Materials Against OEM Standards

April 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Plasnomic has launched what it describes as the first testing and validation program aimed at defining OEM-aligned standards for automotive plastic repair, beginning with polypropylene weld materials. The initiative targets a gap that collision repair facilities and insurers have navigated for years: a lack of consistent, data-backed benchmarks for the plastic repair materials and methods […]

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NHTSA Projects 6.7% Drop in Traffic Deaths in 2025, Reaching Prepandemic Levels

April 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

An estimated 36,640 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2025, a 6.7% decrease from 39,254 fatalities reported in 2024, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said April 1 in its annual early estimate of traffic fatalities. The decline brings total roadway deaths back to prepandemic levels last seen in 2019 and would represent the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: NHTSA, Traffic Fatalities

USDOT Makes Nearly $1 Billion Available for Road Safety Grants

April 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $999.5 million in available funding through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, targeting improvements to emergency response, truck parking, rail crossings and pedestrian infrastructure. The grant program, which funds both planning and infrastructure projects aimed at reducing roadway fatalities, is relevant to the collision repair and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Grants, traffic safety, U.S. DOT

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