Highline Warren plans to acquire a 1.1 million-square-foot facility in McDonough, Georgia, to operate as a large-scale distribution and operations center, the Memphis-based distributor of vehicle maintenance consumables said July 14. The planned addition would extend the network of one of North America’s larger distributors of maintenance consumables deeper into the Southeast and strengthen its […]
Mobile Tech RX Launches Connected ADAS Workflow for Calibration Companies
Mobile Tech RX has launched a mobile-based workflow for advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) calibration companies that combines calibration identification, documentation, pricing and invoicing in a single application. The workflow is powered by adasThink, a software platform that reads collision repair estimates and flags the ADAS calibrations a damaged vehicle requires. The two products share […]
CAWA Awards 2026 Scholarships to Four Automotive High School Teachers
The California Automotive Wholesalers Association (CAWA) awarded $1,500 scholarships to four high school automotive teachers under its 2026 teacher scholarship program, the Motorcar Parts of America – Selwyn Joffe Awards. The grants support high school automotive programs in Arizona, California and Nevada, the three states CAWA represents, feeding a technician pipeline the collision repair and […]
Honda Summer Repair Newsletter Reinforces Ultra-High-Strength Steel Limits, Previews I-CAR Certification Change
American Honda has published the Summer 2026 edition of “The Joy of Repair,” its collision and mechanical repair newsletter for Honda and Acura, leading with a refresher on ultra-high-strength steel and a reminder that every Honda and Acura vehicle platform now includes 1,500 MPa UHSS in the body structure. The full edition is available for […]
Private Passenger Auto Drives Louisiana’s First Broad Rate Relief, Triple-I Says
Trade group points to litigation and glass-claim fraud as the cost drivers still to be addressed. A new state law folds ADAS calibration disclosures and an assignment-of-benefits ban into Louisiana’s unfair trade practices statute. Private passenger auto insurance produced the sharpest turnaround in a Louisiana property/casualty market that posted its first broad rate relief of […]
Plymouth Rock Names New Claims and Data Chiefs
Plymouth Rock Assurance appointed three executives to senior roles, including a new chief claims officer for its Independent Agency Group, the Boston-based insurer announced July 13. Cornelius Young was named vice president and chief claims officer of the Independent Agency Group. Gavin McPhail was named vice president and chief data officer, and Lindsay Mustard was […]
Nebraska Shop Owner Named 2026 Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper Technician of the Year
Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper have named Matt Wagg of Bennington, Nebraska, the 2026 Technician of the Year Champion, capping a finalist competition held in Detroit in July. Wagg was one of 13 finalists drawn from the United States and Canada. The competition, sponsored by DRiV and Garage Gurus, paired a customized Automotive Service […]
California Proposes Airbag Safety Rule
Bureau of Automotive Repair proposal would restrict parts sourcing and require return to OEM operating conditions. The California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) has proposed expanding its airbag safety regulation to bar the state’s roughly 35,000 licensed automotive repair dealers from handling previously deployed, faulty or counterfeit airbags and to require that replacement airbag parts […]
AkzoNobel Rebuffs Nippon Paint Offers for Decorative Paints Business Ahead of Axalta Merger Votes
Akzo Nobel N.V. (AMS: AKZA; OTCMKTS: AKZOY) confirmed July 13 it has received multiple conditional and non-binding proposals from Nippon Paint Holdings Co. to acquire its Decorative Paints business at an indicative enterprise valuation of €7.5 billion ($8.55 billion), saying its merger agreement with Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. bars the company from engaging with the […]
Collision Partners Acquires K&M Collision
Names Michael Bradshaw operations chief. Collision Partners has acquired K&M Collision of Hickory, N.C., and named the company’s vice president, Michael Bradshaw, executive vice president of collision operations and a member of its board of directors. The Raleigh, N.C.-based platform said the Bradshaw family will become significant shareholders in Collision Partners as part of an […]
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