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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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Plasnomic

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

European Dealer and Repair Trade Groups CECRA and AME Complete Merger

April 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Automotive Mobility Europe and the European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs completed their merger March 31, forming a single Brussels-based organization representing vehicle dealers, repair facilities and mobility services providers across Europe. The consolidation creates the largest European trade body for the automotive retail, repair and aftermarket services sector at a time when the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Automotive Mobility Europe, CECRA, Europe

ASA April 15 Webinar to Examine How AI Adoption Raises the Stakes for ADAS Calibration Integrity

April 1, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Automotive Service Association (ASA) will host a Webinar Wednesday session on April 15 at 1 p.m. (EDT) examining how the growing use of artificial intelligence in estimating, diagnostics and repair planning is intensifying the need for accurate ADAS calibrations and documentation. The session comes as collision repair facilities and mechanical shops grapple with the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Automotive Service Association, Calibration, Revv, Webinars

Auto Care Association, ASE Announce 67 New World Class Technicians for 2026

April 1, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

The Auto Care Association and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) named 67 automotive service professionals as 2026 World Class Technicians, the organizations announced March 31. The annual designation, now in its fourth decade, recognizes technicians who have passed ASE certification tests across 22 specialty areas. The 2026 class brings the total number […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ASE, Auto Care Association, World Class Technician

U.S. CBP Building Refund System for IEEPA Tariffs

April 1, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is developing a new system to process refunds of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), according to a declaration filed March 31 in the U.S. Court of International Trade. The development is significant for collision repair parts importers and aftermarket distributors who have paid IEEPA […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automotive Body Parts Association, Tariffs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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