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Texas Auto Body Trade Show and Education Days September 14-16

August 30, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

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The 4th Annual Texas Auto Body Trade Show and Education Days will take place at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas on September 14-16. This year the show will continue through Sunday morning, with a continental breakfast in the Trade Show and education classes, finishing at noon. The event kicks off Thursday […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Body Association of Texas, Texas Auto Body Trade Show

Suncorp Reported Considering Sale of Capital SMART Repairs

August 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Suncorp’s Insurance Ventures investment subsidiary is reported to be exploring the sale of its majority stake in Australia’s second largest collision repair chain. The Australian Financial Review reported that the Suncorp Group’s Insurance Ventures investment arm is considering the sale of its majority ownership position in the Capital SMART repair chain. According to the article, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Australia, Capital S.M.A.R.T, Suncorp

AkzoNobel Joins Automotive Management Institute as Foundation Partner

August 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AkzoNobel announced it has become an Automotive Management Institute (AMi) Foundation Partner. AMi is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-deductible education organization. The accreditation enables AkzoNobel to further support and promote AMi’s role in filling a critical need for training and certification in the automotive collision industry. “While AkzoNobel has always been active in providing and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AkzoNobel, Automotive Management Institute

Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists Adds Two Executives to Corporate Team

August 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists

Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists, LLC (AWRS) announced the addition of two key members to their Corporate staff. Jason Yarbrough, a former franchise owner, will assume the role as Franchise Relations Manager and Mike Perkins, as the new Director of Business Development.  Yarbrough has been a part of AWRS since 2005. Throughout his time, Yarbrough’s efforts […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists, People

SCRS Adds Audi of America as Corporate Member

August 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Audi of America (Audi) is the latest automobile manufacturer to support the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) through Corporate Membership. “It’s important to us at Audi to be able to reach a wide audience with a shared point of view with the many different factions,” shared Mark Allen, Manager of Collision & Equipment for […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Audi, Society of Collision Repair Specialists

TechForce Foundation Launches Because I’m a Tech Campaign

August 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

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The TechForce Foundation has launched its Because I’m a Tech campaign (#becauseimatech) to coincide with Labor Day. The campaign is designed to educate teens and parents that there’s more than one road to success, that a technical education and career is a viable pathway to a rewarding future, and about the attractive opportunities of being […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: TechForce Foundation, Workforce Development

Toyota Invests $500 Million in Uber

August 28, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Toyota Uber

Extends collaboration on automated vehicle technologies. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) today announced that they have agreed to expand their collaboration with the aim of advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale. To accomplish this, technology from each company will be integrated into purpose-built Toyota […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Toyota, Uber

Trump Administration Announces Preliminary Mexico Trade Agreement

August 28, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

President Trump yesterday announced that it had secured a preliminary United States–Mexico Trade Agreement that it believes modernizes and rebalances the trade relationship to reflect the realities of the 21st century. The effort, part of the Administration’s effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), includes “rules of origin” requirements to incentivize billions […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, NAFTA, Tariffs

Eustis Body Shop Opens Sixth Location in Nebraska

August 28, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Doug Keller, owner of Eustis Body Shop, announced its sixth Nebraska location now open at 88th and Highway 2 in southeast Lincoln.   Eustis Body Shop began as a one-shop enterprise in 1979 when Doug Keller opened up the first shop in his hometown of Eustis. A grand opening of the new location was held […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Eustis Body Shop, Nebraska, Openings

Audatex Commits to $25,000 Donations to Collision Repair Education Foundation for Next Five Years

August 28, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

In addition to their $3,370,740 software donation last year through a partnership with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF), Audatex, a Solera Company, has committed to donating $25,000 to the Foundation annually for the next five years. The funds are unrestricted and will be used to support collision repair education students and programs in North […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Audatex, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Donations

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