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KPA Acquires Environmental Risk Management & Safety

April 18, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

KPA Services LLC logo

Acquisition complements KPA’s collision repair and auto dealer markets KPA Services, LLC announced the acquisition of Environmental Risk Management & Safety, Inc. (ERS). The acquisition closed on March 29. The transaction strengthens KPA’s position as a provider of environmental, health and safety (EHS) Risk Management services to the automotive market. KPA provides cloud-based EHS Risk […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, KPA

Snapsheet Hires Gary Goldsmith as SVP of Sales and Accounts

April 18, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Snapsheet announced the hiring of Gary Goldsmith as senior vice president of sales and accounts. Goldsmith joins Snapsheet from Copart where he was most recently the vice president of sales and account management for the western division. In his 17-year tenure at Copart, Gary helped grow the organization significantly by building trusting relationships and securing […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Copart, People, Snapsheet

CARSTAR Added 30 New Collision Repair Centers Across North America So Far in 2018

April 18, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARSTAR continued to expand its footprint in the U.S. and Canada with more than 30 new store openings already in 2018. “We continue to see growth as independent store owners join the CARSTAR network to build their businesses,” said Michael Macaluso, President of CARSTAR.  “These owners benefit from CARSTAR’s strong North American footprint, insurance relationships, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARSTAR, Network Affiliations

Caliber Launches 7th Annual Rhythm Restoration Food Drive

April 17, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Caliber Collision is asking its customers, business partners and the public to “fill ‘er up” by donating grocery bags full of food during its 7th Annual Rhythm Restoration Food Drive, starting now through May 11. Donations from Caliber’s food drive will help stock the shelves of nearly 60 food banks across the country during the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Caliber Collision Centers

Small Business Optimism Reaches 16th Consecutive Month of Historically High Readings

April 17, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index March 2018

Taxes received the fewest votes since 1982 as top problem for business owners The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) small business optimism index reached its 16th consecutive month in the top five percent of 45 years of survey readings, according to the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends survey. The 104.7 March reading, down from […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: National Federation of Independent Business, Small Business Optimism Index

CrashCo Opens Fourth Collision Repair Center in Illinois

April 17, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

CrashCo East Dundee Illinois

CrashCo Collision Centers announced the opening of a greenfield collision repair facility in East Dundee, Ill. The 8,000 sq. ft. facility is the fourth location for the multiple shop operator. The company, founded in 2010, also operates collision repair centers in Mokena and Alsip Ill. as well as Merrillville, Ind.  According to Kevin Mehok, Vice […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CrashCo Collision Centers, Illinois, Openings

Hyundai Joins the Verisk Usage-Based Insurance Data Exchange

April 17, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Joins General Motors and Honda, increasing reach of the exchange to 32 percent of U.S. auto market. Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), the data analytics provider, announced that Hyundai Motor America has signed an exclusive agreement to join the Verisk Data Exchange. As a participating automaker, Hyundai will supply Verisk with driving data from its consenting connected car […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: American Honda, General Motors, Hyundai, Verisk

Car-O-Liner Host Volvo Vista Competition in China 

April 17, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Volvo Vista Competition

From March 29 to 30, the Volvo International Service Training Award (VISTA) competition, hosted by Volvo (China) and organized by the Car-O-Liner Academy, was successfully held at the Academy’s training center in Shanghai, China. A total of 55 participants from 20 Volvo dealerships across the country participated in the competition. The event covered a variety […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Car-O-Liner, China, Volvo

Toyota and Lexus to Launch V2V and V2I in the US in 2021

April 17, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Reports 92 percent of its vehicles currently have autonomous emergency braking as standard equipment. Toyota and Lexus announced the companies plan to start deployment of Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) systems on vehicles sold in the United States starting in 2021, with the goal of adoption across most of its lineup by the mid-2020s. Toyota and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Collision Avoidance, Toyota

Fix Auto UK Adds Collision Repair Center to Network on South Coast

April 16, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto UK announced that St Leonards Motors Bodyshop and Accident Repair Centre has joined its collision repair network adding further representation on the south coast. Managed by Mark Booth, the 22,000 sq. ft. collision repair center will be known in the network as Fix Auto Hastings.  The four-booth facility which is staffed by a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fix Auto UK, Network Affiliations, United Kingdom

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