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Color Compass Corporation Joins Wesco Group

October 11, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Wesco Group announced that Color Compass Corporation has joined the Wesco family of companies. Color Compass, a PBE distributor in Western Canada, which includes the businesses of White & Peters, Chase, Rocky Mountain, Carlson and PBE Distributors—operates 15 stores selling to body shops, 3 equipment divisions, and 5 paint body and equipment warehouses selling to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Canada, Wesco

Refinish Distributors Alliance Fall Conference in Kentucky Well Attended

October 11, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fall 2018 RDA Meeting

Over one hundred Refinish Distributors Alliance (RDA) members, manufacturer partners, and guests gathered for the 2018 RDA IMPACT Fall Performance Conference at the Embassy Suites in downtown Louisville, Ky. Every participating RDA member and manufacturer partner attended the three day event. The three day conference kicked off with the round table topic on “Your Compelling […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Refinish Distributors Alliance

Fix Auto USA to Use CCC Parts

October 11, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announced today that Fix Auto USA has expanded its use of the CCC ONE Platform and will now use the CCC Parts electronic parts ordering solution for the company’s extensive and growing network of body shops. CCC Parts electronically connects collision repairers with parts suppliers, whose live inventories, pricing, and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, CCC, Fix Auto USA

Small Business Optimism Continues Historic Trend in September

October 10, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

NFIB SBET Optimism September 2018

National Federation of Independent Business Index records third highest reading last month. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index continued its historic 23-month positive trend, with a reading of 107.9 in September, the third highest reading in the survey’s 45-year history. In the small business half of the economy, 2018 has […]

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

Insurance Research Council Survey Finds Third of Adults Would Forego Owning a Vehicle for Self-Driving Vehicles Operated by Networks

October 10, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

IRC AV Study

Half would be interested in owning autonomous vehicle. According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council (IRC), more than one-in-three adults countrywide would likely forego owning or leasing a personal vehicle if self-driving vehicles operated by transportation network companies, such as Uber and Lyft, were available to them. More than half of those […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Insurance Research Council

AASP/NJ Members Receive Education and Motivation From Mike Anderson & Friends

October 10, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

On September 29, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) welcomed industry expert Mike Anderson (Collision Advice) and friends for a motivational and educational program that attendees found to be both powerful and entertaining according to the association. The event, which was held at Gran Centurions in Clark, was well attended by […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ

FCA US Partners with CCC for Parts Solution

October 10, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

CCC Information Services Inc. announced that FCA US LLC will promote select Mopar collision parts through the CCC Parts e-commerce solution to help increase collision parts sales for the company and its dealers in the United States. CCC Parts is powered by the CCC ONE platform, which connects OEMs, insurers, collision repairers, and third-party providers, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CCC, FCA, OEM Parts

Travis Young Appointed President at Matrix Electronic Measuring

October 10, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Matrix Electronic Measuring, Inc. announced the promotion of Travis Young to President. Previously, Young served as the company’s Vice President of Business Development. “Travis has a proven track record of leadership and business success throughout his career,” said Jan Srack, co-founder of Matrix Electronic Measuring, Inc. “During his tenure as Vice President, he injected a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Matrix Electronic Measuring, People

Signature Collision Centers to Open 25th Location

October 9, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Signature Collision Centers

New collision repair centers mark entry into North Carolina market. Company also operates locations in Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. With the October 1st opening of the Asheville Signature Collision Center and next month’s opening of a location in Charlotte, N.C. the company will reach a milestone 25th location and establish its entry into […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: North Carolina, Openings, Signature Collision Centers

Auto Care Association and Partners to Unveil Secure Vehicle Interface to Telematics Data and Diagnostic Data

October 9, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Interface allows secure, standard, safe and direct access to vehicle data and information necessary to diagnostics. Attendees at this year’s AAPEX (Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo) will be among the first to view and experience the Secure Vehicle Interface (SVI), an internationally standardized technical design that provides for secure and standardized access to the In-Vehicle Networks […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAPEX, Auto Care Association, Cybersecurity, Diagnostics, Telematics

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