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Car-O-Liner Distributor Opens Training Center in Middle East

February 27, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AKA Group Training Center Grand Opening

Car-O-Liner announced that its distributor in the Middle East, the AKA Group, together with their new partner, Al Rajhi Takaful Insurance (ART), the largest motor vehicle insurance company in the Middle East opened their new training academy on February 24th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Matthias Mueller, General Manager of AKA group operations, welcomed guests and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AKA Group, Car-O-Liner, Middle East, Openings, Saudi Arabia, Training Center

Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Center in Colorado 

February 27, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group Inc. announced the February 20, opening of a collision repair location in Falcon, Colo. This center was previously operated as Falcon Collision Center. This new location is situated one and a half miles west of Highway 24, 14 miles northeast of Colorado Springs and serves the rapidly growing community of El Paso […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Boyd Group, Colorado

AutoNation Settles $3.38 Million Environmental Lawsuit with California District Attorneys

February 27, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Settlement the result of District Attorneys’ undercover operations examining store waste streams. A judge in San Jose has ordered more than $2 million in civil penalties to be paid by the operators of 57 dealerships and collision repair centers in California belonging to AutoNation, the country’s largest retailer of new automobiles. The fines are part […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AutoNation, California, Hazardous Waste

State Farm Earns I-CAR Insurance Gold Class Status

February 27, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) announced it has awarded Insurance Gold Class business recognition at the corporate level to State Farm as its appraiser staff has completed the Platinum Auto Physical Damage Appraiser (APDA) training requirements in I-CAR’s Professional Development Program (PDP). State Farm’s Select Service Program also recognizes I-CAR’s Welding Training […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Gold Class, I-CAR, State Farm

S/P2 and ASE Education Foundation Announce Mentoring System Partnership

February 27, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The ASE Education Foundation and S/P2 announced a partnership to develop and distribute The Workplace Mentoring System, a mentoring program for the automotive industry. The program is designed to help businesses identify and train service personnel to become mentors to students and entry-level employees. This program will be available to the entire industry: automotive service, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, ASE Education Foundation, S/P2

Manhattan District Attorney Charges Collision Repair Facilities as Part of Illegal Monopoly That Dominated Towing Industry in New York City

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Towing and collision repair firms alleged part of organized crime operation that maintained “Violent Monopoly” in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island. Alleges hundreds of thousands of dollars of insurance fraud. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) Commissioner […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Indictment, Insurance Fraud, Monopoly, New York City, Towing

Copart Reports 31.3% Increase in Second Quarter Revenue

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended January 31. For the three months ended January 31, revenue, gross margin, and net income were $459.1 million, $191.6 million, and $103.3 million, respectively. These represent an increase in revenue of $109.6 million, or 31.3 percent; an increase in gross margin of $44.8 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Copart, Earnings

I-CAR Training Featured at Northeast Trade Show

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) announced that the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) will be hosting three events over the course of the weekend at NORTHEAST 2018 trade show. On Saturday, March 17, from 8 a.m – 12 p.m., Michael Bonsanto and Peter Fryzel of I-CAR will be […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: I-CAR, Northeast Trade Show

Ford Selects OEConnection for Mechanical Parts Marketing Program

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Ford Motor Company has selected OEConnection LLC (OEC) for a comprehensive mechanical parts ordering and fulfillment program through the OEC RepairLink solution. With the Ford and Motorcraft Stars (FAMS) Pricing Program, Ford Certified Parts Wholesale Dealers are able to offer competitive pricing to their mechanical repair shop customers on program parts utilizing the RepairLink platform. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Ford Motor Company, OEConnection

mikeroweWORKS Foundation to Provide Travel Scholarships to SkillsUSA Championships

February 26, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The mikeroweWORKS Foundation has contributed $50,000 to a SkillsUSA scholarship fund for students competing in the world’s largest showcase of career and technical education at the 2018 National Leadership and Skills Conference being held June 26-29 in Louisville, Ky. This is the eighth consecutive year that the mikeroweWORKS Foundation has offered travel scholarships to SkillsUSA […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mikeroweWorks Foundation, Scholarships, SkillsUSA

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