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Abra Acquires Five Collision Repair Centers in April

April 24, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Abra Auto Body Repair of America announced the acquisition of five collision repair centers during the month of April. In Colorado, Abra added one center in Colorado Springs, located at 708 Nichols Blvd. The 6,500 sq. ft. center has seven employees, and is Abra’s fourth location in the Colorado Springs area. In New Jersey, the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ABRA, Acquisitions, Colorado, New Jersey

Copart Expands in Minneapolis Market

April 24, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the expansion of its location near Minneapolis, located at 3737 East River Road in Fridley, Minn. “This new expansion adds twenty acres of land to support our clients in Minnesota,” said Jay Adair, CEO of Copart. “We’re proud to continue providing convenience and coverage to auto service providers and customers in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Copart, Minnesota, Openings

Innovation Group Acquires TCS Claims in UK

April 24, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Innovation Group (IG) announced that its UK business is acquiring TCS Claims (TCS) from Endsleigh Insurance Services Ltd, and starting a strategic relationship with Endsleigh for the provision of claims handling services. TCS was established by Endsleigh in 1999. The business provides a full-service claims handling capability to a number of insurers, brokers, MGAs […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Carlyle Group, Innovation Group, United Kingdom, Zurich Insurance Group

AAA Reports Gasoline Demand at Record Highs in April as Pump Prices Continue to Increase

April 24, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AAA Fuel Gauge Report April 23 2018

According to an analysis by AAA, the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest data registers consumer gasoline demand at 9.857 million b/d. That is the highest level ever on record for the month of April and exceeds typical summer demand measurements. As demand skyrockets, gas prices increased across the country on the week with five states […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Gas Prices

CARSTAR Announces New Operations and Sales Structure in the U.S.

April 24, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision repair provider expands team to better support the growth Having always operated under a zone structure, CARSTAR announced it has reallocated, expanded and promoted various teams and team members to better support the regions they serve. Improving the amount of touch points with its franchise partners is the objective of the realignment. These additional […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARSTAR

Certified Collision Group and asTech Announce Strategic Partnership

April 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Repairify, Inc. announced they have signed an agreement with Certified Collision Group (CCG) that calls for asTech to be the Preferred Provider of diagnostic and vehicle electronic repair services for their national collision repair network. “At asTech, we protect people’s lives by ensuring proper repair of automotive electronic systems”, said Dan Young, VP Sales and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Certified Collision Group, Diagnostics, Repairify

BASF’s Wildman to Present to Refinish Distributors Alliance Collision Repair Customers

April 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

At the request of the Refinish Distributor Alliance (RDA), BASF’s Jeff Wildman, Manager OEM & Industry Relations, will present “The Increasing Influence of OEMs on the Collision Industry” to RDA members’ collision center customers through a GoTo webinar on May 23 at 2 p.m. EDT. Registration is available only to collision centers who are customers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BASF, Refinish Distributors Alliance, Webinar

Wards Projects Autonomous Vehicle Sales to Reach 10 Million Annually in 2030

April 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fully autonomous vehicles at least a decade away. A new study by Wards Intelligence concludes five automakers and six suppliers currently are leading the race to put self-driving vehicles on the road, including Daimler, General Motors and Waymo. According to the research Level 4 and Level 5 autonomous vehicles will make up close to 10 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles

AASP-MN Annual Meeting Featured Top Secrets of Greatest Collision Repair Shops

April 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) held its Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference, April 5, at the Doubletree by Hilton Bloomington – Minneapolis South, Bloomington, Minn.  With seminars covering topics on stress management, customer service, top secrets of America’s greatest body shops and how to survive and prosper in the auto repair […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP-MN, Annual Conference, Minnesota

AASP/NJ Supports SkillsUSA Competition

April 23, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

AASP/NJ SkillsUSA

On April 14, collision repair students throughout New Jersey demonstrated their talents at the 2018 New Jersey SkillsUSA Conference. Held at the Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School in Bridgewater, the event tested the students in a variety of areas including sheet metal, welding, plastic repair and estimating. Matt Brandner of Hunterdon County Polytech […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP/NJ, New Jersey, SkillsUSA

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