Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA), a business unit of KAR Auction Services (NYSE:KAR), announced that Tim O’Day has been named the company’s chief operating officer, reporting to IAA CEO and President, John Kett. (Editor’s Note: Mr. O’Day is not the Tim O’Day who serves as president of the Boyd Group collision repair facility chain.) “Tim […]
AAA Research Shows Young Millennials Worst Behaved Drivers
New study shows that 88 percent of young millennials engage in risky behavior behind the wheel. A report from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety yesterday found that 88 percent of young millennials engaged in at least one risky behavior behind the wheel in the past 30 days, earning the top spot of worst behaved […]
Auto Body Association of Texas Announces New Executive Director
The Auto Body Association of Texas (ABAT), formed in 2014, announced Jill Tuggle has been appointed as the association’s full-time Executive Director. “We are very excited to welcome Jill as the Auto Body Association of Texas Executive Director,” states ABAT President Burl Richards. “We knew we had reached a point where we needed someone to […]
BASF Teams up with Driven to Cure Cancer Charity
BASF launches Paint with a Purpose to benefit rare cancer charity At its automotive refinish team meeting earlier this month, BASF presented Andrew Lee, president & CEO of Driven to Cure (DTC), and his father Bruce Lee, chairman, treasurer & secretary of DTC, with a check for $10,000. Immediately following, BASF announced its new DTC […]
Safelite Call Center Opens in New Mexico
Safelite AutoGlass officially opened its fifth contact center on February 9. The facility, located at 4300 Sprint Blvd NE, Rio Rancho, N.M., has seats for up to 1,000 customer service representatives – more than 500 of the people who will fill those seats have been hired. The new facility was announced at a public ceremony […]
University of Michigan Reports Vehicle Ownership on the Rise Again
After years of declines, the rate of vehicle owners per person and per household has started to rise again. Miles driven per person also on the rise. While the rate of ownership of cars and light trucks has steadily declined since its peak a decade ago, it is starting to climb, says a University of […]
BSI Accredited to Certify Collision Repair Centers to Updated BS 10125 Standard in the UK
Will begin transitioning certified collision repairers to new standards over the next 12 months. BSI, the business standards company, has become the first certification body to receive the official accreditation status from The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for the updated Vehicle Damage Repair standard, BS 10125. The standard sets out the requirements for the […]
Service King Reportedly Up for Sale
Private equity firms rumored to be considering exiting their position in collision repair facility operator. Service King Collision Repair Centers may be up for sale according to an article published Monday by Bloomberg. Founded in 1976 by Eddie Lennox in Texas, the collision repair chain now operates 309 locations in 23 states. According to unnamed […]
Maaco Opens New Store in Fargo, N.D.
Maaco announced it has added North Dakota to its growing franchise footprint in the United States. New Maaco owner Henry Holtgard has been a successful businessman in the Fargo community for over a decade, and has now opened his Maaco shop at 401 40th Street in Fargo. Holtgard combined his Master’s of Business from the […]
Gas Prices Up 58 Cents Compared to Last Year
According to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report, gas prices edged up higher fractions of a penny over the weekend to reach yesterday’s average price of $2.28. This is seven cents less per gallon on the month and an increase of 58 cents per gallon compared to this same date last year. Gas prices have remained […]
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