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CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Ontario, Canada

July 28, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARSTAR Haliburton has officially launched, located at 154 Industrial Park Drive, Haliburton, Ontario. The facility is owned by multiple store owner Paul Cross. CARSTAR Haliburton is a 6,500 square foot facility offering full collision repairs, windshield repairs and repairs on large vehicles with aluminum components. This store, along with CARSTAR Lindsay will be managed by […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canada, CARSTAR, Network Affiliations, Ontario

Subaru Issues Position Statement Recommends Pre- and Post- Scanning of Collision Damaged Vehicles

July 28, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Subaru of America, Inc. is the latest vehicle manufacturer to provide guidance on diagnostic scanning in collision repair. The manufacturer issued a position statement this month recommending both pre-collision repair and post-repair scanning for trigger diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) on model year 2004 and newer vehicles. According to the statement: In the event of a […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Diagnostics, Position Statement, Subaru

BASF Refinish Receives GM Global Refinish Approval

July 28, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF Refinish Coatings received General Motors Global Refinish approval for its Glasurit and R-M paint brands. BASF hosted the GM Paint Engineering Team at its North American Coatings Headquarters in Southfield, Mich. During the review the Glasurit & R-M refinish systems met or exceeded all the refinish standards established by GM. Both BASF’s premium paint […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Approvals, BASF, GM

New Vehicle Retail Sales Pace to Decline for Fourth Consecutive Month

July 28, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

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J.D. Power and LMC Automotive forecast retail sales annual rate to fall by 600,000 units in July. Largest decline in 2017. The new vehicle retail sales pace in July is expected to decline for the fourth consecutive month, according to a forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: New Vehicle Sales

Mike Stacy Named Director of National Accounts for asTech

July 27, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mike Stacy recently joined asTech as Director, National Accounts. Stacy brings more than twenty years of senior level leadership positions to asTech. In his new role, Mike will have responsibility for Account Management and the newly created Sales Support Unit. Prior to asTech, Mike served in senior leadership positions for Verifacts Automotive and CCC Information […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: asTech, People

Mitchell Announces Estimating Cloud

July 27, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Mitchell International, Inc. announced its Mitchell Estimating Cloud, a completely cloud-based estimating solution designed to simplify the estimating process to quickly create accurate appraisals. “Mitchell Estimating Cloud operates completely in the cloud. Estimators and appraisers are no longer tied to their desk and can work anywhere, anytime, on any modern browser and device,” said Debbie […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Estimating Systems, Mitchell International

Uni-Select Reports Second Quarter Sales Up 5.1%

July 27, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Finishmaster sales up 6.6 percent Uni-Select Inc. (TSE:UNS), the parent of FinishMaster, today reported sales for the second quarter of $340.3 million, a 5.1 percent increase compared to the same quarter last year. The increase was driven by the sales generated mainly from recent US business acquisitions, adding sales of $33.7 million or 10.4 percent […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Earnings, FinishMaster, Uni-Select

CFA Poll Shows Americans Support Stronger Fuel Economy Standards

July 27, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Increasing federal fuel economy standards for cars and light duty trucks, to 42 MPG by 2025, is supported by 79 percent of Americans (68 percent of Republicans), and opposed by only 18 percent, according to a recent national survey commissioned by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA).  In March, Department of Transportation Secretary (DOT) Elaine […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Consumer Federation of America, Fuel Economy

IAA Launches Active Inventory Management Solution for Salvage

July 26, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA), a business unit of KAR Auction Services, Inc., (NYSE:KAR), today announced its latest innovation, Active Inventory Management service that enables insurance company customers to save time and resources by outsourcing their entire salvage inventory management process to IAA. “IAA developed the Active Inventory Management solution to help our insurance customers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Auto Auctions, Salvage

Assured Performance Announces New OEM Certification Model

July 26, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Assured Performance Network announced the official launch of an initiative referred to as “OEM Certification 2.0 – The CRP Model.” The various elements of OEM Certification 2.0 are designed to address many of the challenges and needs of the industry as we reach the next frontier in automotive technology and collision repair.  The foundation […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Assured Performance Network, OEM Certification

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