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Service King Acquires Collision Repair Center in Colorado

May 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

New location is Service King’s sixth in the state and its 324th in the U.S. Service King Collision Repair Centers announced the acquisition of Wilson’s Auto Collision Inc., located at 4365 E. Platte Ave. in Colorado Springs, Colo. The facility is Service King’s sixth location in state. Wilson’s Auto Collision joins the Service King organization with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Colorado, Service King Collision Repair Centers

Uni-Select Appoints Brent Windom President and COO of Canadian Automotive Group

May 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Current president and COO Gary O’Connor will retire at the end of 2017. Uni-Select Inc. (TSE:UNS) announced the appointment, effective July 3, of Brent Windom to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Automotive Group and the retirement of Gary O’Connor, President and Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Automotive Group, at the end of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, Uni-Select

CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Florida

May 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts announced the opening of CARSTAR St. Petersburg Collision Center at 1819 11th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, Fla. CARSTAR St. Petersburg is locally owned and operated by Tampa-based Impact Auto Holdings II. “We are thrilled to be opening a CARSTAR location in our local area,” said Scott Robertson, Vice President of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARSTAR, Network Affiliations

BASF Names VisionPLUS Performance Groups’ Collision Repair Shops of the Year

May 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

At the 2017 VisionPLUS Performance Group Business Conference held recently in Litchfield Park, AZ, BASF awarded  2016 Shop of the Year designations to seven collision repair shops. The winners were selected based on overall improvement and gross profit improvement from the previous year, along with excellent Performance Group preparedness and participation. Performance Group winners were: […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, BASF, VisionPLUS

Women’s Industry Network Thanks Sponsors

May 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) would like to thank all of the organizations that provided their generous support through sponsorships for 2017.  There are three categories of sponsorships:  Corporate Sponsors; MIW Sponsors; and WIN Educational Conference Sponsors.   Each sponsorship supports key initiatives for WIN throughout the year. 2017 sponsors include: Platinum Sponsors ($25,000) AkzoNobel Gold […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Sponsorship, Women's Industry Network

Karl Malone’s Body and Paint and Puente Hills Auto Body Earn Toyota Honors

May 22, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Two PPG (NYSE:PPG) customer collision repair centers, Karl Malone’s Body and Paint of Draper, Utah, and Puente Hills Auto Body of the City of Industry, Calif., have earned the 2016 Toyota Certified Collision Center of the Year Triple Crown Award. The annual award recognizes the three top-performing Toyota certified collision centers in the country. “We […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, PPG Industries, Toyota Motor Sales

Auto Care Career and Education Award Application Available

May 22, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Auto Care Association is now accepting applications for the Auto Care Career and Education (ACE) Award, to honor auto care companies that continually provide the culture for and facilitation of employee career development, and invest in employee education and training. The ACE Award, formerly known as the Head of the Class Award, recognizes three […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Care Association, Awards

Ford Names Jim Hackett as CEO

May 22, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Move to strengthen operations and transform the vehicle manufacturer for the future. Ford Motor Company today named Jim Hackett as its new president and CEO and announced key global leadership changes designed to further strengthen its core automotive business and Hackett, 62, has a long track record of innovation and business success as CEO of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ford Motor Company, People

UK Competition Authority Launches In-Depth Investigation into LKQ Subsidiary Acquisition

May 22, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced today that it was launching an in-depth review of Euro Car Parts’ acquisition of Andrew Page. The possibility of the in-depth review was announced earlier this month by the CMA On May 11, the CMA announced that it would refer the deal for an in-depth investigation […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Andrew Page Limited, Competition, Euro Car Parts, LKQ Corporation, United Kingdom

Autonomous Vehicles Will Add $81 Billion in New Premiums for Auto Insurers by 2025

May 19, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Accenture Report

According to a report by Accenture, while the long-term impact of autonomous vehicles will reduce the need for auto insurance, initially they will expand the insurance business. Insurance coverage for autonomous vehicles will bring $81 billion in new premiums to the U.S. auto insurance industry over the next eight years, driven by risks related to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Insurance, Autonomous Vehicles

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