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September New-Vehicle Retail Sales Projected to Decline versus 2015

September 27, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

September 2015 to September 2016 Light Vehicle Sales SAAR

According to J.D. Power and LMC Automotive forecast retail sales will fall for fifth time in seven months. Incentives reach new high. For the fifth time in the past seven months, U.S. new-vehicle retail sales are expected to drop in September, falling 1.4 percent from a year ago, according to a monthly sales forecast developed […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Sales

mikeroweWORKS Foundation and Universal Technical Institute Award Scholarships

September 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Universal Technical Institute (NYSE:UTI) announced that it supplemented its initial contribution of $100,000 to mikeroweWORKS’ 2016 Work Ethic Scholarship Program with an extra $52,250 donation. UTI also directly awarded additional scholarships of $141,500 in the form of tuition reductions to applicants pursuing careers across the transportation segment, including collision repair. The students will study to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: mikeroweWorks Foundation, Scholarships, Universal Technical Institute

PPG Canada Appoints Christie Alexander British Columbia Territory Manager

September 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

PPG Canada has named Christie Alexander territory manager for British Columbia. Norm Angrove, director, Refinish Canada, made the announcement. Alexander will be the PPG representative to the company’s automotive refinish distributors throughout the province. Alexander joined PPG Canada in August of this year. She has extensive experience in the refinish business. Prior to coming to PPG Canada, Alexander was […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Canada, People, PPG Industries

BASF Expands Distribution in Northern California

September 26, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF Automotive Refinish announced that Industrial Finishes & Systems, Inc. has expanded its distribution of BASF Automotive Refinish paint brands, to its Concord, Calif store. The location is a new, single-line BASF store. “BASF and Industrial Finishes have been partners for over 30 years.  Besides being a long standing partner to BASF, they support BASF […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BASF, Industrial Finishes & Systems, PBE Distributor

Auto Parts Executives Indicted for Obstruction of Justice

September 23, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan returned an indictment charging one current automotive parts industry executive and one former automotive parts industry executive with conspiring to obstruct a federal investigation.  The current executive also was charged with attempted obstruction of justice, the U.S. Justice Department announced. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Antitrust, U.S. DOJ

Fix Automotive Network Consolidates Brands

September 23, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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Fix Auto, Novus Glass, Speedy Auto Service and Minute Muffler & Brake networks join together, offer a comprehensive aftermarket services solution. Steve Leal, President and CEO of Fix Auto announced the launch of Fix Automotive Network, An event on September 10 in Montreal, initially organized as Prime CarCare Group’s national conference, transformed into a launchpad […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fix Auto

Boyd Acquires New Collision Repair Center in British Columbia

September 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group Inc. announced the acquisition of a collision repair center in Burnaby, British Columbia. The center previously operated as Dumore’s Collision and is located in the southeast of the city in close proximity to the TransCanada highway. “We are very pleased to add this new location which complements our existing repair centers in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Boyd Group, British Columbia, Canada

Copart Reports Revenue Up 17.8% in Fiscal Fourth Quarter

September 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) reported financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended July 31, 2016. For the three months ended July 31, 2016, revenue, gross margin, operating income, and net income were $332.7 million, $141.5 million, $106.2 million, and $84.1 million, respectively. These represent an increase in revenue of $50.4 million, or 17.8 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Copart, Earnings

Fix Auto Australia Appoints Terry Feehan to Head Australia Operations

September 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto World President and CEO Steve Leal announced the appointment of Terry Feehan as Head of Business for Fix Auto Australia, effective immediately. In his role, Feehan will be responsible of overseeing Fix Auto’s Australian operations, growing the organization’s team, supporting the network and building relationships with suppliers to help establish Fix Auto as […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Australia, Fix Auto, People

Service King Opens 8th Atlanta Collision Repair Center

September 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Service King Collision Repair Centers announced the opening of its eighth Atlanta area location at 11075 Highway 92 in Woodstock, Ga. The facility is 27,000 square-feet. “The Service King family continues to grow and thrive across the Atlanta community,” said Scott Ward, Service King Regional Vice President for the Southeast U.S. “Service King of Woodstock […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Georgia, Openings, Service King Collision Repair Centers

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