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Service King Acquires Two Collision Repair Centers in Southern Maryland

March 23, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Service King Collision Repair Centers announced it has acquired Wentworth’s Collision Works and its two repair facilities in southern Maryland. Service King and Wentworth’s officially finalized the deal on Friday, March 18 and operations under Service King management will begin immediately. The two collision repair centers included are located at 12860 H G Trueman Rd […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Maryland, Service King Collision Repair Centers, Wentworth's Collision Works

Registration for Southern Automotive Repair Conference Open

March 23, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Southern Automotive Repair Conference

Registration is now open for the fourth annual Southern Automotive Repair Conference. The collision repair event will be held April 8-9 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss. Speakers scheduled to appear at the event include: Clifton Lambreth, Keynote Presenter, Founder/CEO, Daniel Bradley Matthews, Inc. Robert McKenzie, Conference MC, Executive Director, Refinish […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Southern Automotive Repair Conference

Axalta, BASF, Cunningham Brothers Receive GM Supplier of the Year Awards

March 23, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

General Motors recognized 110 of its best global suppliers during its 24th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held at Cobo Center. The announcement represents the most suppliers GM has recognized since debuting the Supplier of the Year event in 1992. Among those receiving awards were companies that also supply the collision repair industry […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Axalta Coating Systems, BASF, Cunningham Brothers Auto Parts, General Motors, Supplier of the Year Award

GM Approves Chief Equipment for Cadillac CT6 Repair

March 23, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Chief GM CT6 lineup

General Motors has approved a family of Chief aluminum-specific tools and equipment to repair collision damage on the new Cadillac CT6. Chief’s dust and fume extractors, aluminum dent repair station, MIG welder, collet set and structural holding package are the latest additions to a long list of GM-approved Chief collision repair products. The following CT6 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Approvals, Cadillac, Chief Automotive Systems, CT6, General Motors

Boyd Group Acquires Ohio Glass Repair Business

March 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Boyd Group announced the acquisition, through its Glass America subsidiary, of four Ryan’s Auto Glass locations, serving the Cincinnati, Ohio area. In business for over 25 years, Ryan’s Auto Glass also provides a mobile glass repair service. “We are very pleased to acquire Ryan’s Auto Glass,” said Eddie Cheskis, President and CEO of Glass […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Auto Glass, Boyd Group, Ohio

Lexus and Toyota Will Have Automated Braking on Nearly Every Model by End of 2017

March 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Toyota announced that automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology will be available as standard equipment across almost every Toyota and Lexus model in the U.S. by the end of 2017. Doing so will beat, by four years, the 2022 target announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AEB, Crash Avoidance

S/P2 Releases Online Welding Safety Course

March 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

S/P2 logo

S/P2 has released its latest online safety course covering welding. The course educates students and professionals on the potential safety and environmental hazards specific to the practice of welding. The 22-module course addresses topics important to businesses and schools, such as: Hazard Communication and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Fumes and Welding […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Safety, SP/2, training, Welding

Paint, Body and Equipment Specialists Conference May 10-12

March 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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The Paint, Body and Equipment Specialists (PBES), a segment community of the Auto Care Association, announced that online registration is now available for its 2016 annual conference, May 10-12, at the Embassy Suites at the Denver Conference Center in Denver, Colo. The 2016 PBES Conference theme is, “Differentiate to Win.” “The 2016 PBES Conference program […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: PBES

Sherwin-Williams to Acquire Valspar

March 21, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Will acquire competitor for $113 per share or $11.3 billion. Deal expected to close Q1 2017. The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) and The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) announced that they have entered into an agreement for Sherwin-Williams to acquire Valspar for $113 per share in an all-cash transaction, or an enterprise value of approximately $11.3 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Sherwin-Williams, Valspar

AASP/MA Reports Standardized Auto Policy Withdrawn

March 21, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (AASP/MA) and the Statewide Towing Association of Massachusetts (STA), announced that due to o pressure from the two industry associations, the Automobile Insurance Bureau (AIB), the association of insurers, has withdrawn their recently filed standard auto policy for Massachusetts. A new policy has been filed by AIB […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AASP, Auto Insurance, Auto Insurance Bureau, Massachusetts

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