ABRA, Boyd, Caliber and Service King continue to grow their total number of locations though annual unit growth and percentage growth has slowed somewhat since high in 2014. While the rate of acquisitions and new collision repair facility openings by the four large multiple collision repair shop operators (MSOs) in North America has slowed somewhat […]
Abra Adds Two Collision Repair Centers in Utah
Abra Auto Body Repair of America announced it acquired Centric Collision, located at 1545 State Street in Provo, Utah. The 16-employee, 32,000 sq. ft. shop opened on June 4. In a separate transaction, Abra Logan, located at 1240 South Hwy 89 in Logan, Utah opened on June 25. The 21,000 sq. ft. shop has seven […]
Abra Acquires Church Brothers Collision Repair
Abra Auto Body Repair of America announced its expansion in Indianapolis, with the acquisition of all six Church Brothers Collision Repair locations. Abra first entered the state of Indiana in 2012, with the opening of a franchise location in Kokomo. It has since added 14 more centers, primarily in the Indianapolis area. The addition of […]
Abra Acquires Five Collision Repair Centers in April
Abra Auto Body Repair of America announced the acquisition of five collision repair centers during the month of April. In Colorado, Abra added one center in Colorado Springs, located at 708 Nichols Blvd. The 6,500 sq. ft. center has seven employees, and is Abra’s fourth location in the Colorado Springs area. In New Jersey, the […]
Abra Acquires First Collision Repair Center in Maryland
Abra announced the acquisition of a new collision repair center in Rising Sun, Md., approximately 50 miles northeast of Baltimore, near the Pennsylvania border. Rising Sun is A’s first location in the state of Maryland. Located at 320 W. Main St. in Rising Sun, the former Harrison MITA Collision facility opened as Abra on March […]
ABRA Acquires Collision Repair Center in Pennsylvania
ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced the addition of a new location in Parkesburg, Pa., approximately 50 miles west of Philadelphia. Located at 5547 Lincoln Hwy in Parkesburg, the facility, LC Auto Body, was acquired by ABRA on January 12. The 16,000 sq. ft. repair center has 31 bays and 27 employees. “This team is […]
ABRA Acquires Collision Repair Center in New Jersey
ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced the September 29 acquisition of a collision repair facility in Pennington, N.J. The new ABRA Pennington features 11,000 sq. ft. of production space and a 2,000 sq. ft. front office. The I-CAR Gold Class facility, located at 65 Route 31 North in Pennington, previously operated as CARSTAR of Pennington. […]
Philadelphia I-CAR Committee Raises Over $46,000 for Collision Repair Education Foundation
Second annual event supports pre-employment collision education opportunities in greater Philadelphia market. On Thursday, June 8, the Greater Philadelphia-area I-CAR committee held its second annual fundraiser at the Scotland Run Golf Club, in Williamstown, N.J. to benefit the Collision Repair Education Foundation and local collision repair school programs. Over 160 people participated in the golf […]
ABRA Announces Executive Leadership Promotions and Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced it has added three key executive leadership roles to help execute its national growth strategy. James Kessler has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Kessler joins ABRA with substantial experience in the automotive space, spending 17 years in several senior leadership roles at […]
Over 200 ABRA Locations Earn NSF International Collision Repair Shop Certification
NSF International announced it has now certified more than 200 ABRA Auto Body & Glass repair centers via the NSF Collision Repair Shop Certification Program. ABRA was the first to earn NSF International collision repair certification. “NSF International’s independent certification program goes beyond a typical validation program to evaluate a shop’s ability to conduct quality […]