Spanesi Americas recently recognized individual distributors for their 2018 contributions and accomplishments during its ‘2019 Kick Off’ Distributor Meeting that was held at its North American Operations Center in Illinois. Among those recognized was Anthony Iaboni, owner of Collision 360 for his earning of the prestigious “Distributor of the Year” award for 2018. Anthony and […]
Chris Shepherd Receives Master Collision Repair & Refinish Technician Award
Chris Shepherd, an I-CAR instructor at Caddo Career & Technology Center in Shreveport, La. was awarded the 2018 I-CAR Platinum/ ASE Master Collision Repair & Refinish Technician of the Year. The award was presented by Nick Notte, I-CAR’s senior vice president of sales, on November 14 during the Fall 2018 ASE Board of Governors meeting […]
BASF Receives Supplier Sustainability Award from BMW
BASF was honored with a BMW Supplier Innovation Award 2018 as the winner in the Sustainability category. BMW Group said BASF achieved the best performance in CO2 emissions in the report published by the non-governmental organization CDP. BASF’s anchoring of the fight against climate change within the company was cited as another reason for the […]
NuGen IT Receives CIECA Electronic Commerce Company of the Year Award
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced its Electronic Commerce of the Year and Outstanding Achievement Awards during the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nev. “CIECA is really proud this morning to recognize four individuals and one company for their exceptional efforts,” said Clint Marlow, Allstate Insurance, and CIECA’s chairman of the board at […]
ASE Honors 52 Technicians at Annual Meeting
Fifty-two automotive professionals were recognized on November 14, at the Fall Board of Governors meeting of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) held at Pier Sixty-Six Hotel and Marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The annual awards banquet spotlights top scorers on the ASE Certification Tests. Forty-one companies from both OEM and Aftermarket segments […]
ITW Evercoat Named SEMA Best New Collision Repair and Refinish Product Award Winner
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) announced its Best New Products Award at the 2018 SEMA Show. These awards are given to the most innovative and cutting-edge automotive aftermarket products that will be consumable in 2019. In the Collision Repair & Refinish Product category, the winner was ITW Evercoat, for its OPTEX Color Changing Body […]
Uni-Select Canada Announces Supplier Award Winners in Las Vegas
Uni-Select Inc. (TSE:UNS) announced on October 31, its Canadian Supplier Award winners. This collection of awards recognizes their achievements, innovation, and outstanding service of Uni-Select’s suppliers. Showing excellent creativity skills and accomplishing groundbreaking work in the automotive aftermarket, the honorees were celebrated during the ceremony held at Uni- Select VIP Supplier Awards Event in Las […]
I-CAR Announces Award Recipients at SEMA
Clark Plucinski honored with 2018 Chairman’s Award. CARSTAR Mundelein receives Russ Verona Award The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair(I-CAR) has named Clark Plucinski as the recipient of its 2018 Chairman’s Award. The award recognizes an individual or organization whose contributions to I-CAR have been significant or extraordinary. The Chairman’s Award recipient is selected by […]
ASE Training Managers Council Announces 2018 Award Winners
The ASE Training Managers Council (ATMC) announced the 2018 winners of the prestigious ATMC National Excellence in Training Awards, naming the submission by Motor Coach Industries as the Grand Award winner, with awards also going to Bridgestone Retail Operations and to Shell Oil Company. Winning the Grand Award for the second year in a row, […]
Fix Auto UK Franchisee Receive Shop and Manager of Year Awards
Mo Givian, a Fix Auto UK franchisee created history last week becoming the first ever recipient of two major accolades on the same evening at the annual Bodyshop Magazine awards which took place at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham on September 28. Givian’s Fix Auto Luton repair centerwas named as the UK’s Small Bodyshop of […]