CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Geneva Body Shop, a 25,000 sq. ft. collision repair center, located at 901 N. Raddant Road, in Batavia, Ill. Owner of CARSTAR Geneva Body Shop, Pasquale Roppo, has been in the collision repair industry for over 35 years. Originally from Italy, Pasquale moved to the U.S. and got a […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in San Francisco
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Sunset Auto Reconstruction, a 6,000 sq. ft. collision repair facility located at 1270 20th Avenue, in San Francisco, Calif. Victor Sirhan, owner of CARSTAR Sunset Auto Reconstruction, has been in the collision repair industry for 14 years, originally starting on the insurance side. Two years ago, Victor purchased the […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Los Angeles
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR First Choice Auto Body, a 6,500 sq. ft. facility located at 4368 Fountain Avenue, in Los Angeles, Calif. The collision repair center is the first CARSTAR location for owner Edwin Khoshabeh, a third-generation auto body repairer who has been in the industry his whole life. “My father had an […]
CARSTAR Colorado Collision Repair Centers Offer Free Vehicle Sanitation for Health Care Workers
CARSTAR collision repair centers throughout Colorado are offering free services to help keep healthcare workers and first responders on the road, safe from germs and viruses in their vehicles. “We owe a debt of gratitude to those who are putting their lives on the line to help face the coronavirus challenge,” said Steve Rigsby, director […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Minnesota
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Precision Collision Auto Body, an 8,000 square foot collision repair facility,located at 13928 233rd Street, in Cold Spring, Minn. Gary Spychala, Erik Gebault and Mark Seidenstricker are the owners of CARSTAR Precision Collision Auto Body. The team has been in the industry for over 15 years, with Spychala and Gebault […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Washington State
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR John’s Body Shop, an 8,400 sq. ft. facility located at 5795 NE Minder Road, in Poulsbo, Wash. The facility opened as John’s Bodyworks in 1978 by John Ball. John’s nephew Joel Hanson grew up in this repair center, which sparked his interest for collision repair. As a body technician […]
CARSTAR Franchisee Adds Second Collision Repair Center in Texas
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Mansfield Paint & Body, a 7,000 sq. ft. collision repair facility, located at 780 W. Debbie Lane, #102, in Mansfield, Texas. The facility is the second CARSTAR facility for owners Steve Davis and Allen Massey, who also own CARSTAR Campbell’s Auto Body. Coming from 30 years in the banking […]
More than 200 Attend CARSTAR Edge Performance Group Meeting in Atlanta
The CARSTAR proprietary EDGE Performance Group (EPG) kicked off 2020 with a national meeting in Atlanta for franchise partners, store managers and CARSTAR corporate team members. Through the EPG meetings, CARSTAR continued to drive performance improvements across the CARSTAR network through national repair processes, performance standards and focused training on delivering those standards. The winter […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Michigan
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Ellis Brothers Collision, a 13,000 square foot collision repair facility located at 4935 Technical Drive, in Milford Charter Township, Mich. David Ellis, owner of CARSTAR Ellis Brothers Collision, got into the industry over 20 years ago when he was operating a small mobile scratch and dent removal company. Surrounded […]
CARSTAR Adds Dealership Collision Repair Center to Network in Arizona
CARSTAR announced the addition of CARSTAR Bill Alexander Ford in Yuma, Ariz. to its network of independently-owned collision repair facilities Owned by Ryan Hancock, the 4,000 sq. ft. facility is equipped to perform repairs to all makes and models. “The dealership legacy began in 1956 when Bill Alexander purchased the car lot, with his grandson […]