The Doan Group has announced the addition of a new franchise owner for its Maryland and Washington, D.C. regions. Kyle Boes, who has 13 years of experience in the insurance appraisal industry, has joined the company’s ever-growing roster of field appraisers who have decided to become franchise owners. “I appreciate the opportunity to build a […]
Group 1 Automotive Acquires RRR Automotive Group
Transaction includes three collision repair centers. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI) the automotive retailer with 198 dealerships located in the U.S. and U.K., today announced the acquisition of the RRR Automotive Group, adding to its U.S. portfolio in the greater Baltimore/Washington DC market, the sixth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The acquisition […]
Registration Open for Auto Care Association September Legislative Summit, Fall Leadership Days
Registration for the Auto Care Association’s Fall Leadership Days and Legislative Summit events is now open. The events will be held Sept. 20-22, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. For the second time, the Auto Care Association’s Legislative Summit will be held at the same location and in conjunction with the […]
WMABA Golf Outing October 13
The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association will hold its annual golf fundraiser Thursday, October 13th at Oak Creek Golf Club, in Upper Marlboro, Md. This year the event will be starting out early with a 9 a.m. shotgun start and wrapping up with a BBQ lunch and scoring/winner announcements. More information and registration are available […]
Signature Collision Centers Merges with Crash Champions
Following transaction, Crash Champions will have 118 collision repair centers across the U.S. Crash Champions announced today that the Company has entered into an agreement with Signature Collision Centers, one of the largest family owned, independent collision repair companies on the East Coast, to add Signature’s 24 locations to the Crash Champions collision repair platform. […]
Spanesi Americas Announces Capital Collision Equipment as New Distributor
Spanesi Americas announced that it is expanding its distribution team to better serve its customers and the collision repair industry. “We are extremely pleased to announce that Dave Hardester, has joined the Spanesi team. Dave will be distributing the complete Spanesi product line in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, and Southeast Pennsylvania as Capital […]
Car-O-Liner Adds New Distributor in Virginia, D.C. and Maryland
Car-O-Liner announced that B&R Associates is now a distributor of Car-O-Liner equipment with a territory representing Northern Virginia, Washington D.C., and portions of Maryland. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., B&R Associates was established in 1971. “We are extremely excited to be distributing Car-O-Liner equipment. We believe the Car-O-Liner brand fits in perfectly with our existing product […]
Service King Acquires Two-Location Collision Repair Business in Virginia
Service King Collision Repair Centers announced continued expansion in the Washington D.C. market with the acquisition of Southern Auto Body and its two collision repair centers in Fredericksburg, Va. Earlier this week, Service King announced the acquisition of Precision Collision, also in the D.C. market. Service King and Southern Auto Body finalized the merger Feb. […]
Service King Acquires Collision Repair Center in District of Columbia Market
Service King Collision Repair Centers announced the acquisition of Precision Collision a single location collision repair center located at 7901 Kincannon Place in Lorton, Va. “Service King and its team aligns seamlessly with the staff vision and mission of Precision Collision,” said Precision Collision owner Robert Plate. “That’s what makes our team so enthusiastic about […]