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Six State Attorneys General Reach Settlement with Oil Change Franchisor Over Use of Non-Compete Agreements

August 1, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and a coalition of six attorneys general from Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania announced an agreement to end the use of non-compete agreements, that they alleged were unfair labor practices under state law, for hourly employees at oil change and auto services company Valvoline LLC, Valvoline Instant […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Colorado, Illinois, Lawsuits, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Noncompete Clauses, Pennsylvania

Sixteenth Maaco Location Opens in Illinois

July 16, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Maaco announced that Bobby Kehagias has opened Maaco’s newest retail center located at 3232 W. Grandville in Waukegan, Ill. Kehagias has a longtime passion for the automotive industry and has loved being around cars since he was a child. After a 25-year corporate career for a retail company, Kehagias wanted to pivot to a new […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Illinois, MAACO, Openings

Crash Champions Opens New Collision Repair Center in Chicago Market

June 26, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Crash Champions announced it recently opened the doors to a newly constructed collision repair center in its home Chicagoland market.  The new 22,000-square-foot facility is conveniently located at 1652 Waukegan Rd in Glenview, Ill., and officially opened for business on June 10. It marks Crash Champions’ fifth new location in the Chicagoland area in the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Crash Champions, Illinois, Openings

Lawson Products Acquires S&S Automotive

May 2, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSGR) announced that its operating company, Lawson Products, Inc., completed the acquisition of S&S Automotive, Inc. the automotive and industrial parts supplier based near Chicago in Woodridge, Ill. The acquisition will complement Lawson Products’ automotive-focused division, Kent Automotive that distributes automotive and industrial class C-parts to auto dealerships and collision […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Distribution Solutions Group, Illinois, Lawson Products

Genuine Parts Company Acquires Largest NAPA Independent Store Owner in the U.S.

May 1, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), the global distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts, announced it acquired Motor Parts & Equipment Corporation (MPEC) effective April 30. MPEC, founded in 1938, is based in Rockford, Illinois and is the largest independent owner of NAPA Auto Parts stores in the U.S., operating 181 locations across Illinois, Indiana, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Genuine Parts Company, Illinois, NAPA Auto Parts

CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Rockford, Illinois

April 26, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARSTAR announced the addition of CARSTAR Team JC Auto Rebuilders in Rockford, Ill. to its network of collision repair centers in the U.S. Marcos Mejia, owner of the new CARSTAR Team JC Auto Rebuilder, started in the collision repair industry when he was 12 years old. His passion and pride for taking care of customers […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARSTAR, Illinois, Network Affiliations

State Senator Ann Gillespie Named Acting Director of Illinois Department of Insurance

April 16, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

On April 8, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced that Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Dana Popish Severinghaus will step down from her role as of April 15. Popish Severinghaus has served as Director of DOI since January of 2021. Governor Pritzker has appointed State Senator Ann Gillespie as new Acting Director of DOI, pending […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Insurance, Illinois, People

Summit Partners Acquires CollisionRight from CenterOak Partners

January 30, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision repair facility operator has 89 collision repair centers in nine states. CenterOak Partners LLC, the Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm, today announced the sale of CollisionRight, Inc. to Summit Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The majority investment from Summit Partners, a growth equity investment firm, will provide new capital to help […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, CenterOak Partners, CollisionRight, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Private Equity, Summit Partners, Tennessee, West Virginia

Lawson Products Acquires Emergent Safety Supply

January 22, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSGR)(DSG) today announced that its operating company, Lawson Products, completed the acquisition of Safety Supply Illinois LLC, that does business as Emergent Safety Supply (ESS), a national distributor of safety products based near Chicago in Batavia, IL. “We are excited to announce the acquisition of ESS,” said Cesar Lanuza, President & […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Distribution Solutions Group, Emergent Safety Supply, Illinois, Lawson Products

Fenix Parts Acquires Stafford’s Auto Parts

January 18, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fenix Parts announced today it has completed its acquisition of the assets of Stafford’s Auto Parts in Montgomery, Ill. Stafford’s is a full-service automotive recycler servicing the Chicago market. This is Fenix Parts’ seventh acquisition in the Midwest and brings Fenix’s location count to 25 full-service and 5 self-service locations. Bill Stevens, CEO of Fenix […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, Auotmotive Recyclers, Fenix Parts, Illinois

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