Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE:PAG) and Premier Truck Group (PTG), its wholly-owned commercial vehicle subsidiary, have completed the acquisition of Kansas City Freightliner (KCFL), a retailer of medium and heavy-duty commercial trucks. The KCFL acquisition is expected to generate $450 million in annualized revenue, building further scale within Premier Truck Group. The acquisition adds five […]
Certified Collision Group Adds 52 Collision Repair Centers to its Network in 14 States
The Certified Collision Group (CCG), the OE Certifications and KPI-focused solutions provider, announced today its biggest quarter in company history adding 52 independent collision repair center locations to its network in the first quarter of 2021. “As we have collectively navigated through the challenges of the past 12 months, our model of supporting and amplifying […]
Crash Champions Acquires Nine Collision Repair Centers in Midwest
Crash Champions, LLC announced the acquisition of nine collision repair shops in several separate transactions in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Wisconsin. In the Cleveland, Ohio market, Crash Champions completed the acquisition of three Excalibur Collision repair shops, located in Streetsboro, Chagrin Falls, and South Euclid and comprising 34,200-sq. ft. total for conventional insurance work. […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in Kansas City Market
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Roe Body Shop, a 14,000 sq. ft. collision repair facility, located at 4715 Roe Parkway, Roeland Park, Kansas This is the third CARSTAR facility for local repairer MJ Alagha, who also owns CARSTAR Crystal Lenexa and CARSTAR Crystal 135th Street in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. Opening his first […]
Kansas Legislation Seeks to Remove Airbag Replacement Costs from Total Loss and Title Branding Calculation
A bill supported by the Kansas Auto Body Association seeks to add airbags to parts excluded from total loss and title branding threshold. Legislation introduced in Kansas seeks to limit the impact the increase in the number of airbags installed by vehicle manufacturers in late model vehicles has on the total loss and title branding […]
Collision Works Acquires Eight Collision Repair Centers in Oklahoma and Kansas
Collision Works has acquired Auto Craft Collision Repair’s eight locations including facilities in Wichita, Andover and Junction City, Kan., and Tulsa, Okla. With the newly acquired locations, Collision Works now operates 30 locations across Oklahoma and Kansas. “With more than 30 years of service, Auto Craft Collision Repair has long been the market leader in […]
Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists Acquires AWRS Midwest
Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists, LLC (AWRS) announced the acquisition of AWRS Midwest effective December 11. The acquisition includes locations in the following cities: St. Louis, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Kansas Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville, Fort Smith) Central Arkansas (Little Rock) Northern Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) East Texas (Tyler, Longview, Nacogdoches) Mike Riley, […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Announces Fall Career Fair Schedule
The Collision Repair Education Foundation announced its fall schedule of career fairs for transportation students. The Collision Repair Education Foundation has partnered with the TechForce Foundation on high school and college transportation career fair events taking place this fall. Through these partnerships, the fall events will bring together over 2,500 collision, auto service, heavy duty, […]
Kansas Auto Body Association Education Day July 28
The newly formed Kansas Auto Body Association is hosting its second education event of 2018 on July 28th at the Hilton Garden Inn located in Salinas, Kansas. The event starts Friday evening, July 27 at 7:00 p.m. with a welcome reception sponsored by Mitchell International. The Saturday morning the education day starts with a networking […]
GEICO Announces Kansas Operations Center
GEICO, the second largest private passenger auto insurer in the U.S., announced yesterday that it will open its newest office in Lenexa, Kan., adding 500 associates during the next five years. Joining GEICO Chairman Tony Nicely in making the announcement were Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D., Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, GEICO’s parent company, […]