Associations plan to double size of event at Overland Park Convention Center after successful debut last year. Following the success of the inaugural Midwest Collision Repair Trade Show last April, the auto body associations of Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and the Iowa Collision Repair Association are doubling the size of the event scheduled for May […]
Crash Champions Acquires Dealership Collision Repair Center in Kansas City, Missouri
Crash Champions, LLC announced it expanded its footprint in the Kansas City metropolitan area, through the acquisition of Molle Toyota’s collision repair center. As part of the deal, Molle Toyota will maintain full independent ownership and operations of its automotive dealership, while Crash Champions will acquire and assume operations of the collision repair center effective […]
Midwest Auto Care Alliance Inaugural Gateway Collision Chapter Meeting Tonight in St. Charles, Missouri
The Midwest Auto Care Alliance (MWACA) Gateway Collision Chapter will host its first meeting tonight from 5:30-8 p.m. at JJ’s Restaurant, located at 1215 S Duchesne in St. Charles, Mo. The event will feature a discussion, Top 5 Concerns Collision Roundtable and Future Meeting Planning, moderated by Ron Reiling. More information and an RSVP form […]
Schaefer Autobody Centers Raises $75,000 to Benefit Children’s Hospital
Schaefer Autobody Centers announced $75,000 will be gifted to St. Louis Children’s Hospital from the company’s Annual David Ian Charity Golf Tournament held on September 26 at Greenbriar Hills Country Club in Kirkwood, Mo. The amount raised is the most in the tournament’s five-year history and will benefit children and their families at Children’s Hospital. […]
Warrensburg Collision Acquires 4 Locations in Missouri
Warrensburg Collision announced it acquired four collision repair centers in Missouri. With the acquisition they now have five locations in Sedalia, Higginsville, Odessa, and Grain Valley, as well as their original location in Warrensburg. The company is also rebranding as Collision Leaders. Casey Lund, owner of Collison Leaders, announced the name change and new logo […]
National Auto Body Council to Host Golf Fundraiser September 12 in Missouri
The National Auto Body Council (NABC) will host the NABC Gateway Pars for Cars Golf Fundraiser, presented by Enterprise, and a NABC Recycled Rides presentation, on Monday, September 12 at Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta, Mo. near St. Louis. Each year, the NABC and its member partners raise funds to support hundreds of NABC […]
Registration Open for September 13-14 CIECA Annual Conference
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced that its 14th annual conference, CONNEX 2022, will be held at the Embassy Suites St. Louis, in St. Charles, Mo. on September 13-14. More information about the CIECA CONNEX 2022 event, including registration is available online. The event will include a full lineup of business and technical […]
Crash Champions Acquires 11 Collision Repair Centers in Three States
Crash Champions, LLC announced today that it has added 11 new locations as a result of three transactions in Pennsylvania, Florida and Missouri. The Company has acquired Legacy Autobody Group, consisting of seven shops in Eastern Pennsylvania, Premier Collision Repair, a single location in Ft. Myers, FL and three collision repair facilities previously operated by […]
Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Center in Missouri
The Boyd Group Inc. announced the acquisition of a collision repair center in Springfield, Mo. This new Gerber Collision & Glass repair center operated as St. Louis Street Auto Body, serving the community since 1965. Located in southwestern Missouri, Springfield is the county seat of Greene County, the third largest city in Missouri and center […]
Boyd Group Acquires 35 Collision Works Collision Repair Centers
Adds 35 locations in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The Boyd Group Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Collision Works of Oklahoma, LLC a multi-store operation consisting of 35 collision repair centers located in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The transaction is expected to be completed within the next few weeks, subject to certain closing conditions being […]