The inaugural Carolina’s Educational Collision Conference (CECC) will take place on May 18-19 at the Cabarrus Arena at 4551 Old Airport Rd. in Concord, N.C. The educational event for collision repair industry professionals in the Carolinas features classes and seminars from industry-leading speakers, along with vendors, giveaways, auctions and food all around NASCAR All-Star Race […]
Copart Opens New Location in North Carolina
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the opening of a new 20-acre location at 2668 Highway 601 South Mocksville, N.C. “We are excited to add our new Mocksville location to meet the increasing demands for our business in North Carolina,” said Jay Adair, CEO of Copart. “I am glad we will be able to serve our buyers […]
CARSTAR Adds Collision Repair Center to Network in North Carolina
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR CarSmart Collision Pittsboro, a 6,000 sq. ft. collision repair center located at 1022 Sanford Road, in Pittsboro, N.C. The facility is owned by CARSTAR’s newest multi-store owner, Mark Wasmuth, who joined the network in 2017 with the opening of CARSTAR CarSmart Collision Chapel Hill. “I was reluctant to join […]
CARSTAR Adds Two Locations to Collision Repair Network
CARSTAR announced the opening of CARSTAR Advantage Collision Center, a 20,000 sq. ft. collision repair center, located at 3013 Airline Blvd. in Portsmouth, Va. and CARSTAR Collision Express, an 18,000 sq. ft. center located at 3705 Carolina Beach Rd, Wilmington, N.C. The collision repair centers are owned by Lisa and Mike Black. “Having been an […]
Axalta Hosts Automotive Career Fair at its Customer Experience Center in North Carolina
Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) is hosting an automotive career fair at its Customer Experience Center in Concord, N.C. today from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT. The event, co-sponsored by the Collision Repair Education Foundation and the TechForce Foundation, is expected to draw more than 500 high school and college students who are considering automotive industry careers […]
Signature Collision Centers to Open 25th Location
New collision repair centers mark entry into North Carolina market. Company also operates locations in Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. With the October 1st opening of the Asheville Signature Collision Center and next month’s opening of a location in Charlotte, N.C. the company will reach a milestone 25th location and establish its entry into […]
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, […]
Copart Opens North Carolina Location for Disaster Recovery Response
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the opening of a new location in Lumberton, North Carolina. The location will function as a catastrophe response facility and store vehicles collected from severe weather events along the United States’ North Atlantic coastline. “Copart is committed to having the most agile and rapid vehicle recovery response for clients and communities […]
North Carolina Insurance Department Adds 15 Agents to Fight Fraud
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is expanding the department’s criminal investigations division as part of his vision to eliminate insurance fraud in North Carolina. On March 16, 15 new special agents were sworn – in by State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jackson as officers to the NCDOI Fraud Control Group – nearly doubling the […]
Carolinas Collision Centers Opens Location in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Carolinas Collision Centers announced the opening of their collision repair center located at 1705 Legion Rd. in Chapel Hill, N.C.. The new facility is located 2 miles south of I-40 just off Fordham Blvd. (US 15-501) near the University of North Carolina. “We are honored to now be able to better service the collision repair […]