The National Auto Body Council is relaunching its Recycled Rides for Schools program after retooling the initiative to address changes in schools during the school shutdowns due to the pandemic, changing repair standards and insurance requirements. The program, which provides technical students with hands-on collision repair experience while refurbishing donated vehicles for families in need, […]
Saint-Gobain Holds Groundbreaking on New Administration Building at Norton Abrasives Manufacturing Campus in Massachusetts
Saint-Gobain held a groundbreaking ceremony August 26 to mark construction toward a new 47,000 sq. ft. administration building on its flagship abrasives manufacturing campus in Worcester, Mass. The construction marks the next chapter in Saint-Gobain’s long history in the Worcester community, where it is a major employer and its abrasives products subsidiary, Norton Abrasives, has […]
BASF Names Christopher Kugler National Strategic Accounts Manager
BASF Automotive Refinish has hired Christopher Kugler as its new National Strategic Accounts Manager. Most recently, Kugler was the Director of Automotive Aftermarket at ILJIN USA, a producer of wheel bearings and other automotive components. Prior to that position, Kugler was the North American National Accounts Manager for Saint-Gobain (Norton) Abrasives in the collision repair […]


