CrashCo Collision Centers announced the opening of a greenfield collision repair facility in East Dundee, Ill. The 8,000 sq. ft. facility is the fourth location for the multiple shop operator. The company, founded in 2010, also operates collision repair centers in Mokena and Alsip Ill. as well as Merrillville, Ind. According to Kevin Mehok, Vice […]
Axalta Opens New Coating Manufacturing Facility in India
Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) opened its new coating manufacturing plant on April 4, at Savli, Vadodara in Gujarat, India. Approximately 70 guests, including local government officials, customers, university representatives, media, and employees attended the opening ceremony, which Axalta Chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver presided. The 5,200 square meter (56,000 sq. ft.) plant is part of Axalta’s Savli […]
Copart Expands Tucson Location
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the expansion of its location at 5600 South Arcadia Avenue in Tucson, Ariz. “Our team in Tucson is prepared to take on a higher volume of vehicles,” said Jay Adair, CEO of Copart. “Just like our Phoenix location’s recent expansion, Tucson’s growth will provide increased efficiencies for buyers and sellers across […]
Collision Reporting Center to Open in Tucson, Arizona
Accident Support Services International Ltd. (ASSI), facilitators of collision reporting to the insurance industry, announced the opening of its newest U.S. Collision Reporting Center (CRC) in partnership with the Tucson Police Department is scheduled for May 2018. ASSI, in partnership with insurers and local law enforcement agencies, have been operating CRCs since 1994 in Canada. […]
Fix Auto USA Adds Heavy Hit Collision Repair Center to Network in Anaheim, California
Fix Auto USA announced the launch of a collision repair center designed and constructed to meet changing market conditions. Located in Orange County, California, Fix Auto Anaheim North is owned and operated by industry veteran David Caulfield. Fix Auto Anaheim North’s principal objective is to repair that segment of damaged vehicles that are otherwise burdensome […]
Mike’s Auto Body Opens Aluminum Repair Annex in San Ramon, California
Mike’s Auto Body announced it recently added its second aluminum facility in San Ramon, Calif. in a 13,000 sq. ft. building that is located nearby its existing collision repair shop. In 2017, Ford sold nearly 900,000 F-Series trucks in the U.S. with bigger numbers forecasted for this year, so Mike’s is ready to deal with […]
Car-O-Liner Distributor Opens Training Center in Middle East
Car-O-Liner announced that its distributor in the Middle East, the AKA Group, together with their new partner, Al Rajhi Takaful Insurance (ART), the largest motor vehicle insurance company in the Middle East opened their new training academy on February 24th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Matthias Mueller, General Manager of AKA group operations, welcomed guests and […]
LKQ Reports Revenue Up 13.4 percent in 2017
Organic revenue growth for year was 4.1 percent LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31. For the fourth quarter of 2017, revenue was $2.47 billion compared with $2.15 billion for the fourth quarter of 2016, an increase of 14.9 percent. For the fourth quarter, parts […]
Copart Canada Moves to a New Facility in Calgary
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the grand opening of a new facility in Calgary, Alberta. Copart has moved its current operations in Calgary to this new location, located at 234082 84 Street SE in Rocky View County. In conjunction with the grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony on December 7, 2017, Copart Canada also hosted its first […]
Nagy’s Celebrates Grand Opening at New Orrville, Ohio Office and Estimating Center
Nagy’s Collision Centers recently announced it celebrated the grand opening of its new facility in Orrville, Ohio on Friday, February 2. The new center, located at 1793 North Main St., will house the company’s corporate offices, an Estimating Center and an Enterprise Rental Center. The grand opening event had over 130 guests attend the celebration, […]