BASF, together with its long-term partner and customer, Guangdong TGPM Automotive Industry Group Co. Ltd. (TGPM), inaugurated the BASF-TGPM Automotive Refinish Competence Center (RCC) located in Foshan, Guangdong Province, China that will serve customers from around Asia. Foshan is a regional center for the automotive industry in China and Asia. This new center will meet […]
Axalta Opens Regional Office and Refinish Training Center in West China
Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) announced it has opened a new regional office and expanded its Refinish Training Center in Chengdu, which is the Capital of Sichuan province in China. The new facilities provide customers in West China with greater access to advanced coating technologies and value-added services. West China has been a crucial part of China’s national […]
Copart Opens Ninth Location in Germany
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced a new location at Am Bahnhof 7a in Friesack, Brandenburg in Western Berlin, Germany. This will be Copart’s ninth location in the country. “We are proud to bring our leading auction technology, processes, and services to the German salvage vehicle market,” said Alain Van Munster, Managing Director, Copart Germany. “With a […]
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Opens in Vietnam
Enterprise Holdings, today announced that its Enterprise Rent-A-Car brand is now available for the first time in Vietnam. This announcement follows the appointment of MP Logistics as Enterprise’s franchise partner last year. The launch is part of Enterprise Holdings’ goal to expand access to its car rental services throughout Asia and the Pacific. The Enterprise […]
Collision Reporting Center to Open in California
Accident Support Services International Ltd. (ASSI), facilitators of collision reporting to the insurance industry, announced its’ newest U.S. Collision Reporting Center (CRC) will open December 4 in Gardena, Calif. in partnership with the City of Gardena and the Gardena Police Department. ASSI, in partnership with insurers and local law enforcement agencies, have been operating Collision […]
Copart Opens New Location Near Hamburg, Germany
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced will open its seventh location in Germany. The facility is located at Magarete-Steiff-Weg 2 Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, near Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany. “We are thrilled to bring our online vehicle auction platform to the German market,” said Alain Van Munster, Managing Director, Copart Germany. The first online vehicle auction […]
Henkel Opens Training & Application Center in Connecticut
Henkel Adhesive Technologies, the provider for adhesives, sealants and functional coatings worldwide, announced the opening of a new customer training and application center in Rocky Hill, Conn. The facility will offer hands-on technical application training for Loctite brand automotive aftermarket products and Teroson brand collision repair products. The 2100 sq. ft. customer facility is one […]
Italy Plant to Become New Mopar Parts Distribution Hub Serving World Markets
The historic Fiat plant in Rivalta, located near Turin in Italy, is set to become one of the Mopar brand’s global parts and distribution centers serving Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and additional world markets. Prompted by the rapid global expansion of Mopar, the service, parts and customer-care brand for FCA vehicles, this project […]
Axalta Opens Research & Development Center at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia
New 175,000 sq. ft. facility will become home for coatings company’s global research initiatives. Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) today celebrated the official opening of its Global Innovation Center, the largest coatings research and development (R&D) center in the world, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The 175,000-foot Global Innovation Center offers specialty labs, as well as office space. […]
Boyd Group Opens New Collision Repair Center in Georgia
The Boyd Group Inc. announced the November 5, opening of a Gerber Collision & Glass repair location in LaGrange, Ga. This center was originally home to a new car dealership. Located about 60 miles southwest of Atlanta, and 30 miles southwest of a Gerber location in Newnan, LaGrange is the county seat of Troup County. […]