Today, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez joined state and local leaders to announce that Safelite AutoGlass will create 900 new insurance claims processing and support jobs in Rio Rancho over the next four years. The new facility will be Safelite’s fifth contact center. Safelite currently operates four contact center operations: two in Columbus, Ohio; one in […]
Boyd Group Opens Greenfield Collision Repair Center in Georgia
The Boyd Group Inc. announced the June 28, opening of a new collision repair location in Dallas, Georgia. The center is located on the Charles Hardy Parkway, about 20 miles west of Atlanta. “We are very pleased to add this greenfield location in Dallas, which will add to our strong presence in the Atlanta metropolitan […]
Classic Collision Opens 18th Georgia Collision Repair Center
Classic Collision Inc. has added an 18th location in the north Georgia Market with the addition of its newest collision repair center in Cumming, Ga. Cumming is located 45 miles Northeast of Atlanta. The new Cumming location employs 10 people making Classic Collision an employer of over 500 people across its organization. Manfred Kammerer, the […]
Concours Collision Centres Opens Fourth Location in Calgary
Concours Collision Centres has opened a fourth location in Calgary, expanding to the South Trail Auto Mall in one of the city’s fastest growing areas. With the new facility, Concours, which has been in business for 35 years, will have the capacity to repair over 5,000 vehicles a year. “From the deep north to the […]
Volkwagen Opens New Parts Distribution Center, Training Center in California
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA) announced the grand opening of its new $6.8 million Pacific Northwest Parts Distribution Center (PDC) in Rocklin, Calif. The company also confirmed that it will invest an estimated $4.5 million to open a new training center in Eastvale, Calif., just outside of Los Angeles. These facilities, which represent an […]
BASF Hosts Ribbon Cutting at Houston Competence Center
Chris Toomey, BASF Senior Vice President, Coatings Solutions North America, welcomed guests and hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for BASF’s new Houston competence center along with members of the Lake Houston Area Chamber of Commerce and real estate developer Trammel Crow in Houston, Texas on June 7. The highlight of the open house was the […]
ABRA Launching Career Development Academy
ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced it is now enrolling students into its new Career Development Academy. The Academy, located in Eagan, Minnesota, is set to open later this summer. ABRA is launching the Career Development Academy in response to an industry wide shortage of auto body technicians. There is no cost to students attending […]
Axalta Expands European Technology Centre in Germany
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) officially opened its newly expanded European Technology Centre (ETC) in Wuppertal, Germany today. The center will be home to the company’s liquid coating research facilities for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. “Axalta is making this considerable investment in its EMEA research and development facilities to expand, to upgrade […]
Copart Expands to the Republic of Ireland
Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT), announce the opening of its first location in the Republic of Ireland. “We are really excited about expanding our presence in the European market. This location allows us to better serve our large international buyer base and clients,” said Vinnie Mitz, President of Copart. “We are pleased with the success of our […]
FCA US Invests $12.2 Million in New Parts Distribution Center in Virginia
FCA US LLC has started preliminary work on a new Mopar Parts Distribution Center (PDC) in Winchester, Va. The 400,000-plus square-foot facility, scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2016, expands the Mopar North American footprint to 22 PDCs. The facility will handle more than 50,000 part numbers distributed to over 200 FCA US […]