PartsTrader announced a partnership with LKQ North America to provide access to LKQ North America’s broad range of alternative parts and services via SurePart, PartsTrader’s new parts pricing platform for carrier-written/IA estimates. SurePart allows appraisers to write more accurate estimates by providing instant market pricing and leveraging industry-leading filtering to remove invalid parts. Rather than […]
PartsTrader Launches SurePart Instant Parts Pricing Platform
PartsTrader today launched SurePart, their new instant parts pricing platform. “SurePart’s a real game changer. Inaccurate initial estimates have been a significant cost to the industry” SurePart allows appraisers to write more accurate estimates by providing instant market pricing and leveraging industry-leading filtering to remove invalid parts. The result is a more accurate estimate […]
PartsTrader Hosts Q3 Virtual Collision Repair Industry Update September 2
PartsTrader announced it will host a virtual collision repair industry update event on September 2 at 1 p.m. (EDT). The free, live, interactive event offers a way for industry professionals to get vital information about current trends affecting their business. “I look forward to showing the latest trends on parts supply; on a part type […]
PartsTrader May 18th Virtual Collision Repair Industry Update Examines Current Trends, Parts Shortage Concerns
PartsTrader announced a virtual collision repair industry event on May 18 at 1 p.m. (EDT) where PartsTraders Chief Innovation Officer, Greg Horn, will continue his quarterly tradition of sharing valuable insights into the collision repair industry. Registration for the webinar is available online. This free, live, interactive event offers industry professionals vital information about current […]
PartsTrader’s Greg Horn to Present at ABPA 2021 Annual Convention
The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) announced that acclaimed industry veteran, Greg Horn of PartsTrader, will be addressing the ABPA Convention in Nashville on September 21-24. In his new role at PartsTrader, Greg will discuss “Collision Industry Trends” and will be speaking to attendees during the Thursday, September 23 session. More information and registration for […]
Collision Repair Education Foundation Announces Six New Board Members
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) announced the appointment of six new members to its Board of Trustees. The six Board of Trustees members who joined in 2020 include: Tom Brown, 3M Paul Folino, LKQ Corporation Brenda Hogen, PartsTrader Ken Hudson, Farmers Insurance Scott Kohl, Liberty Mutual Insurance Sandee Lindorfer, Allstate Insurance Company Tom Wolf, […]
PartsTrader to Host Virtual Collision Repair Industry Update November 5
PartsTrader announced a virtual collision repair industry update event. The free, live, interactive event offers a way for industry professionals to get vital information about current trends affecting their business. This webinar event will be held on November 5th, at 2 p.m. (EST). Registration for the event is available online. “2020 has been an incredibly […]
U.S. Length of Rental Declines in Third Quarter
Latest data from Enterprise Rent-a-Car shows rental length has stabilized following disruptions by COVID-19 crisis earlier this year. As patterns of “new normal” emerge – from continued remote working to limited travel, business as usual and everything in between – Enterprise has continued to track results and patterns in the Length of Rental (LOR) for […]
Interview: Greg Horn, PartsTrader
Horn details statistics on the health of the collision repair industry parts supply chain in the wake of the pandemic as well as longer term issues facing the industry. When parts manufacturers started closing factories this past spring in the face of the coronavirus crisis, concerns over parts availability increased for the repair industry. While […]
Collision Repair Length of Rental in May Down in the U.S. Compared to Last Year
Eight states had a decrease of one day or more from 2019. The collision industry was affected in many ways by the COVID-19 pandemic – repair volume, transportation shutdowns, customer concerns, and process disruptions. In April 2020, Enterprise Rent-A-Car analyzed these impacts on its Length of Rental (LOR) across the three main vehicle statuses: Drivable, […]