The Automotive Service Association has organized its rebooted NACE and CARS event around a repair-education framework it calls SPARK — Safe Profitable Automotive Repair Knowledge — and has already begun releasing instructional videos under that name ahead of the Sept. 29 program in San Antonio. The framework ties the event to the documentation and procedural […]
ASE Instructor Training Conference Centers on Technician Pipeline
The 16th annual ASE Instructor Training Conference put the technician shortage at the center of its program, drawing automotive, truck and collision repair instructors from high schools, community colleges and trade schools to Frisco, Texas, July 20-23 for more than 20 hours of technical update training. The event, presented by the ASE Education Foundation, is […]
ABPA Sets 2027 Annual Conference for May 3-5 in San Antonio
The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) announced it will hold its 2027 Annual Meeting & Business Conference May 3-5 at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas. ABPA said registration, hotel reservation information, sponsorship opportunities, speaker announcements and the full agenda will be released in the coming weeks. Tabletop exhibit and sponsorship […]
ASA Relaunches NACE/CARS as One-Day Interactive Event in San Antonio
The Automotive Service Association is relaunching its NACE and CARS events as a single, one-day gathering Sept. 29 at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San Antonio, Texas, reviving a national event brand and rebuilding it around small-group problem-solving rather than a trade-show floor. The rebooted International Autobody Congress and Exposition and Congress of Automotive […]
Plasnomic to Open First Plastic Repair Excellence Center in Dallas
Plasnomic announced June 17 that it will open its first Plastic Repair Excellence Center in Dallas, Texas in August, establishing a combined repair, research, recycling and training facility that the organization intends as the flagship for a planned network of similar centers. The center is built around a repair-first approach to automotive plastic components — […]
San Antonio Towing Company to Pay $280,000 Over Illegally Sold Servicemember Vehicles
San Antonio-based Vehicle Management Solutions Inc. will pay $280,000 to resolve U.S. Justice Department allegations that it illegally sold or scrapped about 93 vehicles owned by U.S. servicemembers in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), the department announced May 28. Under the settlement, the company known as VMS will pay $220,000 in compensation […]
Presenters Announced for September 29-October 1 CIECA CONNEX Conference
The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) released the speaker lineup for its 17th annual CONNEX conference, set for Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San Antonio, Texas. The 2026 theme is “The Rise of Software-Defined Vehicles: Collision Industry Impacts.” Bill Garoutte returns to emcee the event. Software-defined architectures […]
Texas Insurance Department Proposes Auto Appraisal Rule
Proposed rule tightens timelines from last year’s informal draft. The Texas Department of Insurance has formally proposed new rules establishing appraisal-process requirements for personal automobile and residential property insurance disputes, with significant auto-claim provisions, compressing several deadlines and adding new umpire-selection options compared with an informal draft circulated last fall. The proposal, signed April 23 […]
State Farm Cuts Texas Auto Rates 4.1%, Adds $105 Per-Vehicle Dividend
State Farm will reduce auto insurance rates for Texas drivers by an average of 4.1 percent and pay qualifying Texas customers an average dividend of $105 per vehicle, the company announced. New-business policies reflect the lower rates beginning April 15, and renewal policies follow June 4. The reduction represents more than $250 million in lower […]
STVT Arlington Campus to Launch Automotive Service Technician Program
South Texas Vocational Technical Institute’s Arlington, Texas, campus will begin enrolling students in a new Automotive Service Technician program on March 16, the school’s parent company Ancora Education announced. The program adds to the skilled trades offerings at the STVT campus and arrives amid continued demand for trained automotive service workers. “The addition of the […]
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