The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ) and the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) announced the complete program schedule for their Collision Professional Repairer Education Program (PREP) at NORTHEAST 2020. This year’s event is March 20-22 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J. A detailed schedule of classes is available […]
WMABA Golf Outing May 16
The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) will hold its 2018 Annual Golf Outing at the Heritage Hunt Golf & Country Club in Gainesville, Virginia on Wednesday, May 16 at 1:30 p.m. The event raises funds for the local Jerry Dalton Memorial Education Fund. “We are happy to announce our popular golf outing’s date for […]
AASP/NJ and WMABA Partner on Educational Program at NORTHEAST Trade Show
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ), hosts of the NORTHEAST trade show, announced a partnership with the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) to produce an new educational series at their 2018 show. The NORTHEAST trade show will be held March 16-18, 2018 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J. […]
WMABA Expands to West Virginia
The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) announced the addition of West Virginia to its membership territory as the association prepares to turn the mid-century mark with fifty years in operation. Steve Krieps, Shop Manager for Greg Cline Automotive in Winfield, W.V., and the newest board member of WMABA who led the charge to see […]
WMABA Annual Golf Outing May 17
The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA) 2017 Annual Golf Outing, which raises funds for the local Jerry Dalton Memorial Education Fund, will be held on May 17, 2017 with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start. The event will be held at Heritage Hunt Golf & Country Club in Gainesville, Va. “We are happy to announce […]
ABPA Supports West Virginia Collision Repair Parts Legislation
The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA), the association representing non-OEM parts suppliers, announced its support for collision repair parts legislation in the West Virginia (SB 544) that would eliminate the OEM parts requirement on newer vehicles and change consumer notification language. As CollisionWeek reported earlier this month, SB544 seeks to revise a current West Virginia […]
WMABA Opposes West Virginia Parts Bill
Association concerned neighboring states’ efforts to enact non-OE part restrictions will be affected by passage of legislation. The Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA), the association representing collision repairers in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., is strongly urging legislators in neighboring West Virginia to vote against Senate Bill 544 (SB 544) that would eliminate OE […]
Loftus Responds to WMABA
The following was submitted by Sheila Loftus in response to the recent press release from the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association: As the longtime editor and publisher of Hammer and Dolly magazine, I prided myself on getting my facts right. I usually succeeded. When I didn’t, I let my readers know where I’d gone wrong. […]
Open Letter from Washington Metro Auto Body Association
The following is an open letter to the collision repair industry from the Board of Directors of the Washington Metro Auto Body Association: On July 5th, 2006, the WMABA (Washington Metro Auto Body Association) Board of Directors received notice from Sheila Loftus that she was resigning from the position of Editor/Publisher of Hammer and Dolly, […]