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- Corpus Christi Body Shop Burns, Arson Suspected, No Insurance
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- Pawtucket, RI, Body Shop Accused of Renting Customer Cars
- Maaco Employee Arrested After Police Radio Stunt
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- Las Vegas' Collision Authority in Public Safety Campaign
- California's SB 1460---the Aftermarket Crash Parts Bill ---Deceased... for Now
- Cooks Collision Centers Formally Announces Acquisition of Holmes Body Shop
- San Diego's Mossy Toyota Collision Center Hosts SkillsUSA Contestants
- Poway, CA, Navy Veteran Has Vehicle Painted to Honor Troops
- CAA San Diego Chapter Meeting Goes Nuts Over Efficiency
- Collision Repair Industry vs. Sacramento at the Annual ASCCA/CAA Legislation Day
- National Auto Body Show and Shine San Diego
- Who is BAR Chief John Wallauch and how did he get to be the new Sheriff for California’s auto repair industry?
- Car show, barbecue in Vacaville, CA, to assist cancer patients
- Fremonts Auto Body and Maaco Donate Complete Paint Voucher to Washington High School
- CAA San Diego Chapter Hosts Paul Amato to Discuss Shop Efficiency
- Rich Evans CoSponsors Fundraiser for Baby Cancer Foundation
- Former MLB Pitcher, Mike Robbins, Now Motivational Speaker Engages the East Bay CAA
- CAWA and ASCCA Finding Common Ground at their Annual Aftermarket Industry Summit
- NASTF General Meeting April 17 in Palm Springs
- Portland OR Shop Launches Collision Repair Advocacy Campaign
- Small Community Gets New Body Shop
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes and Summit Software to Host Collision Facility Digital Marketing Seminar in San Diego
- PPG MVP Spring Conference Sold Out
- CAA Glendale/Foothill Chapter Holds Meeting About Industry Total Losses at LKQ, Santa Fe Springs
- CAA’s Orange County Chapter Holds Morning Meeting in Tustin, Discusses 5-Year AQMD NOx Rule Postponement and Monetizing Social Media
- California Autobody Association and Automotive Service Councils of California to Hold Legislative Day in April
- Caliber Collision Centers Continues Expansion to Torrance
- Two California Bills Attempt to Amend the Business and Professions Code to 1) Exclude Disclosure of Aftermarket Parts and 2) Exclude Tires and Minor Maintenance from Registration Requirements (AB 2065, Galgiani)
- Santa Clara CAA Hosts Parts Program Talk with Honda, Acura and Toyota Representatives
- Separate Arizona Bills: HB 2394 “Strikes Everything” on Unlawful Practices Language for Repair Shops; SB 1134 Requires Changes to Handling of Unearned Premiums by Insurers
- San Diego Chapter of the California Autobody Association Swears in New Board by New President at Meeting
- BodyShopBids Expands to Offer Online and Mobile Auto Repair Estimates in California
- Santa Clara Chapter of the CAA to Hold February Meeting
- Caliber Acquires California MSO 101 Collision
- Inland Empire CAA Holds Tech Appreciation and Education Night
- ASCCA and CAWA to Host Third Annual Joint Summit in February 2012
- Insurers: “It appears these regulations would merely benefit vendors, like auto body repair shops"
- Full Text of California DOI’s Proposed Amendments to Insurance Code
- Hitting the Streets with the G & C Auto Body Meter Beaters
- Oregon Shop’s Parts Manager Performs Heroic Deed to Save a Life
- CA/NV/AZ Automotive Wholesalers Association (CAWA) Delivers Rebuttal to Letter of Opposition to “Imitation” Aftermarket Crash Parts Legislation
- 2012 NABC Annual Fundraiser Held in Conjunction with CIC in Palm Springs, CA
- California’s DOI Calls Meeting, Drafts Reforms to Labor Rate Surveys, DRPs, and Steering
- CARSTAR Launches Expansion Effort in California, Sees “Tremendous Opportunity”
- Organizations Campaign Against Aftermarket Parts Equivalence
- Mike Rose's Auto Body Adds Eighth Location in Lafayette, CA
- San Diego California Autobody Association (CAA) Chapter to Hold First Meeting of 2012
- Nevada Texting While Driving Ban Takes Effect
- Ford Creates First Silicon Valley Presence with New Research Lab
- Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces New Principally at Fault Regulations
- Valley Motor Center, in Van Nuys, CA, Hosts Another Successful Vehicle Donation
- CAA’s East Bay Chapter Hosts 14th Annual Toys for Tots Model Truck Customizing Competition
- G&C AutoBody Will Spend $2M on Solar Panels at Three Locations
- Mike’s Auto Body Benevolence Program
- Western Collision Industry’s 2011 Redux
- Golden State Collision Centers, Inc. to Provide Five Restored Vehicles to In-Need Families
- Lexus Mulling Headquarters Move to California
- 2012 NABC Annual Fundraiser Coming Soon, Registration Still Open
- Maaco Auto Body in Fremont, CA, Named ‘Community Hero’ for Participation in Energy Conservation Program
- FinishMaster’s Harding Park Golf Tournament a Big Success
- California Court Grants Joint Motion to Dismiss Perez et al. Aftermarket Antitrust Case, Allows Plaintiffs to Refile Case
- California DOI Meeting Reviews Regulations Affecting Aftermarket Parts and Accountability
- Inland Empire California Autobody Association (CAA) Chapter Holds Meeting to Discuss Aftermarket Parts Certification Issues
- Maaco of Fremont Named Community Hero by PG&E
- Nevada Appoints Insurance Commissioner
- CAWA Installs Officers for the 2012 Year
- Golden State Collision Centers Gives Back to Community with Harvest Festival
- Santa Clara CAA Hosts 18th Annual Golf Tournament
- Airbag Legislation Signed into Law in California
- San Diego Chapter of the California Autobody Association (CAA) Hosts Frank Terlep for Digital Marketing Meeting
- California DMV Gets its own Reality TV show
- California Dealers Required to Sticker Salvaged Vehicles
- CAA Santa Clara Chapter to Hold Annual Harding Park Golf Tournament
- Greg’s Auto Body in Whittier, CA, Hosts Firefighter Extrication Class
- CAA Pasadena/Foothill Chapter Hears Larry Baker & AQMD Rule 1147
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ University “Winning the Keys” Workshop to be Held in San Diego
- Golden State Collision Centers Launches Third Annual Boy and Girl Scouts Campaign
- Michael Antonelli Appointed to CAWA Board of Directors
- East Bay CAA Chapter Hosts 25th Annual Chapter Golf Tournament
- Gene Crozat Family Opens Newest G&C Location in Novato
- 2012 NABC Annual Fundraiser to Be Held in Palm Springs
- Nevada Insurance Commissioner Resigns, Effective August 12
- CAA San Diego Chapter to Hold Monthly Meeting
- Chief Opens New Research Center in Irvine, CA
- Gerber National Glass Services Receives Customer Service Excellence Award from California Casualty
- Teamsters Escalate BMW Protests Across America
- CAWA Will Install Officers for the 2012 Year
- And You Thought You Knew Ugly Dogs
- Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Insurers Alleging Control of CAPA
- San Diego Collision Center Welcomes New Leaders, Name
- Encinitas, CA, Auto Shop Recognized as Eco-Friendly
- BMW May Recycle Ontario, CA, Workforce
- NV: 34th State to Ban Texting While Driving
- Santa Clara CAA Chapter Golf Tournament Postponed
- CA Cities Top Eight of 10 Cities With Most Car Thefts
- Former San Diego Car Dealer Found Dead In FL Home, Police Call Death 'Suspicious'
- California Appeals Court Rules Consumers Can Recover Damages For Steering
- Bill Aimed at Providing Cheaper Auto Insurance for Low-Income Families Dies in Nevada Senate
- Mitchell Inc. Gives Local CAA Members Open-House Tour of Facilities
- Santa Clara CAA Chapter Will Hold 18th Annual Golf Tournament
- CAA San Diego Chapter Holds 17th Annual Golf Tournament
- Auto Body World in Arizona to Add Eighth Location
- California Autobody Association Holds Quarterly Meeting in San Diego
- Valley Ventura California Autobody Association to Hold Monthly Meeting
- California VFW Makes Donation to Marine to Pay Off Final Mustang Repair Costs
- East Bay CAA Hosts 25th Annual Golf Tournament
- Aftermarket Chrome Compromising Wheel Leads to $2.75M Judgment in California
- California Court Permits Plaintiffs’ “Aftermarket Parts” Antitrust Action Against Auto Insurers to Proceed After Five Year Delay
- CA Senate Committee Blocks Bill That Sought to Boost Insurance Commissioner’s Penalty Powers
- Pick A Part Opens New Auto Recycling Yard in Tolleson, AZ
- BMW North America Files Another Motion to Dismiss Case Involving Paint Jobber
- Fix Auto USA Adds Five Franchise Locations In First Quarter Of 2011
- UPDATE: Poway, CA, to get new 33,000 sq ft body shop
- Montana Estimating Bill is Now Law
- Local Repair Shops, Vendors Refinish San Diego Marine's Mustang
- 9% of Californians Talk or Text While Driving According to Observational Study
- Man Wanted in Connection With Death Of Point Loma Auto Repair Shop Owner
- CA Senate Passes Airbag Fraud Bill Doubling Potential Penalties
- CRA meets with Commissioner, proposes regulatory language to define 'workman like manner of repair'
- California Senate Bill 631 Would Give Insurance Commissioner More Penalty Powers
- CAA Holds Quarterly Delegates Meeting in Sacramento, Swears in New Board, Award Winners
- The Curious Case of Hibbs vs Allstate— Does An Insurer Have the Right to Repair?
- Glendale/Foothill California Autobody Association Upcoming Meeting
- CAWA-Backed Proclamation Signed By Arizona Governor
- Increased Penalties for Airbag Fraud Specified by Bill Pending in California
- Randall Swedlove Appointed to CAWA Board of Directors
- Rich Evans Fronts Speed’s TV Hit Car Warriors
- 911 Collision’s Retro-Mod ‘66 Mustang for Tucson Charities
- California/Nevada/Arizona Automotive Wholesalers Assn. Holds Aftermarket Summit
- East Bay CAA Members Meet with Representatives from Three EEEC Agencies
- Pasadena-Foothills CAA Meeting Talks LKQ, SEMA, and I-CAR
- City Auto Body in Simi Valley, California, Moves to Larger Location
- San Diego CAA Chapter Discusses I-CAR Course Restructuring
- East Bay CAA Members Meet with Representatives from Three EEEC Agencies
- Amended Arizona Anti-Steering, Inspection Bill Passes Caucus Vote
- Bills in California, Nevada Address Tire Pressure Check Fines for Body Shops
- Air Quality Management District to Workshop NOx Reductions for Spray Booths
- CAA San Diego Holds First Meeting of 2011 With Mitchell’s Greg Horn
- Sacramento Approves ‘Crash Tax’ on Non-City Residents
- CA Paint Jobber NDI Sues BMW North America After the Automaker Implemented its own BMW Paint Line
- Arizona Insurance Department Increases Property Damage Threshold for Autos
- Second CAA Meeting of 2011 Involving the EEEC Coming in March
- East Bay CAA Chapter Hears From GM Collision/Powertrain and BECCA®
- Valley Ventura CAA Chapter Discusses SCAQMD Compliance and Fraud
- New BMW Dealership Slated to Open in Vista, North San Diego County
- Allstate Phases Out Your Choice Auto Program in California
- Inland Empire CAA Chapter Warns About EEEC Area Inspections
- PPG Spring MVP Conference Offers "Journey to Excellence"
- AIA Western Region Announces New VP
- CAWA Appoints Ralph Barr to Manufacturers' Advisory Council
- South Coast Air Quality Management District Advisory Notice Regarding Non-Resettable Gas Meters for Spray Booths
- California OKs Pay-as-You-Drive Auto Insurance Policies
- NAPA Plans Collision Center Performance Group Meeting in Jan.
- CAA Pasadena Foothill Chapter Holds Holiday Mixer
- California, Arizona, and Hawaiian Shops and Companies Brighten Marines’ Kids Xmas
- Toby Chess Asks for Your Contribution for Toys for Marine Families
- December 15 is Most Dangerous Day for California Drivers
- 2011 Q1 Training Schedule Announced by Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes
- Auto Body Fraud Investigator Dr. Kenneth Zion Speaks at CAA Santa Clara Chapter Meeting
- CAA East Bay Hosts Toys for Tots Truck Customizing Competition
- Sun Devil Auto Kicks Off Third Annual Toys For Tots Drive Throughout Arizona, Nevada, and Texas
- Capital Original Wheels Celebrates 55 Years in Business
- San Juan Capistrano Offers $5M Incentive to Retain Auto Dealership
- Register Now for the NABC Annual Golf Outing in Palm Springs, California
- Statewide Midterm Elections Change Insurance Game, Western Results
- Number of Californians Hit by Cars Jumps 25% On Halloween
- Ten percent of all insurance workers are in California
- Ron’s Casino Night – A Successful Fundraising Event in Support of Ron Guilliams
- San Diego and San Jose are Cities with the Most Drunk Driving Violators
- I-CAR Vice-Chairman Sulkala Talks at CAA East Bay Meeting
- CA Traffic Groups Oppose Potential Statewide Ban of All Cell Use Behind the Wheel
- Fines for Out-of-Service Violations Increased in California
- Mercury News editorial: Dave Jones for insurance commissioner
- CHP seeking truck driver in Yuba-Sutter fatal hit-and-run
- Poll Finds Opposition to Billing Auto Insurance Carriers for Accident Fees
- CA AG Brown Sues Car Washes Run by Owners of High-End Hollywood Restaurant
- California Bill to Require Brake Pad Reformulation Signed by Schwarzenegger
- California Autobody Association to Host Compliance Webinar
- CRA Calls on Gov. to Veto SB 427, Rejects Redefining ‘Aftermarket Parts’
- Gov. Vetos California SB 427
- Completes Plus Opens New Main Warehouse Location in LA
- Pasadena/Glendale CAA Chapter Meeting Gets Heated on Rulemaking and Fraud
- CAA Asks Governor to Veto SB 519
- Toyota Settles In Case Over Family Deaths Related to Unintended Acceleration
- CAA Santa Clara Hosts Annual Trade Faire
- California's SB 427 Amends Law for Auto Repair, Redefines "Aftermarket" and "Crash" Part
- CA Extends Car Pool Lane Use for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Until 2011
- AIAM Supports Agreement on CA Brake Pad Bill
- Court Dismisses Suit Challenging CA Commissioner's Actions
- San Diego CAA Talks BAR and Insurance Race
- Drew Ford in La Mesa, CA Hosts Free Extrication Demo for Late Model Cars
- NCIA Says Totaling at 65% of Cash Value is Too Low a Threshold in Nevada
- ACIC Seeks to Axe Sacramento Crash Tax Scheme
- California BAR Proposes Retiring Greater Number of Older Vehicles
- California mandates tire pressure checks except for body shops
- U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Passes High-Tech Vehicle Legislation
- Nevada Gets New Insurance Commissioner, Brett J. Barratt
- California Ends Hybrids’ HOV Status for Singles
- A Brief History of Collision Repair Association of California
- Nevada Subcommittee Seeks Tire Pressure Check Law
- California Assembly Allows Crash Parts Bill to Die
- California CDI and Attorney General's office responds to CRA observations regarding noncompliant non original equipment aftermarket crash parts
- Pasadena CAA Chapter Meeting Hears ‘A Perfect Storm’ Presentation from Dale Delmege, Members Talk about Sting
- California State Assembly Hears Two Bills on Aftermarket Parts, CAA to Meet with CDI & DOI
- Commissioner Poizner Orders Vehicle Warranty Company to End Illegal Telemarketing, Stop Operating as Unlicensed Insurance Company
- George K. Daghlian, of Douglas Auto Body in Pasadena, Passes Away
- CAA Reminds Members and Non-Members that it's here to educate about Fraud
- Ron Guilliams Casino Night Benefit
- Brown Files to Support Federal Clean Air Standards
- 'Operation Straight Body' a Sting Launched in Orange County, CA
- State-of-the-Art Automotive Management Training Facility Opens at Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
- California Autobody Association --- 43 Years of Representation
- Redding, CA CARS offers service to vets
- Giant Toyota Teams with Tiny Tesla to Build Next Generation Cars at Fremont, CA, Plant
- Congresswoman Jackie Speier Wields Reciprocating Saw on Structural Parts
- CDI Notice to All Admitted Insurers and Other Interested Parties
- Department of Insurance responds to CRA Letters, Industry asks CRA to Explain its Position
- Exchange of letters between CRA and Commissioner Poizner’s office
- CRA Writes to the Insurance Commissioner: “Show us you can lead!”
- CRA Aftermarket Parts Demonstration Gets Major Media Attention
- CAA Orange County Meeting April 28
- Legislator, auto repair experts warn that some cars were repaired with inferior bumper supports
- CRA Wants CDI Commissioner To Identify Aftermarket Bumper Reinforcements Used in Insurance Claims
- Arizona Glass Assn VP, Kerry Soat, says billing errors shouldn't be felonies
- Western Feb 2010 CONTENTS
- Whittier Attorney Arrested for Allegedly Falsifying Insurance Claim After Car Was Burned
- California Court Rejects Unfair Competition Claims Against Insurers
- Brief History of ASA Arizona: Giving Collision & Mechanical Support
- Phoenix Claimant Hit with Shop Storage Charges by Insurer
- CA Atty. Gen. Settles with Midas MSO for $1.8M on Bait and Switch Scheme
- Arizona Hears Controversial Auto Glass Fraud Bill, Glass Representative Objects
- LA City Council Bans Auto Businesses from Cypress and Glassel Park
- CAA Considers Action on Non-Compliant Labor Rate Surveys
- State Farm Denies Steering Allegations
- Governor Lifts Air Pollution Permit Moratorium
- AB 1200: CRA Looks Forward to the Rest of the Story
- California Assembly Bill 1200 'Pro Steering Bill' Signed into Law
- CAA says California Agencies Stepping Up Enforcement
- Gerber Collision & Glass Opens New Location in Anthem, Arizona
- Manuel's Auto Body Owner in Bakersfield Needs Bone Marrow Transplant
- CRA ASKS Gov. Schwarzenegger to “Terminate” AB 1200
- CAA Says "Help Stop More Tax Increases"
- CAA Benefit: Tiger Gas
- LAST Chance---A Veto on AB 1200?
- AB1200, backed by auto insurers, wins key vote, will likely pass Assembly
- Consumer Watchdog Publishes 'Top Ten Reasons Not to Trust Mercury Insurance'
- Auto Insurer Contracts Shed Light On A.B. 1200
- Auto Body Fraud Hearing Flusters Chair Mary Hayashi
- AB 1200 (Hayashi) Loses Close Senate Vote - Bill Granted Reconsideration
- California's AB 1200 Takes Away Consumer Protection
- Battle Over Assembly Bill 1200 Intensifies-- Bill’s Author Challenges Collision Repairers' Integrity
- California AB 1200 Near a Vote, Contact Your Representatives
- Gerber Collision & Glass Opens New Location In Glendale, Arizona
- CAA Legislative Bill Update
- CDI Announces Arrest of Sacramento Area Family for Alleged Auto Insurance Fraud
- AB 1179 is signed into California law
- Double Whammy on DRPs and Steering Hits Collision Repairers in California
- Consumer Group Urges California Assemblywoman Hayashi To Protect 2003 Anti-Steering Law
- Bill to Rescind SCAQMD Moratorium on Emission Reduction Credits
- California SB 350 (Crash Parts) and SB 427 (Automotive Repair and Crash Parts) Held in Committee
- Toby Chess Speaks to CAA Chapter on Reclaiming Profits
- CRA Says that AB 1200 Even Worse Than Before
- CRA Calls Opposition to AB 1200 a “Defining Moment”
- Father and Son Arrested For Auto Insurance Fraud
- Bill to rescind SCAQMD moratorium on Emission Reduction Credits
- CAA Asks: Is “De-Nib” a Real World Alternative to Finish Sand and Polish?
- First Responders Given Crash Extrication Training
- ColorAll Franchise New Beginning for Casino Marketer
- BumperDoc Franchise (Two stories) Wins San Diego Chamber of Commerce Emerging Business Award
- 9 Chrysler Franchises to Close in AZ and NV
- CRA asks shops to send complaints about insurers to them
- CA Insurance Commissioner Announces $219 Million Reduction for State Farm Clients
- 30 Chrysler Franchises in CA to Close
- California’s Invoicing Dilemma: Non-Compliant Systems Required
- Rep. Manendo Made Scapegoat in Attack on Nevada Tied-Shop Bill
- Anti Tied Shop Legislation Passes Nevada Assembly
- Senate Bill 427 Opposed in Testimony by CAA
- Are You Selling Your Paint Materials at Cost?
- California Bill to Require Annual Emissions Test for 15-year old Cars Reintroduced
- Rich Evans Takes ICAR Waterborne Class
- CRA Applauds Its Members and the Commissioner after GEICO Hit With Steering and Underpayment Charges
- CA Shops and Insurers Argue Anti-Steering Language
- Labor Rate ‘Negotiation’ Leads to Customer’s Policy Cancellation
- CAA Sanctions Green Shop Certification Through GRC-Pirk’s program
- California Bill Enacted to Resolve Hot Rod Titling
- California DOI Requests Comment on Proposed Anti-Steering Regulations
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- DuPont and D’Angelos Sign on to RV Buddies ALS Access Project
- Mainstream News --- Brake Team Closes Shops in Las Vegas Area
- CA Governor Proposes Sales Tax on Automotive Repair
- Rich Evans to Star in his own TV Show
- Dave Jones is Rising Consumer Champion in California
- Insurers May Pay Millions Owed to Oregon Consumers
- CA Labor Rate Survey Rules Nearing a Conclusion
- Tran Sentenced in Farmers Insurance Criminal Case
- Labor Rate Surveys By Third-Party Vendors Opposed by Calif. Collision Repair Associations
- CAA issues Legislative Alert on CA AB 2825
- CRA Announces New Board and Leadership Positions
- Phoenix Area Sees Repairs Increasing
- Linda Holcomb Plays Hand She Is Dealt, Hits a Grand Slam in Life
- New San Fernando CAA Chapter Launched
- 911 Collision Opens 5th Shop in Tucson Area
- Paint Capping Measure Passes California Assembly
- BAR Chief Shares Accomplishments with CAA
- CDI's Poizner Announces $250,000 Settlement with Mercury Insurance for Alleged Claims Violations
- California Assembly Passes Anti-Capping Measure
- UPDATE: Body Shop owners Charged with 56 counts of fraud plus tax fraud and perjury
- Cal Auto Club Closing its California call centers
- San Diego Bumper Doc Robbed
- Self-Funding Grants can be had for qualified suppliers and shops to install waterborne paint systems
- CA Watchdog Group Says Three Insurance Bills Will Raise Drivers' Rates, Put Spyware in Cars
- Watsonville, CA: Body Shop Takes Fine Art Approach
- AZ: AAA names top repair shops
- California Commissioner Announces $6.3 Million Restitution in Workers' Comp Fraud Case
- CRA and Commissioner's Top Staff Hold 90-Minute Meeting
- Major Changes Hit California Senate Parts Legislation
- CRA asks members to Voice Opposition to California AB 2825
- Oregon Collision Shops Give State Farm High Customer Service Marks
- SB 1059 is killed for 2008
- 'Operation Big Fish': Los Angeles Authorities Arrest Two Accused Of Staging Thousands Of Crashes
- California Class Action Lawsuit Names State Farm
- Kelly McCarty is Defeated in Republican Primary
- Nevada Legislation Addresses Quality Differences in Shops
- Arrests Of Seven In Connection with Auto Arson and Fraud Scams
- CA Anti-Capping Bill SB 1371 Moves Out of Senate Committee with Unanimous Support
- CA Factory Parts Bill 1059 Gets Boost As Bill Passes After An Amendment Toughens its Provisions
- California Bill 2825 Amended
- San Diego Shops Cited for Labor Violations
- California Auto Body Association Takes Positions on Collision Bills
- California Bill Blocks Insurer Requirement for AfterMarket Parts
- NHTSA Researches Cell Phone Use When Driving
- CRA Seeks Industry Wide Support for Anti-Steering Bill SB 1167
- McClune talks about CAA plans for 2008 - David McClune Column
- Find out about CAA Legislative Day by calling CAA at 1-916-646-8111
- Silhouette Bubble Car Discovered after 35 years
- Cushenbery’s Silhouette II Mystery Car is Back
- Insurance Companies Claim CA S.B. 1167 Would Harm Consumers
- CA Legislation: SB 1371 makes it Illegal for insurers to Arbitrarily Cap Paint and Materials
- CRA Sponsors Tough Anti-Steering Legislation
- BAR Labor Rate Survey Controversial
- Legislation Will Require Insurers to Authorize Factory Parts for Vehicles Under Warranty
- CA Proposed Regs To Require OEM Parts on Vehicles Under Warranty
- California Denied EPA Waiver
- Steering Is Still The Main Issue
- California Auto Insurance Bills to Become Law
- Another Insurer-Steering Bill in California
- Small Businesses May Qualify for Business Interruption Coverage
- Corona Couple Turns Hobby Into Profitable Business
- Tucson Single Mom gets Recycled Ride
- SIGN (SB 1371, Anti-Capping), VETO (AB 2825, Pro-Invoice), VETO (SB 1167, Steering Study)
- Auto “Parts Switching” Legislation Introduced
- Martin Auto Color Acquires Nevada T&H Store
- Allstate Defends $300M Margin and Threatens to Downgrade Service in California
- CRA Spreads Message of Action at NACE
- GEICO Opens Auto Repair Xpress in Sacramento
- Caliber Collision Opens Ontario Location
- 911 Collision Charity Golf Tourney for Tucson Kids
- Collision Repairers Asked to Push For National Insurance Program
- Winfield, Kosmoski, and Evans To Hold Unique Custom Painting Class March 27 to 29
- Employers Must Pay for Protective Equipment
- Oregon Introduces Law To Prohibit Aftermarket Car Parts
- Unfair Competition Law in California
- New CRA President Amaradio Explains His CRA Philosophy
- Southwestern News
- Auto Body World to Open Ninth Location
- Corpus Christi Shop Fire Video, Information wanted by Police
- Corpus Christi Body Shop Burns, Arson Suspected, No Insurance
- Caliber in Woodlands TX donates Recycled Rides vehicle to Vet
- Dallas-Ft Worth Storms Take out 50,000 Autos and Damage 30,000 Homes
- TIAA Plans May 23 Meeting in San Antonio, Jeff Franco to Speak
- NWLCRA Meeting Hosts Diesel Mechanics Instructor
- BodyShopBids to Offers to Help Dallas Residents Pay for tornado-damaged vehicles
- Service King Looks for Funding For National Expansion
- 2012 I-CAR Industry Event is in San Antonio July 18-20
- W M Automotive Warehouse in Fort Worth, TX, to Hold Home Run Celebration Open House in April
- TIAA Holds March Meeting, Will Hold Collision-Specific Meetings in the Coming Months
- NWLCRA to Hold First Day Meeting of 2012 in April in Shreveport, LA
- 6-Time DWI Offender Skips Out on Trial in Texas
- SCRS to Hold 30 Year Anniversary Celebration in Oklahoma City, OK
- GEICO and Caliber Collision Centers Donate Vehicle to National Guard Veteran
- Flag Football Tournament/Trade Show Highlights Van Tuyl Charity Super Bowl Weekend
- Texas Independent Automotive Association Hosts State Comptroller’s Office for February Meeting
- NWLCRA Holds First Meeting of 2012
- Service King Appoints New Vice President for Houston Market
- Texas Invests in Continental Automotive Systems Inc. to Create 300 Jobs in Seguin
- GM to Build Stamping Plant in Arlington, TX
- ANPAC Responds to Texas DOI
- CARSTAR Expands in Texas With 3 New Stores
- Texas Independent Automotive Association (TIAA) Holds January Meeting
- Autobody News to Co-Host Van Tuyl Group Charity Super Bowl Event in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area Super Bowl Weekend
- Service King Collision Repair Founder Appoints New Leadership Team
- UPDATE: Houston City Council Delays Vote on Auto Repair Ordinance
- TIAA Meeting Coming in January
- NWLCRA Hosts Marine Corps, Environmental Safety Company at November Meeting
- Houston Autobody Association Hosts Fundraiser for Senator Mike Jackson’s 2012 Congressional Run
- Southwestern Collision Industry’s 2011 Redux
- Texas DOI Investigating ANPAC Insurance for Possible Fraudulent Document in Shop Claim
- UPDATE: Houston City Council Set to Vote on Auto Repair Ordinance, Draft Not Favorable to Shops
- Houston City Council Delays Repair Shop Licensing Ordinance
- Houston City Towing Ordinance Changes---Not All Favorable to Body Shops
- Service King Donates A Recycled Ride to Houston Family
- Collision Repair Education Foundation’s 2012 golf fundraiser event taking place July 19, 2012 in San Antonio
- Service King Acquires Five New Shops Near Austin, TX
- Spaceship Lands in Austin, TX, Thanks to John Borek of Autocraft Bodywerks
- TIAA Donates to High School Automotive Program
- TIAA Associate Member Hosts Skeet Shoot for Wounded Warriors
- Donelon Re-elected as LA Insurance Commissioner
- ABRA Partners With Investment Firm to Continue Planned National Expansion
- English Color Opens 42nd Store in Austin, TX
- Northwest Louisiana Collision Repair Association Discusses Glass and Adhesives Safety Issues
- Caliber Collision Moves Headquarters to Texas, Acquires 911 Collision Centers in AZ, NV
- Louisiana Glass and Mirror to Hold Open House
- UAW-GM Contract Lets General Motors Axe LA Truck Plant After 30-year Run
- Texas Independent Automotive Association Announces Alamo Chapter Raffle Winners
- Northwest Louisiana Collision Repair Association to Hold October Meeting
- Texas Independent Automotive Association (TIAA) Holds September Meeting
- Service King to Hold 17th Annual Service King Golf Tournament
- Houston Considers New Shop Licensing Regulations
- Texas Independent Automotive Association (TIAA) to Hold State Meeting
- TX Auto Recycler Named One of 25 Most Influential
- Northwest Louisiana Collision Repair Association Hosts 'Industry Day' of Sessions and Speakers
- Northwest Louisiana Collision Repair Association August Meeting Recap
- Texas Youth Highest in DWI Fatalities Nationwide
- Red-light Cameras Reducing Crashes in Texas, Study Says
- Texas DMV Streamlines Vehicle Registrations
- Next Texas Insurance Commissioner Appointed
- Service King Donates $35,000 to Local At-Risk Families
- Texas Auto Recyclers Association to Hold Expo and Tradeshow
- New Mexico Shop Gains CCAR GreenLink Status
- Houston Considers New Body Shop Regulations to Increase Transparency with Consumers
- Service King Opens New Shop in Houston, TX
- Entergy to Bring Charging Stations to College Campuses in LA
- Insurer Group Donate $10K to Memorial Fund for Slain LA Investigators
- Houston Auto Body Association's June Meeting
- CCAR Names LA Shop “GreenLink Shop”
- Texas Insurance Commissioner Repeats Warnings to Insurers
- Inspector Gadget—Making a Custom Light Inspection Tunnel to Find Paint Defects
- CCAR Announces ‘GreenLink Shop’ Awards for TX Facility
- GM to Add 110 Jobs, $331M in Upgrades at Arlington, TX, Plant
- Ramsay Gillman, Owner of 14 Texas Dealerships, Dies in Houston
- Two Louisiana Fraud Investigators Killed By An Insurance Agent
- Family-Owned Glass Doctor Franchise Opens in LA for Glass Repair Services
- Interstate 45 Tops List for Most Texas Teen Car Crashes
- Texas Loops Emails, IMs in With New Ban on Texting While Driving
- Certificates of Insurance Bill Passes Legislature, Heads to Governor in Texas
- The Houston Auto Body Association Hosts Body Shop Owners and Managers at Appreciation Event to Meet New Members
- OK Technical Students Place In Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Contest
- Massive Hail Storm Brings Influx of Repairs for Local Body Shops
- Suspicious Fire At North Tulsa Auto Body Shop Still Under Investigation
- OK Attorney General Pruitt and Insurance Commissioner Doak Announce Joint Focus on Claimant Fraud
- Louisiana Insurance Agent Sentenced in Fraud Case
- Northwest Louisiana Collision Repair Association Hosts Local SkillsUSA Winners, Hertz
- CMC to Install Auto Shredder in South Texas
- ASA Testifies at Texas Franchise Tax Law Hearing
- Free OSHA classes in 4 Texas cities
- Herb's Paint and Body Manager Elected Committee Chairman for State Fair of Texas
- Collision Repairers in Texas Mourn the Loss of Bob English—Founder, English Color
- St. Philip’s College in San Antonio Rallies Around Skills-USA-Winning Classmate
- NWLCRA Hosts Supply Company to Talk About New Products
- Houston Auto Body Association, SCRS Association of the Year, Gathers at State Capitol in Austin to Support Senate Bill 1300
- HABA to Host 1st Annual Shop Owners and Managers Appreciation Event
- TIAA Alamo Chapter Meeting - Thursday, April 21st
- HABA Encourages Members to Contact State Senators About SB 1300
- Houston Auto Body Association Named SCRS Association of the Year
- TIAA: Annual Port Aransas Fishing Tourney May 20
- Texas Senate Approves SB 944 Allowing For Creation of an Advisory Committee
- Service King Acquires Alamo Body and Paint Locations in San Antonio
- Lousiana & Texas Collision Industry Loses Key Players, Icons
- Louisiana Collision Repair Association Talks I-CAR, EDRs, and OSHA
- Bills Introduced in TX Require Full Disclosure About DRP Policies
- Texas Independent Automotive Association - Alamo Chapter Meeting 3/17
- Caliber Collision Centers Further Expands Coverage in Houston, TX
- HABA's Labor Rates Survey Goes Live Online
- Oklahoma Lawmakers Aim to Increase Consequences for Uninsured Motorists
- New Bills Introduced in TX Targeting Insurers for Towing, Storage Costs
- Houston Auto Body Association Hosts Legislative Breakfast for Texas Reps
- Texas Senator Drafts Bill to Change Franchise Tax Laws for Independent Auto Repairers
- Houston Auto Body Association Mulls Labor Rates Surveys for Houston Area
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Announces Next A-Plus™ University Ecolean™ Level 1 Workshop in Houston
- Snow Hits Oklahoma, North Texas Closing Shops and Wreaking Havoc on Motorists
- New OK Insurance Commissioner Doak Refocuses Anti-Fraud Investigations from Consumers to Insurance Companies
- Mobile Tech Expo Takes Over Southern Texas in January
- Northwest Louisiana Collision Repair Association Helps Technical School Place Interns
- Texas Insurance Commissioner Issues Biannual Report on DRPs With Help From Houston Auto Body Association Survey Data
- Texas City Cracks Down on Drivers Without Auto Insurance
- Texas Insurance Commissioner Geeslin to Step Down
- Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates to Rise in Texas in 2011
- Central Texas Body Shops and Dealers Collaborate on Refurbishing Vehicles for Good Parents in Need
- Texas Insurance Rates to Rise in New Year to Pay for Increased 30/60 Liability Limits
- TIAA Looking for Support at San Antonio Livestock Auction Sale
- Texas Department of Insurance Wants Info on Manipulation of Estimating Software
- Caliber Collision Opens Third Shop in El Paso, Texas
- Toyota Dealership Buys Naming Rights to Lewisville, TX, Public Park
- Heartland Automotive Services, Inc., dba Jiffy Lube, Acquires Kerr Enterprises, Inc, dba Texaco Xpress Lube Stores, in Louisiana
- Statewide Midterm Elections Change Insurance Game, Southwest Results
- Automotive Management Institute Honors Class of 2010 at NACE
- Houston PD Drafts an Auto Repair Record-Keeping Ordinance
- OK Insurance Salesman Believed Responsible for Suburban OKC-Area Burglaries
- Killeen, TX, Sees Catalytic Converter Theft on the Rise
- Craig’s Collision Center Opens in Burleson, TX
- Safelite Fined $52,000 by Texas Dept. of Insurance for Allegedly Providing CE Courses After Provider and Course Registrations Had Expired
- Houston Auto Body Association (HABA) Upcoming Meeting and Events
- Inequities Exist in Texas Franchise Laws, ASA Requests Texas Repairers Contact Legislators
- Contentious Insurer Survey by Texas DOI is ruled Public by Texas Attorney General
- TX-Based Service King Plans National Expansion
- TX Dealer Groups Merge into State's Largest Dealer Association
- Sherwin-Williams Announces Next A-Plus Workshop
- ASA Texas Warns COGS Excludes Labor
- Oklahoma Body Shops Still Inundated with Hail Damage Repairs
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Raises 2010 Outlook
- Record Attendance Forecasted for 2010 SCRS Affiliate Leadership Conference
- Northwest Louisiana Collision Repair Association Hosts Meeting
- Texas Insurance Commissioner Reminds Insurers about State Steering Laws
- New Mexico Appoints Franchini Insurance Superintendent
- Toyota Launches Tacoma Production in San Antonio
- Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, Tells Travelers to Stop Airing ‘Deceptive’ TV ad
- Texas DPS Takes 1,738 Vehicles, 160 Drivers Off the Road
- A Brief History of Oklahoma Auto Body Association
- Heartland Automotive to move HQ to Dallas
- Oklahoma Agent Announces Run for Insurance Commissioner Post
- Arlington, TX, GM Plant to Open in Summer
- Weekend-long Hailstorm Caused Wide- Spread Damage in the Clovis, NM, Area
- Louisiana Law Allows Mechanical Breakdown Insurers to Provide Windshield-Policies
- Gullo Toyota of Conroe, TX Wins Toyota Certified Collision Center of the Year Award
- Gullo Toyota of Conroe, TX Wins Toyota Certified Collision Center of the Year Award
- Caliber Collision Centers Acquires Houston's Collision Correction
- Irving, TX, Police Seek Car in Death of U.S. Marine
- Shreveport, Louisiana’s Caddo School Named ‘2010 School of the Year’
- Northwestern Louisiana Collision Repair Association Offers Estimating Courses
- Silsbee Texas Gets New Fasulo’s Paint and Body Shop
- Storms Across N. Texas and Oklahoma Leave Floods, Power Outages and Millions in Damages
- Houston Auto Body Association Joins Existing Texas Auto Groups
- Bear Creek CSI, Inc. Back with New State of Art Facility
- El Paso Body Shop Target Of Attorney General Law Suit
- Texas Independent Auto Association Has Free PCI Terminal Perk
- LKQ Selects Baton Rouge for New Distribution Center
- SouthWestern Feb 2010 CONTENTS
- LA, TX, and FL Home Insurance Rates
- New Car sales in Dallas-Fort Worth fell about 30% in 2009
- O’Reilly Automotive—50 Plus Years, 3,450 Stores and Growing
- David McDavid Auto Group: Seven Dedicated Texas Dealerships
- Texas Auto Insurance Rates Decline 14.2% in 2009
- Oklahoma Tax Commission Allows EV Tax Credit
- Auto Masters Collision Grand Opening, Victoria, TX, Sept 19
- Sept 26 - TIAA annual picnic in San Antonio, TX
- Texas annual tax holidays Aug. 21, 22 & 23
- TIAA Austin Chapter awards Scholarship$
- Lemon Law Now in Effect in Arkansas
- TIAA August and Future Events
- Texas Independent Auto Assn. Tube Float
- Service King Buys D&D and Callaway's Collision in Houston
- Gerdau Ameristeel May Close Sand Springs, OK, steel mill
- New American Car Company to be launched in Louisiana
- 8 Dallas-area dealers wind down sales
- Texas strengthens child restraint law
- 33 Chrysler Franchises to Close in OK, LA, and NM
- 50 Chrysler Franchises to End in Texas by June 9
- Texas Automotive Summit charges up participants
- Westside Lexus in Houston is Toyota/Lexus Collision Center of the Year
- Texas Telemarketers' Insurance Fraud
- Louisiana Labor Rates Raising Heat
- TX Collision Center Still Restoring Values
- Mainstream News --- Rio Grande Auto Parts and Drug Smuggling Ring
- New Texas Association Aims to Unite Body Shop Community
- In Texas, Allstate and State Farm raising auto policy rates
- Tarrant County Texas: Task Force Cracks Down On Stolen Wheels
- Sizable number of Texas drivers without insurance
- Dallas Body Shops Compared to Salvage Yards
- BASF honored for outstanding performance by Texas Chemical Council
- ADESA Signs 20-Year Lease for Hutchins, TX Facility
- Tulsa Has More Traffic Accidents Than Oklahoma City, Insurer Says
- El Paso, TX: Body shop allegedly misled customers
- Caliber Collision Centers Opens New Center at Grubbs Nissan in Bedford, TX
- Tulsa, OK: Bill Knight buys five auto dealerships and two Collision Repair Shops
- Central Louisiana has flood damaged vehicles in the thousands
- Austin, TX: "We've Never Had a Storm Like That, Never"
- Ft Worth, TX: Car Buyers Choosing Fuel Economy Over Cup Holders
- Nacogdoches, Texas: Body Shop Fire Likely Caused by Lightning
- Rowlett, Texas: City Council Rejects Service King Shop
- ‘Operation Bumper Cars’: Collision Fraud Schemes in Texas
- Farmers offers TX insurance discount for cars with anti-rollover technology
- Austin TV story: Insurance Carriers "Steer" Auto Repairs?
- American Company designs booth for spraying waterborne paint
- Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Any More Appeals from Allstate on HB 1131
- FOX Bankruptcy Hearing Suggests Uncertainty and Fuzzy Accounting
- Louisiana GO ZONE assistance program is 'godsend' to Collision Parts Warehouse
- Santa Fe Dealer Goes to Water for First in State
- Allstate Pursues Supreme Court Certification To Review HB 1131
- Allstate Survey Details Holiday Highway Dangers for Texas Teens
- New Orleans Owner Opening New Shop as Recovery Proceeds
- Big Easy Repair Shops Triumph Over Katrina
- Foti Sticks Up For Katrina Victims
- Fox Employees Take Action
- New Mexico Holds More Hearings on Proposed Emissions
- Venders and Expo Preparing for 2008 I-CAR Fest
- ASA Testifies In Opposition to Oklahoma Right to Repair Act
- Shops Ignite and Unite Texas in New CR Organization
- Employers Must Pay for Protective Equipment
- Galveston, TX, Police getting a 'greener' fleet
- Bills to Open Salvage Pools to Unlicensed Individuals Stopped in Alabama Legislature
- OPS Manages the Online Parts Ordering Cycle for Productivity
- Texas To Get Most Disaster Aid Dollars
- BASF, PPG Plan to Restart Plants After Gustav
- San Antonio, TX: Man Charged in Catalytic Converter Theft
- Southeastern News
- Boynton Beach Body Shop Owner Arrested for Impersonation
- May GCIA Meeting To Be Rescheduled
- Gunder’s Files Five More Lawsuits Against State Farm for Short-Pays
- With Gov.’s Signature, Florida PIP Insurance Reform Becomes Law
- Florida Collision Repairers Hold Legal Seminar
- Maaco Returns to Cape Coral
- Wiregrass GA Tech College to host I-CAR training classes
- Florida Autobody Collision Alliance Meeting and Labor Rate Survey
- Another Lakeland, FL Shop Files Breach of Contract Suit Against Progressive Insurance
- I-CAR Hosted Golf Tournament Fundraiser for CREF in GA
- Gunder's Receives Settlement Payments from Three Insurers, Files Suit Against Travelers
- Special 2011 Ford Shelby Sells Twice at Barrett-Jackson in Palm Beach, FL
- Major ‘Chop Shop’ Busted in Jackson, MS, Owner Arrested, $500K in Nissan Parts Found
- I-CAR Hosting 3rd Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser in Georgia
- Florida Body Shop Law Seminar Judged a Great Success
- Another Lakeland, Florida, Shop Files Suit Against Progressive
- Georgia Insurance Commissioner Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meetings
- I-CAR Third Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser
- Georgia Labor Rate Survey Complete
- I-CAR Hosting 3rd Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser in Georgia
- Atlanta Dent Company Expands its Services in Roswell, Georgia
- Ray Gunder to Sponsor Free Legal Seminar for Collision Repairers in Lakeland, FL
- Christian Brothers Automotive Opens First Florida Location
- State Farm Pays Gunder’s Processes and Materials Previously Denied—Without Litigation
- Florida Total Loss Bill Fails to Move in Senate
- Kia's West Point, GA, Plant Makes 500,000th Vehicle
- Georgia Collision Industry Association Conducting 6th Annual Labor Rates Surveys
- Proposed Amendment to Florida 80-percent threshold for totals
- Auto Supply Company Tenneco to Expand GA Plant, Workforce
- Toyota to Build Compressor Parts Plant in Pendergrass, GA
- Online Car Insurance Verification in Mississippi
- Manheim Honors Automotive Woman of Year at National Automobile Dealers Association Convention
- Georgia Northwestern Technical College Considers Campus in Ringgold, GA
- State Farm Pays Attorney's Fees and Costs for Two Cases Brought by Gunder
- Eddie Quintela Thanks GEICO
- State Farm Concedes Another Lawsuit Brought by Gunder’s Auto Center
- Update: Delray Beach, FL, Shop Owner’s Opposition to GEICO’s 10% Charge on Domestic OEM Parts Pays Off
- ABRA Auto Body Opens A Collision Center in Warner Robins, Georgia
- Georgia Collision Industry Association (GCIA) Hosts Dave Gruskos of Reliable Automotive Equipment
- Boyd Group Acquires Collision Repair Company with Eight Locations in FL
- ABRA Auto Body & Glass Opens A Full Service Collision Center in Roswell, Georgia
- Auto Angels and FACA Have Another Successful Holiday Giveaway
- Sherwin-Williams A-Plus™ Network Holds Successful Conference in Naples, FL
- Volkswagen Chattanooga Plant Earns LEED Platinum Certification
- Fire at Venice, FL, Auto Shop Under Investigation
- Southeastern Collision Industry’s 2011 Redux
- Delray Beach, FL, Shop Owner Opposes GEICO’s 10% Charge on Domestic OEM Parts
- Keystone Expands Cullman, AL, Warehouse
- FL Names New Top Insurance Fraud Investigator
- Mercedes-Benz Alabama Plant Reaches Milestone: 1,500,000 Vehicles Made
- FACA’s Cathy Mills Speaks to Girl Scouts at NACE Show About Careers in the Collision Industry
- Florida MSO Collex Collision Experts Wins CSi Customer Satisfaction Award at SEMA
- Student at Georgia Technical College Receives NABC Pride Award at SEMA Show 2011
- Daimler to Produce Additional Model at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa Plant
- FACA’s Polk County Chapter, Auto Angels on Target for Christmas Giveaway of Reconditioned Vehicles
- Five Florida Families Get Recycled Rides at NACE
- State Farm Concedes to Settle Three of Gunder’s Customers’ Lawsuits
- Georgia Collision Industry Association Hosts 15th Annual Golf Tournament in Alpharetta, GA
- MS Insurance Commissioner Post Up for Election in November, Meet the Candidates
- Technician at Florida’s Auto Damage Experts Provides Expert Testimony in Criminal Trial
- FL’s Gatto’s Tires & Auto Service Turns 40
- Florida Auto Collision Alliance Looking to Revamp Orlando and Miami Chapters
- AL Immigration Law & Vehicle Registration
- Safelite AutoGlass Relocates Warehouse to Tampa, FL
- Auburn, AL, Automotive Supplier Expands Operations
- Nalley Toyota of Roswell Wins Toyota President’s Award
- Copart Adds Fifth Facility in Georgia
- Fort Myers, FL, to Host Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ University Ecolean™ Level 2 Workshop
- ABRA Expands Repair Center Operations in Mississippi
- Car-Mart Continues to Expand, Opens 9th Store in AL
- Florida Auto Collision Alliance Holds First-Ever Statewide Convention and Expo
- Florida Collision Repair School to Receive Mini-Makeover at NACE 2011
- Leaf Now Available in Florida, Alabama and Georgia
- Florida Auto Collision Alliance Jacksonville Chapter Holds 13th Annual Golf Tournament
- Florida Manufacturer Honored With Broward County Environmental Business of the Year Award
- Auto Angels Up to Speed for 2011 Car Giveaway
- Sikes & Stowe Downtown Collision Celebrates 85th Anniversary
- Georgia Collision Industry Association Hosts Consultant at Monthly Meeting
- Gunder’s Auto Center Alleges State Farm Altered Prevailing Rate Surveys
- Kia Hires 1,000 New Employees for US Plant
- Gunder’s Files Appeal With the United States Supreme Court
- Collision Industry Legal Fund for Gunder's Auto Center Reports Large Contribution
- Joplin, MO, GM Dealer Bolsters Community and Employees After Tornado Devastation
- Jackie Cooper Imports Hosts Grand Reopening in Tulsa, OK
- 15th Annual GCIA Golf Tournament Scheduled for October 12th
- Georgia Collision Industry Association (GCIA) Reveals 2011 Labor Rates Survey Results
- Volkswagen Opens Chattanooga, Tennessee Plant
- Sales Mixed for Mercedes Vehicles Built in Alabama in 2011
- Kia To Boost Capacity At West Point, Georgia Plant
- Hyundai to Expand Alabama Engine Plant, Create Over 200 New Jobs
- Florida Shop Licensing Program Survives Deregulation Efforts
- Porsche North America HQ to Leave Sandy Springs, GA, for Nearby Ex-Ford Plant in Atlanta
- BASF Single Line Distributors Come Together for ColorSource Conference
- Alabama Auto-Scrapping Bill Curtails Auto Scrap Industry
- Florida Bill will Limit Lawsuits Against Automakers
- Florida Autobody Collision Alliance (FACA) will hold its first Statewide Convention and Industry Exposition May 19-21
- GM to Invest $131 Million at Kentucky Plant
- Infinity Insurance Apologizes for Gunder’s Auto Center Customer Recordings
- Gunder Supporters Release Infinity Insurance's Voice Recordings
- Gerber Collision and Glass Acquires Georgia Shop
- Tornadoes Devastate South: Halting Local Automakers' Plants, Inundating Insurers
- Are you a body shop with Southern Tornado damage?
- Florida Autobody Collision Alliance (FACA) Hosts 1st Annual First-Responder Extrication Training
- GCIA Meeting Hosts OSHA Safety and Environmental Compliance Management Presentation
- Gunder’s Loses Appeal to State Farm—Court Rules ‘Even if False,’ Claims are Priviledged
- Florida Autobody Collision Alliance (FACA) to Host 1st Annual First-Responder Extrication Training
- Florida House Bill Aims to Repeal Motor Vehicle Repair Registration Law
- Tornado Strikes Kentucky Toyota Parts Plant
- Wade Ford Atlanta Chooses an Alternative Diagnostic Solution
- Ex-GA Insurance Chief Issued Himself Licenses
- Ray Gunder Takes on State Farm Labor Rates Surveys
- GCIA Conducting Labor Rate Surveys in Georgia
- Manheim Exec One of Atlanta's Top Black Women of Influence
- Florida Officials Question Cost of Red Light Cameras
- Auto Angels Revs-up for 2011 Car Give-Away Program
- ASA-GA and GCIA Intend to Defeat Georgia House Bill 385
- Mississippi Auto Insurance Bill Passes Senate, Moves to House
- Hyundai’s 25th Anniversary in U.S., Lifts Southeastern Job Market Economy with Kia
- GCIA & ASA-GA Doing Committee Work with Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Announces First 2011 “Winning the Keys” Workshop
- Mississippi Commissioner Chaney to Run for Reelection
- GCIA Has CARFAX Talk About Information Collection at January Meeting
- Ray Gunder Spearheads Successful ‘Angel Autos’ Giveaway
- Snow Storms — Headaches for Motorists, Stimulus for Industry Economy
- Georgia CCRE Summit Conference April 8--9th
- First GCIA Meeting of 2011 Coming in January
- Mississippi Bill Would Repeal State Vehicle Safety Inspection
- Florida Autobody Collision Alliance (FACA) Announces New First Executive Director
- Ford investing $600M, hiring 1,800 at Louisville, KY, SUV plant
- Georgia’s Sports & Imports Collision Donates Recycled Ride
- Drunk Driving Arrests Up, Fatalities Down in Mississippi
- Safety Advocates Advocate Restructuring of Alabama Licensing Program
- PPG Conducts Lean Six Sigma Training for Toyota Dealerships
- Toyota Parts Supplier Plant— Amtex—in Walker County, AL, Gets Investment Boost
- TMMMS Plant Supplies up to 1500 temporary and 2000 Full-time Jobs for Mississippi
- Mobile County, AL, Could Recruit High Performance Automaker
- Mississippi Auto Plant Already Producing Jobs
- CAPA Report Exposes Flaws in Georgia Body Shop’s Aftermarket Parts Demonstration Shown on Fox News Atlanta
- Statewide Midterm Elections Change Insurance Game, Southeast Results
- Baldwyn, MS, Toyota Supplier Now Taking Applications
- GCIA Endorses Ralph Hudgens for Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
- Collision Industry Legal Fund Gets Large Contribution
- 14th Annual GCIA Golf Invitational a Success
- Vehicle Glass Distribution Center Opens in Braselton, GA
- Central Florida Shops and Businesses Come Together to Assist Community
- Georgia Law Firm Says Underinsured Drivers a real problem
- Hialeah, FL, Police have arrested five insurance adjusters accused of fraud
- CCAR Adds 17 Locations as ‘GreenLink Shops’
- Hyundai AL Plant Gains Elantra Production
- GDOT Confronts Highway Sales Tax ‘Rumors’
- David Maus Chevrolet Launches New Website
- GM Recalling 400 UAW Workers at Spring Hill, TN, Plant
- Mercedes Benz Officially Opens New Facility in Jacksonville, FL
- Hyundai to Shift Production of SUV to Kia Plant in Georgia
- Killer of Vinson Phillips, St. Pete body shop owner, sentenced
- GCIA Drafts a Letter to Claims Managers, Attorney General
- Oakland Park, FL's ECO-Friendly Auto Center Receives Green Certification
- Ray Gunder Updates his Case Against State Farm
- Mississippi's Toyota Auto Body Confirmed to Supply Toyota Parts
- Georgia Collision Industry Association Releases its Labor Rate Survey Results
- Georgia Will Try a Region-by-Region Tax to Raise Money for Roads
- Mercedes Benz USA Opens Major Facility in Jacksonville Florida
- Suspicious Staged Accident Claims Soar in Florida
- Allstate Ratchets Up Southern Region Recruiting for Second Straight Year
- Kendrick Paint & Body Locations in Georgia and South Carolina are Now “GreenLink Shops”
- Georgia Governor Signs Texting Ban
- Georgia Collision Industry Association Compiles GA Labor Rates Information Through Surveys
- Georgia body shop decides to go ‘green’ with waterborne, composting, and recycling
- Texting & Under-18-Cell-Use While Driving Illegal in Georgia
- Randy A. Harris, Collision Student at Ohio Tech College Wins Flying Tiger Design Contest
- Custom Car Builder Rich Evans Partners With Ohio Technical School To Create Rich Evans Academy; Classes to Begin in Fall 2010
- Gulf Coast Oil Spill Causes Far More Than Just Ecological Headaches
- Gunder’s Case Not Over—Court Mediation Ordered
- Florida Repairer Ray Gunder Not Done Yet
- Georgia Collision Industry Association (GCIA) Takes the Lead
- Mississippi Bill Designating Permissible Use of Nitrous Oxide Signed Into Law
- Fire Damages Kennesaw, GA, Auto Body Shop
- Atlanta's High Museum of Art Holds "Allure of the Automobile" Exhibit Sponsored by Porsche
- Georgia NBC News Consumer Alerts on Aftermarket vs. OEM
- NorthEastern News
- Pawtucket, RI, Body Shop Accused of Renting Customer Cars
- Maaco Employee Arrested After Police Radio Stunt
- "Cars & Coffee" Comes to New Jersey
- Remembering Ron Kromer, Jr.
- Acura Employee Faces 6 Years in Prison for $10 Million Theft
- URI Students Recycle Automotive Scrap
- Buffalo NY Police Investigated by FBI on Towing-Repair
- New Jersey's Shade Tree Garage Wants Auto Related 'Junk'
- Keenan Auto Body Opens its Avondale, PA location
- Reaching Beyond Traditional Advertising to Engage Your Customers
- Mike Orso Launches $3 Million Suit Against Three Insurers, Citing Capping and Shorting
- Watertown, NY, Shop Owner Shelves Plans For Second Location Due to Planning Board’s Site Concerns
- Sixth Baltimore Police officer in Auto Body Kickback Scheme Gets Two Years
- NY Senator Fuschillo Announces Passage of Auto Insurance Fraud Legislation
- N.Y. State Senate Passes Auto Insurance Fraud Measures
- Scrap Processing Operation to Move from Philly to Camden, NJ
- Hingham, MA, body shop owner talks about 50 years of change
- Delaware Auto Service Professionals to Hold March Meeting
- The NORTHEAST™ 2012 Trade Show: All About the Seminars
- Pennsylvania Parts Manager Active in Suicide Awareness
- NORTHEAST™ Trade Show Leadership Forum
- American Auto Salvage & Recycling Opens Auto Shredder in Millville, NJ
- Jiffy Lube Heartland Acquires 12 New Locations in the New York Market from Suffolk Lube Centers
- Lehigh Valley Collision Repair Association to Hold April Meeting
- NJ Shop Questions State Farm’s Denial of Cost Accounting Based Paint Allowances
- H&V Collision Opens Fourth Location in Saratoga, NY
- New York State Collision Tech’s Association Writes to West Virginia AG Re ARA Complaint
- AASP/New Jersey to Kick Off 35th Annual NORTHEAST Trade Show March 9
- NJ Shop Questions State Farm’s Denial of Cost Accounting Based Paint Allowances
- New York State Auto Collision Technicians Association (NYSACTA) Releases Statement Regarding Aftermarket Parts Usage
- AASP/NJ’s First NORTHEAST™ Exhibitor Boot Camp A Success
- N.J. Dept of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Considine Leaves Post
- NY Dealers Add $25B to Economy, Report Says
- New 10,000-sq-ft Hovis Tech Training Center Opens in Mercer, PA
- High School Automotive Repair Program in Wayne, NJ, Wins $10,000 in Equipment and Cash With Video
- Superior Court of New Jersey Rules in Favor of Allstate New Jersey in Agency Franchise Lawsuits
- Pennsylvania Congressman Proposes Repeal of $7,500 Electric Vehicle Rebate
- PA Dealership Founder Ronald Ertley Passes Away at 79, Leaving Legacy of Dealership Consolidation and Community Involvement
- McBride Auto Body in Woodland Park, NJ, Celebrates 75 Years in the Industry
- Progressive Decides Not to Appeal in Fraud Case Against Bedford Hills, NY, Shop
- Old Auto Body Shop on Yates Street in Albany, NY Undergoes Rehabilitation
- A Tree Grows in Queens, Directly Through Cove Recovery and Towing in Astoria
- Cindy Tursi, Former AASP/NJ Executive Director, Passed Away December 13th
- Northeastern Collision Industry’s 2011 Redux
- Massachusetts Enacts Law on Credit Ban for Auto Insurance
- Nissan Leaf Expands Availability Into DE, PA
- Syracuse Shelves Red-Light Camera Plan, For Now
- MA Right to Repair Coalition Secures 2012 Ballot Spot Via Petition
- Exhibitors Start Early for AASP/NJ’s 35th NORTHEAST™ 2012 Show
- PA Senate Approves Statewide Driving-While-Texting Ban
- Sam Mikhail, Owner of Prestige Auto Body in Garwood, NJ, Named to AASP/NJ Hall of Fame
- MA Right to Repair Coalition Gathers Required Signatures for 2012 Ballot Spot
- Pennsylvania Collision Trade Guild CCRE Meeting Rescheduled
- PA Senate Approves SB314, Banning Texting While Driving
- NJ Garage Keeper’s Liability Insurance Reduced to $50K
- New York’s Suffolk County Had Biggest Insured Property Loss From Irene
- East Coast Shops and Dealerships Hit by Hurricane Irene Try to Clean Up in the Wake of More Rain Storms
- Nissan Leaf Heads to More Markets Including NY, NJ
- Allstate, Encompass Insurers Fined for Violating Delaware Insurance Law
- CCAR Recognizes Five New York State Collision Facilities in GreenLink Shop Status Program
- Ex-Insurance Agent in PA Sentenced for Fraud
- Allstate Reports $500M in Losses from Hurricane Irene, July and August Losses Top $865M
- AASP of New Jersey Reaches Out to Members Affected by Hurricane Irene
- Petition to Clean-Up Old Ford Plant's Toxic Dump Site in NJ Receives 70,000 Signatures
- Pennsylvania Legislature Considers Highway Safety Issues
- Right to Repair Coalition Begins Collecting Signatures for Petition to Secure Placement on 2012 Ballot
- North State v. Progressive—What the NY Supreme Court’s Recent Decision Might Mean for Your Business
- Syracuse Shop Wins Motion in ‘Assignment of Proceeds’ Case
- State Farm Moving 500 N.J. Jobs
- 2000 Honda Civic Most Stolen Car in New York State
- Pennsylvania Collision Trade Guild to Host CCRE Meeting
- AASP-PA Central PA Chapter's 4th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot Coming in September
- New York Considers “Crash Tax” for Accident Victims
- New Insurance Regulations Hope to Provide Some Relief to New Jersey Drivers
- Right to Repair Will Go Before Voters on the 2012 Massachusetts Statewide Ballot
- CCAR Honors PA Shop with “GreenLink Shop” Title
- GM Plant in NY Gets $33 Million Investment
- Reorganized Lehigh Valley Collision Repair Association Now Serves Eastern Pennsylvania
- Keenan Auto Body, Inc Raises $28,500 for Philadelphia Charities
- Electric Carmaker Fisker Hiring in Delaware Amid Preparation of Second Line Production
- AASP-NJ Announces NORTHEAST™ 2012 Dates
- Philadelphia Hosts Waste Conversion Congress
- ABAC Says New Allstate Mandate Violates Connecticut Law
- Two Very Different Pennsylvania Collision Associations Serving the Keystone State
- ASA Testifies Against Right to Repair Proposal at Pennsylvania State Legislative Hearing
- CCAR Awards Two NY Shops 'GreenLink' Status
- Delaware Cracks Down on Seat Belt Enforcement
- Advocates Worry About Axed Safety Inspections in New Jersey
- Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company Seeks to Appoint 25 New Agency Owners
- Northeast Insurers Say Winter Storms Hurt Q1 Profits
- New York Senators Push to Toughen Texting While Driving Law
- Pennsylvania Moves Graduated Licensing Proposal Forward
- 2,500 Drivers Cited in Delaware Since Cell Phone Ban Began
- Onondaga County, NY, body shops are handling plenty of cars dented by recent hail
- Philadelphia Body Shop Owner, Manager, Lawyer, Appraisers, and Cop Charged with Insurance Fraud
- Mercedes-Benz USA Ranked One of Best Places to Work in NJ
- Auto Insurance Fraud in NY Remains at Crisis Levels & the ‘Fraud Tax’ Exceeds $200 Million for second consecutive year
- New York is in an Auto Accident Fraud Crisis, Broken Laws Need to be Fixed Now, NYIA to Testify at Senate Hearing
- SCRS Industry Achievement Awards: Winners Include NY’s Ed Kizenberger and Greg Coccaro
- New Jersey Green Automotive Repair Program Works with AASP/NJ at Northeast Trade Show
- AASP NJ to Hold 7th Annual Golf Outing
- AAA Urges Passage of Texting Ban, Graduated Licensing Program in Pennsylvania
- PPG Announces Miller Auto Parts & Supply Company as 2010 Platinum Distributor of the Year
- AASP/NJ’s NORTHEAST 2011 Show Fills the Aisles at the Meadowlands
- AASP/NJ’s Northeast™ 2011 Trade Show—A Wealth of Information for Shops
- AASP-Pennsylvania Holds Quarterly Delegates Meeting
- Groupon Succeeds in Helping Body Shops Reach Out to New Local Customers
- AASP of Pennsylvania Announced as Newest SCRS Affiliate
- PA High Schools to Compete in Engine Build Competition in Carlisle
- Pennsylvania Auto Safety Report is an "F"
- NJ Assembly Approves Three bills to Promote EVs
- NY Cell Phone Law Could Affect Auto Insurance Prices
- NJ Law Now Allows Ticketing for Ice and Snow Covered Vehicles
- New Jersey Added 27 Insurance Companies in 2010
- DE Commissioner Stewart Announces $2.1M Returned to Consumers
- DE Department of Transportation Secretary Resigns
- Three ex-dealers of Chrysler, GM in W. Pa. suing Federal Government
- Baltimore Cops Suspended for Alleged Body Shop Kickbacks
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- Honda's Largest Ever Recall Now Involves 2.8M Vehicles
- Magna Announces Camera-based Driver Assistance System
- Nissan Reveals Leaf Sales, New Hybrid Drive System
- GM to Buy Volts Back if Requested
- GM to offer Free Loaners to Volt Owners
- Second Chevy Volt Post-Crash Fire Prompts NHTSA Investigation
- SAAB to be sold to Chinese firms
- Nissan Announces New Certified Collision Repair Program Open to Dealers and Independent Shops
- Chrysler’s Southeast & Southwest Business Centers’ 2011 Service and Parts Business Conference and Expo Held in Orlando, FL
- GM Ratifies Contract with UAW
- Swedish Court Rejects SAAB Bankruptcy Petition
- Toyota and Tesla to Build RAV4 Electric Vehicle at Toyota's Woodstock, Ontario Plant
- GM Tops Toyota as World’s Largest Automaker Following Disasters in Japan
- Chrysler recalls nearly 300,000 minivans
- Volvo Issues TSB About Aftermarket Parts
- Chrysler May Aim to Create Repair Requirements
- The Fight for Higher MPG Standards May Go to Feds, Individual States
- Toyota Announces Voluntary Safety Recall of Certain Prius Vehicles
- Annual Automotive Study Indicates U.S. Auto Sales Volumes Will Trend Back to Historical Levels by 2013
- German auto supplier Bosch plans to add 1,000 jobs in North America this year
- Ford F-150s Investigated by NHTSA for Potenial Fuel Tank Problems
- Stars are aligning for Detroit 3 surge
- Facebook, Fun – but sells few cars
- South regroups after killer storms
- Mercedes-Benz First Teen Driving School in the United States to Open in Los Angeles
- Chrysler to Repay All Bailout Loans this Quarter
- Study Says Most U.S. Consumers Want to Buy an Electric Vehicle (Eventually)
- Toyota Wins Key Unintended Acceleration Case
- Honda Cuts Daily Output in North America
- Polk Research Shows Ford, GM, and Toyota in Lead in Customer Loyalty
- Parts, Paint Shortages Mounting After Japanese Disasters, Interrupting Some Production for all Automakers
- Donate to Japan Relief and Help Survivors of Japan's Earthquake
- Toyota Suspends Plants to Acknowledge Disaster
- Tsunami Totals at Least 2300 vehicles destined for US
- US Auto Leasing Rebounds in 2010
- Japanese Automakers Close Plants After Earthquake
- UPDATE Toyota recalls another 2.17 million U.S. vehicles
- Airbag Risk Prompts Recall of 144,000 Ford F-150s
- Dodd-Frank Act Will Affect Auto Dealers in Major Ways
- ABPA Says Ford Has Failed to Make Case on Aftermarket Parts
- Senate Passes Pedestrian Safety Act, EVs to become Louder
- Ford CEO Mulally is Fortune's Businessperson of the Year
- Automobile Recyclers Association Objects to Toyota's Position Statement
- Toyota Recommends Against Aftermarket, Rebuilt, and Salvage Parts
- Ford Questions Safety, Repair Costs of Some Aftermarket Parts
- General Motors Launches IPO
- GM to Discontinue Goodwrench Brand Name & Roll Out Certified Service Brands
- Engine Fire Risk Prompts Recall of Millions of Unrepaired Fords
- GM IPO moves ahead for week of Nov. 15
- Toyota says U.S. October auto sales rate may top 12 million
- Toyota Sued by Allstate for $3 M in Acceleration-related Claims
- Toyota Says Progress in Safety Fixes Has Calmed Customers
- Marchionne Targets Chrysler IPO in Q2 of 2011
- 2011 Ford Focus Launches New Airbag Technology
- Toyota to Offer Six New Hybrid Models in 2012
- August Auto Sales Could be Worst in 30 years
- Ford Completes Sale of Volvo to Geely
- Toyota Announces Recall for Avalons
- HYUNDAI STATEMENT REGARDING COLLISION REPAIR PARTS
- Chrysler to Recall 22,000 Dodge and Jeep Vehicles
- Toyota Recalls 17,000 Lexus HS 250h For Fuel Leak
- Mazda Announces Launch of Certified Pre-Owned Program
- Volkswagen Launches VW-Certified Collision Repair Program
- Ford Introduces New Curve Control Technology to Help Protect Against Crashes on Curves
- Ford Adds Soy Foam Seat Cushions to Ford Explorer; Expands Use of Eco-Friendly Material Across Lineup
- Owners of 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Warned of Possible Stuck Accelerator Pedals
- Three Toyota models earn IIHS Top Safety Pick awards
- Ford Promotes Favorable Repair and Insurance Cost Data
- Transportation Secretary Says CARS was "wildly successful"
- Rejected Chrysler dealers likely will see critical e-mails, judge says
- Chrysler wins first arbitration case against a rejected dealer
- GM Pays Back Government Loans Years Early; Chrysler Posts Operating Profit in Q1
- Chrysler Reports Profit of $143M in First Quarter
- Toyota to Begin Voluntary Safety Recall on Certain 1998-2010 Model Year Siennas
- Toyota Announces 'SMART' Business Process for Quick Evaluation of Unintended Acceleration Reports
- State Farm faults Toyota for gas pedal claims; Subrogation begins
- GM Parts has extended the popular Fast-Cash program to June 30
- Lexus Stops Sale of GX 460 after Consumer Reports' "Don't Buy"
- Federal Government Expects to Get Most Auto Bailout Money Back
- Nissan Takes Position Opposing Salvage Air Bags
- Cash For Clunkers Videos
- GM reaches agreement with dealers through NADA
- Federal programs set out to help find new fit for autoworkers
- GM cuts 1124 dealers, another 470 to come
- GM says Chrysler-like deal best bankruptcy option
- GM set to send terms of sale sheets to potential Saturn buyers
- Dealers Fight to Slow Store Closings
- GM Aims To Reinvent the Automobile With Help of Academia
- Ford slows rate of cash burn in posting $1.4 billion net loss
- GM Loses $6 Billion as Cash Burn Accelerates to $10 Billion
- Chrysler's Chapter 11 opens door for GM's
- Deal Struck on 'Cash for Clunkers'
- Chrysler Studies 3,200 Sales Outlets, Seeking to Downsize
- Chrysler gets the OK to launch sale plan for partnership with Fiat
- Saturn Closes in Corpus Christi, TX
- Chrysler to file for bankruptcy, join with FIAT, get financing
- Chrysler Starts Dealer Payments
- In Drive for Balance, Ford Parks the SUV
- Parts firms face collapse without loans, expert says
- Ford posts record loss in '08, says no aid needed
- Promising signs arise for January auto sales
- Chrysler Alliance with Fiat would help funding case
- Chrysler-Fiat deal may yield 7 new vehicles
- Chrysler talks to others in case feds veto Fiat deal
- Chrysler turns to Fiat for strength
- Incentives help Chrysler market share
- GM May Lose as Many as 500 Dealers in U.S. This Year
- Mercedes fined $29 Million by NHTSA for violating fuel efficiency rules
- GM Plans to Eliminate Saturn, Saab, Hummer, Shrink Pontiac
- Nardelli: Chrysler Is Not Being Prepped for Sale
- What Big Three? Ford Motor Adopts a Scrappy Image
- Consumer Reports Says GM and Ford Gain in Reliability
- Hyundai's new deal: Can't make car payments? Just return it
- Treasury to give GM second loan of $5.4 billion Jan. 16
- Detroit 3 look for midyear sales boost in stimulus aid
- Automakers fear new normal of lower sales in U.S.
- Fueling the Move to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars
- Ford Has $15 Billion In Cash As Burn Appears To Ease
- Manufacturers with diverse auto clients weathering storm
- Long-time GM Consultant: Chevy Volt Won’t Save Company
- Kia Supplier Sewon takes thousands of job applications in GA
- Sears offering defunct car dealerships auto center franchises
- Prius Recall totals 437,000 Worldwide
- GM, Ford may be benefiting from Toyota woes
- Feds sign off on Toyota gas pedal remedy
- Toyota Says It Will Start Fixing Recalled Cars Week of Feb. 1
- Mopar Gives Dealers Cut of Online Orders
- Toyota recalls top 5.3 million vehicles
- GEICO has OEM-only policy for Bumper reinforcements
- Toyota Recall is the right thing says NADA
- Honda Hybrids Behind Sales Target
- Toyota Recalls 2.3 Million Vehicles for Sticking Accelerator Pedal
- Treasury: General Motors returns $140 million of bailout funds provided for parts suppliers
- Toyota changing gas pedals on four million cars
- Ford Intensifies Focus on Electrification Strategy as Nancy Gioia Takes a Global Leadership Role
- Attorney Todd Tracy Urges Full Access for Toyota Accident Victims
- GM Sales Up in October
- Toyota and Lexus Recall 3.8 M Vehicles
- Toyota to recall about 110,000 Tundras
- GM Sells Saab in All Stock Deal
- General Motors reveals product plans for the next two years
- Ford Says Suppliers Need to Restructure
- Top U.S. Dealers Create Their Own Auto Stimulus Plan
- Hyundai's Sales Jump 21% in July
- Dealers Still Pay Tax on CARS Rebates
- Transportation Secretary Says Any CARS Rebate will be Paid through Aug 4
- Dealers Can Wait to Disable CARS Engines Now
- Cash For Clunkers II---Another Two Billion
- Ford Posts 2.3B in profit, first since early 2008
- Auto Dealers Report Boost in Sales From Cash for Clunkers
- Ford Disapproves Installing Salvage Seat Belts
- Terminated Dealerships Bill Passes House Appropriations Committee
- Plug in Prius will be mass produced in 2012
- KBB Unveils Cash for Clunkers Calculator
- Lear Group, Seat Supplier, Files for Chapter 11 Protection
- CARS act means business for auto crushers and shredders
- Proliance, Aftermarket supplier, files Chapter 11
- Dealers to Play Critical Role in Educating Consumers about CARS Voucher Program
- Obama Signs CARS into Law
- Chrysler Group to Restart Seven North American Assembly Plants June 29
- Pontiac Fans Want their Musclecars
- VW Sales Increase, Announces Parts Supplier Plan
- New Brand Presidents for Chrysler
- New Chrysler Emerges, New Chair, Board, and Structure
- House Passes Cash for Clunkers, Senate counters
- Supreme Court Lifts Stay---Chrysler Sale to Proceed
- GSA Orders $210 Million Worth of Fuel Efficient Vehicles from Domestic Automakers
- Roger Penske to buy Saturn, GM to finance Delphi
- Senate Commerce Committee Reviews Dealership Closures
- Dealership Closings Justified say GM, Chrysler
- President Obama's June 1 Speech on GM and Chrysler
- GM has buyer for Hummer
- Chrysler Plants likely to close permanently
- GM files Chapter 11, President Explains
- Chrysler Affected Dealers Form Committee to Protest Franchise Terminations
- Mostly positive reaction to Obama's new fuel standards
- Ralph Nader calls for Senate and House hearings on the auto task force
- Oregon auto dealers fight to stay open
- Auto Task Force Will 'Stand Behind' GM
- Chrysler releases list of "cure payments" to be made to 1200 suppliers
- Ford launches 4th year of its wholesale rebate program
- NADA Statement on Chrysler's "Draconian Dealer Cuts"
- U.S. Tresury statement on Chrysler Franchise Reductions
- Over 100 Chrysler dealerships 'not going down without a fight'
- 789 Chrysler Franchises to Close Nationwide
- Edmunds.com Tests Top Full-Size Pickups
- Lear Reaches Agreement With Lenders to Extend Waiver Under Its Primary Credit Facility
- Ford Engineers Pit Shopping Carts, Water Cannons Against New Safety Technologies
- GM preparing to cut 40% of dealer network
- Chrysler to Cut Dealearships by more than 25%
- Parts Suppliers to Congress: Help Is Needed Now to Save Nation's Largest Manufacturing Sector
- Chrysler lawyers have hands out first
- Chrysler Introduces New Incentives; Purchase Intention Up
- What is a Dealer Worth?
- Official Chrylser Press Release: Chrysler LLC and Fiat Group Announce Global Strategic Alliance
- Chrysler shutdown pushes suppliers closer to edge
- Chrysler Name to Remain Intact
- GM will annouce Pontiac to be Eliminated
- Delphi to come out of Chapter 11
- Hyundai Dealer Consolidation in California
- Hyundai Puts on its Sunday Best: A Game Plan to take the Awards
- Moss Bros. Absorbs Chrysler and Jeep Lines in San Bernardino
- GM Statement on Auto Industry Restructuring
- "Clash Over Clunkers" Not Over Yet, Now Called CARS Act
- GM Bondholders Present their Own Restructuring Plan
- Chrysler May Pull Out of Canada
- China Car Sales Jump 24% in February
- Chrysler Expects to Restart Plants
- Increased Access to Affordable New Vehicle Financing with Chrysler Financial
- Ford 2010 Fusion mpg earns top marks
- Consumer Warranty Rights to Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep Owners
- Think Tank says Auto rescue is good news
- U.S. Treasury to Increase Availability of Auto Loans
- Pres. Bush Authorizes TARP Loans For Detroit Three
- The President MUST Act
- Democrats and White House Draft Deal for Congress
- Stimulus Needed, as well as Loans, to Save Detroit Three
- Dear Mr. President:
- GM Submits Plan for Long-Term Viability to the U.S. Congress
- Auto industry faces 'massive' job losses without aid: Ghosn
- Consumers Are Half as Likely to Buy from Big Three if Bankrupt
- Obama Says His Administration Will Help Auto Industry
- Toyota, Honda lead quality rankings
- Short Squeeze Makes Volkswagen World’s Most Valuable Company--Temporarily
- 'Cash for Clunkers' Amendment Withdrawn From Senate Stimulus Bill
- Auto Sales Forecast 2008–2009
- NADA says U.S. Could lose 700 Dealerships
- Industry News
- Future Vision: Will Driving Become Too Safe to Insure?
- 6th Annual WIN Conference
- BMW Recalling Diesel Vehicles
- AIM Autosport FXDD Racing With Ferrari Claims Second Victory in a Row
- Chris Evans Appointed Chairman Emeritus on the Collision Repair Education Foundation Board of Trustees
- Carroll Shelby Dead at 89
- Repairers Have Their Say at SCRS NIIF in Oklahoma
- Service King Plans to Acquire Auto Body World's eight locations in AZ
- I-CAR Introduces New Series of Online Courses
- SCRS Weighs In on State Farm Parts Ordering Program
- CCRE 2012 Seminar—Taking Back the Collision Repair Industry
- OSHA Publishes Final 'Right to Understand' Rule
- Collision Repair Estimates—Excellence Now Required
- ABRA acquires Bradshaw Collision Repair Centers in Nashville, TN, area
- Women’s Industry Network Welcomes Two New Directors
- Volkswagen Selects OEConnection to Promote Collision Programs
- Keenan Auto Body Jingle Contest
- OSHA Publishes Final Rule on Labeling Chemicals
- LKQ Corp Offers New Warranty for Aftermarket
- The White House Announces Effort to Develop High-Tech Materials for Vehicles
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- VehicleOwnersGuide.com announced today that CollisionPartsSource.com is now available for free
- Carstar Auto Body Repair Experts and Mitchell Team Up to Deliver a Best in Class, Industry Leading Technology Platform
- Caliber Collision Centers awarded the 2011 National Multiple Shop Organization of the Year Award
- Boyd Group Reports Record Sales in 2011
- Q&A with the New BAR Chief, John Wallauch
- Assured Performance Network Announced Addition of Nissan & Chrysler to 100% Write Rebate Reward Program
- AAIA and ASE Recognize World Class Technicians
- What is the CCRE and why is Tony Lombardozzi so passionate about it?
- Liberty Mutual, West Virginia Body Shop Agree to Stop Using "Junkyard Parts"
- CIECA's 2012 Implementation Conference
- 9 day collision repair compressed into 9 minutes
- ASA White Paper on Crash Parts Policy
- ALLDATA and CARSTAR enter strategic agreement throughout North America
- SCRS Introduces Greensweep Energy and Pollution Performance Program for Collision Repairers
- AAIA Head of the Class Applications Available
- CREF Appoints Chris Evans Chairman Emeritus
- LKQ Announces Promise of Protection Program
- MA AASP Joins Right to Repair Coalition
- Potential Economic Impact of Parts Bidding on Collision Repair
- AAIA and ASE Recognize World Class Auto Technicians
- Lion Technology Among Those Preparing Industry for New HazCom Standard
- Assured Performance Network Announces addition of Nissan & Chrysler to 100% Write Rebate Reward Program
- NY Shop President Mike Orso Sues 3 Insurers for Capping and Short Payments
- Custom Painter Charley Hutton Explains Step-By-Step How to Create Realistic Wood Grain Effects With PPG Products
- Nearly 200 Congressmen and Senators Write in Opposition to China’s Auto Parts Practices
- Verifacts Symposium Recognizes Achievement, Industry Unknowns, and Negotiation
- Montana Collision Repair Specialists’ Legislative Record
- Iowa Shop’s Action and Iowa Collision Repair Association, Established in 2005, Starting to be Heard Statewide
- RBL Products New Pre-Treat System
- Helpful Documents, Tools And Information Only a Click Away for Shops
- Airbrush Artist JoAnn Bortles is Writing Her Seventh Painting Book
- Bobby Alloway’s 5 Essential Tips for Achieving a Flawless Black Finish
- Feather, Sand and Fill: Paint Operations Body Shops Perform But Don’t Get Paid For
- Oil Spill at the I-CAR Tech Centre in Appleton, WI, Raises Awareness
- BASF Advises Shops to Join the Move to Waterborne Coatings Now
- The Levan Group—Where Crash and Mechanical Parts Intersect
- PCL Has Been Primed Since 1929 with Clear Solutions for Shops
- Toyota and Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes to Continue Estimator Training Program Partnership
- Infiniti Launches National Certified Collision Repair Network
- Senate Passes Transportation Bill Including Highway Safefy
- Chrysler Partners with Assured Performance Network on Certified Collision Repair Facility Program
- Fix Auto Appoints Tim Clark as Vice President, Insurance Services
- PartsChannel Expands with Acquisition in Phoenix Market
- LKQ Corp. Reports Record Results in 2011
- Nissan Leaf Now Available Nationwide
- Women's Industry Network Holds Planning Meeting in Late January, Will Hold Annual Conference in May in Atlanta
- CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts Expands Marketing, Service Teams to Enhance Support for Store Owners
- CCC Releases 2012 Crash Course Report
- 2012 Ridler® Award winner features BASF’s Glasurit® Paint
- NHTSA Announces Proposed Driver Distraction Guidelines for In-Vehicle Electronic Devices
- A Shop Owner’s Suggestions to Control Steering and Worse to Come
- State Farm’s Testing of Parts Ordering System Among News, Discussion at CIC Meeting
- NSF Certifies PartsChannel Under Automotive Collision Parts Distributor Certification Program
- Several Crash Parts Bills Introduced to State Legislatures Countrywide
- U.S. House Judiciary Members Introduce Auto Parts Bill, Aims to Limit Parts Patent Protection
- CARSTAR Holds Teleconference to Discuss 2011 Results, 2012 Goals
- Canadian Associations Adopt Position Statement on Collision Repair Standards
- NEW UPDATE on SCAM ALERT: Evangelist Jerry Bratt
- U.S. House Judiciary Members Introduce Auto Parts Bill
- Guardian Auto Glass Expands in Colorado
- Quality Parts Coalition Applauds Newly Introduced Legislation to Protect Consumer Access to Alternative Collision Repair Parts
- SCRS and Northern Michigan Body Shop Association Now Affiliated
- I-CAR Announces Two New Managers
- Mitchell Parts Index Sheds Light on Parts Trends Post Japan’s Tsunami
- 40 Technicians Honored at ASE 2011 Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC
- Mitchell Announces Wicklunds CARSTAR as Winner of Get-a-Life Dream Vacation
- Women’s Industry Network Accepting 2012 Board Applications
- Columnist Mike Causey Announces Candidacy for Commissioner of Insurance Position in North Carolina
- I-CAR Names Insurance Organization Gold Class Professionals®
- SCRS Responds to Article on Insurer Involvement in Setting Rates
- Meguiar's Makes $600,000 Donation to Collision Schools Through the Collision Repair Education Foundation
- SCRS, ASA, AASP Release Joint Statement Regarding the Collection and Reporting of Repairer Business Data
- Where We Stand—The U.S. Automotive Sector
- NHTSA Announces Lowest Traffic Fatalities in 60 Years This Year
- Rotary Lift Gives Away Its 50,000th SmartLift® Inground Lift
- NABC Announces 2011 PRIDE Award Recipients
- Ohio Technical College Earns 2011 Weatherhead 100 Award
- Nagy to Return as NACE Chair, Moss to Assume CARS Chair
- Collision Industry Support for OEM-Based Repair Standards Grows
- Toby Chess Asks Repairers to Email Details of Parts that Don’t Fit or Appear Substandard in Materials
- How to Prepare, File and Win a Claim in Small Claims Court
- Aftermarket Legislative Summit Opens Registration
- ASA Approves New Crash Parts Policy
- Boyd-Gerber-True2Form Group Reports 41% Sales Increase
- BodyShopBids Processes $1.5 Million in Car Repair Estimates in First Five Months of Service
- Aftermarket Associations Complain to FTC About Mazda’s Claims Regarding Warranty Policy
- Caliber Collision Centers Joins Collision Repair Education Foundation's Industry Leadership Circle With $10K Donation
- SCRS Joins with Leading Collision Repair Organizations to Release Joint Position Statement on Collision Repair Standards
- Barrett-Jackson President's Custom Ford Fairlane Garners $700K for Armed Forces Foundation
- House Passes EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 Would Delay Finalized Boiler Rules for 15 Months
- A Profile of the Evolving Collision Repair Marketplace
- Dollar Thrifty Halts Sale Process, Hertz Still Interested in Acquisition
- CARSTAR 2011 Holds National Teleconference At Annual Seattle National Conference
- R2R Coalition Gathers 100,000+ Signatures
- Collision Repair Standards on their Way, Industry Veteran Alerts
- GM Introduces Industry-First Front Center Airbag
- NACE MSO Symposium Exceeds Expectations; Delivers High-End Content to Sold-Out Audience
- EPA Federal Office Response to SCRS Letter on 6H Rule
- CARSTAR Celebrates Anniversaries of Long-Standing CARSTAR Stores at Annual Conference in Seattle
- UPDATE: Two Major MSO Acquisitions are Pending
- American Automakers Using More Aluminum in Vehicles
- Ford Motor Company Issues Response Statement to ABPA Crash Test Videos
- Independent Contractors in your Auto Body Shop—El Dorado or Fool’s Gold?
- The New, Lean, Customer Centric Auto Body Shop
- Knowledge is Power—Market Forces Control Total Loss Vehicle Valuations but Shops Can Profit from the Right Information
- Chip Foose on Bringing it to SEMA
- Fmr. U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson and Other Lawyers Allege State Farm Court Fraud in Avery v. State Farm
- Quality Parts Coalition Launches Facebook Contest
- GFS Announces Major Investment in Osseo, WI Facility
- I-CAR Adds Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Training Programs to Online Catalog
- I-CAR Announces New Ford Collision Repair Training Program
- Garmat Holds Sharp Shooter Contest for Month of September
- BASF names Vitor Margaronis Marketing Director
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Announces 2011 Fourth Quarter Training Schedule
- Tips for Negotiating a Commercial Lease For Your Body Shop
- Vehicle Safety Bill With Data Collection Relevant to Repairers Introduced in U.S. Senate
- Mitchell Releases Industry Trends Report for Q3 of 2011
- I-CAR Board of Directors Welcomes New Board Member, James Roach, American Honda Motor Company
- The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) Releases Own Crash Tests Video in Response to Ford Video
- How Shop Owners Can Take Advantage of Salvage Auctions
- National Insurance Crime Bureau Releases List of Most Stolen Vehicles in US
- Education Foundation Golf Outing Raises $60,000 to Support Scholarships
- Ford Releases Another Crash Test Video Comparing OEM to Aftermarket Crash Parts
- Nominations Now Open for 2011 NABC Board
- AAA Survey Says Most Car Owners Can't Afford a Major Car Repair
- Search for 2011 Pride Award Nominees Off to a Fast Start
- Gary Wayne Lawson, Owner of Circle Auto Body in Washington DC, Passes Away
- SCRS Issues Survey to Insurers on Aftermarket Parts Use
- 3M's Product Donations Help Collision Repair Schools
- ABPA Responds to Volvo Service Bulletin
- LKQ Reports 29 Percent Increase in Revenue
- AkzoNobel Honors Five Most Influential Women in the Industry for 2011
- The Devil in the Details—Measuring Metrics Properly
- NSF International Launches New Aftermarket Parts Distributor Certification Program
- Comprehensive Review of Distracted Driving Research Released
- Hyundai and Kia Both Raise 2011 Sales Forecasts
- Detroit 3 Meet with UAW on Feds New CAFE Standard
- Hyundai Motor America Comes Forward To Become Newest SCRS Corporate Member
- CarMD Reveals Car Repair Costs by State
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ Network Adds Summit Software & Mobile Solutions Program
- CIC Repair Standards Advisory Committee Plans Completion by November
- Allstate to Open Electronic Communication with Non-DRP Shops
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Announces 2011 Third Quarter Training Schedule
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Announces Seattle Location for its Next 2011 Ecolean Level 1 Training
- Audatex Offers $25,000 Matching Funds to Provide CA School With Makeover Grant Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
- CA-Based Rare Parts Inc. Expands US Facilities
- Detroit is Site of Next Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ University Advanced, Ecolean™ Level 2 Workshop
- Eileen Sottile and the Quality Parts Coalition Offer Legislative Update
- Garmat® USA Selected as a Colorado Company to Watch
- BASF Names Jeff Wildman as Regional Manager
- Allstate Will Buy Esurance and Answer Financial
- All Industries to be Affected by OSHA’s New GHS Rule; Nationally Recognized Training Company to Discuss the Rule at its Upcoming Web Seminar
- CIF Makes Donation to Japan Tsunami Relief
- ARA Calls on Congress to Review NMVTIS Implementation to Ensure Flood Damaged Vehicles Don't Enter Used Car Market
- AGRSS Promotes Fixing Damaged Windshields for Consumer Safety
- Leaked draft bill reveals administration's new auto safety proposals
- Xirallac Pigment Plant to Relocate from Japan to Germany
- CCC Announces 2011 Crash Course in April
- Body and Paint Labor Rates up only Modestly since 2006
- Women's Industry Network Conference Held in San Diego
- NASCAR to meet with OEMs on New Sprint Cup Body Designs
- 'Confessions of a Paintless Dent Remover' at Edmunds.com
- 'Confessions From the Body Shop' at Edmunds.com
- ''MILLION PLEDGE MISSION'' AIMS TO STOP 1,000,000 DRIVERS FROM TEXTING AND DRIVING
- ASRW Partners with Muscle Car Network of Florida
- GM's Volt, Nissan Leaf get top marks in IIHS crash tests
- Your Local School's Auto Body Program Could Receive a $50K 'Makeover'
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ Network Adds New Estimating Contributor Program
- Painting with Waterborne at John Force Racing
- PPG’s MVP Spring Conference—Excellent, Entertaining and Informative
- Revisiting Paint by Numbers: A Deep Dive into Refinish Data
- State Farm Parts-Ordering Video
- SCRS and Affiliates Issue Letter to EPA Regional Offices
- Six New “Moparized” Jeep® Vehicles Ready for 45th Annual Moab Easter Jeep Safari
- SCRS Membership Program with Education Foundation Generates Huge Success in First Quarter of 2011
- Matrix System® Announces Sponsorship with Inception Motorsports
- 2010 Recycled Rides Ride-Away Day Event Provides Positive Media Coverage for Collision Industry Participants
- Chip Foose visits US Troops at MacDill Air Force Base
- Ford Motor Company Approves New Elegance™ Clearcoat From Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes on a Global Basis
- AkzoNobel Reveals 2011 Leaders; Most Influential Women in the Collision Repair Industry
- The Martin Senour Company Kicks Off Second Quarter Training Program Nationwide
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Announces 2011 Second Quarter Training Schedule
- NABC Introduces Charles Dillard, 2011 Pride Chairman
- AkzoNobel announces 2011 FIT Sustainability Award Recipients
- NABC to Facilitate Collecting “Cell Phones for Soldiers” at CIC; Encourages Collision Industry Involvement
- Reflexxion Automotive Products, LLC, Pursuing Trademark Infringement Action Against Tong Yang Group
- Underride Guards on Big Rigs Often Fail in Crashes; Institute Petitions Government for New Standard
- Toyota Continues Partnership with Sherwin-Williams for 2011 Estimator Training Program
- U.S. Chemical Appoints Matt LaGuardia to Director – Business Development
- Jordan Hendler Averts Teenager’s Suicide Attempt
- CREW Hosts New CIC Chairman Mike Quinn in Webcast
- Class Action Judgments: GEICO Wins Appeal vs. Greenberger & Progressive Wins 2/6 vs. Blue Ash Inc.
- ABPA Says Aftermarket Bumper Outperformed Ford Counterpart in Lab Crash Test
- All Diamond Standard Bumpers Are Now Certified
- Four I-CAR Instructors Join Collision Repair Education Foundation's Industry Leadership Circle through Donations
- Inter-Industry Provides $1.1 Million in Support to Schools Through Collision Repair Education Foundation in 2010
- U.S. Rep Stearns Introduces Bill Calling for Greater Vehicle Disclosure
- Rich Evans on Speed Channel's New Show CAR WARRIORS
- I-CAR Announces July 2011 Industry Event to Take Place in Salt Lake City
- EPA Compliance Deadline is Jan 10, 2011
- GFS Announces the Launch of Finishing Academy Paint Booth Training Website
- USAA May Now Require Windshield Inspections Prior to Authorizing Work in Five Different States
- ASRW Makes Major Changes to NACE/CARS Expositions Starting in 2011
- FTC Issues Aftermarket Parts-Related Consumer Alert
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ Network Holds Vision Conference For Leading Collision Repairers
- FinishMaster Donates $52,000 in Product to 3 Collision Schools Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
- Unique Concepts Helps Shops in the Search for “Hard to find” Parts
- Gunpowder, Auto Refinishing, and Jeff Gordon—Two Centuries of DuPont
- Huge Cost of Mismatched Bumpers: When Bumpers Don’t Line Up
- Greg Coccaro ‘NOT GUILTY’ AGAIN of Fraud Charges Filed by Progressive
- BASF Names Nick Maloof to Leadership Role
- CAPA's Jack Gillis and a Discussion on Aftermarket Parts on Collision Repair Executive Webcast
- Federal Court Denies Stay of EPA Climate Rules
- NAPA Announces Group Formation to Bolster Collision Industry Leaders' Business
- FinishMaster to Be Acquired by Uni-Select
- Silver, Black Battle for Top Choice Car Paint Color
- NABC Establishes Inter-Industry In-Language Initiative
- GM, Ford sales on the rise, Toyota declines
- CA Federal Judge Makes Final Decision in Toyota Class Action Lawsuit Dismissal Request
- Mickey Harris’ American Pride Camaro Commands Attention at SEMA
- General Motors IPO, One of Two Largest in History, Generates $16–23 Billion
- SEMA 2010, A Glimpse of Hope and New Revenue Opportunities
- Social Media 101: Why Social Media Matters in Collision Repair
- Collision Hub Implements its Social Media Strategy
- Results of non-OEM Parts Crash Testing Revealed at November CIC in Las Vegas
- Winners of 15th Annual NABC Pride Awards Announced
- Mitchell AutocheX Celebrates Top-Performing Shops at 9th Annual Premier Achiever Awards Ceremony
- Kristen Felder Talks About Social Media and its Impact on the Collision Repair Industry
- Delaware Sees 30% Drop in Teen Crashes
- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Successful in Taking Connecticut Senate Race
- CARSTAR Honors America's Veterans and Active Duty Military with National Military Month Celebration
- PPG MVP Business Solutions Fall Conference Attendees See Vision of the Future
- Automotive Recyclers Association Responds to Auto Manufacturers
- Post-NACE, Pre-SEMA Cover Story
- I-CAR Tech: The Importance Of Quality Control
- SEMA asks IRS to Help Kill 1099 Report Mandate
- SEMA to Award Hottest Vehicle Honors to Car, Truck and SUV
- Karen Fierst Gives Her Take on the Competition in Aftermarket Parts
- PPG Hosts Celebrity and Custom Painters at SEMA 2010
- NACE 2010 by the Numbers
- SEMA 2010 to Host Broad Array of Sessions and Speakers
- Mitchell Announces Interface with Sherwin-Williams® at NACE
- NABC’s Recycled Rides Program Gives Refurbished Cars to Needy Las Vegas Families at NACE
- Women’s Industry Network Hosts Events and Sessions at NACE, Brings Information to Girl Scouts
- LKQ/Keystone and NSF to Discuss Assured Quality Aftermarket Replacement Parts in CREW Webcast October 21, 2010 at 11:00am
- Audatex to Rescind Database Change After Industry Reaction
- State Farm Makes $70K Donation to I-CAR Ed Foundation
- Chrysler and Ford Lead Industry's Big Gains
- A Profile of the Evolving Collision Repair Marketplace
- EPA Postpones Final Decision on Smog Rule Until Late October
- Volkswagen Predicts EV Success, 500 Mile Range By 2020
- August Sales Down vs. C4C
- CARSTAR Media Conference Outlines Changes and Forecasts for 2010
- Aftermarket Collision Parts Industry Responds to Consumer Reports Article
- New Ford Focus Launches Airbag Technologies That Enhance Crash Protection
- Ohio Anti-Steering Bill Could Move Forward in November
- Allstate Produces its Sixth Annual 'Allstate America's Best Driver Report'
- Traffic Fatalities Hit Lowest Levels Since 1950
- AAIA Defends Aftermarket Parts in Complaint to FTC
- 'Open Letter' Leads to Lawsuit Involving Aftermarket Carriers
- Recyclers and Shops Meet to Discuss Used Parts Usage
- CIC Discussions: Repair Standards and Ford Compares OEM to Non-OEM Parts
- Senate Committee Passes High Tech Legislation
- California Congresswoman Jackie Speier Talks with Autobody News
- Tim Morgan Appointed GM at Celette-Elektron
- CAPA Takes on the Aftermarket vs. OEM Parts Debate
- Nissan Looks to Mexican Exports, U.S. Plants
- Washington State Auto Glass Shop Charged with Insurance Fraud
- NSF's Auto Aftermarket Parts Certification Program Certifies First Automotive Collision Safety Parts
- Mitchell's Latest Industry Trends Report Focuses on Increased Repair Costs for Hybrids
- Mitchell's Latest Industry Trends Report Focuses on Increased Repair Costs for Hybrids
- i-team Atlanta VIDEO aftermarket parts story
- Collision Centers Get More "Green" From Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Ford Presents Comparison With Aftermarket Parts at CIC Meeting
- Industry Pioneer Earl Scheib, Inc. Folds After 75 Years Painting Cars
- How I Made It: Hot-rod designer Chip Foose
- Women's Industry Network Holds Employment Webinar July 27
- Collision Industry Conference MEETING SCHEDULES
- NCOIL Takes No Final Action on Model Parts Bill
- Massachusetts Senate approves Right to Repair Act
- Department of Energy Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research
- ASA Tours Thatcham Facility in UK
- ASA Announces Dates Location for 2011 Annual Business Meeting
- NCOIL Continues Discussions of Model Parts Act at Summer Meeting
- April Miles Up, Brightening Annual Driving Prospects
- Enterprise Holdings Commits to ‘Lean and Green’ with Reduced Energy Use and Energy Costs by 20 Percent Over Next Five Years
- House & Senate Moving to Give Auto Dealers a Break on Oversight
- Nissan North America Launches National Wholesale Parts Rewards Loyalty Program
- PCI Calls on Rhode Island Governor to Veto Anti- Consumer Auto Body Bill
- Rhode Island General Assembly Approves Senate Bill 2508
- Chrysler recalls almost 700,000 vehicles
- GM Recalls 1.53 Million Cars, Trucks for Fire Risk
- U.S. House Committee Passes Auto-Safety Bill To Install Brake-Override Systems In Vehicles
- ARA Urges Congress to Pass Right to Repair
- Massachusetts Auto Repair Associations Merge
- PBE Jobber: Friend or Ally?
- House Passes Financial Stability Act, Includes Office of National Insurance
- Automotive Aftermarket Industry Objects to 'Misleading' PR Initiative by AutoMD
- ASA Parts Safety Task Force Meets with NHTSA
- AAIA Releases Online Internet Parts Ordering Standard
- WMABA Opens John Mattos Memorial Tool Scholarship for Applications
- Hertz to buy Dollar Thrifty
- Automakers and Independent Repairers Urge Pennsylvania Lawmakers to Stop 'Right to Repair' Legislation
- Collision Repairers Speak Out on Benefits of CAPA
- Mike Anderson Sells Wagonwork Collision To Pohanka, Creates CollisionAdvice.com
- Pennsylvania Senator Rafferty Asks for Investigation after Steering Experience
- Threat of lawsuit leads to postponement of latest CIC parts presentation
- ASA Requests NHTSA Use Authority to Regulate Aftermarket Crash Parts
- KEYSTONE Announces Crash Test Results on A/M Bumper Reinforcements
- Hand-held cell phone bans not reducing crashes
- Eastern Shop Organizations warn Consumers on aftermarket structural parts
- NSF International Launches Certification Program to Verify Quality and Safety of Aftermarket Parts
- I-CAR Launches Advanced Material Damage Analysis course
- Scott Biggs from Assured Performance weighs in on parts controversy
- AASP Calls for Certification and Recall Process for Aftermarket Structural Replacement Parts
- Floor mats, then sticky pedals, now brakes and electronics?
- Keystone Automotive Temporarily Discontinues Sales of Certain Aftermarket Bumper Reinforcements
- CRA and Toby Chess To Bring Safety Message To California Lawmakers and Regulators
- DEG Offers Documentation on Condition of OEM bumper Covers
- TABPA Joins ABPA and GEICO in Taking Action on Structural A/M parts
- CAPA To Establish New Certification Standard
- SCRS Alerts Collision Repair Industry to Concerns Over Aftermarket Structural Replacement Parts
- Non-OEM Parts Industry Gets Close Scrutiny at CIC, Parts Found Lacking
- Auto Body Association of Connecticut Affiliates with SCRS
- Crevier BMW Has Served Customers with Distinction Since 1971
- Enterprise Ranks Highest in Customer CSI for 6th Straight Year
- ARA Argues at NCOIL that Recycled OEM Non-Deployed Airbag Modules Are Safe Alternative
- SCRS, MABA and AASP Address Paint Material Pricing Concern With Mitchell
- All Businesses Can Write-Off Losses Against Tax Profits in Previous Five Years
- Mitchell International Acquires Scene Genesis
- Nevada Shop Files Suit Against Mitchell in California Court
- New Federal Environmental Regulations for Auto Body Shops
- KY State Anti-Steering Bill
- Space-Age Safety: Ford, Auburn Explore How GPS Satellites Could Help Prevent Auto Accidents
- CCAR-GreenLink Features New EPA Training Video on "Paint Rule"
- ALLDATA Donates to I-CAR Education Foundation's Collision Repair Education
- New Federal Environmental Regulations for Autobody Shops
- Oct 09 NACE CARS AAPEX SEMA Contents
- AAA Study Finds Most Motorists Drive Under Severe Conditions, Do Not Realize It
- A Profile of the Evolving Collision Repair Marketplace
- Fix USA Has New President-COO
- I-CAR Introduces New Damage Analysis and GM Specific Courses at NACE
- CT AG and CT Auto Body Association call for auto insurance investigation
- Connecticut AG Joins Fight Against Insurer Steering
- Study Quantifying the Benefits of Automotive Reuse and Recycling
- Hertz Acquires Automoti.com
- SCRS Advocates for Collision Repair at Conference of Property-Casualty Insurance Legislators
- I-CAR serves up mostly positive economic forecasts and news for its 30th anniversary
- CIC Committees Eye Inconsistency in DRP Procedure Requirements
- Mitchell Partners with Thatcham for Technical Know-How
- I-CAR Volunteers Work with Ohio State U. to Develop a Curriculum
- New Website Helps Steer 6 Million Car Crash Victims to Speedy Recovery
- Universal Technical Institute Renews Training Agreement With Mercedes-Benz USA
- Recyclers Not All Happy About Clunkers Influx
- Dealing with a Bully Insurance Adjuster? How to Fight Back and Win!
- LKQ Creates Program to Support CARS Recycling
- ASA Opposes Airbag and Crash Parts Model Bills
- With CARS in Effect, Where Do The Cars Go?
- I-CAR to Reorganize with Six Regional Managers
- Vehicle Searches by Police—Supreme Court Tightens the Rules
- Invitation-Only Collision Symposium Hosted by VeriFacts
- Sterling Adopts ALLDATA Collision and Mechanical Data
- Are you a body shop owner doing much more mechanical work recently?
- United Recyclers Group Supports NABC Recycled Rides
- State Farm Alleges Hecker's Advantage Inflated Estimates
- Audatex' 'Directions' focuses on Asian Cars
- Small collision shops report business as usual
- Rough Roads Costing Motorists Hundreds More Per Year
- SEMA Seeks Protection for Collector Cars and Parts
- Cash for Clunkers Could Generate More Than 1 Million Shoppers
- Airbag Installation and Checklist Tips From Myairbags.com
- SCRS Supports Distinction between Repairer and Insurer Estimates
- SAY WHAT?! Reactions to the News
- Steering (HB 6446) and Supplements (SB 896) Bills Dropped by Connecticut Assembly
- Salvage Vehicle Legislation Passed in Kentucky
- BASF Looks for Common Ground Between Insurers and Repairers
- Vehicle Repairs Cost an Average 34% More at New Car Dealerships Than Independent Repair Shops
- CCC-MITCHELL Mutually Agree to Terminate Merger
- CIC’s Proposed List of Direct Repair Criteria Would Erode True ‘Fair Trade’ says CCRE
- SCRS Director Schulenburg Writes Open Letter to CCC re Overlap
- ‘Cash For Clunkers’ is Introduced in Senate
- Despite Uncertainty, Auto Execs Remain Committed to Hybrids and Electrics
- Corvette Owners Quick to Customize
- ARA urges congress to protect consumers vehicle and automotive part choices
- ASA Collision Survey Reports on "How's your business?"
- Memo to the 'Regional Manager for Sales Prevention'
- "CCC goes back on Commitment," says DTF
- PPG Chair Calls for Action in Auto Bailout
- SCRS Announces Hiring of Aaron Schulenburg as Executive Director
- Auto Claim Fraud, Padding Added Up To $6.8 B, Study Says
- AIG Auto Unit Getting Name Change
- FTC Launches Suit to Block Merger of CCC and Mitchell
- Suit to Block Mitchell--CCC Merger Will Be Contested
- RI Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Auto Body Labor Rate Survey Case
- Clash over Clunkers: Letter from NABC
- AIG has named Anthony J. DeSantis as president-CEO of its Personal Auto Group
- Collision Repair Market Grows 5 Percent to $41.5 Billion in 2007
- CSI Report: Highly Satisfied Customers Have Higher Auto Renewal Rates
- SEMA 08 Features New Green Exhibit & Contest
- ASA Introduces AUTOINC.'s AUTOLINKS to Keep Automotive Industry Professionals Informed
- NHTSA Delays Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Lamp Standard for More Analysis
- Demand for skilled auto techs high
- Toyota, Honda and Detroit 3 have Sales declines; Nissan rises
- Shops, Insurers Discuss Potential Reforms to DRPs
- Progressive Insurance vs Greg Coccaro Fraud Case Thrown Out of NY Supreme Court
- Tennessee: ABRA’s Crouse Elected Chair of Memphis I-CAR
- Rhode Island: PCI Expresses Disappointment with RI Court Ruling on Auto Body Labor Rate Survey
- Chrysler to Invest $1.8 B in Expanding Detroit Plant
- Tom McGee to Leave I-CAR
- At CIC Shops and Insurers Discuss Potential Reforms to DRPs
- State Farm No Longer Writing “Rear Clips”
- I-CAR Ed Fund Recruits Info From Industry
- Dan Risley Leaves SCRS for New Position with Allstate
- BASF Names Distributor of the Year
- I-CAR Revives Student Numbers at End of Tumultuous Year
- Finishmaster Promotes Jeff Nabity
- Jack Farnan: Biz Journal HR Pro of the Year
- APN Approves Expanding Co-op
- FIX’s Ron Guilliams Now VP Client Services
- I-CAR CEO: “A year of change and progress”
- LKQ Acquires Pick-Your-Part Auto Wrecking
- Liberty Mutual and Carfax Team to Protect Consumers from Unknowingly Buying Totaled Cars
- Gas-Guzzler Trade-In Calculator Introduced by Edmunds.com
- AutoUSA Reports Major Jump in Prius Leads
- Colossal Class Action Hits Texarkana
- With RepairPal Consumers Can Learn What To Pay for Auto Repair
- Florida Considers California Emission Standards
- ASA Position on Two Blend Deduction Issues
- The Ten Worst: Allstate Ranks as Worst Insurer for Consumers
- CIC wants feedback on Best Practices
- Four-day work week, six-day production model boosts shop capability by 50%
- Government to announce improved crash test program
- Survey Shows Economic Weakness Impacts Auto Body Shops, Service Stations
- Florida Shop Goes to Waterborne Voluntarily
- EPA amends Hazardous Waste Listing to Allow More Aluminum in Vehicles
- Free website will allow buyers to check a vehicle's hidden repair history
- Ozone Transportation Committee Considers Waterborne Paint Policy
- WI: Insurance Claims Increase: Wisconsin has safeguards against resale of flood-damaged vehicles
- A Profile of Aftermarket Industry Advocate Eileen Sotille
- Big-3 Get $30M in funding for Plug-In Vehicles
- 4$ Gasoline May Change Habits
- Chrysler Raises Prices, BMW Invests in the U.S.
- Toyota denies Tacoma is defective
- Survey by Nebraska and Kentucky Shops Ranks Insurers (3 stories)
- IIHS Study: NC: Teens Ignoring Cell Phone Restrictions while Driving
- MO: Shop manager's mission helps many: Wheels of Hope cars provide opportunities
- Montana's Insurance Regulator Wants to Open Insurer Data
- Anti-Steering Video Public Service Announcement: Now Available to SCRS Affiliate Associations
- First National Collision Industry Legislative Forum
- Audatex forecasts an increase in total losses
- MN: Anti-Manipulation of Estimating Database Bill Signed into Law
- EPA hosts environmental and health workshops in D.C. and Baltimore, MD.
- Coalition Calls for Database of Salvaged Automobiles
- The World's Hottest Auto Market: As Russian demand explodes, foreign automakers cash in
- Three More Auto Repair Groups Endorse Passage of MA Right to Repair Bill
- Americans believe they are safe drivers, yet almost 75% are guilty of distracted driving
- Ford Motor will Break-Even, Large Truck and SUV Production will be Cut
- Houghton, MI: Marketing Scam Appears to Target Auto Repairers
- Booths, HVLP and painter training mandated under new federal regulation
- Universal Technical Institute Launches UTI Foundation
- Automotive Parts and Service Association of Illinois Joins QPC in Support of H.R. 5638
- Massachusetts Right to Repair Advocates Rally in Support
- Progressive Changes Policy on Partial Paint/Full Clear
- Chrysler’s Promise: Gas For $2.99 A Gallon
- EPA Summit to Host Paint Regulation Compliance Session
- Independent Installers and Body Shops to Benefit from Ford Sweepstakes
- CCC and Mitchell International to Merge
- Many states have failed to submit state implementation plans (SIPs) as required by the EPA
- Roof Strength Saves Lives When SUVs Roll
- American Insurance Association hits back on CT anti steering bill
- All Chrysler Employees must take vacation in July
- CCC Information Services Inc. Enabling Estimating Guideline Transparency
- House approves $25 billion in industry loans
- Title washing rules imminent
- NHTSA Reveals Early Warning Data on Public Website
- Audatex Reference Manual adds new CIC 'Best Practices'
- Anthony A. Martino, 75, Founder of Maaco and Aamco, Dies
- EPA Publishes Final Auto Refinishing Regulation
- Committee Terms Proving Successful As Detailed Plans Abound at CIC
- Bill to Block Insurers from Requiring Aftermarket Parts on Vehicles Under Warranty
- 2008 Auto Entrepreneur Program at ASU includes NABC presentation
- Rear-End Crashes Major Problem
- Audatex Adds CIC "Best Practice Guidelines"
- Quality Parts Coalition Pushes Reduction of Design Patents On New Vehicles
- SF Parts Procurement Program
- I-CAR Education Foundation Thanks 15-Year Supporters
- I-CAR Exec McGee Resigns
- Federal Fuel Rules Dismissed
- Taking Back Control Of Your Business
- 2007 CRIN Instructor of the Year Recognized at NACE
- Allstate Adopts Open Platform
- Akzo Nobel MIW and I-CAR Ed Fund Award Scholarships
- Toyota Celebrates Golden Anniversary in United States
- Employers Must Pay for Protective Equipment
- FOX Collision Center Letter to the Industry
- National Insurance Office on Horizon
- Massachusetts Auto Body Shops Want State to Repair Wages
- Car smashed? Insurers say, Go here
- Schwarzenegger vetoes AB1483
- Fugitive Arrested In $500,000 Scam
- Cignarale Promoted by Insurance Commissioner
- AAIA Reports Upswing in Collision Repair Market
- CRA Celebrates Its First Anniversary
- Federal Judge Affirms State Emissions
- Nevada Legislative Update
- Santa Clara CAA Trade Faire Features BASF Seminar
- Labor Rate Survey Rules Dropped by CA DOI
- DOI Holds Workshop to Evaluate Paint Capping Issues
- Proposed Changes to Labor Rate Survey Regs Unacceptable
- Suit Against Ferrantes Thrown Out
- BAR Chief Mehl Speaks at CAA Board Meeting
- BASF Waterborne Seminar Precedes Santa Clara CAA Trade Faire
- California CRA Expands Board and Member Services
- New Ed Sessions Spotlight NACE
- Evans Signs 3-Year Deal With Chicago Pneumatic
- TX AG, Allstate Claim Victory on HB 1131
- CIC Responsibilities in Avoiding Unfair Trade Practices
- I-CAR Points To Positives After Tough Year
- Industry Mourns Loss of March Taylor
- Hollywood auto shop guilty of insurance fraud
- New CAA product offers BAR and DOI regs for members
- California customizer wins coveted award
- SCRS lends support to bills defining total loss vehicles
- Auto recycling project begins in Louisiana
- Majority of SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans score poorly in rear crash protection tests
- Keystone Automotive to merge with LKQ Corporation
- Farmers acquires non-standard auto insurer
- DOI thwarts skewed labor rate surveys
- Arizona agency awards grants for vehicle removal program
- ASA says feather, fill and block is a refinish procedure
- Assured Performance reaches major milestones
- Akzo Nobel promotes from in-house managers
- Akzo Nobel car refinishes site receives quality award
- Akzo Nobel center dedicated to late manager
- NABC seeks unsung heroes for 2007 Pride awards
- NACE 2007 offers wide variety of events
- Laws impacting collision repairs addressed in numerous states this year
- Law raises service and storage charges
- Loan arrangers: Shops capturing customers by offering financing
- High school champs face off in pursuit of National Auto Tech Title
- I-CAR to present second annual technology showcase at NACE
- New national association promises to be aggressive in defending the claimants right to choose
- Toyota wins video production awards for training film
- Nominations requested by Mentors At Work for 2007 Mentor of the Year Award
- General Motors develops vehicles with a sixth sense designed for avoiding crashes
- Senate Passes “Clunker-Free” Stimulus Bill
- Female technicians: Helping your business and the industry draw on this untapped pool of talent
- Debut episode of American Body Shop airs on Comedy Central
- ASA reviews BASF’s latest technologies for independent shops
- Akzo Nobel waterborne system meets Toyota technical specifications
- Tucson 911 Collision Centers and Precision Toyota donate overhauled Camry to graduate
- BAR amends invoice requirements in regards to lump-sum bills, ensures itemized invoices
- BAR offers onsite presentations of industry laws and clean air regulations
- Former California Autobody Association president Kelly McCarty running for state assembly
- California clean car standards for NM
- Industry support of Texas state shop licensing legislation put on hold
- ASA-Texas named ASA affiliate of the year
- Texas shop owner fights against insurer steering in his own shop
- GMAC Insurance becomes one of only a few companies to specify OEM parts
- Pursuit of Happyness author and movie inspiration, Chris Gardner, to keynote NACE
- Ad repetition as an effective campaign to attain additional sales
- State Farm buys a seat at Schwarzenegger’s table with $25,000 donation
- Consultant Tim Ronak to speak on key performance monitoring at South Coast CAA event in July
- Is lean production a viable concept – or just the latest catch-phrase
- State Farm executive shares secrets of success to a sell-out crowd at inaugaral conference
- California Truck Jam Kicks-Off 20th Anniversary Celebration in Irvine
- New California bill requires shop owners signature on estimates to affirm crash parts used
- Changing air quality regulations prompts waterborne clinic
- Weak enforcement of paint capping regulations drives the issue to court
- I-CAR presents award to SCRS in honor of the association’s 25 years of service
- Travelers opens flagship Claim University to train adjusters
- Keystone acquires Tulsa-based aftermarket parts business
- ASA launches A-HIT health insurance benefit in Texas
- Shop licensing legislation introduced in Texas
- Antitrust Modernization Commission releases report on U.S. antitrust laws
- CCAR introduces free online course on motor vehicle safety for repair industry
- WIN conference sells out, event focuses on women in the collision industry
- Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson insurer antitrust exemption is back in the spotlight
- Election and legal discussion highlights SCRS 25th anniversary event
- PPG names Martin Auto Color Platinum Distributor of the Year
- Gary Wano of G.W. & Son in Oklahoma new 2007 PRIDE Committee Chairman
- Collision Industry Conference debates alternatives to initial estimate writing
- Hefty donation from Seidners affords high school students a chance at industry careers
- Progressive Concierge program captures audience attention at Collision Repair Association event
- CRA presents plan to Calif insurance commissioner to reduce insurer friction
- California Insurance Code must be aggressively enforced to prohibit steering
- AMI Emil Stanley Merit Award sponsors NACE trip
- Minimum wage legislation includes small business incentives
- 50 000th I CAR point awarded in Texas
- State Farm announces 1.25 billion dollar mutual auto policyholder dividend
- Ninth conviction marks end of staged accident fraud ring in Texas
- Automakers continue move to go lead free for wheels
- ASA explores collision shop certification programs
- AMI announces scholarship opportunities for management education and more
- NY collision repair shop files 40 million lawsuit against Progressive
- Nobilas and Dent Zone partner to offer paintless dent repair program
- Leahy introduces legislation to remove federal antitrust exemption
- Midsize car bumpers fail in low speed crashes
- Akzo Nobel supports WIN as diamond sponsor
- Hyundai Motor Company awards first global approval to Akzo Nobel Refinishes
- Looking back lends valuable insight to industry future
- California faces stricter VOC regulations
- Calif. Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner backs Superior Court decision on auto rating
- California DOI investigators break up auto insurance fraud ring
- California legislators receptive to CRAs anti steering message
- Aftermarket Wins Three-Year OBD II Battle in California
- CAWA Joining Forces to Secure Permanent Legislative Change
- Ensera announces strategic partnership with BASF
- Recycling yards change to meet challenge of consolidators, greater demand
- ADP reverses position, says no encryption of data planned
- Speier predicts new laws on crash parts and steering
- Fed Antitrust Consent Order outlines directive to insurers
- Reaction is swift to Allstates acquisition of Sterling
- BAR investigators explain new inspection program
- State Farm inks parts deal with OEMs
- SEMA Applauds Breakthrough Chinese Laws
- Paint companies abandon investment, expand partnership
- 35,000 pack LV convention center, ed programs overflow
- Justice Department looks at allegations of price-fixing
- CA study says 43% of body repairs involve fraud
- California Autobody Association Convention at Disneyland
- Farmers taps shops to support their choice for insurance commish
- Insurers to offer more service; drive down severity
- OKABA opposes Oklahoma Right to Repair Act
- Oklahoma Right to Repair Act stirs up both support and opposition
- From health care to tax relief on Capitol Hill for 2007
- WIN conference to unite industry females
- Texas group calls for political donations to fight Allstate-Sterling
- ARA applauds Senator Lotts efforts to stem title fraud
- BAR auto body reinspection program slows down
- Recycled parts issues take center stage at CIC meeting
- GM says tests prove CAPA parts fall short
- Industry associations join forces to examine, enhance content of estimating systems
- CCRE strongly opposes proposed Ohio legislation on non-OEM parts
- Under-writing estimates leads to consumer fraud
- Write the first estimate and win
- CA regulators shut down Caliber Collision shop
- CAA reminds members to post injury and illness logs
- BASF offers waterborne solution to achieving goal
- B.A.R. chief delays proposed disciplinary guidelines
- Why is a body shop like a fruit stand?
- “Recovering” politician says industry needs allies
- Killer Car Bill aims to protect Californians
- B.A.R. rescinds cease and desist order to Progressive Insurance
- Bill prohibiting tied shops passes committee
- 100 OC repair shops sued over BAR violations
- Bill to outlaw tied shops passes big hurdle in CA
- California Assembly axes insurer owned shop bill
- Lawsuit against paint companies and jobbers filed
- Two salvage reform bills signed by CA Governor Davis
- NACE town hall to debate industrys hottest topics
- Improving your position with OEM parts dealers
- 29 owners and employees arrested for insurance fraud
- CA to provide paid family leave benefits from SDI
- Five shops sue State Farm for interfering with business
- PPG distributors store destroyed by fire
- CR chain is sued by DuPont for reneging on paint deal
- NACE 02: Smaller but still the industrys meeting place
- Texas senator pledges to fight tied shops
- Texas court slashes $32 million verdict against Farmers
- Legislation to outlaw tied shops on track in Texas
- Caliber say BAR aids lawyers in suing repairers
- Lawmakers take up the plight of 2000 shops sued
- Texas bill to block insurers from owning shops
- Anti-steering bill with teeth introduced
- BAR shuts down website listing shop violations
- AG sues Beverly Hills lawyers to stop frivolous lawsuits
- Bar takes action against Beverly Hills lawyers
- Garamendi pushes changes to claims handling
- Consumer lawsuits against repair shops in LA County tossed
- Fire hits San Diego body shop
- TX HB 1131 sponsorship increases to over 80
- Shops may be required to display rating signs
- Texas bill to stop insurers from owning shops is revised
- Salvage airbags, OEM info debated at CIC
- Caliber drops lawsuit
- Senate passes auto insurance reform legislation
- State Bar shuts down Beverly Hills law group
- Bill Heard---Largest Chevy Dealer Group---is Bankrupt
- Texas bill to block tied shops passes House and Senate
- TX legislation bans insurers from owning any more shops
- 5 Caliber So. Cal shops hit with accusations of fraud
- CAA pushes for another bill banning tied shops
- Put off driver licensure to save lives
- CA BAR takes aftermarket crash part certifiers to task
- Forward progress continues on CA anti-steering legislation
- Allstate eliminates DRP PRO Shops in Texas
- Remote desk auditors face questioning at CIC
- SB 551 toughens anti-steering laws in California
- OK shop owners start grass roots campaign against steering
- NACE to focus on automated claims, industry issues
- CIC: parts have broad impact on cycle times
- CAPA seal should be left on parts
- CAA celebrates passage of anti-steering bill, looks ahead
- Allstate institutes new DRP in Texas
- Insurer-owned shops, fraud highlight the year
- CA AG adopts a 14.9% decrease in WC pure premium rates
- Allstate fights back limitation on insurer-owned shops
- LV shop owner leads effort to organize Nevada CR industry
- Shops will still need multiple estimating systems
- NACE ends era of traveling show on harmonious note
- Lockyer files $50M lawsuit against Caliber
- Joey Buttafuoco among 11 charged with auto
- Judge grants Allstate preliminary injunction in tied-shop suit
- CIC scraps plans to audit effectiveness of CAPA
- Legislator and industry advance anti-steering billl
- Buttafuoco pleads guilty to insurance fraud
- Shops in central California nabbed in sting operation
- Exciting activities on tap for I-CAR 2004 annual meeting
- Arrest made in fraudulent windshield repair scam
- Space Draw indicates strong start for NACE 2004 in Vegas
- NM court ruling permits bad faith lawsuits
- Arizona legislator and industry team advance anti-steering bill
- DCA director recommends continuation of BAR
- DuPont and BASF settle price fixing allegations
- NACE ticket includes free admittance and shuttle to AM show
- AZ gov Napolitano signs anti-steering bill into law
- Texans get refunds from illegal betterment deductions
- Right to Repair Act moves forward
- Price fixing lawsuit goes forward in California
- Kyle Petty to deliver NACE 2004 keynote address
- Labor Department issues new overtime rules
- Fewer claims lead to reduction in insurance rates
- Concerns about shop certification raised at CIC
- Committee issues recommendations to improve BAR credibility
- Full text of Arizona House Bill 2468
- Garamendi announces downward trend in WC rates
- Sterling sued for avoiding overtime pay
- NACE 2004 expands educational conference
- TX AG gets refunds for customers who overpaid insurers
- Texas shop helps foil bank robbers
- SF - shops should set the bar for performace measurements
- NACE reports exhibitors up 23%
- Caliber agrees to $5.8M settlement in fraud case
- ASA leaders lobby for Right to Repair Act
- ACCA remains active in monitoring the anti-steering bill
- Texas auto policy holders get refunds for betterment charges
- Insurance Fraud Task Force arrests 38 in CA sting
- Speiers wide-ranging bill attacks WC fraud, more
- Governor Schwarzenegger voices support to end shakedown lawsuits
- New CA law means the end of Progressives Concierge
- Farmers files suit against LA shop for fraud
- Participants in fraudulent scheme busted by DOI
- DRPs to complete environmental and safety-training courses
- Garamendi, CHP announce takedown of auto ring
- Diverse industry groups gather during NACE
- AASP endorses SCRS two-way communication petition
- Looking back at 2004: year in quotes
- Customers to suppliers are waiting to rip off your shop
- Shops and schools look for solutions to low starting wages
- Auto body shops give back to their communities
- 2 states attempt to enact legislation against tied shops
- Texas AG settles last of claims against insurers on auto repair betterment
- State Farm settles with buyers of mistitled totaled vehicles
- NCIA helps enact anti-steering and consumer protection laws
- Farmers seeks damages for alleged fraud
- CBS new report validates AMs call for Right to Repair Act
- Ten arrested in California body shop fraud sting
- 7 San Diego Allpro shops stripped of BAR registrations
- ADP apologizes for incorrect cuts to refinish times
- Will aluminum and other materials leave some shops behind?
- Senate supports Perkins Act
- Oregon lawmakers hear testimony on DRP disclosure bill
- Rudy Giuliani chosen to deliver NACE 2005 keynote
- CA bill blurs differences between OEM and non-OEM parts
- CA consolidator M2 goes belly up as deal fails
- California consolidator M2 goes belly up as deal fails
- Senate votes to reauthorize Perkins tech ed act
- How shop owners distinguish themselves from the competition
- CIC database task force reports early progress
- Industry dodges a bullet as dangerous bill is defused in CA
- States consider different routes to halt steering of work
- Right to Repair Act reintroduced in Congress
- Shuttered M2 shops sold to independents, small chains
- CAA and Garamendi discuss steering, labor rate survey
- Will auto shop certification give independents opportunity?
- California legislature busy with new CR statutes
- Californian elected new ASA chairman
- Allstate institutes system to simplify claims process
- Allstate reinvents the automobile insurance policy
- A look back at some visions of the future
- How to improve the culture of your company
- Allstate tries to overturn Texas law regulating tied shops
- TX gov. Perry appoints Mike Geeslin as insurance commissioner
- Paint companies step up as sponsors for NACE ed events
- ARB solicits feedback on stricter VOC limits
- Why it is important to improve company culture
- Workshops on auto refinish coating standards
- VW to pay more than $1M for Clean Air Act violation
- Legislators continue efforts to improve parts competition
- NACE 2005 presents most comprehensive conference program
- Costa Mesa body shop loses license after fraud investigation
- CAA sets up mentoring and apprenticeship partnership
- CA bill to allow insurers to act as customer sidelined
- Decrease in workers compensation filed rates
- Why women are succeeding in the collision repair industry...
- Illinois Supreme Court overturns verdict against State Farm
- Public hearings set on labor rate survey
- Self-study online classes among plans announced by I-CAR
- U.S. house passes association health plan bill
- Multistate auto insurance fraud ring put out of business
- CIC speaks up for changes in estimating companies procedures
- Share advice as thefts reach epidemic proportions
- Plan ahead to reduce the tax bite
- Part 2 what should be in a personnel file
- Attorney offers shops advice on personnel files
- Expanding your business - without DRPs
- Valspar recovers from Hurricane Katrina
- Insurers launch website to expose flood-damaged vehicles
- CIC committee addresses gap between body and paint work
- First crash tests of minicars
- CCC to be acquired by Investcorp
- CA DOI to address insurers labor rate surveys
- Shop owners share information on what is working for them and their businesses
- BAR revokes licenses of 3 San Diego shops
- Avery vs. State Farm may head to U.S. Supreme Court
- AQMD fails to pass stricter emission rules
- MQVP files suit against Keystone Automotive
- CIC wrestles with abundance of suggested topics for 2007
- Recruiting: smart employers keep looking for top talent
- CIC discusses increasing number of total losses
- National legis. group adopts resolution on AM parts
- Giuliani speech on leadership high point of NACE 2005
- BAR restarts program to investigate repairs
- Keystone to contest Ford’s victory in patent infringement case
- LA legislature passes bill to crush hurricane-flooded vehicles
- New California Insurance Commissioner committs to non-partisanship
- Sacramento insider to work with Collision Repair Association
- Garamendi calls for decrease in workers comp pure premium advisory rate
- CCC signs acquisition agreement with Investcorp
- Shop owners complain to state senate panel
- BAR performance review finds room to improve
- What the collision industry was talking about in 2005
- Right to Repair Act gains momentum in Congress
- AQMD tightens up VOC standards
- Boost profits by reducing the costs of doing business
- State Farm rolls out new DRP program in test markets
- ITC institutes investigation on aftermarket parts
- Chip Foose to speak at CAA quarterly meeting
- Farmers fined $1 million for claim handling violations
- Environmental concerns among top priorities at CIC
- Concierge law no longer being pushed in California
- Renewed emphasis on paint shop can boost bottom line
- Legal issues surrounding black boxes get murkier
- A look at State Farms new Select Service contract
- State Farm net income declines due to hurricanes
- Publication names leaders in recycling industry
- California bill calls for state to take over labor rate surveys
- Industry pros debate need for part certification at hearing
- CAA warns that insurers to cap storage charges
- CA DOI warns against purchasing fake auto insurance
- Bush budget request refuses to invest in tech ed
- Proponents now say AB 303 is moving forward
- Using 22-year-old biz theory to break down bottlenecks
- CAA battles against insurer lawsuits regarding storage charges
- LKQ Corporation posts record revenues in 2005
- I-CAR to present tech showcase at NACE 2006
- TX judge upholds HB 1131 banning insurer-owned repair facilities
- CA shop owner found innocent of fraud charges
- CA legislature considering two collision repair bills
- CA bill calls for state to take over labor rate surveys
- Avery v. State Farm petition denied by U.S. Supreme Court
- Controversy arises over new permissible exposure limit
- Smart shop owners and jobbers watch cash as much as sales
- Insured losses top $100 million in Texas hail storm
- Nationwide mercury switch collection program set by EPA
- No resolution in sight for Allstate v. Abbott re HB 1131
- CIC: State Farms new program, the gap and third-party procurement
- Car-O-Liner gets new owners in venture capital deal
- CAA to hold spring meeting in Bay area
- Meetings in Sacramento lead to death of non-OEM parts bill
- New BAR signage requirement
- AZ anti-steering bill would protect consumer choice
- Auto recyclers hope to boost market share
- Small biz health insurance legislation smacked down
- Right to Repair Act narrowly prevails in first committee vote
- Progressive adds Concierge centers in Texas
- Garamendi accuses insurance industry of attempted blackmail
- Legislation to resolve insurance repair issues stalls
- BAR adopts new regulation to expedite repairs
- Amberson re-elected Collision Division Operations director
- Allstate renews Audatex (formerly ADP) contract
- Dallas Cowboy star Aikman to headline at NACE
- Avoiding the pitfalls of the employee selection process
- Shop owners offer insights on how they distinguish themselves
- Central Texas hailstorms were costly
- Texas AG sues owner of fraudulent auto auction
- Shops question why Progressive doesnt have BAR registration
- Senate committee debates repealing McCarran-Ferguson Act
- Mitchell will reveal labor times development process to industry pros
- Right to Repair Act moves ahead in legislative process
- Large cars rated poor for side impact lack side air bags
- Farmers sues two California shops for insurance fraud
- Improving shops by enhancing its organization
- Industry pros offer views on reducing friction
- Focus has shifted from crash safety to avoidance
- State Farm rolls out new Select Service program across U.S.
- Congress agrees to re-authorize Perkins Act
- Debate continues on future of McCarran-Ferguson Act
- Finding additional profit in non-insurance-paid work
- OSHA issues final rule on APFs
- I-CAR promises improved customer service, more training options
- No. Calif. shops accuse GEICO of steering and unreasonable labor rates
- Consumer and shop owner successfully fight Allstate
- DOI declares arbitrary capping of paint costs to be unfair claims practice
- Industry pros discuss implications of underestimating costs
- 19 arrested for auto body fraud in No. Calif.
- NACE has become the industry gathering place
- Body shop breaks contract with jobber, ordered to pay up
- CRA has an attack dog mentality
- 8 insurance companies file for $20 million in rate reduction
- House bill calls for disclosure of damaged vehicles
- CIC and I-CAR: Summer industry meetings
- Impacts of global warming damages basis for CA lawsuit
- SCRS state affiliate groups meet
- CRA challenges BAR over Progressive license
- OSHA renews alliance with CCAR
- Open letter to industry from NASTF
- Nevada group spearheads CC tech center
- Proposed regs require standard ESC
- BAR regs define scope of labor rate surveys
- Online parts order fulfillment for Ford and GM
- Fed insurance regulation legislation introduced in Congress
- Class-action suit against Farmers winding up
- EZ Lube shops under investigation by BAR
- New manifest form required
- Texas: new deputy first assistant DA appointed
- Texas grassroots coalition files brief in support of HB 1131
- Ways for shops to give back to their communities
- Sherry Mehl named new BAR chief
- Seeking support for Damaged Vehicle Information Act
- CAA helps consumers learn their rights
- American Family Insurance dumps Mitchell, requires Audatex
- Allstates proposed open platform benefits
- Akzo Nobel technical classes approved for gold class points
- Akzo Nobel and CIAI present 2006 endowments
- ADESA acquires 3 Texas salvage auctions
- 4 arrested for staging auto collisions in Bay area
- Smarter ways to respond when inevitable changes in personnel occur
- Paint companies raise prices to offset increasing costs
- Industry issues, expos highlight NACE 2006
- NACE 2006 delivers strong results
- Illegal business practices benefit college students
- Quotes of Note for 2006
- CAPA congratulates CAA on 40 years of Service
- Smarter ways to respond when inevitable changes in personnel occur
- Class-action lawsuits challenge prevailing rates
- CIC panel addresses improper changes to refinish labor times
- BAR responds negatively to CRAs attempt to compel even-handed enforcement of regs
- CAA becomes newest regional affiliate of SCRS
- ASA Collision Division presents Top Score award at NACE
- Variety of vehicles chosen as 2007 Top Safety Picks by IIHS
- Class-action lawsuits challenge prevailing rates
- BAR responds negatively to CRAs attempt to compel even-handed enforcement of regs
- CCAR recognizes top ten S/P2 users among GM ASEP Schools for 2005-06
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- CCRE Reno Day Two
- Farmers to pay $17 million plus for use of non-OEM parts
- Product News
- Matrix Wand - New Tool for Estimates
- New Pro-Spray® 3.5 VOC Solvent Basecoat System is the Value Alternative for VOC Compliance
- Car-O-Liner® Receives OEM Approval for the Porsche Approved Collision Center Program
- CA Based Rare Parts, Inc., Announces New Custom Manufactured Pitman Arms
- BASF Automotive Refinish Announces New Portable Color Matching Tool
- Achieve Flawless Results In The Cold Season: Practical Tips From Standox®
- New Spies Hecker® Permasolid® Low VOC Clear Coat 8098 The Easy-To-Apply, Low VOC Solution For Outstanding Gloss
- GFS Announces New Paint Booth Filters, GFS WAVE Aqua Filters, Designed Specifically for Waterborne Paints
- New Standox® Standocryl® Clear PFC 30 Mirror-like Finish and Easy Application
- Chief™ Serves up Specials at NACE
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes New Elegance™ Clearcoat Approved on a Global Basis by Chrysler
- New Spies Hecker® Permasolid® Low VOC Clear Coat 8096
- New Standox® Standocryl® Clear PFC 20
- Mopar Announces Details of Ram Runner Kit for Off-Road Enthusiasts
- Mopar Adds Custom Grille and Wheel Options to New Chrysler 300
- COLORMATCH RETURNS TO SPONSOR MIKE WALLACE IN NASHVILLE
- New Pro-Spray® 3.5 VOC Solvent Basecoat System is an Economical Choice for VOC Compliance
- AkzoNobel Schedules U.S. Launch of Wanda Waterbase Basecoat System
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes New Elegance™ Clearcoat Approved on a Global Basis by GM
- Chrysler Group’s Mopar Division to Expand Accessories Portfolio in 2011
- Chief Advises on High-Strength Steel in OEMs
- Sherwin-Williams Plant Color® Custom Colors Now Available in a Waterborne Basecoat
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Approves DuPont™ ProfitNetTM Management System
- Herkules Oil Filter Crushers Air-Powered for Extreme Durability
- Because You Can’t Fix What You Don’t Know, Chief University Introduces Design Based Repair Training
- New Chief EZ Liner™ Express: Big Pulling Power in a Small, Affordable Package
- Matrix System Walks Away as a Winner with Salt Eraser®
- Sherwin-Williams® Planet Color®, Barrett-Jackson® and Roush® Performance Pull Out all the Stops with Limited Edition Mustangs
- PPG Debuting New Vibrance Collection® Waterborne Midcoat at SEMA
- AkzoNobel announces the top performing Sikkens Acoat selected shops for 2010
- Sherwin-Williams links Formula Express to Mitchell RepairCenter
- Mercedes-Benz USA Grants Approval for Standox® Automotive Paint Systems
- Mitchell 1 Looks Back on 90 Years of Success
- Celette's New Elektron Plant
- Celette's New MidWest Sales Manager
- 3M and ANEST IWATA Join Forces
- 3M donates Over 300 3M Dynamic Mixing Systems
- 1-800-Radiator Warranties Cash for Clunker Deals
- GM Collision Parts "Fast-Cash" Fascia and Bumper Bar Program
- MACRO Shop Group Selects AkzoNobel for Exclusive Vendor Agreement
- DuPont Performance Coatings partners with American Honda Body Shop Recognition Program
- SATA goes to SEMA, not NACE
- Akzo Nobel spray gun will apply paint and cure it
- Chrysler chooses AQUABASE Plus paint by PPG for national training center
- Mega Installation of Wedge Clamp in Las Vegas
- CR Auto Scheduler Program Awarded Patent
- Herkules G202 Automatic Paint Gun Washer
- Pro-Spray’s New Clear Rates High in Value
- How Birds Can Ruin A Car’s Finish: What to Do
- Toyota will make the Prius hybrid at its new plant in Mississippi in 2010
- Accuspray to be Renamed 3M Spray Equipment
- PPG Industries buys Illinois coatings company
- Toyota to boost Prius output by 70 percent
- BASF Refinish group names distributor of the year
- Team at Jay Leno’s Garage Turns to Hypertherm for Plasma Cutting Needs
- Sullair Announces Expanded Line of S-energy® Series Compressors
- A123Systems Takes Orders for Hybrid Plug-in Conversion Modules Designed to Deliver 100+ MPG
- Honda Rolls Out its FCX Clarity, A Zero-Emission Fuel Cell Car
- AutoClaims Direct Introduces New Live Help Customer Service Feature
- GM Expands number of parts eligible for GM PART-ner
- Mitchell 1 has added a Parts Ordering Information section to its Web site
- Scene Genesis AuditSentry Lets Auto Insurers Automatically Review Repair Estimates and Audit Rules
- BumperDoc Automotive Franchise Encourages Environmentally Conscious Auto Body Repair
- PRODUCT NEWS: DuPont Performance Coatings has introduced ColorNet Color Proofing
- Why pay for base coating, when you do not have to ? says BASF
- CINDY SHILLITO now with COMPLETES PLUS
- Elektron Inverter Offers Superior HSS Spot Welds
- Sherwin-Williams ESP Technology Cuts Bake Wait Time
- Innovative Tools Launches New Wall SuperStorage and X-Stand
- Web Marketplace Links Auto Repair Shops, Consumers and Insurers
- Educational Programs to Receive Donation of New Multimeters
- Snap-on Mother of All Impact Wrenches
- AQL: Coating Without Abrasives
- A Successful Shop Needs Sophisticated Performance Metrics
- Alliance Endorses Quality Parts Coalition
- Snap-On Rocks and Rolls New Cabinets
- Sherwin-Williams Partners With Instant Estimator
- Enterprise and CynCast Use Software to Simplify Communication
- Chicago Pneumatic QRS Air Compressor
- Ford Technology Cuts Water Use, Reduces Paint Sludge
- American Honda Selects OEConnection for Online Parts
- Throughput Performance Solutions by PPG
- Steck grasps need for quick access to pull studs
- Snap-On Tools and Dr. Neon Partner on Hotrod
- S-W Official Paint for Andretti Green Racing
- Panasonic releases Toughbook 52 with embedded next generation wireless
- Gunn Auto Group installs Hailports at six dealerships
- PPG waterborne paint toner eliminates the need for mechanical mixing machine
- Autoliv presents two new airbags at international safety conference
- Recently released 2007/2008 Aftermarket Factbook adds 32 pages of aftermarket data
- AWX basecoat/clearcoat refinish solution meets strict VOC-limits in California
- Hot rod celebrity Chip Foose injects signature style into newest Ford F-150
- First hydrogen fuel cell vehicle to go 300 miles without refueling
- Becca releases new line of spray gun cleaners
- A quest to improve-upon his work tools leads an Arizona collision repairer to invent his own
- Steck Manufacturing releases tool for easy access to hard-to-reach pinch welds
- Compressor design shifts towards energy efficiency
- Replica Plastics reaches 550 GM parts
- Ford strives to keep OEM crash parts competitive by expanding quantity buying
- Business finds growing niche in franchise mobile airbag services
- New company tests and certifies salvage airbags to work as new
- Quality features offered in new, lower-priced booth
- Partners build a better mouse trap with crash wrap film
- BASF didnt make the car - just more beautiful
- Paint your Wagon but what with?
- Spray booth specs can be misleading to the uninformed
- Users rate CCCs Pathways system best overall
- Airbag testing company now offers certified salvage airbags
- The hardest thing I have ever done
- Mentors at Work system release trial of inhouse training system
- Owner solves problem, creates new business
- Measure your shop and implement improvements using the web
- ARMS software reduces phone calls to insurers
- Recyling solvents saves money and reduces liability
- USI introduces the energy-conscious spray booth
- Glasurit paint used on DaimlerChryslers new luxury car
- Software Hero Body Shop Software
- Advanced driving visibility product from PPG
- TYC establishes brand name for lighting and cooling parts
- BASF showcases new UV-drying finishes
- Chisum introduces Mustang™ frame rack
- Dent Wizard retains CSi Complete services
- Ford introduces bumper fascia fastener kits
- Chisum launches new line of benches
- CCCs next-generation, web-based reinspection tool
- Car-O-Flex system offers aluminum repairs for BMW, Jag
- Chisum introduces new line of welders
- RBLs Double Shot pressure washer pistol
- Take your computer screen/keyboard right to the vehicle
- Let a contractor run your network from its office
- Rotary Lift expands facility planning service capabilities
- Breathable air from your existing compressor
- Integrated refrigerated dryer improves air quality
- DSS Better Estimating software has powerful auditing features
- Blowtherm S.p.A. Italia now dba BITA Spraybooths
- New SS/Q2 Superior Quick Jack
- Car-O-Liner offers own line of resistance welding equip
- Personal air breathing units meet OSHA reqs
- Bilingual air system maintenance CD free from Kaeser
- Hybrid resistance welder/dent puller
- 3M offers new mini cup for paint prep
- Glasurit 185-10 provides speed, convenience, and productivity
- Clean, dry air with a compressed air system
- MQVP certification program offers TYC lamps
- Kaeser redesigns its series of rotary screw air compressors
- Ford adds 61 parts to truckload program
- Whats new with EMSReview?
- CCRE takes on CIC over salvage airbags
- WD-40 offers consumers the last straw
- Multimotive MIG welder designed for CR industry
- No-wait epoxy floor seal for new concrete
- Rome announces interface to UCS accounting system
- Air system provides a quiet, efficient source of clean, dry air
- Becca, Inc. launches new website
- BECCA spray gun cleaners for waterborne and solvent systems
- Multi-language software can boost productivity of paint shops
- HandyBar tool performs functions without scratching paint
- Slide Sledge Frame Hammer delivers precise, high-impact force
- Rome Technologies to integrate, resell DSS Inc.EMSReview
- KCF filters out oil and contaminants
- SmartPipe offers better air quality and easy installation
- DSS releases EMSReview 4.5 for repairers, insurers and appraisers
- Doan and Company Auto Appraising to pilot EMSReview
- Genuine Daewoo parts have always been available to shops
- Collision repair trends of 2006 published in market research reports
- Glasurit 90-Line talking website
- Steck Manufacturing releases timesaving tool
- Keystone Automotive launches OrderKeystone.com
- Compact Cheetah Xpress frame machine does a lot of small jobs simply fast
- BASF SmartTrak III offers new efficiency-enhancing features
- Optimism and self-expression influences BASF color development
- Panasonic Toughbook: out on the lot or back in the shop
- A variety of new products introduced at NACE
- Software from DSS to integrate with shop management systems
- BECCA releases spray gun cleaners for new technologies
- New tools make repairs easier for techicians
- SATA offers quality equipment
- Stecks BigBite radius clamp is practical tool
- Keystone offers Wheel Finder catalog
- New effects offer more exotic range of vehicle colors
- Keystone to sell AM crash parts through recyclers group
- E-coat - developed by Ford - has replaced AM rustproofing
- Product streamlines workflow by eliminating need to re-key estimates
- Air bag sensor detects accidents by sound
- EZ Scraper makes quick work of tough adhesives
- Star-A-Liner and Cheetah now sell Signature frame machine
- Akzos Sikkens Autowave waterborne paint endorsed by GM
- Panasonic introduces 2 new Toughbooks
- Ford sells crash parts with cosmetic bruises
- BASF waterborne paint meets CA VOC regs
- Panasonic demos new Toughbook models at NACE
- BASF ready for switch to waterborne paint
- Panasonic dramatically demos Toughbook at NACE
- Timesaving product maximizes existing bench space
- Nissan designates CeramicClear for repair of new finish
- QRS air compressors offer many advantages over reciprocating compressors
- Panasonic introduces next generation Toughbook
- Keystone adds enhancements to internet portal
- BASF ready for switch to waterborne paint in CA
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- Delphi Holds "Win the Delphi Dream Shop" Giveaway
- CT Bill Advocates Independent's Need for Diagostic Codes
- December 2010 Western SDMN Section
- November 2010 Western SDMN Section
- June 2010 Service Diagnostic and Mechanical PDF issue
- Toyota Fined $16.4M, Will Face Single Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit
- Mitchell 1 Offers 14-Day Trial of Repair-Connect
- Toyota says it was aware of Prius brake concerns
- Service, Diagnostic, and Mechanical Feb 2010
- ASA Provides Legislative Division Updates at 2009 ASRW
- SEMA Show--- Floor Tour With Tire Rack? The Recession Effect? Who's Lean and Green?
- Autoland Scientech Designs Top-Tier Automotive Diagnostic Systems
- Ben Johnson, Diagnostics Expert, Joins ALLDATA
- SDMN Sept 09 Western
- Insurance Activity
- Scott Biggs Blogs Warning on State Farm's Partstrader
- CARSTAR Bolsters Insurance Committee with New Members
- Mexico Implements New Mandatory Auto Insurance Liability Laws
- Total Loss Legislation May Move in Florida Senate
- Mitchell Announces Claims Triage
- Louisiana Expects a 3-ft Rise in Sea Level by 2100
- PCI Says Auto Body Legislation will be Priority for 2012
- Study Shows Total Losses Rate Less Satisfaction than Repairs
- SCRS to Conduct Insurance Company Survey on AM parts
- Coccaro Case Takes a Wide Turn as NY Supreme Court Decides Consumers Can Sue Insurers for Steering Damages
- Allstate Announces ‘Process Changes’ Designed to Improve Network Cycle Time
- SCRS releases Details of Farmers Insurance DRP COD agreement
- State Farm to Close Field Offices, Consolidate to Save Costs
- Nationwide Insurance Offers Key Insurance Information for Policyholders Affected by Tornadoes
- 'Confessions of an Auto Claims Adjuster' by Edmunds.com
- State Farm Announces Revised Electronic Parts Ordering for its DRPs
- AGRSS Council Debuts Video for Insurers
- NCOIL Property and Casualty Insurance Committee to Meet Nov. 18
- GEICO target of proposed class action for ‘deceptively selling’ auto insurance policies
- Who is Assemblyman Dave Jones and why does he want to be California's next Insurance Commissioner?
- N. Las Vegas Fire Capt. Indicted on Attempted Insurance Fraud
- Customer Satisfaction with Auto Insurance Companies Declines Considerably from 2009
- Farmers Insurance Says it Helped Florida Law Enforcement Bust Crash for Cash Ring
- Nationwide Insurance Wins Group Volunteer Service Award for 2010
- Insure.com Details the Most (Louisiana) and Least (Maine) Expensive States for Auto Insurance
- CDI Reports Mercury Insurance Overcharged and Discriminated Against Drivers for 15 Years
- Waiving deductibles puts Florida auto body shop in the spotlight
- Allstate Reports $1.13B Loss; To Eliminate 1,000 Positions
- Metlife is third major insurer to suspend use of structural aftermarket parts
- House To Consider Partial McCarran-Ferguson Repeal
- The Hartford to Appeal Shop Judgement
- GEICO Fined $30,000 by Minnesota Department of Commerce
- Progressive Sued by Three Ohio Collision Shops
- ASA Leaders Discuss Key Issues with U.S. Senate Minority Leader
- 2010 Ford Taurus earns Top Safety Pick award
- Obama to Back Federal Insurance Office, Not Federal Regulator
- U.S. House Prepares for Administration’s Insurance Reform Proposal
- Terry Fortner to Retire as Nationwide VP, Claims
- Slow Speed Collision Repair Costs
- Insurer’s Retention Rates Critical to Profitability
- Best and Worst Insurers of 2009 from ASA-AZ
- Maryland Insurance Investigation of Total Losses Results in Fines for 67 Companies
- Body Shop Couple Guilty in Tax Fraud Case
- Insurers Announce Legislative Priorities for 2009
- AIG Sells 21st Century to Zurich for $1.9 Billion
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- Toby Chess Speaks on Reclaiming Profits at East Bay CAA Meeting
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- Hey Toby 13---High Voltage Wires, Sealing Foam, Prius Coolant, and Radiators
- Hey Toby 12 --- Some Air Conditioning Issues and Fixes
- Hey Toby 10---Helping out the Firefighters
- Hey Toby 9 --- Everything You Need to Know to Repair Aluminum
- HEY TOBY 8 —Simplify to get Efficient
- HEY TOBY 7: Drilling Down on the (New Steels) Technical Bafflegab
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- Hey Toby 5: Disposable Cups, STR Welding, and Shunts
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- Hey Toby 11---TIG Welding and Voltage Ratings
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- Three Gallons of Trouble
- Answering the Bell (‘I don’t got a gun’) and Remembering Old Sarge
- There’s a New Wrench in Town
- Mr. Gorillalilla
- “You’re Just One of Those Slick Talkin’ Mechanics”
- “My ‘Regular Mechanic’ Says You Didn’t Do a Thing”
- Early Morning De-Light and Nursing Ingenuity
- Bottom Shocker
- Bottom Shocker: True Mechanical Humor from Gonzo Weaver
- A SUCCESSFUL EVENT
- Sprucing Up Your Shop For Spring
- Spotting a Newsworthy Opportunity
- Creating A Readable Advertising Piece
- An Effective Marketing Focus
- Estimator Tactics to Close the Sale
- Choosing a More Profitable Market
- The Ethnic Factor in Marketing
- Long or Short Ad—Which is Best?
- How to Survive a Summer Slump
- Focusing Marketing Efforts on a Narrow Demographic Yields More Results
- Summertime Should Mean Event Time For Body Shops
- Summer Time Means Event Time
- Get on the Cosmetic Car Upgrade Bandwagon
- ‘Consistency’ May be Boring—But It’s Also Profitable
- Client vs. Customer, The Marketing Difference
- A Clear Marketing Focus Needs to be Tested and Justified
- Promotion Up Close and Personal
- How One Impression Multiplies
- Can a Person-to-Person Approach Bring in Business?
- 'Bird Dogging' -- Guerilla Tactics for Small Body Shops
- Using Fraud And Fear As Marketing Tools
- QUALITY Might Not be Number One Draw for Consumers
- Save Marketing Money By ‘Piggybacking’
- Finding a Marketing Hole and Filling It
- New Year’s Resolutions You May Have Missed
- Help Customers Avoid ‘Jackass Bends’ by Creating Channels
- Make Secure Connections to Create a Better Future
- Franklin --- Finding a Marketing Hole and Filling It
- Franklin --- New Year’s Resolutions You May Have Missed
- Franklin --- Business Beyond NACE
- Franklin --- The Big Divide—Affordable Marketing Data and Administration
- Franklin --- Price Matters
- Franklin --- Network like a Surgeon to Build Business
- Franklin --- To Pay or Not to Pay for Jobs
- Franklin --- CAA Chapter Hosts Presentations on Refinish Materials Calculators
- Franklin --- First Contact = First Impression: Don't Undervalue the Front Desk
- Franklin --- Update Your Shop Website To Attract More Business
- Franklin---The Power of Promotional Persistence
- Franklin---The Hard-Sell May Be Needed Now!
- Franklin --- Twelve Commandments of Marketing
- Franklin -- How To Capture More Jobs When Estimates Alone Don’t Work
- Franklin — Upselling — Would You like Pie with That?
- Franklin---Handle Frustration to Keep Customers Returning to Shop
- Franklin--‘Never-eat-alone’ is Good Metaphor for Networking Strategy
- Run your shop as if you were going to sell it
- Tough times require a five-prong marketing attack
- Re-channel mis-directed energy to de-stress for success!
- Use sales brochures and websites to inform and sell
- Marketing strategies for an economic downturn
- Two rules for successful marketing
- Marketing is a full time job
- The power of repetition in marketing
- Build a powerful database
- Internal information vital to problem solving
- Exercise your creativity muscle
- Seven Opponents of Highly Effective Marketing
- Delay: the road to ruin
- Leadership: A larger vision
- Inattention -- the root cause of failure
- The great American body shop
- Limited growth? What to do about it!
- Getting power to persist and grow
- Funneling multiple revenue streams into your facility
- Valuable resources are hidden rignt in your shop
- Profit centers — confusing or vital?
- Re-structuring for renewal
- Dare to double your business in 2004!
- Maximizing earned trust a necessity to build shop reputation
- Market your business by seeking new customers
- Start marketing early and follow through
- Weaving a wider web to catch more business
- Interruptions: killer of time, efficiency, growth and profit
- Boost your business by developing Olympic-class salespeople
- Redefining expertise can increase target markets
- Shop goodwill ambassador delivers treats to referrers
- Surprise gift to your clients can help build business
- Take proactive steps to stand out from the crowd
- Control business growth by developing a working formula
- Promptly implement marketing tactics and strategies
- Creating a profitable event
- Reach into your circle of service providers to get more biz
- Market when busy, work when other shops are slow
- Understanding customer needs is first step to new biz
- Postcards are an inexpensive way to reach out
- Marketing for 20 days a month can lead to more business
- Body shop doc: The new professional
- Body shop marketing can be a numbers game
- Looking ahead helps develop marketing strategies
- Increasing business by building on shop style
- Targeting new business with tailor made promo messages
- Essence of marketing is the courage to communicate
- Trust - key to long lasting biz relations
- Dedicated marketing assistant can be key to on-going results
- Maximizing systems by team marketing to solicit more biz
- Leave estimates on cars with existing damage
- Shops missing out on profits on non-deployed air bags
- Reaching out of comfort zone to set up new profit centers
- Getting some additional green to beat holiday blues
- How Lucky Do You Feel?—Durability of Back-Taped Edges
- Taking a Fresh Look at an Old Debate—Color Matching, Blending, or Both?
- Open Clearcoat Blends
- Is Waterborne Paint the Only Answer for Low VOC Requirements?
- The Relationship between your Compressor, your Spray Gun and the Final Appearance of your Paint Finish
- What is the Best Spray Gun on the Market? No Easy Answer ...
- Color Matching or Blending, or Both?
- Gesterkamp --- What is the Best Spray Gun on the Market?
- Gesterkamp --- Color Matching or Blending, or Both?
- An Insurance Adjuster’s Tips for Consumer Insurance Claims
- Body Shops Going Green Means They Should Also Go Lean
- Games Insurers Play
- Why Give Concessions to Insurers?
- Causey --- The Hartford Guilty of Suppressing Labor Rates in Connecticut
- Causey --- Body Shop Alert: Scam Artists Still Want to Steal Your Money!
- Causey --- Strength in Numbers—Tying the Sticks Together
- Causey --- Insurance Industry ‘Controling’ Free Enterprise & Consumer Rights
- Causey---Legislative Collision Repair Issues in 2009
- Causey --- Do You Know What Your Labor Rate Should Be?
- Estimators – The Front Line in the Battle for Profitability
- The Value of Service Repair Information
- Are You Technical Service Bulletin Savvy?
- Are You in the Diagnostics Business? ‘Yes’ is the Right Answer!
- Got Information?
- Who needs OE repair information?
- OE Repair Information Sets the Standard
- Was this Noise Caused by the Repair?
- Esperson --- New Pressures, New Solutions
- Esperson --- Old Ways or New Habits---Choose One!
- Esperson --- Accurate Information from One Source
- Esperson --- Tools of the Trade
- Auto Recyclers Host Prominent Collision Repairers in Panel Discussion
- Chaney --- Have You Driven a Ford Lately?
- Chaney---Gary Wano Jr. is Instrumental in Leading the Industry to the Future
- New Caliber Collision president works to bring company back
- Two techs represent the U.S. in the World Skills competition
- Arizona collision repair groups unite to stop tied shops
- NO shop owner tells harrowing tale of complete destruction
- First Responders protect selves and victims in crashes
- When a great idea collides with expertise and know-how!
- Central Cal group learns negotiating techniques in seminar
- Collision repairers: the good ole days not coming back
- Using Manufacturer TSBs and Recalls in Collision Shops
- To Sublet or Not to Sublet—That’s the Question. The Answer is OE Repair Information
- Corvette Re-Initialization Procedures
- It’s Friday and I can’t get the door glass to work!
- McGee and Webster --- Safety, First, Second and Third!
- McGee - OE Collision Information --- By the Numbers
- McGee --- ‘Be Proud’ and Take Advantage of the Need for Repair Information
- McGee---Not every vehicle, collision or repair procedure is the same
- McGee---"I've Been Doing This For Twenty Years..."
- Yelping Back, an Interview with Yelp’s Business Outreach Manager
- How to Use Five Different Forms of Social Media to Gain Customers
- How to Fix Your Damaged Online Reputation
- Brown Auto Body Appreciates Mattei’s Rotary Vane Compressors
- CollisionLink Represents ‘Inevitable Change’ Says Major Parts Dealer
- Pennsylvania Body Shop Outshines with PPG’s Aquabase® Plus Waterborne
- Trial by Fire: Indianapolis Body Shop Turns a Potential Tragedy into a Win-Win with a State-of-the-Art GFS Paint Booth
- Prestige Imports is a BASF Waterborne Advocate in Colorado
- Body Shops and Yelp: It’s a Love-Hate Relationship
- California Shop Owner Endorses Shop Education and Training
- 32-year-old N.J. Body Shop Embraces PPG’s Envirobase® HP Waterborne Basecoat
- Indiana Shop Owner Favors Chief for Quality, Durability & Support
- CAA Chapter President Supports In-Shop Education & Training
- Global PDR Solutions & Park Place Bodywerks Hail the Hail
- Switching to BASF Waterborne for the Green Reasons
- G&C Autobody Seizes Opportunity to Expand in Northern California
- Mike’s Auto Body Gives Away Vehicles Through its Own Benevolence Program
- Airbag Fraud Becoming More Prevalent, Experts Say
- Van Tuyl Dealership Group Selects Garmat Paint Booths Nationwide
- Rich Evans’ Academy Becomes Reality at Ohio Technical College
- Autobody News Interviews BAR Chief Sherry Mehl
- Mattei: Over Seventy-five Years of Compressor Leadership
- Mobile Airbag Company Relies on Autoland Scanners
- Auto Body Guru Helps Body Shops One Click at a Time
- 21st Century Collision in Oklahoma City Relies on Chief Equipment
- San Francisco Body Shop Draws Hybrid-Owners with Niche Expertise
- Easily, Safely and Economically: Mobile Lift Jack is a Best Helper
- Utah’s Unique Auto Body Voluntarily Picks Pro-Spray’s H2O Waterborne
- So. Cal Shop Goes to DuPont™ Cromax® Pro for One-Coat Coverage
- California Shop Credits Mitchell’s Ultramate and RepairCenter for Managing Growth
- The Autoholics: A New TV Show Concept that might be Addictive
- Standards Program in the UK Offers Lessons for the U.S.
- ‘Standards’ Replace Non-OEM Parts as Focus of Debate at Latest CIC
- Industry News You Might Have Missed in 2011
- CIC Committee and I-CAR Respond to Association Statement on ‘Industry Standards’
- SCRS Affiliate Groups Help Members Address Legislative and Regulatory Issues
- CIC Participants Tell Information Providers to Take the Lead in Chicken-or-Egg Dilemma
- State Insurance Divisions Differ From One Another in Terms of Addressing Repairer Concerns
- CIC, Consultant, Seeking Views on Industry Repair Standards
- State and Federal Governments Consider New Insurance Regulations
- Shop Owners Share Frustrations Renegotiating Contracts with Information Providers
- Industry Trends and Changes in Future Vehicles at WIN Conference
- ‘2011 East Coast Resolution Forum’ Meets in NJ to Discuss Ongoing Efforts and Ideas
- Effort to Develop Collision Repair Standards Takes Another Step Forward
- Recyclers, Repairers Look for Ways to Improve Their Business Interactions
- A Paint Complaint Doesn't Have to Mean an Unhappy Customer
- Ten Things to Consider When Designing a New Shop, Remodel, or Expansion
- New CIC Committee to Focus on Shop Data’s Capture, Use, Sale, and Reports
- January Collision Industry Conference Votes Very Narrowly in Favor of SEMA for Fall Meeting
- SCRS Affiliate Groups Help Members with Industry Issues
- 2010 Year in Review—Words Spoken Signal Issues the Industry will Address in 2011
- NACE Continues as Collision Gathering Place (Albeit Smaller)
- Automaker Announcements Carry Implications For Repairers
- Access and Use of Shop Data Raise Privacy Concerns for the Industry
- I-CAR Announces New Structure to Its Training, Recognition Programs
- Committee Prompts Discussion of Means to Implement Future Repair Standards
- Voices of IBIS—The Annual International Body Shop Conference
- Leaner, Faster, Smarter: “It Can’t Be Lean if it’s Not Clean”
- ABPA Conference Airs Aftermarket Parts Certification Issues Again
- Insurers And Shops Don’t Always Speak The Same Language
- Yoswick --- NACE Weathers The Downturn; Organizers Optimistic About Future
- Yoswick --- It Pays To Understand What Your Business Is Worth
- Yoswick --- Recruiting and retaining employees – Even in a down economy
- Yoswick --- Repairers Continue to Decry CCC Bumper Refinish Prompt
- Yoswick --- Helping Vocational Schools Train the Technicians You Will Need
- Yoswick --- Women’s (WIN) Conference Looks at Trends in Collision Repair
- Yoswick --- Measuring and Working to Improve Key Numbers for your Business
- Yoswick --- Low-cost Ways for Shops to Keep Out Front in a Down Economy
- Yoswick --- No Overlap: Repairers and CCC
- Yoswick --- State Farm Select Service at CIC
- Yoswick --- Here’s What Was Being Talked about in the Industry During 2008
- Yoswick --- At CIC-NACE, Insurers voice interest in plan to reduce supplements
- Yoswick --- What I'd Say At a NACE Podium
- Yoswick--Anti-Steering Efforts Offer Mixed Results
- Yoswick--Take Another Look at Fleet Work
- Yoswick---Marketing, Advertising Still Key to Weathering Economic Downturn
- Training is Key to Developing Productive Team of Employees
- Advice to Jobbers Includes Ideas for Other Industry Segments
- Are You Prepared for a Unionization Effort at Your Shop?
- Yoswick---Frauds and Scams—Attempts to Con You and Your Shop
- Common Estimating Mistakes Could Be Costing Your Shop Money
- Steps to Take Now If You Plan to Leave Your Business in Three Years or 30
- Is working with a consultant the answer to your shop’s struggles?
- The Year in Quotes: What Was Being Talked about in the Industry During 2007
- CIC wrestles with abundance of suggested topics for 2007
- CIC and I-CAR: Summer industry meetings
- Quotes of Note for 2006
- CIC panel addresses improper changes to refinish labor times
- CIC committee addresses gap between body and paint work
- CIC discusses increasing number of total losses
- Giuliani speech on leadership high point of NACE 2005
- Self-study online classes among plans announced by I-CAR
- CIC database task force reports early progress
- Concerns about shop certification raised at CIC
- CIC scraps plans to audit effectiveness of CAPA
- NACE ends era of traveling show on harmonious note
- Allstate fights back limitation on insurer-owned shops
- CIC: parts have broad impact on cycle times
- Remote desk auditors face questioning at CIC
- Salvage airbags, OEM info debated at CIC
- NACE 02: Smaller but still the industrys meeting place
- Recycled parts issues take center stage at CIC meeting
- 35,000 pack LV convention center, ed programs overflow
- Looking back lends valuable insight to industry future
- Recycling yards change to meet challenge of consolidators, greater demand
- ADP reverses position, says no encryption of data planned
- Shop owners share information on what is working for them and their businesses
- Smarter ways to respond when inevitable changes in personnel occur
- Recruiting: smart employers keep looking for top talent
- What the collision industry was talking about in 2005
- Boost profits by reducing the costs of doing business
- Legal issues surrounding black boxes get murkier
- Renewed emphasis on paint shop can boost bottom line
- Using 22-year-old biz theory to break down bottlenecks
- Smart shop owners and jobbers watch cash as much as sales
- Auto recyclers hope to boost market share
- Avoiding the pitfalls of the employee selection process
- Improving shops by enhancing its organization
- Shop owners offer insights on how they distinguish themselves
- Industry pros offer views on reducing friction
- Focus has shifted from crash safety to avoidance
- I-CAR promises improved customer service, more training options
- Finding additional profit in non-insurance-paid work
- SCRS state affiliate groups meet
- Ways for shops to give back to their communities
- Smarter ways to respond when inevitable changes in personnel occur
- Expanding your business - without DRPs
- Attorney offers shops advice on personnel files
- Part 2: what should be in a personnel file
- Plan ahead to reduce the tax bite
- Share advice as thefts reach epidemic proportions
- Why women are succeeding in the collision repair industry...
- Why it is important to improve company culture
- How to improve the culture of your company
- A look back at some visions of the future
- Will auto shop certification give independents opportunity?
- States consider different routes to halt steering of work
- How shop owners distinguish themselves from the competition
- Oregon lawmakers hear testimony on DRP disclosure bill
- Will aluminum and other materials leave some shops behind?
- ADP apologizes for incorrect cuts to refinish times
- Auto body shops give back to their communities
- Shops and schools look for solutions to low starting wages
- Customers to suppliers are waiting to rip off your shop
- Looking back at 2004: year in quotes
- Diverse industry groups gather during NACE
- SF: shops should set the bar for performace measurements
- Shops will still need multiple estimating systems
- Insurer-owned shops, fraud highlight the year
- Improving your position with OEM parts dealers
- Why is a body shop like a fruit stand?
- When insurers own shops: What it all means
- Insurers to offer more service; drive down severity
- Paint companies abandon investment, expand partnership
- Collision Industry Conference debates alternatives to initial estimate writing
- Election and legal discussion highlights SCRS 25th anniversary event
- Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson insurer antitrust exemption is back in the spotlight
- Is lean production a viable concept - or just the latest catch-phrase
- Female technicians: Helping your business and the industry draw on this untapped pool of talent
- Loan arrangers: Shops capturing customers by offering financing
- Laws impacting collision repairs addressed in numerous states this year
- I-CAR Points To Positives After Tough Year
- CIC: Responsibilities in Avoiding Unfair Trade Practices
- NACE Faces Changes in Future
- SF Parts Procurement Program
- Measure your shop and implement improvements using the web
- Spirited group discusses industry issues at CIC in Vegas
- NABC forum focuses on improving industrys image
- From steering to the increasing totals, CIC sets agenda
- Shops find unique ways to give back to their communities
- ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Also Applies to Collision Repairers
- Getting a Guess-timate From the Real Experts
- Legislating the “Bible” Not the Answer for Shops Tired of Being Told “No”
- Sure, OEMs Set the Standard, But Who Fills the Gaps Left by OEMs?
- ASRW Responds to Insider’s Comments in his Columns: ‘Can NACE Survive as a Traveling Regional Trade Show?’ and ‘Industry Undecided Which Organization Will Prevail’
- Industry Undecided Which Organization Will Prevail in NACE vs. SEMA
- Can the Collision Industry Support Two Major Trade Shows?
- Let’s Get Some Independent Testing to Move the Parts Battle away from Sandbox Bickering
- Ridiculous DRP Requirements? Guess Why They’re Asking
- Hate the Way the Strings Are Pulled? Don’t Become an Insurer’s Puppet
- Telling the Tale of the “Neutral Information Provider”
- Allstate, Founder of DRPs, Deserves Some Credit for Improving Repair Industry
- Insurers Will Continue to Serve “Flavor of the Day” to Shops
- DRPs and Fear—Hope for a Reduction in the Number of Shops
- DRPs and Fear --- Hope for a Reduction in the Number of Shops
- Not All “Referrals” are Created Equal
- Getting Past The Rhetoric—An Insurer’s Perspective on Steering
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- Class Auto Center: An Aptly Named First Class Operation
- Rich’s Auto Body: Approaching 50 Years and Not Slowing Down
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- County Line Auto Body: NJ Shop Grows From Chicken Coop to Multi-Building Complex
- Prestige Auto Body in NJ—A Non-DRP Thriving in a DRP World
- Checker Auto Body: A Small-Town Shop Offering Big-Time Repairs
- Global Collision Uses Garmat USA Paint Spray Booths in All 8 Locations
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- Customers Expect Quality in All Respects from The Body Shop of Athens
- A1 Grand Auto Body in NY—A Family Commitment to Quality Repair
- The Elite Group Collision Centers Acquires Firestone Auto Body in Downey, CA, Increasing Their Locations to Eight
- Richie’s Collision in Hattiesburg, MS: Beating the Odds, Over and Over Again
- Car Crafters in Albuquerque, NM, Attributes Success to Dedicated Employees, Processes
- Jim and Jack’s Collision Center in El Segundo, CA—Over 45 Years of Expertise
- Pompano Beach Shop Values 30-year Relationship with DuPont Performance Coatings
- Large Body Shop Group Jumps into the SprayZone
- SATA Filtration and Dan-Am Air (DAA) Aluminum Piping Preferred at Paint Training Centers
- Tennessee’s Icon Collision Sees Results Working with Pro-Spray’s Solvent & Waterborne
- Old Forge Collision Centers Outshines with PPG’s Aquabase® Plus Waterborne
- Collision Solutions’ Indianapolis Body Shop Turns a Trial by Fire into a Win-Win with a State-of-the-Art GFS Paint Booth
- Prestige Imports Collision Center is a BASF Waterborne Advocate in Colorado
- Clarkstown International Collision Credits BASF with Increased Productivity
- Blue Hen Collision Express in Dover, Delaware, Makes Location Count
- GW & SON Auto Body—Blending Yesterday’s Service with Today’s Technology
- Cape Coral, Florida’s West Coast Collision’s Waterborne Exclusivity
- Richmond, Virginia’s Baugh Auto Body—An Exceptional Shop Made More So by Lythos Studios’ Advertising Expertise
- Moody’s Collision Centers in Gorham, ME, Is Concerned for the People: Co-workers, Community and Environmental Responsibility
- Busy Shop Clearly Sees Benefits Working with Pro-Spray Solvent & Waterborne
- Philly’s Nigro’s Auto Body Reaches Out with Own Smart Phone Apps
- Carrillo and Sons Collision Center—Family Buyout Continues Legacy
- Auto Collision Service Underscores its Emphasis on Service
- Brian’s Auto Body, Mount Holly, NJ—Dealership Converted to Shop
- TGIF Body Shop—Complete Body Repair and Fleet Services
- Reedman-Toll in Langhorne, PA, Finds Ways to Boost its Bottom-Line
- Egon’s Auto Repair: A Custom Shop for Custom Work in NJ
- Edward J. Henry & Sons, Auto Body Specialists and Body Generalists
- Carl Owen’s Paint and Body in Tyler, TX, Offers Top Rated Auto, RV and Truck Repair
- Nigro’s in Philadelphia Exemplifies the City’s Brotherly Love Motto
- NY’s Cross Island Collision, Where Training is a Family Tradition
- Chatham Parkway Collision Center in Savannah, GA, is All About Dealer Partnerships
- Keenan Cares About Cars, Charity and Environment, Part 2
- The Body Shop Garage Opens in Woodward, Oklahoma
- Great Bear Auto Teaches Customers What They “Auto Know”
- Rodi’s in Cherry Hill, NJ, Reminds the Customer of their Right to Choose
- Bates Custom and Collision – “A Company With a Heart for Community”
- Keenan Autobody Cares about Cars, Charity, and the Environment
- Sal’s Premium Auto Collision in Los Angeles, CA — A Lesson in Versatility
- John Eagle Collision Center in Dallas, TX, Focuses on Luxury Brands
- Skip’s Paint and Body—Four Generations of Expertise in San Antonio
- Jeff's Auto Body Repair in Austin, TX, Steers Clear of Direct Repair Programs
- AC Collision Opens in Gonzales, Texas, Thanks to Family Ties
- Three Autobody News Collisions Illustrate Balancing Act Between DRPs and Shops
- Elite Auto Collision Repair Center Chooses Vendors Carefully
- Len's Auto Body Endorses Oceanside's Pro Spot Quality Welding Systems
- Roy Rogers Body Shop: Old World Craftsmanship, Education in Laurel, MS
- Specialty Paint & Body Repair in Athens GA—A Recycling Specialist
- ECO-Friendly Auto Center in Oakland Park, FL, Walks the Talk
- Premier Collision Center in New Orleans, LA, Mixes Environmentally Friendly Processes With Traditional Customer Service Methods
- ICC Collision Centers Opens El Mirage, AZ Location
- Estrella Ranch Collision Center, Avondale. AZ
- Lloyd’s Collision in Santee, CA, Puts Some Diverse Work Through an Eight-man Shop
- Auto Body World --- Lean-ing Toward the Future
- Sturken Auto Body Not Afraid of the Fight to Do Jobs Right
- Fletcher Jones Motorcars, Newport Beach, CA, Embraced Waterborne to Advantage
- Lean Management Sends Lofrano & Son To Head of the Class
- Staying Ahead of the Game at Mic’s and Curley & Red’s
- Clean Green Collision---A New Level of Shop Environmentalism
- Visions of the Future Lead to First Waterborne Shop in Louisiana
- Shop’s Commitment to Perfection Leads to High Guest Satisfaction
- Iowa Shop Shows it’s Never Too Early to Adopt Waterborne Paint
- Three Keys to Success: Longevity, Family, and Green Processes
- Inland Empire Shop is Known for Custom Designs for Trucks and Cars
- Faith Quality Auto Body Embraces Technology to Make Every Repair a Quality Repair
- Is Eight Enough? Holmes' Multi-Shop Waterborne Conversion
- Earnhardt is World’s Largest Dodge Dealer—ARO meets Demand
- Cormier Chevrolet Corvette Cornucopia
- Come for Repairs, Stay for an Automotive History Lesson
- Mercedes-certified body shop in Oklahoma refuses DRPs and prospers
- Embracing the future guides collision center to 42 years of success
- Changing times prompt established shop to join franchise network
- Forest Imports
- Making customers - and themselves - happy in the auto body business
- Cycle time and concern for customers drive The Body Shop
- Employees help Northgate Autobody deliver quality work
- Consolidator M2 focuses on consistency
- Turning customers into friends builds shops reputation, volume
- Build it and they will come
- Catering to the Jaguar set in Silicon Valley
- Dealer shop builds business on referrals
- 30,000 ft of organized chaos at Ford dealers body shop
- Insurers may send them, but they are my customers
- Buying a shop and making it work today
- Brothers grow family business into regional powerhouse
- Big dealer invests in fixing body shop, manager delivers profits
- Second generation shop owner builds business
- Paint department - A vacuum that draws in jobs
- Korean shop owner thrives in downtown LA
- Largest dealer-owned auto body shop in U.S. plans growth
- Businessman builds 3 indy shops into regional powerhouse
- Shop grows through its community roots
- Toyota certified collision center spells success in first two years
- $5 million in sales and not a DRP contract in the house
- Quality work keeps customers returning to Appel Collision
- CAPA says GM tests failed to establish significant differences
- AG to put teeth back into Fair Claims Practices Act
- Five brothers build dads small shop into a powerhouse
- Rose relies on long-term employees to build business
- Van Cleves reacquire Craigs collision centers in Dallas
- Lens Auto Body: she gets them in, he gets them out
- One shop open, another ready next year
- Phoenix shop nixes DRP work, focuses on customers
- New shop manager says focus is on CS
- Most business that comes here on a DRP would come here anyway
- Clean sells and DRPs are welcome
- Three generations build a business by treating customers with care
- High standards of workmanship and ethics spell success
- Collision repair pays the bills, but they live for the custom jobs
- Golden Rule guides success in DRP environment
- Tucson shop owners leave scientific educations behind
- Texas shops prosper going extra mile for customers
- Quality work and a love of people distinguishes USA Collision
- New facility is pride of David McDavid Auto Group
- Bay area shop respects employees and customers
- Entrepreneur builds a Dallas powerhouse
- Fathers lessons send sons on road to success in family biz
- Shop owner remains profitable in spite of insurer steering
- Family participation is key to shops success
- Service and loyalty help shop thrive in growing area
- Precision Coach owner succeeds by rolling with the punches
- From South Africa to SoCal, quality work prevails
- Owners fluency in Chinese leads to profits in a diverse community
- Corporate exec and collision repair pro partner in dream shop
- Indy car driver builds a powerhouse collision center
- Management processes help shop maintain steady growth
- Owner committed to advancing careers of diverse employees
- Practice makes perfect as shop owner expands to second facility
- Insurers, consumers treated with integrity and respect
- Luck and solid planning led to success for AZ body shop owner
- Owner concentrates efforts and resources on collision repair
- Former securities trader hits it big in collision repair - Classic Gold Auto Center, Tempe AZ
- Old-fashioned values lead to success in todays collision repair environment
- Texas collision repair shop earns Mercedes-Benz certification
- Offering customers peace of mind leads to success for Phoenix shops
- Cutting edge business philosophy puts Huffines at the top
- Shop owner dedicated to mentoring new technicians
- Immigrant shop owner lives the American dream
- Trust in employees and respect for family create quality business
- High-end body work is a family affair in Scottsdale
- From ground up, owner builds dream facility
- Bay area shop owner thinks outside the box
- Father and son - division of labor leads to success in collision repair business
- We will be OK: Bringing Chalmettes CarCraft back to life
- Unique approach leads to better cycle times and employee satisfaction
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- Black Mountain Body Shop, Cave Creek, Arizona
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- Health Care Forum at NACE/CARS
- MSOs Share Insights During First-time Symposium at 2011 NACE
- Women’s Industry Network Awards Two Scholarships to NACE
- Ron Pyle Talks to Collision Hub About His Pre-NACE Expectations and Highlights
- Girl Scouts of Citrus Council Attend NACE for Collision Hub’s Tools for Success Program
- Attendees and Exhibitors ‘Network’ During ASRW
- Chris Brogan Encourages Attendees to Socially Engage at ASRW
- Educational Schedule, Structure Released for New MSO Symposium At NACE 2011
- NACE and CARS in New Orleans in 2012
- NACE/CARS Receiving Renewed Enthusiasm from East Coast Shops
- NACE/CARS Program Expected to Draw Larger Crowds
- DuPont Demonstrates Support of Industry Through ASRW Participation
- Social Media Expert Chris Brogan Selected as NACE 2011 Keynote Speaker
- BASF Returns to ASRW for 2011
- Florida Collision Repair School to Receive Mini-Makeover at NACE 2011
- Early Online Housing Registration Open for NACE and CARS
- ASRW Names New NACE-CARS Chairs
- NACE-CARS to relocate to Orlando, FL for 2011
- NACE-CARS 2011 in Vegas?
- NACE/CARS Offers Array of Speakers
- ASRW Announces Plans for 2011 NACE and CARS
- Join Autobody News at NACE 2010
- NACE 2010 schedule at a glance
- ASRW Industry Forum Leverages Long-Standing Relationships, Adds Value
- Direct OEM Access Available to ASA Members During CARS, NACE 2010
- I-CAR Technology Showcase Returns with Free Collision Repair Training at NACE
- SEMA 2011
- Collision Repairer Wins Welder at SCRS SEMA Booth
- Women’s Board Car Care Council Holds Reception at AAPEX 2011, Awards Industry Leaders
- Social Studies Panel Held at 2011 SEMA Show Highlights Social Media Best Practices for Shops
- Hot Rod Industry Alliance (HRIA) Sponsored Pinewood Drag Races Light Up 2011 SEMA Show
- Voices Heard Amid Revving Engines at SEMA—What Collision Repairers Said and Heard
- AkzoNobel’s Wanda Waterbase® Announces Successful US Launch at 2011 SEMA Show
- Rotary Lift Hits the Accelerator on Shop Productivity with Shockwave™
- Charley Hutton Talks to SCRS's Aaron Schulenberg at the 2011 SEMA Show
- Rich Evans Updates SCRS on Rich Evans Designs at 2011 SEMA Show
- SEMA Announces New Product Showcase Award Winners
- Roush Performance, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Unveil New Roush Stage 3 Premier Edition Mustang at 2011 SEMA Show
- Thirteen Las Vegas Families and Family Promise Charity Receiving Gift of Reliable Transportation this Year at SEMA
- PPG Unveils Colorful 2011 SEMA Attractions
- ATMC Training Awards go to Five Firms
- Chrysler Group LLC Gears Up For 2011 SEMA Show
- CEO of ClaimsCorp International to lead "Dealing with Resistance to Change" seminar at SEMA Show
- BASF Automotive Refinish Solutions to Exhibit at SEMA
- DuPont Custom Finishes to Exhibit at SEMA 2011
- Kristen Felder Nominated for Car Care Council “Aftermarket Woman of the Year” Award
- SEMA Serves Up Expanded Repairer Driven Education Sessions and Celebrity Appearances for 2011
- Renowned Street Rod Painter Charley Hutton Added to Impressive SCRS Lineup of Attractions at SEMA
- Rich Evans Joins SCRS at the 2011 SEMA Show
- BASF Corporation and AASP Announced as First Official Sponsors of the 2011 Repairer Driven Education Series
- SCRS Education Gearing Up for 2011 SEMA Show
- SCRS Repairer Driven Education Expands to Four Days at the 2011 SEMA Show
- Goliath Carts wins Best New Product of the Year at the 2010 NACE show
- SEMA Week Collision Meetings Focused on Industry Standards and Estimating Systems
- BASF Automotive Refinish Solutions exhibits Custom Color Technology at SEMA
- SCRS Reports Success at 2010 SEMA Show and Repairer Driven Education
- Miller Hosts Rally Racer Bill Caswell’s BMW Overhaul at SEMA 2010
- Mopar® Reveals Rich Evans Custom Dodge Challenger at SEMA
- Five More Las Vegas Families to Receive Gift of Reliable Transportation at SEMA
- SCRS Anticipates Tremendous Collision Industry Turnout at 2010 SEMA Show
- Celebrity Welders and Enthusiasts at Lincoln Electric's 2010 SEMA Booth
- I-CAR offers SEMA daily drawing for AIRBORNE POLLUTANT REDUCTION (HAP01) ONLINE COURSE
- I-CAR Debut's New Course at SEMA
- Versatility, Capability of Ford F-Series Trucks to Shine in 2010 SEMA Spotlight
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Aims to Make a Statement at SEMA 2010
- Mopar® Previews Customized Vehicles for 2010 SEMA Show in Live Blog
- Audi of America to Show at SEMA for First Time
- SEMA Business Technology Symposium, July 23, 2010
- I-CAR to exhibit at SEMA show
- Regional Events
- Western events (CA, AZ, NV)
- California Autobody Association San Diego Chapter Meeting May 22
- Huntington Beach Body Works to Hold Christmas Party to Benefit America's Baby Cancer Foundation
- San Diego California Autobody Association Chapter’s Annual Holiday Party
- Inland Empire CAA Chapter to Hold Parts Symposium Meeting
- CAA San Diego to Host its Annual Holiday Event in Nov.
- “Estimating Solutions for Profit (ESP) Workshop” San Diego June 18
- CAA San Diego to Meet at Mitchell International's New Offices May 24
- Farmers Insurance Shop of the year, in San Jose, to host fire extrication training May 13
- Jackie Speier San Francisco Fundraiser to be held in July
- A-Plus University "Winning the Keys" Napa, CA, June 16th -17th, 2010
- Southwestern Events (TX , OK, LA, NM)
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- Industry Events
- Sherwin-Williams A-Plus University Class Schedule
- I-CAR Announces Panelists for Industry Event
- Housing Open for NACE and CARS shows
- ASRW Named by Trade Show News in Top 250
- Painters Supply and Equipment Co. to Sponsor I-CAR Forum May 18 in Michigan
- Choice Autobody Repair Association Holding Meeting in Canton, Ohio May 10
- Equipment and Cars To Benefit Las Vegas Students and Families May 4
- NACE Announces New Partnership with IBIS
- Sherwin-Williams Winning the Keys Estimating and Profitability Workshop, Oct 26-27 in NOLA
- I-CAR Announces New Role-based Training Model July 21
- ASRW Expands with Inclusion of Automotive Service Councils of California
- Fix Auto to Host Industry Webcast: “Lessons Learned from the Undercover Sting Operations”
- Students Apply for Craftsman Tool Grant from I-CAR Ed. Foundation in Record Numbers
- AkzoNobel Honors Most Influential Women in Collision Repair Industry at Eleventh Annual Celebration
- 2010 I-CAR® Industry Conference Online Registration Now Open
- SCRS Industry Awards Recognize Collision Repairer Service and Achievement
- PPG Painted "Gold Digger" Wins 2010 Ridler Award
- Expert Says Knowing Today's 4 Distinct Generations is Key to Success
- SEMA Says Automotive Paint and Body Manufacturers Show Confidence in 2010 SEMA Show
- CIC Atlanta Meeting Update
- Update: New Location for Shops Meet to Discuss Possible Class Action
- Autobody News to Exhibit at NACE
- BASF Announces Schedule Change for SEMA Events
- CREW Webcast for Sept. 24 to focus on OEM parts programs as a competitive alternative
- AAIA Town Hall 2009 to Feature All-Industry Channel Panel
- Nov 19 - TIAA Alamo Chapter November Meeting & December Christmas Party
- East Bay CAA Chapter Meeting Nov 17
- JetBlue offers an exra 5% off to attend SEMA/NACE/CARS
- CIC Industry Trends Survey
- SCRS 2009 Affiliate Leadership Conference to be Held in September
- Aug 3 - Vehicle Network Diagnostic Strategies in San Antonio, TX
- You can’t buy this pair of Corvettes at any price…you have to win them!!
- Sherwin-Williams Training Course: Art and Science of Planet Color Feb 19 - June 15
- Sherwin-Williams Painter Certification Schedules Feb 17 - June 15
- PRO and University of Northwestern Ohio to Host Technical Skills & Training Conference
- CAA San Diego Hosts EEEC 'Swat Team' meeting
- Car Care World Expo 2010
- I-CAR's two newest programs are now available in CA
- Kentucky ASC Surveys Shops on Insurers
- Most Influential Women Set Example For Future Industry Leaders
- More Vehicles Win Top Safety Pick Award for 2008
- BMW Training Car-O-Liner Techs and Their Equipment
- CARSTAR Exec Gets Dunked For Charity
- Rozint Named COO of Assured Performance Network
- Akzo Nobel Awards Fall 2007 CIAI Grants
- Expansion of 911 Collision to Las Vegas
- California MSO Honored by Akzo Nobel
- More Awards and Scholarships from AMI
- Justice-Haley Receives 2007 AMI Scholarship
- AMI Presents Babcox Memorial Scholarship
- $50,000 Business Makeover at NACE
- Contributions Create Scholarship Opportunities for Women
- I-CAR Ed Fund Receives Donation from State Farm
- Organizations Join Forces for “Keys to Speed” Campaign
- Sterling Autobody Earns I-CAR Gold Status Nationwide
- CA Low Cost Auto Insurance Program Expands
- I-CAR Ed Fund Honors March Taylor
- 3rd Annual NCIA Golf Tournament
- Insurance Company Introduces Pet Coverage
- New Technology Allows Instant Verification
- Local Distributor Holds BASF Onyx Clinic
- ALLDATA Supports SkillsUSA With Judges and Resources
- Industry Leaders Meet at Sikkens Acoat Conference
- Auto Accessories Firm Marks 10 Years on Internet
- DCR and Spray-Tech Form Strategic Alliance
- Keystone Customers Can Win Trip To NACE And SEMA
- Hire A Hero Rewards Military Veterans With Education
- September People in the News
- Progressive Concierge Service Opens in New Orleans
- SCRS News: Register for NACE at SCRS online
- Service King Golf Tourney Benefits Make-A-Wish
- NASTF Achievements of First Incorporated Year
- PPG highlights Hot Wheels Spectraflame paint line
- Eckenrode to participate in Urbanathlon
- ABN columnist receives new honor
- APN to hold marketing summit in Lake Tahoe
- I-CAR new classes, tech showcase and steel qualification test at NACE
- Paint training takes a futurist turn
- I-CAR strengthens its marketing department
- Hyundai approval marks a new era of global co-operation
- GEICO appoints assistant VP of Claims in Dallas
- Chess gets funds for Louisiana school
- D&D Collision Specialist million dollar month benefits youth agency
- Industry leaders appointed to CIF board
- CCAR-GreenLink 2007 user survey begins
- Capital companies celebrate half century in dismantling business
- Leadership role in collison repair lands Keystone exec a post on advisory committee
- NABC kicks off Leave Something Behind program
- Industry donates parts and service to revamp dream car
- NACE 2000: technology and insurance issues at forefront
- I-CAR elects new board, launches radio spots; enhanced web site
- Around the Industry
- GM launches Goodwrench auto body centers program
- SCRS trade show features aluminum repair
- Ten major So. California shops join network
- Allstate and GM execs to address at LV NACE 2201
- CertifiedFirst Network continues to grow, offers DRP and fleet work
- Around the Industry news bits
- Proposed law would make it illegal for insurers to own shops
- Auto recyclers advance to a statewide program
- Automotive Industry Education Foundation appoints celebrity ambassador
- Black box technology: What the vehicle knows
- Non-OEM parts certifiers duke it out at CIC
- Akzo Nobel honors the 2002 MIW
- From steering to the increasing totals, CIC sets agenda
- Adjusters see latest repair procedures at O.C. seminar
- Bill OReilly chosen keynote speaker for NACE 2003
- NACE moves to Las Vegas permanently in 2004
- NACE 2003 adds more new sessions and special events
- I-CAR draws 650 to Florida to meet with automakers
- Take survey on primers, plastic fillers and sealants
- Taiwan parts factories show improvement
- BASF auto color experts predict rich, bold colors
- Individuals, organizations honored at NACE in Orlando
- Arizona collision repair groups unite to stop tied shops
- Caliber Collision appoints Vincent Claudio as VP
- CIC: Databases overlook important procedures
- Estimating software free to training centers
- Industry opens hearts and wallets to aid ailing kids
- Focus is on 4 key issues at Nashville SCRS forum
- TYC/Genera monitors customer satisfaction
- NABC forum focuses on improving industrys image
- So. Cal. trade show benefits I-CAR education
- I-CAR Fest is rousing success in Ft Worth
- Entries solicited for the MIW award
- Hi-Teknet facilitates used parts sales over the Internet
- New frontal offset crash test results
- Body shop owners can make things happen
- Journalist Kathy Forrey loses battle with liver disease
- Expectations running high as NACE settles into Las Vegas
- Drawing at NACE for Snap-on toolbox
- 2004 Hot Hues award winners
- Car-O-Liner receives Jaguar aluminum approval
- Politicans address industry pros at grassroots meeting
- Caliber Collision Centers employee is Mentor of the Year
- ASAs Hows Your Business survey shows industry strong
- Ford continues to add shops to its CCRN
- Arizona body shops urged to help monitor insurance steering
- Spirited group discusses industry issues at CIC in Vegas
- SCRS Petition Supporters
- NACE move to Las Vegas pays off
- NABC meets WorldSkills event fundraising goal
- LKQ acquires Bodymaster Auto Parts for $15 mil
- Geralynn Kottschade named first female NACE chairperson
- 2005 NIIF aftermarket parts study results are in
- Tim Milligan to lead GreenLeaf Auto Recyclers
- Ford advocates CCAs S/P2 training
- CIC sets its course for 2005
- Janet Chaney named NABC PRIDE committee chair
- CARSTAR hires 3 experienced CR industry veterans
- CAA takes on issue of labor rate surveys and presents awards
- BASF instructors must acquire AMI accreditation
- Arizona collision professionals learn about future trends
- Arizona association plans aggressive year
- Allstates Sterling Autobody Center opens in Orange County
- Akzo Nobel honors 2004 Most Influential Women
- Akzo Nobel sets up industry foundation
- AASP endorses SCRS two-way communication effort
- Two techs represent the U.S. in the World Skills competition
- Ft. Worth I-CARFEST addresses current technology issues
- Orange County CAA sponsors golf tournament
- AMI honors industry leaders with new memorial sholarships
- Memorial Day auto and cycle swap meet
- GMs Henk to serve as Exhibitor Advisory Council chair for NACE
- NABC issues call for pride award noms
- NABC collects donations for Hendrick Marrow Program
- Kiyohara takes over management of Hall of Eagles
- Collision Industry Foundation names board of trustees
- ACCA to host annual mixer and vendor night
- Toyota offers online tech support, part # lookup
- Allstate clarifies auto repair claim handling procedures with DOI
- Akzo Nobel Profitability Conference honors growth, longevity
- Moreland becomes first vendor rep to lead SCRS
- Body shop management interface developed by Rome and UCS
- Caliber Collision and John Force honor Mentors at Work
- BASF Internet sweepstakes offers custom-painted toolbox
- Akzo Nobel recognizes wholesaler of the year
- AutoLign bumper cover passes 5th consecutive quality audit
- Allstates new direct repair program sets standards for quality
- Tech clinics highlight I-CAR annual meeting
- Council issues second call for PRIDE noms
- CIECA establishes a Repairer Advisory Panel
- Enter drawing to win a custom-painted, fully-stocked toolbox
- Collision Division names operations committee
- Noms open for Akzos Most Influential Women
- Where to find best info on auto body repair industry!
- VW Group awards for IEE for seat belt reminder sensor
- TYC joins CAPA as first AM lighting program
- Ford launches new CCRN pilot program
- Daytona 500 package up for grabs in NABC raffle
- BASF announces first winner of custom-painted toolbox
- Allstate adjusters must obtain I-CAR Platinum designation
- Baseball bat company uses Sikkens technology
- Valspar vice president Joel Hart retires
- New Sikkens Acoat selected courses approved by AMI
- NABC to start job/family relocation project
- Keystone to raise funds for Camp Mak-A-Dream
- IBIS@NACE presents a global perspective
- Ford GT supercar combines BASF coatings for a rich, durable finish
- Ford CCRN and PPG form strategic alliance
- Final call for CIAI fall grant submittals
- New frame damage data helps identify potential problems
- Caspersen named new ASA collision division manager
- ACCA polls repairers on best auto insurers
- TYC first manufacturer to achieve CAPA lighting cert
- Tools for Techs geared up to help hurricane victims
- Pick-N-Pull Dismantlers acquires GreenLeaf Auto Recyclers
- Keystone provides preliminary assessment of Katrina impact
- I-CAR staff offer hands-on relief to Katrina victims
- New leadership for I-CAR Ed Found and I-CAR
- BASF Coatings de México is GMs Supplier of the Year
- Fords paint shop of the future to reduce harmful emissions
- 2 providers first to receive new CIECA interoperability certification
- Opposition to Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act
- CIAI donates $50,000 to help re-tool and re-equip Katrina victims
- Automotive Industry Education Foundation launches charity
- Second winner awarded custom-painted toolbox
- BASF gives $1M in aid to Hurricane Katrina
- AutoLign Manufacturing expands web site
- State Farm and USAA take ACCA best insurer honors
- Darrell Amberson appointed chairman of NACE 2007
- Keystone promotes Kunz to director of marketing services
- Zaras Collision Center wins fifth annual CSI award
- SCRS members recognized at 2005 Night of Achievement
- Collision industry donates bus to Camp Mak-A-Dream
- John Hovis named Caliber president
- Caliber opens second collision repair showcase in North Texas
- Akzo Nobel honors seven MIW
- UTI and DuPont award $50,000 in scholarships
- Annual golf tourney raises funds for Make-A-Wish
- Van brings latest spot welding equipment to shops for demo
- NCIA moves forward on Vegas vo-tech program
- NASTF looks to more formal structure, staff
- NACE reappoints Kottschade and Henk as chairpersons
- Aftermarket group names new board of directors
- ASA-Arizona lands first Affiliate of the Year award
- Nationwide lets customers monitor vehicle repairs online
- Most influential leaders in auto recycling industry honored
- Ron Guilliams heads CAA board for 2006
- Fix Auto tech division added more than 500 new customers
- 7 mgmt system providers adopt estimate audit program
- 19 auto training programs adopt CCAR S/P2
- CAPA lobbies for licensing of parts certifiers in California
- New CAPA lighting seal sized and labeled
- ASA holds elections on the internet and by phone
- Valspar nearly doubles first quarter earnings
- NACE 2006 space draw deadline is imminent
- Keystone named Market Leader of the Year
- I-CARFEST returns to Fort Worth
- I-CAR adds training for Volvo and Cadillac
- CCAR introduces online HazMat training for auto dealers
- FIX Auto integrates Enterprise rental management system technology
- Bill to allow consumers instant access to key replacements
- Texas techs winsthird BASF custom-painted toolbox
- BASF Career and Technical Education sweepstakes winner named
- ASA Collision Division recommends primed bumpers
- AIPC awards over $500,000 in prizes to students
- Tasco Auto Color is newest PPG National Platinum Distributor of the Year
- NABC seeks nominations for 2006 PRIDE awards
- Keystone joins SCRS as corporate member
- CSi Complete hires David Merrell as VP of strategic initiatives
- Golf and networking at CAA O. C. chapter tournament
- Arizona franchise opens first Las Vegas shop
- URG issues new guide to expectations, standards for used parts
- S/P2 to have role in SkillsUSA Championships
- Online housing open @ www.NACEexpo.com
- Keystone supports I-CAR training tour of Sterling
- Keystone supports future industry leaders
- Jeffrey T. Gray named CFO of Keystone Industries
- CynCast streamlines info sharing for the auto claims industry
- 4 institutions receive educational endowments from CIAI
- CARSTAR has strong performance in 2005, 2006
- AMI sets record as enrollments exceed 13,000
- AMI seeks applications for three annual awards
- Continuity, stability characterize new SCRS Board
- San Diego site of first Progressive CA Concierge Service Center
- Shops question insurer execs at SCRS meeting in Portland
- Pacific Auto Salvage celebrates Earth Day
- Educational institutions need industry support
- NACE Auto & Cycle Alley - car show for the collision repair pro
- Matrix 2006 SEMA display to feature Bushtec bike project
- Keystone to relocate some offices to Nashville
- I-CAR redefines Gold and Platinum programs
- Ford Motor Company recommends HazmatU to dealers
- Michael Noirot nabs Fix Auto top spot
- DuPont promotes McCool to Refinish Systems GM and VP
- Fair pricing and quality service a high priority for customers
- Collision Services, Inc. turns 20
- Champ car colors shone beneath the lights first night race of season
- CCRE conference explores nuts and bolts of running a shop
- CCAR-GreenLink offers prizes for survey info
- AutoZone president addresses ASA annual meeting
- AMI re-elects incumbent officers for another year
- Akzo Nobel calls for grant applications; MIW nominations
- Streamlined accreditation process for recycling industry
- TX students win Ford/AAA national auto repair crown
- Sterling donates $5,000 to Cerritos College
- Sherwin-Williams presents color and design award
- Dallas Service King adds three more locations
- Continuity and stability characterize new SCRS Board
- Bay area shops form new industry association
- NATEF joins eBay Giving Works program
- NACE 2006 introduces attendee vehicle display and contest
- NABC puts out second call for PRIDE award nominations
- LKQ solidifies west coast position with acquisitions
- Nominations sought for 2006 Mentor of the Year award
- Installation of ESC limproves rollover rankings
- Keystone CEO Keister shares vision of collision industry with ACCA
- Keystone re-opens N.O. branch 9 months after Katrina
- I-CAR offers free self-print transcripts online
- Tech clinics to highlight I-CAR annual meeting
- CCAR S/P2 adds 18 auto training programs in May
- AWARE launches new leadership series for industry women in Texas
- 3 auto associations join to combat threats to industry
- ASA offers continuous membership dues option
- AMI web site receives communications award
- AMI delivers first online course for Automotive Service Management
- Arizona shop owner commits $10,000 to AMI
- Depth of experience leads to new roles at BASF
- Akzo Nobel and 3M agree to provide training on OSHA regs
- New leader sees URG becoming elite
- Earl Scheib shares environmental best practices with area shops
- Rome provides ADP Bi-Directional Interface to collision centers
- NASTF to meet during Industry Week
- Top ten new reasons to attend NACE
- Keystone receives high scores on 2006 CSI Survey
- LKQ brings more recycled parts businesses into company
- State Farm to receive new CIECA certification
- CIC task force meets with CCC and MOTOR
- Conflict brews over CDI regulations
- Attend I-CAR training in your own home or office
- New Caliber Collision president works to bring company back
- CAA chapter fundraiser to benefit CARPAC
- BASF named preferred supplier of services to Ford
- BAR chief and top deputy leaving regulatory agency
- Coalition asks OSHA for guidance on regulations
- ASA 2007 All-Member Convention includes AMI graduation
- Akzo Nobel car refinishes division gets back on track
- State Farm gives $50,000 to I-CAR Ed Foundation
- Sikkens Acoat selected shops honored
- NABC to conduct industry image idea fair
- Akzo Nobel and I-CAR present scholarships to women
- Technological solutions developed by CIECA committees
- CA EPA notes CAA commitment to pollution prevention
- BASF team wins award for efficient paint technology
- Thomas Wilson to succeed Edward Liddy as Allstate CEO
- Five new training offerings from AN
- VeriFacts Automotive honors outstanding quality with awards
- Keystone holds vendor summit at business conference
- Keystone adds enhancements to business portal
- Keystone and I-CAR offer online training
- CARSTAR appoints director of franchise sales
- Lieberman wins ARA President award
- Lillian Lovell receives Westerlund and Cossette Memorial scholarships
- VeriFacts Automotive honors outstanding quality
- Concerned repairers form Oklahoma Auto Body Association
- PRIDE awards given to outstanding citizens
- Doug Kollasch of Arizona named 2006 Mentor of the Year
- Keystone becomes corporate member of NABC
- Five outstanding women honored by Akzo Nobel
- Akzo Nobel tech classes approved by I-CAR for gold class points
- Keystone and I-CAR team up for online training
- ARA member receives Presidents Award
- Industry idea fair winners demonstrate imagination
- Keystone CEO honored for recruiting efforts
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- Amaradio --- Doomsday or Opportunity Knocks
- Amaradio---Labor Rate Surveys are Flawed and Misleading
- Amaradio---Keeping Quiet From Now On
- Are You One of the Few Good Men?
- Amaradio--Fix Your Bottom Line
- The check is in the mail... or is it?
- The experiment: negotiating with insurance carriers
- An allegory on pleasing direct repair partners
- Value of quality in collision repair procedures diminished
- Another perspective on State Farm Select Service program
- Fear of saying NO has collision repairers locked in bad deals
- Industry pros must strive for more equitable working relationship
- DRPs need industry standards to ensure profitability
- Benefit from more professional channels of communication
- Improving relations between shop owners, insurers
- Non-charged processes should be credited to cycle time
- Write complete estimates the first time around
- Upgrade training to stay competitive and compliant
- Attanasio, Ed
- Yelping Back, an Interview with Yelp’s Business Outreach Manager
- How to Use Five Different Forms of Social Media to Gain Customers
- How to Fix Your Damaged Online Reputation
- Brown Auto Body Appreciates Mattei’s Rotary Vane Compressors
- CollisionLink Represents ‘Inevitable Change’ Says Major Parts Dealer
- Pennsylvania Body Shop Outshines with PPG’s Aquabase® Plus Waterborne
- Trial by Fire: Indianapolis Body Shop Turns a Potential Tragedy into a Win-Win with a State-of-the-Art GFS Paint Booth
- Prestige Imports is a BASF Waterborne Advocate in Colorado
- Body Shops and Yelp: It’s a Love-Hate Relationship
- California Shop Owner Endorses Shop Education and Training
- 32-year-old N.J. Body Shop Embraces PPG’s Envirobase® HP Waterborne Basecoat
- Indiana Shop Owner Favors Chief for Quality, Durability & Support
- CAA Chapter President Supports In-Shop Education & Training
- Global PDR Solutions & Park Place Bodywerks Hail the Hail
- Switching to BASF Waterborne for the Green Reasons
- G&C Autobody Seizes Opportunity to Expand in Northern California
- Mike’s Auto Body Gives Away Vehicles Through its Own Benevolence Program
- Airbag Fraud Becoming More Prevalent, Experts Say
- Van Tuyl Dealership Group Selects Garmat Paint Booths Nationwide
- Rich Evans’ Academy Becomes Reality at Ohio Technical College
- Autobody News Interviews BAR Chief Sherry Mehl
- Mattei: Over Seventy-five Years of Compressor Leadership
- Mobile Airbag Company Relies on Autoland Scanners
- Auto Body Guru Helps Body Shops One Click at a Time
- 21st Century Collision in Oklahoma City Relies on Chief Equipment
- San Francisco Body Shop Draws Hybrid-Owners with Niche Expertise
- Easily, Safely and Economically: Mobile Lift Jack is a Best Helper
- Utah’s Unique Auto Body Voluntarily Picks Pro-Spray’s H2O Waterborne
- So. Cal Shop Goes to DuPont™ Cromax® Pro for One-Coat Coverage
- California Shop Credits Mitchell’s Ultramate and RepairCenter for Managing Growth
- The Autoholics: A New TV Show Concept that might be Addictive
- Brown, David M.
- Arizona’s Auto Body World Expands to Chandler with Eighth Location
- Reorganized Lehigh Valley Collision Repair Association Now Serves Pennsylvania
- Array of Collision Associations Serve New York Regionally and Statewide
- Brief History of ASA Arizona: Giving Collision & Mechanical Support
- Florida Autobody Collision Alliance (FACA) Picks Up the Issues
- Houston Auto Body Association Joins Existing Texas Associations
- Causey, Mike
- An Insurance Adjuster’s Tips for Consumer Insurance Claims
- Body Shops Going Green Means They Should Also Go Lean
- Games Insurers Play
- Why Give Concessions to Insurers?
- Causey --- The Hartford Guilty of Suppressing Labor Rates in Connecticut
- Causey --- Body Shop Alert: Scam Artists Still Want to Steal Your Money!
- Causey --- Strength in Numbers—Tying the Sticks Together
- Causey --- Insurance Industry ‘Controling’ Free Enterprise & Consumer Rights
- Causey---Legislative Collision Repair Issues in 2009
- Causey --- Do You Know What Your Labor Rate Should Be?
- Chaney, Janet
- Auto Recyclers Host Prominent Collision Repairers in Panel Discussion
- Chaney --- Have You Driven a Ford Lately?
- Chaney---Gary Wano Jr. is Instrumental in Leading the Industry to the Future
- New Caliber Collision president works to bring company back
- Two techs represent the U.S. in the World Skills competition
- Arizona collision repair groups unite to stop tied shops
- NO shop owner tells harrowing tale of complete destruction
- First Responders protect selves and victims in crashes
- When a great idea collides with expertise and know-how!
- Central Cal group learns negotiating techniques in seminar
- Collision repairers: the good ole days not coming back
- Chess, Toby (Hey Toby!)
- CAFE Standards Will Affect More Than A Shop’s Miles Per Gallon
- Life Changes or Industry Changes Don’t Happen Without Major Effort
- Keenan Auto Body’s First Responder Training Brings Together PA & DE Communities
- SEMA’s Repair Driven Education and Government Regulations
- Confusion over Certified Parts at CIC
- Are Your Repair Methods Ten Years Out of Date?
- Pan American Steps Up to Host Firefighter Extrication Training
- Getting OSHA-Compliant on Signage, Electrical and Power Tools
- Getting OSHA-Compliant on Plans, Protection and Painting
- Make Sure Your Shop is Clear of these Glaring OSHA Violations
- Understanding ‘Yaw Rate’ and the ‘Steering Angle Sensor’
- A Reader Unpacks his Baggage on the Industry
- Attending the Porsche Collision Certification Program
- Why is Camry "B" Pillar Reinforcement Repair Done at the Roof Line
- Heat? On a Toyota Front Frame Rail? No Way!
- Taking a Good Look at your Shop’s Welding Equipment
- Hey Toby 20 --- Testing Aftermarket v. OEM Parts Side-by-Side
- Hey Toby 19---Two Mercedes Repairs Show Concern About the Industry
- Hey Toby 18 -- Parts-Handling SOPs A Good Start on Implementing Lean
- Hey Toby 16 --- Greg’s Autobody in Whittier, CA, Gets the Lean Makeover in I-CAR’s CYC 01
- Hey Toby 17 --- Toby Tests Car-O-Liner's EVO system
- HEY TOBY 15 - I-CAR’s New Cycle Time Class (CYC 01) Gets the Toby Touch
- Toby Chess Speaks on Reclaiming Profits at East Bay CAA Meeting
- Hey Toby 14 --- Understanding Motivation—It Might Not Be What You Think
- Hey Toby 13---High Voltage Wires, Sealing Foam, Prius Coolant, and Radiators
- Hey Toby 12 --- Some Air Conditioning Issues and Fixes
- Hey Toby 10---Helping out the Firefighters
- Hey Toby 9 --- Everything You Need to Know to Repair Aluminum
- HEY TOBY 8 —Simplify to get Efficient
- HEY TOBY 7: Drilling Down on the (New Steels) Technical Bafflegab
- HEY TOBY 6: Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding
- Hey Toby 5: Disposable Cups, STR Welding, and Shunts
- Hey Toby 4: Al Welding, AM Parts, Masking Greasy Wire Looms
- Hey Toby 3: Radiators, Hybrid Oil
- Hey Toby 2: OEM1Stop, Used Radiators, Hoods and Latches
- Hey Toby 11---TIG Welding and Voltage Ratings
- Hey Toby 1: Orange Peel, Headlamps, and Boron Steels
- Shops must request payment for bringing parts up to spec
- Understanding proper paint procedure to improve profits
- Danalevich, Walter
- Business Financial Security Preventive Maintenance
- Total Loss Fees Are Profits to be Gained, Not Given Back
- Is Your Parts Supplier Purchasing Policy a Benefit or an Expense?
- Business Liability Insurance: Review & Research Before You Renew!
- “It’s a Misunderstanding”—Insurance Appraiser Boot Camp
- Credit Card Processing Fees—Dings, Dents, and Crashes at Your Bottom Line
- Delmege, Dale (Ask Dale)
- Evans, Rich
- Barrett-Jackson DIY Event Draws Fans and Future Body Techs
- Doing a Charity Build for Patriot Outreach on a Donated Mustang
- Solution Finish’s Brings Black Back™ is a Breakthrough Product
- This Year’s Entry for the SEMA Pinewood Derby 2011
- Lesson Learned—Re-Painting a ‘57 Thunderbird
- Repairing Quarter Panel, Bumper, and Molding: No Time, No Money
- Remaking a 1941 Chevy Deluxe Back-End with an English Wheel
- The Rich Evans Designs-Mopar Kit for Dodge’s Challenger, Part 2
- The Rich Evans Designs-Mopar Kit for Dodge’s Challenger
- Finishing the Red Mist, Part Three
- Building A Numbered Car Exactly Like the Red Mist, Part Two
- Building a Pinewood Derby Race Car
- Building A Numbered Car Exactly Like the Red Mist in ‘Kick Ass’
- Building a Custom Trophy for ‘The School of the Year’
- Working On a ‘57 Thunderbird With Old School Tools & Techniques
- Rich Evans Will Do Custom Dodge Challenger for Mopar at SEMA 2010
- Ultimate Vodka's Shelby Series 1, part 2
- Finishing the Shelby Series 1 (part 3 of 3)
- Evans --- Using a Remarkable New Product (Soft-Sanders) on a Shelby
- Evans --- A Smaller Project Can Be Time or Budget Killer Without Precautions
- Evans - Working Closely With Your Customer Pays Off in Satisfaction
- Evans - Making a Motor-Industrial-Rat Rod 'Out of this World' Kustom Trophy
- Evans - Custom Chevy Bel-Air Headliner Shows Both Sides of Marilyn
- Evans --- Harley Tank Repainting, Same Color But Better—Lots of Steps
- Evans --- The H2O Knight
- Evans---Pneumatic Sanding Tips from Rich Evans
- Evans---Dad's Truck
- Evans---Rich Evans Produces Alignment Tool Kit to Make Car Reassembly Easier
- Evans -- Easy to Perform Graphics Spice Up Two-tone Charger Hemi
- Evans---Custom-Crafted Plexiglass Tops Add Individuality to Hotrods
- Evans---Retro Ideas and Modern Paint Technology Produce a Masterpiece
- Hot Rod Flatz Black Paint Job Completes Show Car Project
- Custom painting adds flair to helmets
- Evans---Legendary Hot Rodder Demonstrates Blending Techniques
- QRS air compressors offer many advantages over reciprocating compressors
- Espersen, Dan
- Estimators – The Front Line in the Battle for Profitability
- The Value of Service Repair Information
- Are You Technical Service Bulletin Savvy?
- Are You in the Diagnostics Business? ‘Yes’ is the Right Answer!
- Got Information?
- Who needs OE repair information?
- OE Repair Information Sets the Standard
- Was this Noise Caused by the Repair?
- Esperson --- New Pressures, New Solutions
- Esperson --- Old Ways or New Habits---Choose One!
- Esperson --- Accurate Information from One Source
- Esperson --- Tools of the Trade
- Franklin, Tom
- A SUCCESSFUL EVENT
- Sprucing Up Your Shop For Spring
- Spotting a Newsworthy Opportunity
- Creating A Readable Advertising Piece
- An Effective Marketing Focus
- Estimator Tactics to Close the Sale
- Choosing a More Profitable Market
- The Ethnic Factor in Marketing
- Long or Short Ad—Which is Best?
- How to Survive a Summer Slump
- Focusing Marketing Efforts on a Narrow Demographic Yields More Results
- Summertime Should Mean Event Time For Body Shops
- Summer Time Means Event Time
- Get on the Cosmetic Car Upgrade Bandwagon
- ‘Consistency’ May be Boring—But It’s Also Profitable
- Client vs. Customer, The Marketing Difference
- A Clear Marketing Focus Needs to be Tested and Justified
- Promotion Up Close and Personal
- How One Impression Multiplies
- Can a Person-to-Person Approach Bring in Business?
- 'Bird Dogging' -- Guerilla Tactics for Small Body Shops
- Using Fraud And Fear As Marketing Tools
- QUALITY Might Not be Number One Draw for Consumers
- Save Marketing Money By ‘Piggybacking’
- Finding a Marketing Hole and Filling It
- New Year’s Resolutions You May Have Missed
- Help Customers Avoid ‘Jackass Bends’ by Creating Channels
- Make Secure Connections to Create a Better Future
- Franklin --- Finding a Marketing Hole and Filling It
- Franklin --- New Year’s Resolutions You May Have Missed
- Franklin --- Business Beyond NACE
- Franklin --- The Big Divide—Affordable Marketing Data and Administration
- Franklin --- Price Matters
- Franklin --- Network like a Surgeon to Build Business
- Franklin --- To Pay or Not to Pay for Jobs
- Franklin --- CAA Chapter Hosts Presentations on Refinish Materials Calculators
- Franklin --- First Contact = First Impression: Don't Undervalue the Front Desk
- Franklin --- Update Your Shop Website To Attract More Business
- Franklin---The Power of Promotional Persistence
- Franklin---The Hard-Sell May Be Needed Now!
- Franklin --- Twelve Commandments of Marketing
- Franklin -- How To Capture More Jobs When Estimates Alone Don’t Work
- Franklin — Upselling — Would You like Pie with That?
- Franklin---Handle Frustration to Keep Customers Returning to Shop
- Franklin--‘Never-eat-alone’ is Good Metaphor for Networking Strategy
- Run your shop as if you were going to sell it
- Tough times require a five-prong marketing attack
- Re-channel mis-directed energy to de-stress for success!
- Use sales brochures and websites to inform and sell
- Marketing strategies for an economic downturn
- Two rules for successful marketing
- Marketing is a full time job
- The power of repetition in marketing
- Build a powerful database
- Internal information vital to problem solving
- Exercise your creativity muscle
- Seven Opponents of Highly Effective Marketing
- Delay: the road to ruin
- Leadership: A larger vision
- Inattention -- the root cause of failure
- The great American body shop
- Limited growth? What to do about it!
- Getting power to persist and grow
- Funneling multiple revenue streams into your facility
- Valuable resources are hidden rignt in your shop
- Profit centers — confusing or vital?
- Re-structuring for renewal
- Dare to double your business in 2004!
- Maximizing earned trust a necessity to build shop reputation
- Market your business by seeking new customers
- Start marketing early and follow through
- Weaving a wider web to catch more business
- Interruptions: killer of time, efficiency, growth and profit
- Boost your business by developing Olympic-class salespeople
- Redefining expertise can increase target markets
- Shop goodwill ambassador delivers treats to referrers
- Surprise gift to your clients can help build business
- Take proactive steps to stand out from the crowd
- Control business growth by developing a working formula
- Promptly implement marketing tactics and strategies
- Creating a profitable event
- Reach into your circle of service providers to get more biz
- Market when busy, work when other shops are slow
- Understanding customer needs is first step to new biz
- Postcards are an inexpensive way to reach out
- Marketing for 20 days a month can lead to more business
- Body shop doc: The new professional
- Body shop marketing can be a numbers game
- Looking ahead helps develop marketing strategies
- Increasing business by building on shop style
- Targeting new business with tailor made promo messages
- Essence of marketing is the courage to communicate
- Trust - key to long lasting biz relations
- Dedicated marketing assistant can be key to on-going results
- Maximizing systems by team marketing to solicit more biz
- Leave estimates on cars with existing damage
- Shops missing out on profits on non-deployed air bags
- Reaching out of comfort zone to set up new profit centers
- Getting some additional green to beat holiday blues
- Gesterkamp, Stefan
- How Lucky Do You Feel?—Durability of Back-Taped Edges
- Taking a Fresh Look at an Old Debate—Color Matching, Blending, or Both?
- Open Clearcoat Blends
- Is Waterborne Paint the Only Answer for Low VOC Requirements?
- The Relationship between your Compressor, your Spray Gun and the Final Appearance of your Paint Finish
- What is the Best Spray Gun on the Market? No Easy Answer ...
- Color Matching or Blending, or Both?
- Gesterkamp --- What is the Best Spray Gun on the Market?
- Gesterkamp --- Color Matching or Blending, or Both?
- Insurance Insider
- ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Also Applies to Collision Repairers
- Getting a Guess-timate From the Real Experts
- Legislating the “Bible” Not the Answer for Shops Tired of Being Told “No”
- Sure, OEMs Set the Standard, But Who Fills the Gaps Left by OEMs?
- ASRW Responds to Insider’s Comments in his Columns: ‘Can NACE Survive as a Traveling Regional Trade Show?’ and ‘Industry Undecided Which Organization Will Prevail’
- Industry Undecided Which Organization Will Prevail in NACE vs. SEMA
- Can the Collision Industry Support Two Major Trade Shows?
- Let’s Get Some Independent Testing to Move the Parts Battle away from Sandbox Bickering
- Ridiculous DRP Requirements? Guess Why They’re Asking
- Hate the Way the Strings Are Pulled? Don’t Become an Insurer’s Puppet
- Telling the Tale of the “Neutral Information Provider”
- Allstate, Founder of DRPs, Deserves Some Credit for Improving Repair Industry
- Insurers Will Continue to Serve “Flavor of the Day” to Shops
- DRPs and Fear—Hope for a Reduction in the Number of Shops
- DRPs and Fear --- Hope for a Reduction in the Number of Shops
- Not All “Referrals” are Created Equal
- Getting Past The Rhetoric—An Insurer’s Perspective on Steering
- McGee, Tom
- Using Manufacturer TSBs and Recalls in Collision Shops
- To Sublet or Not to Sublet—That’s the Question. The Answer is OE Repair Information
- Corvette Re-Initialization Procedures
- It’s Friday and I can’t get the door glass to work!
- McGee and Webster --- Safety, First, Second and Third!
- McGee - OE Collision Information --- By the Numbers
- McGee --- ‘Be Proud’ and Take Advantage of the Need for Repair Information
- McGee---Not every vehicle, collision or repair procedure is the same
- McGee---"I've Been Doing This For Twenty Years..."
- Weaver, Scott (Gonzo)
- GI - Think Like a Mechanic
- What If You’re Looking for More than One Waldo?
- Code Talkers: It Takes More Than Reading Codes to Be a Good Automotive Technician
- Check Engine Light Paranoia
- A Picture Worth a Thousand Words Most of Which We Can’t Print
- Are We Crossing Into the ‘Outer Limits’ of Automotive Repair?
- Dealing with Angry Customers and Growing ‘Alligator Skin’
- When Something ‘Common’ Turns Out to be Not So Common
- Is It ‘Change Is a Good Thing’ or ‘It’s Good That Things Change’?
- How to Keep Your Cool When Working With HVAC Diagnostics
- A Homemade Air Bag Light—Brilliant Stupidity
- Shift Happens: The Story of Three Transmissions and a Limp Kia SUV
- A Day to Reflect—On the Other Side of the Bookstore Counter
- A Quick Diagnostic Can Seem too Good to be True
- When it Comes to Diagnostics, First, The Basics
- Hoopty, or Redefining POS
- Who’s on First When What Can’t Get to Second?
- Dude, Meet My Daughter
- Corvette’s Etched Glass Mystery, Was it the ‘Hand of Turin’?
- Even In a Big City It Can Still Be a Small World
- Three Gallons of Trouble
- Answering the Bell (‘I don’t got a gun’) and Remembering Old Sarge
- There’s a New Wrench in Town
- Mr. Gorillalilla
- “You’re Just One of Those Slick Talkin’ Mechanics”
- “My ‘Regular Mechanic’ Says You Didn’t Do a Thing”
- Early Morning De-Light and Nursing Ingenuity
- Bottom Shocker
- Bottom Shocker: True Mechanical Humor from Gonzo Weaver
- Williams, Larry
- Nevada’s Henderson Chevrolet
- Maxon Hyundai-Mazda: Father-to-Son Dealership Serves NJ and NY
- Jerry Ulm Dodge Chrysler Jeep, a Truly Distinctive Florida Dealer
- South Motors Automotive Group—Anything But Apathetic
- Stockton Honda in Sandy, Utah, Cultivates Long Term Relationships
- Southeast Toyota Distributors (SET) Embraces Industry Changes to Help Dealers Stay Competitive
- A Relatively Young Audi Dealership Makes Quality Pay Off
- What Happens When OEMs Really Support Body Shops
- Acura of Westchester
- What Makes A Dealership Selling Wholesale Parts Distinctive?
- Apathy, the Real Opponent in the Wholesale Parts Business
- Parts for Profit 5: Pricing---Sensitive and Often Misunderstood
- Parts for Profit 4—Developing Your Wholesale Business Partners
- Parts for Profit 3—Increasing Sales
- Parts for Profit, Part 2—Profitable Management of Inventory & Personnel
- Parts for Profit---How to Manage Your Inventory and Personnel Profitably
- Yoswick, John
- Standards Program in the UK Offers Lessons for the U.S.
- ‘Standards’ Replace Non-OEM Parts as Focus of Debate at Latest CIC
- Industry News You Might Have Missed in 2011
- CIC Committee and I-CAR Respond to Association Statement on ‘Industry Standards’
- SCRS Affiliate Groups Help Members Address Legislative and Regulatory Issues
- CIC Participants Tell Information Providers to Take the Lead in Chicken-or-Egg Dilemma
- State Insurance Divisions Differ From One Another in Terms of Addressing Repairer Concerns
- CIC, Consultant, Seeking Views on Industry Repair Standards
- State and Federal Governments Consider New Insurance Regulations
- Shop Owners Share Frustrations Renegotiating Contracts with Information Providers
- Industry Trends and Changes in Future Vehicles at WIN Conference
- ‘2011 East Coast Resolution Forum’ Meets in NJ to Discuss Ongoing Efforts and Ideas
- Effort to Develop Collision Repair Standards Takes Another Step Forward
- Recyclers, Repairers Look for Ways to Improve Their Business Interactions
- A Paint Complaint Doesn't Have to Mean an Unhappy Customer
- Ten Things to Consider When Designing a New Shop, Remodel, or Expansion
- New CIC Committee to Focus on Shop Data’s Capture, Use, Sale, and Reports
- January Collision Industry Conference Votes Very Narrowly in Favor of SEMA for Fall Meeting
- SCRS Affiliate Groups Help Members with Industry Issues
- 2010 Year in Review—Words Spoken Signal Issues the Industry will Address in 2011
- NACE Continues as Collision Gathering Place (Albeit Smaller)
- Automaker Announcements Carry Implications For Repairers
- Access and Use of Shop Data Raise Privacy Concerns for the Industry
- I-CAR Announces New Structure to Its Training, Recognition Programs
- Committee Prompts Discussion of Means to Implement Future Repair Standards
- Voices of IBIS—The Annual International Body Shop Conference
- Leaner, Faster, Smarter: “It Can’t Be Lean if it’s Not Clean”
- ABPA Conference Airs Aftermarket Parts Certification Issues Again
- Insurers And Shops Don’t Always Speak The Same Language
- Yoswick --- NACE Weathers The Downturn; Organizers Optimistic About Future
- Yoswick --- It Pays To Understand What Your Business Is Worth
- Yoswick --- Recruiting and retaining employees – Even in a down economy
- Yoswick --- Repairers Continue to Decry CCC Bumper Refinish Prompt
- Yoswick --- Helping Vocational Schools Train the Technicians You Will Need
- Yoswick --- Women’s (WIN) Conference Looks at Trends in Collision Repair
- Yoswick --- Measuring and Working to Improve Key Numbers for your Business
- Yoswick --- Low-cost Ways for Shops to Keep Out Front in a Down Economy
- Yoswick --- No Overlap: Repairers and CCC
- Yoswick --- State Farm Select Service at CIC
- Yoswick --- Here’s What Was Being Talked about in the Industry During 2008
- Yoswick --- At CIC-NACE, Insurers voice interest in plan to reduce supplements
- Yoswick --- What I'd Say At a NACE Podium
- Yoswick--Anti-Steering Efforts Offer Mixed Results
- Yoswick--Take Another Look at Fleet Work
- Yoswick---Marketing, Advertising Still Key to Weathering Economic Downturn
- Training is Key to Developing Productive Team of Employees
- Advice to Jobbers Includes Ideas for Other Industry Segments
- Are You Prepared for a Unionization Effort at Your Shop?
- Yoswick---Frauds and Scams—Attempts to Con You and Your Shop
- Common Estimating Mistakes Could Be Costing Your Shop Money
- Steps to Take Now If You Plan to Leave Your Business in Three Years or 30
- Is working with a consultant the answer to your shop’s struggles?
- The Year in Quotes: What Was Being Talked about in the Industry During 2007
- CIC wrestles with abundance of suggested topics for 2007
- CIC and I-CAR: Summer industry meetings
- Quotes of Note for 2006
- CIC panel addresses improper changes to refinish labor times
- CIC committee addresses gap between body and paint work
- CIC discusses increasing number of total losses
- Giuliani speech on leadership high point of NACE 2005
- Self-study online classes among plans announced by I-CAR
- CIC database task force reports early progress
- Concerns about shop certification raised at CIC
- CIC scraps plans to audit effectiveness of CAPA
- NACE ends era of traveling show on harmonious note
- Allstate fights back limitation on insurer-owned shops
- CIC: parts have broad impact on cycle times
- Remote desk auditors face questioning at CIC
- Salvage airbags, OEM info debated at CIC
- NACE 02: Smaller but still the industrys meeting place
- Recycled parts issues take center stage at CIC meeting
- 35,000 pack LV convention center, ed programs overflow
- Looking back lends valuable insight to industry future
- Recycling yards change to meet challenge of consolidators, greater demand
- ADP reverses position, says no encryption of data planned
- Shop owners share information on what is working for them and their businesses
- Smarter ways to respond when inevitable changes in personnel occur
- Recruiting: smart employers keep looking for top talent
- What the collision industry was talking about in 2005
- Boost profits by reducing the costs of doing business
- Legal issues surrounding black boxes get murkier
- Renewed emphasis on paint shop can boost bottom line
- Using 22-year-old biz theory to break down bottlenecks
- Smart shop owners and jobbers watch cash as much as sales
- Auto recyclers hope to boost market share
- Avoiding the pitfalls of the employee selection process
- Improving shops by enhancing its organization
- Shop owners offer insights on how they distinguish themselves
- Industry pros offer views on reducing friction
- Focus has shifted from crash safety to avoidance
- I-CAR promises improved customer service, more training options
- Finding additional profit in non-insurance-paid work
- SCRS state affiliate groups meet
- Ways for shops to give back to their communities
- Smarter ways to respond when inevitable changes in personnel occur
- Expanding your business - without DRPs
- Attorney offers shops advice on personnel files
- Part 2: what should be in a personnel file
- Plan ahead to reduce the tax bite
- Share advice as thefts reach epidemic proportions
- Why women are succeeding in the collision repair industry...
- Why it is important to improve company culture
- How to improve the culture of your company
- A look back at some visions of the future
- Will auto shop certification give independents opportunity?
- States consider different routes to halt steering of work
- How shop owners distinguish themselves from the competition
- Oregon lawmakers hear testimony on DRP disclosure bill
- Will aluminum and other materials leave some shops behind?
- ADP apologizes for incorrect cuts to refinish times
- Auto body shops give back to their communities
- Shops and schools look for solutions to low starting wages
- Customers to suppliers are waiting to rip off your shop
- Looking back at 2004: year in quotes
- Diverse industry groups gather during NACE
- SF: shops should set the bar for performace measurements
- Shops will still need multiple estimating systems
- Insurer-owned shops, fraud highlight the year
- Improving your position with OEM parts dealers
- Why is a body shop like a fruit stand?
- When insurers own shops: What it all means
- Insurers to offer more service; drive down severity
- Paint companies abandon investment, expand partnership
- Collision Industry Conference debates alternatives to initial estimate writing
- Election and legal discussion highlights SCRS 25th anniversary event
- Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson insurer antitrust exemption is back in the spotlight
- Is lean production a viable concept - or just the latest catch-phrase
- Female technicians: Helping your business and the industry draw on this untapped pool of talent
- Loan arrangers: Shops capturing customers by offering financing
- Laws impacting collision repairs addressed in numerous states this year
- I-CAR Points To Positives After Tough Year
- CIC: Responsibilities in Avoiding Unfair Trade Practices
- NACE Faces Changes in Future
- SF Parts Procurement Program
- Measure your shop and implement improvements using the web
- Spirited group discusses industry issues at CIC in Vegas
- NABC forum focuses on improving industrys image
- From steering to the increasing totals, CIC sets agenda
- Shops find unique ways to give back to their communities
- There is No Such Thing as a ‘Bad Decision’ in Business
- Learning to Deal with that “Big Hill”
- The Good Old Days
- Underqualified Repairers Hurt the Whole Industry
- Setting the Record Straight on Ford vs. Aftermarket Parts Testing
- My Customer, the Crash Test Dummy
- Aftermarket Parts: Are they the Same? Are they Safe? Is there a Problem?
- The Lack of Industry Leadership
- What Do We Do Now?
- Beating a Dead Horse
- Consumers are Duped Into Accepting Unsafe Collision Repairs
- Fantasy Versus Reality
- “Every Man For Himself”
- Hang ‘Em in the Town Square
- Amaradio DRP Article Elicits Varied Responses
- Amaradio --- Fantasy Versus Reality
- Amaradio --- Careful Decision Making is a Lifeline in Desperate Situations
- Amaradio --- Rogue Supervisors Should be Identified to Top Insurance Managers
- Amaradio --- Do Insurers Really Want to Know How Collision Repair is Done?
- Amaradio --- Our Own Worst Enemy, but is Help on the Way?
- Amaradio---California’s North vs South—Why Are Labor Rates So Different?
- Amaradio -- Change is a Journey, Not a Destination
- Amaradio -- It’s Just Like A “Real Rolex”
- Amaradio --- Doomsday or Opportunity Knocks
- Amaradio---Labor Rate Surveys are Flawed and Misleading
- Amaradio---Keeping Quiet From Now On
- Are You One of the Few Good Men?
- Amaradio--Fix Your Bottom Line
- The check is in the mail... or is it?
- The experiment: negotiating with insurance carriers
- An allegory on pleasing direct repair partners
- Value of quality in collision repair procedures diminished
- Another perspective on State Farm Select Service program
- Fear of saying NO has collision repairers locked in bad deals
- Industry pros must strive for more equitable working relationship
- DRPs need industry standards to ensure profitability
- Benefit from more professional channels of communication
- Improving relations between shop owners, insurers
- Non-charged processes should be credited to cycle time
- Write complete estimates the first time around
- Upgrade training to stay competitive and compliant
- CAFE Standards Will Affect More Than A Shop’s Miles Per Gallon
- Life Changes or Industry Changes Don’t Happen Without Major Effort
- Keenan Auto Body’s First Responder Training Brings Together PA & DE Communities
- SEMA’s Repair Driven Education and Government Regulations
- Confusion over Certified Parts at CIC
- Are Your Repair Methods Ten Years Out of Date?
- Pan American Steps Up to Host Firefighter Extrication Training
- Getting OSHA-Compliant on Signage, Electrical and Power Tools
- Getting OSHA-Compliant on Plans, Protection and Painting
- Make Sure Your Shop is Clear of these Glaring OSHA Violations
- Understanding ‘Yaw Rate’ and the ‘Steering Angle Sensor’
- A Reader Unpacks his Baggage on the Industry
- Attending the Porsche Collision Certification Program
- Why is Camry "B" Pillar Reinforcement Repair Done at the Roof Line
- Heat? On a Toyota Front Frame Rail? No Way!
- Taking a Good Look at your Shop’s Welding Equipment
- Hey Toby 20 --- Testing Aftermarket v. OEM Parts Side-by-Side
- Hey Toby 19---Two Mercedes Repairs Show Concern About the Industry
- Hey Toby 18 -- Parts-Handling SOPs A Good Start on Implementing Lean
- Hey Toby 16 --- Greg’s Autobody in Whittier, CA, Gets the Lean Makeover in I-CAR’s CYC 01
- Hey Toby 17 --- Toby Tests Car-O-Liner's EVO system
- HEY TOBY 15 - I-CAR’s New Cycle Time Class (CYC 01) Gets the Toby Touch
- Toby Chess Speaks on Reclaiming Profits at East Bay CAA Meeting
- Hey Toby 14 --- Understanding Motivation—It Might Not Be What You Think
- Hey Toby 13---High Voltage Wires, Sealing Foam, Prius Coolant, and Radiators
- Hey Toby 12 --- Some Air Conditioning Issues and Fixes
- Hey Toby 10---Helping out the Firefighters
- Hey Toby 9 --- Everything You Need to Know to Repair Aluminum
- HEY TOBY 8 —Simplify to get Efficient
- HEY TOBY 7: Drilling Down on the (New Steels) Technical Bafflegab
- HEY TOBY 6: Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding
- Hey Toby 5: Disposable Cups, STR Welding, and Shunts
- Hey Toby 4: Al Welding, AM Parts, Masking Greasy Wire Looms
- Hey Toby 3: Radiators, Hybrid Oil
- Hey Toby 2: OEM1Stop, Used Radiators, Hoods and Latches
- Hey Toby 11---TIG Welding and Voltage Ratings
- Hey Toby 1: Orange Peel, Headlamps, and Boron Steels
- Shops must request payment for bringing parts up to spec
- Understanding proper paint procedure to improve profits
- Arizona’s Auto Body World Expands to Chandler with Eighth Location
- Reorganized Lehigh Valley Collision Repair Association Now Serves Pennsylvania
- Array of Collision Associations Serve New York Regionally and Statewide
- Brief History of ASA Arizona: Giving Collision & Mechanical Support
- Florida Autobody Collision Alliance (FACA) Picks Up the Issues
- Houston Auto Body Association Joins Existing Texas Associations
- Amaradio, Lee
