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- AkzoNobel’s Autowave Integral to Busy Collision Repair Center’s Success
- Head Painter Uses ANEST IWATA Spray Guns to Bring Customers’ Visions to Life
- asTech Keeps Tom Wood Collision in a Prime Position by Keeping Diagnostics In-House
- Fourth Generation NY Auto Body Shop Relies on Autel for Diagnosing Cars with ADAS
- 70-Year Auto Body Shop Still Growing with Axalta
Young Painter Is a SATA Veteran With 15 Guns
Written by Autobody News Staff
Painter Casey Martin Sugar Hill Auto Collision has 15 SATA spray guns and uses other SATA equipment such as the SATA® vision 2000™ Respirator System and its Spray Gun Equipment Storage Cabinet.
Casey Martin is only 23 years old, but he has 11 years of experience painting cars. In that time, he acquired 15 SATA spray guns and, by using other SATA equipment such as the SATA® vision 2000™ Respirator System and its Spray Gun Equipment Storage Cabinet, Martin is all-in when it comes to SATA.
Master Painter Says Prospray Makes His Life Easier
Written by Autobody News Staff
John Wargo at The Custom Shop creates amazing vehicles like this one and they're all painted with Prospray.
If you're at all familiar with the best automotive painters, fabricators and builders in the world right now, you've probably heard of John Wargo, the owner of The Custom Shop in Flanagan, IL.
NY Shop Owner is “Sure” to Have a Great Repair Using Dominion Sure Seal
Written by Autobody News Staff
Jeff Draper from Draper Motorsports & Detail and his son, Brett.
One of the important components of running a successful body shop is having access to dependable products.
Ohio Shop Shines After Switching to DeBeer Refinish
Written by Autobody News Staff
Co-owners David and Pamela Burt of Sabetti Body Shop in Kent, OH love the results they get with DeBeer Refinish.
We always love to hear stories about how a technician gets hired and takes over the shop many years later. This is one of those tales, and the setting is Sabetti Body Shop in Kent, OH, where they have 14 employees and fix roughly 100 cars a month out of a 12,000 square foot facility.
Gold Coast Auto Body Impressed with Speed and Accuracy of Celette Frames
Written by Autobody News Staff
Celette’s frame machines have helped Gold Coast Auto Body improve speed and accuracy when making alignments.
These days, OEM certification is a common direction for shops to take as they strive to increase profitability and ensure a safe repair with consideration of the many challenges presented by advances in vehicle technology. For Gold Coast Auto Body in Chicago, IL, OEM certification is a way of life.
CCC Repair Workflow Software Helps Body Shop Manage and Grow Business
Written by Autobody News Staff
Scott Nash (left) and Sean Snyder from Dabler Auto Body going over the production schedule using CCC Repair Workflow software.
When Mike Brockway and Dennis Dabler purchased Dabler Auto Body in 2015, one of their goals was to streamline operations to maximize profitability. That included purchasing CCC Repair Workflow software for their Salem, OR, business.
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Today’s Collision Makes Customer Service a Priority, Reports Excellent Service from Axalta
Written by Autobody News Staff
Malden Employees who worked on the Recycled Rides vehicle recently donated. In the middle: blue shirt is owner Kevin Kyes. Next to him, Erin Vasselian, Gold Star Wife recipient; Chris Lessard (blazer & jeans), Program Director of Massachusetts Fallen Heroes, and owner Bobby Cobb. *Photo credit Paul Hammersley
Today’s Collision first opened in 1987, when Bobby Cobb founded his own shop after years of working in the collision repair industry. In 1989, he was joined by his childhood friend, Kevin Kyes, and over the past 28 years, the partners have collaborated to expand their business into two successful locations in the greater Boston area, Malden and Chelsea, MA.
Indiana MSO Ensures Proper Repairs With Pro Spot i5 Welders
Written by Autobody News Staff
Church Brothers Collision Repair in Indianapolis, IN, repairs about 10,500 cars a year.
Nearly 90 years ago, two brothers, Noel and Clem Church, established Church Brothers Collision Repair. Since then, the business has grown to include six locations in Indianapolis, IN.
PPG Products & Reps Grow, Adapt With Tasca Collision Center
Written by Autobody News Staff
The largest Tasca family auto body shop—Tasca Collision Center—is located in Cranston, RI.
Bob Tasca III comes from a long line of automotive enthusiasts who have been in the collision repair and car dealership business for almost 70 years.
MO Collision Center Loves Mobile Environmental Solutions
Written by Autobody News Staff 
From left, Prepper Cameron Koch, Prepper/Painter Brad Dunivant, Reconditioning Manager Josh Simitjis and Painter Derek King at Frank Leta Acura Body Shop get the work out fast and clean by using an inflatable paint booth made by Mobile Environmental Solutions.
Josh Simitjis is the reconditioning manager at Frank Leta Acura Body Shop, with two locations in the St. Louis, MO, area.