In June 2020, European Collision Repair (ECR) converted to a new paint line: Sikkens by AkzoNobel.
Chris Cole started Country Parkway Repairs as a specialty auto body shop, focusing on the advanced diagnostics and difficult repairs average shops need help with.
The collision repair industry holds a plethora of challenges for auto body shop owners who intend to deliver high-quality repairs.
Whether you’re certified to work on standard vehicles, exceptionally tall vehicles or higher-end luxury vehicles, that means you have the right tools, equipment, training and experience to do the job correctly every time.
The Maaco in Littleton, CO, is one of the leading Maaco locations in North America, a top performer for years.
At Carpe Diem Automotive Reconditioning in Oklahoma City, OK, the company’s name means “seize the day” in Latin and it matches the way they do business.
Dale Dlugos graduated high school in 1963 and began working at the Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Lorain, OH. After working the assembly line for seven years, he went into management for the next 23.
Beal’s Auto Body & Paint employs nine technicians who repair 136 vehicles monthly, a feat that seems to be a small miracle requiring a hypervigilant auto body shop owner, but these days, owner Tim Beal only spends about a quarter of his time in the shop.
Richard Petty. Steve Wynn. Carroll Shelby. The Busch family. Ann and Nancy Wilson from Heart. Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains.
Head Painter/General Manager Austin Loynes and his father, Jim Loynes, at Complete Color Auto Collision aren’t afraid to invest in the best tools, products, and equipment they can find to fix cars to OE standards and exceed customers’ expectations.
Bob Bennett founded B&B Auto Body in Sarasota, FL, in 2007 “in a little hole-in-the-wall building on a shoe-string budget.”
Your paint spray booth is the only piece of equipment which almost every vehicle must travel through before being returned to the customer. A well-built and properly maintained spray booth is a cash register, while a sub-par one is more like a slot machine---sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
When Connie Manjavinos finds a tool or piece of equipment she truly believes in, she isn’t afraid to stick to her guns.