When you fix 175 to 180 vehicles every month, your paint department does not have the luxury of making mistakes, because comebacks can cripple you.
Juan “Munch” Gonzalez has been the head painter at Valhalla Restoration & Fabrication in Port Murray, NJ, for 10 years.
General Manager Jon McCord at Tom Wood Collision doesn’t have to rely on scheduling with service centers for diagnosis and calibration, because Tom Wood IS the calibration center.
If you ask anyone on Long Island about Alpha Collision & Car Care in Garden City, NY, they will tell you this fourth-generation family business runs a shop that does it all and does it well.
Kendrick Paint & Body was founded in 1952 by James Kendrick, as a single-stall repair shop in Augusta, GA.
At Monroe’s Collision Center, Inc., with four shops in Ohio, the company has been built around the concept that “family and employees come first.” It’s a mantra that has worked well for Owner Kevin Monroe, General Manager Robert Muck and the 65 collision repair professionals in their crew.
Kevin Gallerani and his father, Dave, owners of Cape Auto Collision Center, often tell customers, “You’re driving home our reputation!” The phrase was inspired by Dave’s father, Ruez, who stressed hard work and quality.
Jesse and Nadine Moreno opened Moreno Auto Glass, a mobile auto glass repair and replacement service, in 2021, serving the East Valley region of the Phoenix Metro Area.
Jim and Kelly Huard, owners of Painters Collision Centers with two locations in Arizona, make a formidable duo as they relentlessly strive to achieve their goal of establishing 10 locations within the next two years.
When repairing today’s vehicles, high-tech repair methods and tools are a requirement, according to Eric Shaffer, owner of Thomas E. Brown Auto Body Werks in Mechanicsburg, PA.
With today’s cars loaded with new technology, and diagnostics and OE repair procedures playing a larger role every year, I-CAR training is undoubtedly more important now than ever.
When you sign on the dotted line with any paint distributor you expect its products to perform at a high level and you anticipate the availability of a wide range of value-added options.
The Calibration Station, with four locations in California’s Central Valley, features a quartet of purpose-built facilities 100% dedicated to diagnosing cars with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
Some collision repair lifers open auto body shops by accident or fate, while others plan for decades before they make the move.