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Awards & Recognitions

Stay informed about awards and recognitions within the collision industry, highlighting excellence in service, innovation, and leadership.

Welder in a dark welding jacket, pink gloves, and auto-darkening helmet welding a metal part in a shop, with sparks flying.

Award-Winning Welding Instructor Authors Children’s Book About Trades

Jaime Shewbridge wants young readers to see the trades as a viable alternative to college.
Stacey Phillips Ronak
Industry Roundup: WIN Opens Most Influential Women Nominations, MABA Hosts First Open House, and More

Industry Roundup: WIN Opens Most Influential Women Nominations, MABA Hosts First Open House, and More

Plus, Driving Force enters Connecticut and CIECA sets a webinar on estimate rekeying.
Lisa McArdle
Industry Roundup: Fix Auto Shops Support Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children, Hunter Wins Four PTEN Awards, and More

Industry Roundup: Fix Auto Shops Support Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children, Hunter Wins Four PTEN Awards, and More

Plus, Collision Suite Connect launches a CCC ONE integration platform, and NABC Recycled Rides gifts two vehicles.
Lisa McArdle
Five people stand beneath a canopy decorated with orange butterfly artwork. One woman holds an oversized GEICO key. Beside them is a vehicle under a blue NABC Recycled Rides cover with a green bow, next to a sign reading "2020 Mazda CX-5 Sport" with sponsor logos including GEICO, Crash Champions, and CIECA CONNEX.

Industry Roundup: All Clear Promotes Jason Vilardi to CRO, VIVE Collision Acquires Concord Shop, and More

Plus, Hunter adds Bosch remote diagnostics to ADASLink, and NABC Recycled Rides gifts four vehicles to veterans.
Lisa McArdle
A red CARSTAR canopy tent stands on a grassy field under a blue sky with scattered clouds. Under the tent is a table with supplies and a rainbow balloon arch. Children and adults in white shirts stand near the tent and along a row of small orange cones, with trees and a picnic shelter in the background.

CARSTAR Shops Help Omaha School Raise $30,000, Michigan Auto Body Association Launches, and More

Plus, Quality Collision Group names a West operations chief, and NABC trains nearly 140 first responders at IIHS.
Lisa McArdle
Four people standing in a shop in front of a car covered in a tarp with a bow on it

Industry Roundup: 3M Names New Automotive Aftermarket Division President, Crash Champions' Service Advisor Program Surpasses 300 Graduates, and More

Plus Hunter updates, VISION 2027 awards, MSO Symposium registration, and other news from around the industry.
Autobody News Staff
Industry Roundup: Auto Care Association's Hanvey to Retire, ASE Connects Launches Free Pay Data Push, and More

Industry Roundup: Auto Care Association's Hanvey to Retire, ASE Connects Launches Free Pay Data Push, and More

Plus, CREF welcomes a new board trustee, AASP/NJ hosts free summer webinars for members, and more.
Lisa McArdle
Industry Roundup: Collision Partners Acquires K&M Collision, NABC Trains Mid-South First Responders

Industry Roundup: Collision Partners Acquires K&M Collision, NABC Trains Mid-South First Responders

Plus, Global Finishing Solutions names a new president, BYK adds radar measurement technology, and more.
Lisa McArdle
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Industry Roundup: Central States Collision Conference Announced, Crash Champions Graduates Apprentices

Plus, CARSTAR MOKAN raises $20,000 for cystic fibrosis, NABC Recycled Rides delivers vehicles to two Twin Cities veterans, and more.
Lisa McArdle
A young woman smiling in a collision repair shop, standing next to a painted silver truck fender.

Painter Haylie Colby on Winning the Women's Industry Network's First Founding Mother Award

WIN's new award recognizes women in hands-on collision repair roles. Its first recipient paints trucks in Minnesota.
Jess Fritsche

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