Carolinas Collision Centers Opens New Facility in Chapel Hill, N.C.

MSO Carolinas Collision Centers announced the opening of a new facility in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Published: December 8, 2017

MSO Carolinas Collision Centers announced the opening of a new facility in Chapel Hill, N.C.

The new facility is two miles south of I-40 just off Fordham Boulevard near the University of North Carolina.

“We are honored to now be able to better service the collision repair needs of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Orange County and surrounding areas” said Jay Jackson, director of business development for Carolinas Collision Centers. “To my knowledge we are the only collision repair provider conveniently located within the city limits of Chapel Hill. We feel fortunate to be able to bring high-quality collision repairs to a community that previously had to travel a good distance to find.”

Carolinas Collision Centers operates 16 body shops in North and South Carolina.

Lawson Products Acquires S&S Automotive

Like Lawson’s Kent Automotive business, S&S Automotive is an industry-leading distributor in the automotive dealership market.

By Jason Stahl

Jason Stahl has 30 years of experience as an editor, and has been editor of BodyShop Business for the past 18 years. He currently is a gold pin member of the Collision Industry Conference. Jason, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from John Carroll University and started his career in journalism at a weekly newspaper, doing everything from delivering newspapers to selling advertising space to writing articles.

Published: May 2, 2024

Distribution Solutions Group, Inc., a premier specialty distribution company, announced that its operating company, Lawson Products, Inc., completed the acquisition of S&S Automotive, Inc., a leading automotive and industrial parts supplier based near Chicago in Woodridge, Ill. Lawson Products has an automotive-focused division, Kent Automotive, which distributes automotive and industrial class C-parts to auto dealerships and collision repair centers throughout North America.