Audatex Launches Web-Based Business Intelligence Platform
Audatex North America, Inc. has launched a web-based business intelligence platform, Audatex Insight, which lets users monitor, measure and manage claims performance by providing access to actionable intelligence. Drawing from an extensive warehouse of claims data, Audatex says Audatex Insight provides users with key business metrics, industry benchmarks and historical trends. It features interactive dashboards,
Education Foundation, Akzo Nobel Award Women’s Scholarships
The I-CAR Education Foundation, in conjunction with AkzoNobel Coatings, Inc. and the Most Influential Women of the Collision Repair Industry, have awarded eight young women with scholarships to assist in their education in the collision industry. The top scholarship winner in the secondary category is Nina Hunter, a student at East Valley Institute of Technology
I-CAR Education Foundation Names Instructor of the Year
The I-CAR Education Foundation named Fred Steeves, a collision repair instructor from Oxford Hills Technical School in South Paris, Maine, its 2008 Instructor of the Year. Steeves received an expense-paid trip to NACE, where he was honored with a plaque during the Education Instructor Feedback session. Steeves worked in the collision industry for 23 years
ASA and ASE Honor Collision and Mechanical Technicians of the Year
Michael Loy, owner of Mike Loy’s Collision Inc. in Lewisburg, Ohio, has been named the Automotive Service Association (ASA)/National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Collision Technician of the Year. The award recognizes the ASA Collision Division member who received the highest score on the 2008 ASE master collision repair/refinish certification test. “I feel honored
Chrysler Corporation Recognized For Customer Service by VeriFacts
VeriFacts Automotive recognized the Chrysler Corporation with its ACE “Commitment to Consumers” Award at NACE in Las Vegas. The award recognizes manufacturers and other companies in the collision repair industry that provide services and share product information with consumers free of charge. Chrysler Corporation has made its repair guidelines available to the collision repair industry
PBEPRO.com Now Offers Free Access Option
In an ongoing effort to make it easier for distributors and collision repair facilities to get the information they need about automotive aftermarket products, PBE Solutions, Inc. just completed a design overhaul of its product information portal, PBEPRO.com. New features include navigational improvements, customized marketing tools and two new subscription levels, Basic and Premium. PBEPRO
Body Shop Owner and Sons Create Web Site to Sell Scrap Parts
Gary Miller has been in the collision repair industry for over 30 years, and he knows it’s a rough go. That’s why when he worked in the shop side-by-side with his two sons, Casey and Chris, he would tell them afterward to go find a cleaner job. Both of them listened, with one (Chris) becoming
BASF Launches Foose Signature Colors in R-M Diamont
BASF launched its new Foose Signature Line of automotive refinish colors during the SEMA show in Las Vegas last week. The 12 Foose-inspired paint colors combine BASF’s coating technology with colors formulated personally by the car designer. Chip Foose was on hand to introduce his new BASF color collection during a press conference at BASF’s
FIX Auto Canada Selects Mitchell International as Preferred Management System
FIX Auto Canada has selected Mitchell’s ABS Enterprise and the French version of ABS as the preferred body shop management systems for its collision repair network. "FIX Auto realizes the benefits of leveraging technology as a way to increase both operational efficiency and overall profitability," says Guy Bessette, president of FIX Auto Canada. “Additionally, we
I-CAR Instructor Development Manager Lon Baudoux Passes
I-CAR announced the untimely passing of Instructor Development Manager Lon Baudoux. Baudoux, 53, of Saginaw, Mich., took his current position with I-CAR in July 2007 after serving as North Central Regional Manager since 1997. Prior to that, he had instructed I-CAR courses for over a decade. “Lon’s passing is a great loss to I-CAR, its
AkzoNobel Sikkens Selected by GM Canada for Top Tuner Car
For the third consecutive year, General Motors of Canada selected AkzoNobel Sikkens for its “Top Tuner Car” that was displayed in the General Motors booth at the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas. The car, a Cadillac CTS, is a tribute to the tuner culture, which encompasses groups of automotive enthusiasts who enjoy mechanically and/or
California Eyeing Car-Repair Sales Tax
Auto repairs performed in California may be subject to a new sales tax if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) gets his way. Facing a budget deficit of more than $10 billion, Schwarzenegger has called a special session of the state legislature to determine how to handle the shortfall. The measure under consideration would raise the sales