Mike Rowe on College: Don’t Rule Out Trade School
“We’re lending money we don’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to educate them for jobs that don’t exist anymore,” Mike Rowe says in a new video. “Bad idea.”
Meet Terry Koloc: BodyShop Business/ASE Master Collision Technician of the Year
After toiling as a shop owner in the 1980s, Terry Koloc of Norwood Young America, Minn., realized it wasn’t for him. But Koloc decided to stay in the collision repair business – and the industry is better off for it.
Collision Industry Conference: Bidding a Fond Farewell to Chuck Sulkala
Attendees of the Oct. 31 Collision Industry Conference (CIC) in Las Vegas paused from a busy agenda to bid a fond farewell to National Auto Body Council (NABC) Executive Director and founder Chuck Sulkala, who is retiring at the end of the year.
SCRS Technology Summit: Why Do Some OEMs Charge for Access to Collision Repair Procedures?
One of the more interesting conversations during the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit in Las Vegas centered on OEM repair procedures.
SCRS Technology Summit: The Collision Repair Industry Is Changing – ‘You Need to Change with It’
During the final session of the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit in Las Vegas, collision repairers had to confront some hard truths about their industry.
Outspoken Shop Owner Clay Hoberecht Looking for Attorney to Sue Insurers
“It’s very apparent that [insurers] are just sticking it to me to put me out of business,” Best Body Shop owner Clay Hoberecht says.
SCRS Technology Summit: Auto Body Industry Needs Licensing Requirements
Outside of Michigan, there are “minimal requirements for who can become a collision repairer,” attorney Erica Eversman said during the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ (SCRS) Nov. 2 OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit in Las Vegas.
Collision Industry Conference: Distracted Driving Is ‘Ruining Lives’
Gene Lopez of Seidner’s Collision Centers took a moment during the Oct. 31 Collision Industry Conference in Las Vegas to spread the word about the threat of distracted driving.
Collision Industry Conference: Are You Following OEM Procedures?
The $42 million verdict in the John Eagle Collision Center negligence lawsuit has seized the industry’s attention. The question is: Are shops implementing the lessons learned from the case?
Photo Gallery: 2017 SEMA Show in Las Vegas
The editorial and sales teams from BodyShop Business and other Babcox Media publications were on hand for the 2017 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
Lead Attorney in John Eagle Lawsuit Offers 11 Strategies to Help Body Shops Avoid Their Own $42 Million Verdict
Dallas attorney Todd Tracy just landed a $42 million verdict against John Eagle Collision Center for a negligent repair. Now he wants to protect the rest of the auto body industry from a similar fate.
SCRS Remembers March Taylor, Honors Gary Wano with Inaugural Award
Gary Wano, executive vice president of G.W. and Son Auto Body in Oklahoma City, is the recipient of the inaugural March Taylor Kina’ole Award.
