Shop Profile: Collision Care Auto Body Centers
When Val Fichera and DeNardo Auto Body were first profiled in BodyShop Business in 1993, Fichera was a fledgling 21-year-old business owner with high ambitions. Nearly 20 years later, he has five locations with more than $14 million in gross sales.
The Perfect Body Shop Design
Where should the paint area go? The prep area? The estimating area? These are all questions shop owners find themselves asking in their pursuit of the ideal shop layout for maximum efficiency and productivity.
137 Articles and Counting
BodyShop Business Contributor Mark Clark, who will be celebrating his 25th year with the magazine in 2013, reflects on his 42-year career in the PBE and collision industries.
The Dream Is Alive
While strolling through his neighborhood, Editor Jason Stahl discovers that the American dream of owning a thriving small business isn’t quite dead yet.
Are You Doing Your Part to Get the Next Generation Interested in Auto Repair?
The average age of people working in the automotive aftermarket sector is getting higher. There needs to be more focus on getting younger people interested in auto repair.
State Farm PartsTrader: Is There a Snake in the Grass?
What I see at the moment is the single benefit of helping State Farm save dollars on parts expenditures. Should this be done at the expense of an industry that’s stretched thin as it is?
Web Presence Management: Understanding Facebook Timeline
Expert tips for setting up your shop’s Facebook Timeline fan page.
Maintenance Tips: Welders
How to maintain spot welders, MIG welders and TIG welders – straight from the manufacturers.
Waterborne/Low-VOC Automotive Refinishes
BodyShop Business examines the profitability of converting your shop to waterborne/low-VOC automotive refinishes, best practices for waterborne/low-VOC application and what the future holds.
Become Environmentally Friendly without Losing Money or Efficiency
Does converting to waterborne/low-VOC and pursuing other “green” practices translate to more green of the cash variety at body shops? My shop found that it can.
The Future of Automotive Paint
Expert Mark Clark asks paint manufacturers what the future of automotive refinishes will look like…and offers his own predictions as well.
Mastering Waterborne/Low-VOC Refinish Application
They say that old dogs can’t learn new tricks. But when it comes to auto painters and waterborne/low-VOC coatings, they’re going to have to. The tricks, though, are more like new habits they’ll have to develop to ensure success with this new refinishes.
