Longtime Babcox Media Executive Becky Babcox Passes Away
Automotive aftermarket industry veteran died peacefully on Oct. 15, 2012, after long battle with Multiple System Atrophy.
Trademark Infringement Case Against AASP-NJ Dismissed
Rockland Exposition Incorporated’s claims regarding “NORTHEAST” trademark have been discharged after four years of litigation.
State Farm to Expand Parts Pilot to Chicago
Expansion will begin Sept. 17, but application will not be actively used by repairers until December 2012.
Team PRP Adds Y-Yard Auto & Truck to Network
Effective September 1, Y-Yard Auto & Truck, Inc., located in Effingham, Ill., became the latest automotive recycler to join the Team PRP network. This addition increases Team PRP’s nationwide association to 126 members. “It is with great pleasure that we welcome Y-Yard to our membership,” said Kent Rothwell, owner of Weaver Parts and chair of
AASP-MA Offers Tool Grants Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (AASP-MA) will offer tool grants through the Collision Repair Education Foundation next spring that will be available exclusively to Massachusetts collision students. The tool grants will be funded by AASP-MA members and local industry through several fundraisers the organization has planned. Massachusetts collision students will be able
AASP-MA to Offer Parts Procurement ‘Straight Talk’ at Statewide Meeting
Sept. 12 meeting will offer updates, reactions to parts bidding issue from SCRS’s Aaron Schulenburg, CCRE’s Tony Lombardozzi and others.
AkzoNobel Recognizes Most Influential Women in Collision at Special Ceremony
Industry’s most notable women honored in San Antonio during annual I-CAR Industry Event and Collision Industry Conference.
AASP/NJ Announces Opposition to State Farm PartsTrader Program
“We’re calling for all of our colleagues across the country to speak up and voice their displeasure with a program that could potentially devastate the industry,” said AASP/NJ Executive Director Charles Bryant.
Nearly 100 Golfers Participate in Eighth Annual Lou Scoras Memorial Golf Outing
Despite temperatures in the high 90s, nearly 100 golfers turned out to hit the links for the eighth annual Lou Scoras Memorial Golf Outing, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/NJ)’s yearly event in memory of the former association member. The event took place on Thursday, June 21. "What a fabulous turnout,"
AAIA Elects Tim Lee Chairman of the Board
Lee, of Lang Distributing, will replace current chairman Bob Egan of Federal-Mogul on July 1, 2012.
