ASA Soliciting Estimates for Blend Within Panel Study
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) announced that it has embarked on an initiative to address “blend within a panel” or “zone refinish” with the goal of educating all stakeholders in the industry on this process, eliminating the arbitrary reduction of refinish times on damaged panels and getting collision repair shops more fairly compensated for the
ASA Soliciting Estimates for Blend Within Panel Study
Goal is to educate all stakeholders on blend within panel or “zone refinish” and get collision repairers more fairly compensated for properly refinishing damaged panels.
Caliber Collision Gifts Four Recycled Rides for Memorial Day
Four military veterans received refurbished vehicles during Carry The Load Memorial Marches in Texas.
Bumping Up Against Jeep Bumper Repairs
An ALLDATA representative offers an OEM information excerpt on the proper removal and installation of a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee front bumper.
First CARSTAR Location Opens in Oceanside, Calif.
Terry’s Auto Body CARSTAR is owned by E.J. Terry and managed by his grandson, Corey Terry.
ABRA Auto Body & Glass Enters Michigan Market
Latest opening brings total number of franchise and corporate repair centers to 126 in 14 states.
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.
Collision Repair Data Mining: Is It a Threat to Your Business?
Collision repairers are becoming increasingly concerned that their data is being used in ways they’re unaware of. They also feel it’s being used against them to control market dynamics.
Service King Collision Repair President Appoints New Vice President
Chris Abraham, president of Service King Collision Repair Centers, the nation’s largest employee-owned operator of collision repair centers, announced the appointment of Justin Regan as the company’s new vice president of the Houston market.
OBITUARY: Chet Taurence, Founder and Chairman of Painters Supply & Equipment
Chester E. Taurence, the founder and chairman of Taylor, Mich.-based Painters Supply & Equipment (PSE), died last week at the age of 92. Chet, as he was known in the business, founded PSE in 1952 after graduating from Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte and serving in the Army during World War II. PSE’s first location