ABRA Announces Top Repair Centers
ABRA Auto Body & Glass recently announced its President’s Club award winners. ABRA’s Iowa City, Iowa, center won in the over $2 million yearly revenue category, and the Eau Claire, Wis., center won in the under $2 million yearly revenue category. ABRA’s President’s Club winners are determined based on three sets of criteria: percent of
Big Bucks Paid for Bugatti ‘Barn Find’
The 1937 Bugatti supercar recently unearthed in a deceased doctor’s garage in northern England sold to a European collector for about $4.4 million at a Paris auction Feb. 6. Auction house Bonham’s sold the Bugatti Type 57S Atalante at its Retromobile car show and sale on behalf of the heirs of its last owner, Dr.
AASP-MN Annual Meeting and Convention Announced
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota’s (AASP-MN) meeting and convention will be held February 27-28 at the Holiday Inn St. Paul East, St. Paul, Minn. The event’s line-up includes programs for mechanical and collision repair shop owners, managers and technicians, as well as industry suppliers. Friday’s schedule includes sessions on telephone skills, closing
Nick Notte Named President of Sterling Autobody Centers
Sterling Autobody – a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Non-Insurance Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation –announced that Nick Notte has been named president of Sterling Autobody Centers. As president, Notte will be responsible for overseeing operations for Sterling’s network of 60 autobody stores in 16 states and eight metropolitan locations. Notte replaces
Allstate Names New Auto Director for Claim Organization
Allstate recently announced that Randy Hanson has been named auto director of Allstate’s claim organization. Hanson previously served as a senior manager within claims and brings 30 years of experience to his new role. Hanson has held various leadership roles within Allstate, including property claim manager, staff claim analyst and senior manager of the Priority
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PPG and ASE Honor Master Refinish Technician of the Year
Richard Knieper was given the PPG/Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Master Refinish Technician of the Year Award at ASE’s annual Board of Directors Industry Awards Dinner held in San Diego, Calif., on Nov. 19. Bill Troyer, PPG Automotive Refinish manager of training, presented the award to Knieper. The award is given annually to the PPG collision
Car-O-Liner Welder Awarded to Wisconsin Career and Technical School
Jerome Goodson, an industry instructor at Fox Valley Technical College located in Appleton, Wis., has won a Car-O-Liner CR 55 Aluminum Stud Welder and Dent Repair Tools in a giveaway sponsored by Car-O-Liner, I-CAR, ASE, the I-CAR Education Foundation and the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). For the fifth year in a row, these
Marjorie Brody to Keynote Third WIN Conference
The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) will host its third annual conference March 22 to 24, 2009 at the Omni Parkwest in Dallas, Texas. The keynote speaker at this year’s conference will be Marjorie Brody, an internationally recognized speaker who has authored over 18 books and served as key advisor to the media and broadcast industries.
AASP Elects New Leaders
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) elected Massachusetts shop owner and educator Rick Starbard to lead the association when it voted for its executive committee Nov. 7 in Las Vegas. Starbard is president of Rick’s Auto Collision in Revere, Mass., and a collision repair instructor at Lynn Technical High School in Lynn, Mass. He