Assured Performance Appoints Michael Quinn Executive Vice President
Quinn will assume responsibility for the general business operations at Assured Performance including sales, marketing and business development.
Estimates: Waste of Time or Path to Profit?
The insurer is going to write what they want, so why bother writing your own sheet, right? But writing your own estimates increases profits due to decreased cycle time.
CARSTAR Raises $135,000 for Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts has announced that in 2014, its corporate team and store owners around the country banded together to hold fundraising events for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America and its local chapters that generated nearly $135,000 for the ongoing wish-granting activities of the charity. Several high-profile events included: CARSTAR Liss Auto Body
Leading Edge Auto Refinishes Merges with The WESCO Group
Leading Edge Auto Refinishes, headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., announced it has joined The WESCO Group, headquartered in Seattle, Wash. Servicing Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska, WESCO is now one of the largest privately-owned paint distributors in America. “This partnership allows Leading Edge to maintain our family-owned business roots and retain ownership
Insure.com Survey Highlights States with Rudest Drivers
Drivers from Idaho, Washington, D.C., and New York have been deemed the rudest drivers, according to asurvey by Insure.com, an independent consumer insurance information website. Also judged to be quite rude are drivers from Wyoming, Massachusetts, Vermont and Delaware. Here’s how the top 10 rudest drivers rank, based on a survey of 2,000 licensed drivers
Caliber Collision Collects Record Amount of Donations through Food Drive
Three-week food drive netted 33,325 pounds of food, $105,000 in cash and a $20,000 corporate donation.
Service King Collision Repair Centers Finalizes Sterling Collision Centers Acquisition
Sterling’s 62 locations will begin operating as Service King immediately, and the rebranding of Sterling stores across the country began on June 3, 2014.
Caliber Collision Opens Two Locations in Los Angeles Area
New Glendale and North Hollywood locations bring total number of stores to 167 in country; 81 in California.
Refinish Distributors Alliance Board Tours East Valley Institute of Technology
RDA has partnership with Arizona school that provides state-of-the-art training to collision technicians and those preparing to enter the industry.
PPG Announces 2014 Show Truck Tour Dates
Seventy-five-foot 2007 Coronado Freightliner tractor-trailer rig decked out in PPG products will appear at 18 major car, truck and hot rod shows.