Michigan-Based Collex Collision Experts Adds 15th Location
ntry level janitors and lot porters, to highly skilled auto body repair technicians and managers. Collex Collision’s employee training program allows the company to hire smart, capable individuals and train them to perform high quality repairs and provide outstanding customer service. Collex Collision acquired the former Winner’s Dodge Collision facility on Allen Road and will
Sterling Autobody Centers Conducts Safety Training for Collision School Programs
Sterling Autobody Centers recently kicked off its new "Techs of Tomorrow, Safety & Environmental Training Series" for schools across the country. With support from safety consultant Environmental, Risk Management & Safety, Inc. (ERS), Sterling offers training to local market secondary and post secondary collision schools via the Collision Repair Education Foundation. Topics covered include: Hazard
GEICO Awards $1,500 Tool Grants Via Collision Repair Education Foundation
The Collision Repair Education Foundation (formerly the I-CAR Education Foundation) and GEICO Philanthropic Foundation have announced the winners of the GEICO Tool Grant Program. The program will offer $1,500 in tool purchases for the selected schools. The schools selected for this award are in New York; Washington, D.C.; Florida and California and were applicants for
Celette Expands Distribution in Southeastern U.S.
Celette, Inc. has added four new distributors to its network in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. GA Spraybooths, a division of ACS, the largest automotive paint supplier in Georgia, is a full-service body shop and dealer supplier. They are aggressively expanding their presence in the structural repair market with the addition of the Celette line.
Allstate Agrees to $10 Million Settlement after Claims Handling Investigation
Allstate has agreed to pay a $10 million regulatory settlement following an 18-month targeted National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) multi-state market conduct examination of Allstate’s claims handling practices, New York State Insurance Superintendent James J. Wrynn announced. The NAIC examination, for which New York was one of the lead states, focused primarily on Allstate’s
Collision Revision Opens New Location in Illinois
Collision Revision, a Chicago, Ill.-based operator of collision repair centers in Illinois, Indiana and Florida, has acquired Leyden Auto Body in Melrose Park, Ill. This center is 15,000 square feet and has served Melrose Park for more than 30 years. The family that operated the business, led by brothers Chris and Robert Farina, will also
Repair Planning Can Improve Shop Efficiency, With or Without Other Lean Processes
Repair planning – tearing a vehicle down to create an accurate damage assessment before the actual repair begins – is a simple way for even non-lean shops to improve cycle time, estimate accuracy and customer and insurer satisfaction. Lean expert Steve Feltovich, manager of business consulting services for Sherwin-Williams, emphasized this during the Sherwin-Williams EcoLean
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Fax Scam Latest to Target Body Shops
A scam involving fraudulent faxes to body shops has police on alert in Saskatoon, Canada, and similar scams carried out by e-mail and phone have continued to plague shops all over North America throughout 2009. The Saskatoon Police Service Fraud Section said this week it has received complaints from body shops regarding a fax they’ve
GEICO Donates $21,000 to I-CAR Education Foundation
Along with donating $15,000 to the I-CAR Education Foundation’s Collision Repair Education Campaign, the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation announced additional scholarship opportunities for students studying collision repair. The GEICO Scholarship Program will offer a $1,500 tuition-and-tool-purchase scholarship to each of four recipients – $1,000 for tuition reimbursement and $500 for tool purchases – for an additional