The Essential Craftsman
I’ve been a car guy forever. I drew cartoon Bucket T’s with flat-head V-8s, velocity stacks, headers and flames on my grade school notebooks.
CARSTAR Colorado Business Group Joins Collision Repair Education Foundation Career Fair in Denver
One of the significant opportunities in today’s collision repair industry is inspiring young adults to pursue careers as collision repair professionals – filling the need for skilled technicians trained to work on technologically advanced vehicles.
Collision Repair Education Foundation Offering $200,000 in Grants and Scholarships to Collision Students
The grants and scholarships are available to high school and postsecondary collision students who will be attending career and technical schools and colleges in the fall.
Over $200,000 Available to Collision Students This Spring Through Collision Repair Education Foundation
The scholarship and tool grant application is available through the Foundation’s website, with a deadline of Feb. 16th to apply.
Two Collision Repairers Inducted into AASP-NJ Hall of Fame
Peter Cook, of P&N Auto Works and Citro’s Auto Body, has been a member of the association since the 1980s and Dan Hawtin, of Auto Body Craftsman, Inc., was a significant force in the early days of the AASP/NJ merger.
Certified Collision Group Adds Independent Collision Repair Operator to 1stCERTIFIED Platform
With the California addition of Red Hill Collision Center, the group now offers more than two dozen affiliate locations in four states.
Certified Collision Group Expands 1stCERTIFIED Platform to 26 Shops in Four States
CCG continues to expand from California into Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
Collision Industry Foundation Announces Mitchell’s Greg Horn as New Trustee
At Mitchell, Horn provides guidance to Mitchell’s Product Management and Business Analytics teams, playing an important role in shaping Mitchell’s solution portfolio.
Idaho Collision Repairers Select National AutoBody Research to Implement Ray Gunder Real-Time Labor Rate Survey
Survey will eliminate “prevailing rate” and instead produce a range of market-based prices for shop labor and material rates based on shops’ location, training, equipment and certifications.
Autobody Craftsman Association Closes Doors After 38 Years
The Autobody Craftsman Association (ACA) announced that its executive board of directors decided to shut its doors and close its books after 38 years of service to the collision repair industry in Washington State and, for a period of time, in Idaho. For several years, the association suffered from dwindling membership as consolidation and the