Refinish Distributors Alliance Creates New Website
The Refinish Distributors Alliance (RDA) announced it has created a new website designed to give its members better access to member information, news, products, programs, services and a variety of tools each member can use to effectively compete against local and national footprint distributors. RDA provides combined purchasing power with unified marketing and business approaches
How to Sell Your Collision Repair Business
In order to sell your shop on your own terms, you have to be proactive, get your house in order and make sure your financial records are shipshape.
Nagy’s Collision Specialists Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Opened in 1973, business has grown to eight locations serving Northeastern Ohio.
ABRA Acquires Four Repair Centers Across Two States
Addition brings total number of facilities opened in 2012 to 27.
Sherwin-Williams A-Plus Vision Group Conference Focuses on Trends, KPIs
More than 100 shop owners gathered in Palm Springs, Calif., to glimpse the future of collision repair and position themselves for success.
CARSTAR Adds New Store in Florida
Opening of Perfection Collision CARSTAR represents first store in Ocala, Fla.
CARSTAR Adds New Location in Suburban Chicago
West-Hill CARSTAR in Hillside, Ill., expands MSO’s presence in Chicago market.
AkzoNobel Hosts Repair Planning Seminar
AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings (A&AC) North America recently hosted an area-wide training seminar entitled “The Role of the Repair Planner,” at AkzoNobel’s Canadian headquarters in Etobicoke, Ontario. Three half-day sessions, which were held Nov. 14–15, were specifically designed to educate body shop customers on the proper implementation of repair planning, a foundational component of
CARSTAR Opens 25th Ohio Location in Cleveland
CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts, North America’s largest multi-shop operator network (MSO), has announced the opening of Coach & Collision CARSTAR in Cleveland, Ohio. The opening of this new shop brings the total number of CARSTAR locations in Ohio to 25. Owned by Jeremy and Theresa Orsky, Coach & Collision CARSTAR is located at 1120
CCC Information Systems Acquires Injury Sciences LLC
CCC Information Services Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Injury Sciences LLC, a leader in providing insurance carriers with scientifically based analytic tools to help identify fraudulent and exaggerated injury claims associated with automobile accidents. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “Injury Sciences is the pioneer of injury causation