BASF Partners with INEOS Automotive on Global Body and Paint Program
INEOS Automotive and BASF’s Coatings division have signed an agreement on global automotive refinish body and paint development.
Auto Body Repair: The Right Way, the Wrong Way and Another Way
In a perfect world, every repairer would make the right decisions in every repair, but we don’t live in a perfect world.
Auto Body Consolidation Review 2023: Growth Never Rests
The collision repair industry has shown impressive resilience amidst a downturn in global M&A activity.
Auto Body Consolidation Update: There’s a New Buyer in Town
The good news for shops that want to sell but do not fit a consolidator’s
profile is that there is a fresh pool of new buyers.
Rolling into the Repair Shop: Advice on Moving Vehicles Safely and Efficiently
By Tony Ashmore and Brian O’Reilly With each damaged car that rolls into your repair shop, there’s a unique set of challenges. Perhaps it’s a vehicle hit hard on the front end that needs the motor taken out or a whole corner destroyed. In the automotive repair industry, safety and efficiency go hand in hand.
Austin Body Works: Oldest Shop in Austin, Texas
Austin Body Works’ original location opened in the early 1940s.
Is Your Auto Body Shop a Hobby … or a Business?
So you want to provide safe and properly repair vehicles to your customers … even at a financial loss?
An Ode to the Parts Cart: The Deceivingly Simple Solution to Optimizing Shop Productivity
By Tony Ashmore and Brian O’Reilly When it comes to managing your shop, in a perfect world there’s an organized, universal system. A system where every disassembled part is accounted for and stays perfectly intact, and where new parts are not misplaced, allowing every project to finish on time. Realistically though, we’re all human and
Maryland Body Shop Sues State Farm, Allstate Over Steering
Total Recon Auto Center is accusing the insurers of leading an “intentional, malicious campaign” against the repair center, which is an independent Tesla-certified shop.
BodyShop Business Honors Thomas Baunach with National Award
BodyShop Business recently recognized Thomas Baunach, an ASE-certified collision technician from Bethlehem, Pa., with the 2023 BodyShop Business/ASE Master Collision Repair & Refinish Technician of the Year award.
