Lincoln Electric Announces SEMA Celebrity Appearance Lineup
Lincoln Electric will host television celebrities Chip Foose, Bryan Fuller and Jessi Combs as well as race driver Tony Schumacher in booth #24113 at this year’s SEMA Show, Nov. 2-5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Welding celebrity appearances include: Chip Foose Star of TLC’s Overhaulin’ and award-winning custom car designer Chip Foose arrives at
Fred Loya Insurance Company Selects UpdatePromise.com Solution for DRP Network
Fred Loya Insurance Company, Inc. has announced it will utilize UpdatePromise.com throughout its complete DRP Network. UpdatePromise.com delivers automatic and informative status update messages to body shop customers throughout the repair process and beyond. “We are excited about implementing UpdatePromise.com,” says Alfonso Loya, material damage manager at Fred Loya Insurance Company. “Entering this relationship will
GlasWeld Customers Take Top Honors at National, International Glass Repair Competitions
GlasWeld, a solutions provider for the glass repair industry, says that two of its customers have taken top honors at national and international auto glass repair competitions using GlasWeld windshield repair equipment. Randy Olson of Chip Medic in Bend, Ore., took home the gold medal at the 5th Annual Walt Gorman Memorial Windshield Repair Olympics
Indiana CARSTAR Group Raises $12,000 for Make-A-Wish
CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts of Northwest Indiana held their 5th annual charity golf outing benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana – Indiana Region. The event hosted over 55 hole sponsors and 115 golfers. With the help of corporate sponsors such as 3M, BASF, CCC, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Finishmaster and Hertz, CARSTAR
LKQ/Keystone and NSF to Discuss Assured Quality Aftermarket Replacement Parts in the Oct. 21 CREW Webcast
The Collision Repair Executive Webcast (CREW) will welcome Ron Wagman, senior vice president of operations, wholesale parts, and Terry Fortner, vice president of industry relations and market development, both from LKQ/Keystone Automotive Industries, along with Rob Frayer P.E., director of engineering NSF International. Wagman and Fortner will discuss LKQ’s Total Alternative Parts Solution, including the
Bill Creating Patent Exemption for Aftermarket Parts Gaining Co-Sponsors in Congress
Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Bob Filner (D-Calif.) joined Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) in support of the “Access To Repair Parts Act,” (H.R. 3059), which would create an exception from infringement of design patents for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture. Identical legislation has been introduced in
Allstate Files Lawsuit Against Toyota Over Acceleration Issue
Allstate filed a lawsuit against Toyota last Friday in hopes of recovering $3 million-plus it paid out for claims in accidents related to sudden acceleration. The suit claims Toyota disregarded evidence of acceleration problems in its automobiles and did not install a brake override system that would have prevented accidents. Like other lawsuits, the Allstate
CCAR Adds 17 Locations as ‘GreenLink Shops’
The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair (CCAR) announced 17 new recipients of the organization’s “GreenLink Shop” recognition. The GreenLink Shop status, an extension of CCAR’s CCAR-GreenLink Environmental Compliance Assistance Center and S/P2 Safety and Pollution Prevention E-learning Program, is designed to promote consumer confidence in local automotive repair facilities’ environmental/safety awareness and stewardship. The new
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TECH FEATURE: Repairing Advanced Metals
With more and more advanced metals being introduced in the structures of vehicles, it’s imperative that repairers understand their properties to ensure safe and quality repairs.
