Repairers Win Lifetime Subscriptions to Provide Mobile Phone Apps to Customers
Summit Mobile Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Summit Software Solutions, announced three winners of the company’s drawing at NACE 2009 for lifetime subscriptions to Help I Crashed My Car and MarketPlace, a customer service, sales, marketing, advertising and communication software platform. Paramount Auto Body of Reno, Nev., Auto Tech and Body of Pompano Beach,
CCC Uses Viral Marketing (and Humor) to Spread Message
The collision repair industry is serious business, but it can be pretty funny, too. And the team at CCC Information Services has captured some of the best stereotypes and inside jokes and turned them on their head in a series of humorous videos called “The Shop,” which it’s billing as a series on “how NOT
California Repairers Gear Up for Class Action Suit Against State Farm
Approximately 80 people from 40 Northern California body shops met on Nov. 12 to discuss steering issues related to State Farm, and G & C Autobody owner Gene Crozat made it abundantly clear to those in attendance what he plans to do about it. “My intent is to sue the heck out of State
Service King Collision Repair Readying Recycled Ride for Texas Family
Service King Collision Repair Centers, a member of the National Auto Body Council (NABC), is readying its contribution to the nationwide Recycled Rides vehicle donation program. The program is a community awareness project whereby members of NABC repair and donate recycled vehicles to families in need. Participating collision centers are scheduled to make simultaneous vehicle
MAACO Becomes Quality Parts Coalition Member
Following the conclusion of the International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE), the Quality Parts Coalition (QPC) announced MAACO Franchising, Inc. is the newest member of the group that says it’s dedicated to preserving consumer choice and competition in the automotive aftermarket. MAACO joins QPC as it moves closer to advancing the “Access to Repair Parts
I-CAR Recognizes Past Advisory Council Chairs
I-CAR recognized two industry leaders as they concluded serving as chairmen of the training organization’s Industry Segment Advisory Councils (ISACs) at meetings held this month in Las Vegas during NACE. Paul Blaski, training director with Sterling Autobody Centers, served as chairman of the Collision Repair Facility ISAC, and Mike DeVoss, estimatic section manager with State
I-CAR Education Foundation Names Instructor of the Year
Phil Tanner, a collision repair instructor from Irmo High School in Columbia, South Carolina, was named the I-CAR Education Foundation’s 2009 Instructor of the Year. Tanner received an expense-paid trip to NACE 2009, where he was recognized for this achievement and honored with an award during the first annual I-CAR Education Foundation Donor Recognition Reception.
BSB Names Collision Repair Shop Executive of the Year
BodyShop Business presented Lee Amaradio, Jr. with its 2010 Collision Repair Shop Executive of the Year Award at the annual International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) in Las Vegas. Amaradio is president and founder of Faith Quality Auto Body in Murrieta, Calif. The award has been given since 1984 to a true collision repair visionary
Pennsylvania School Wins $50,000 Collision Education Makeover Grant
The I-CAR Education Foundation announced Steel Center Area Vocational Technical School in Jefferson Hills, Pa., is the winner of the $50,000 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover Grant. The $50,000 grant will be used to purchase equipment, curriculum, instructor training and supplies. Selected from over 30 school applications, the school’s collision repair program is supported by instructor
Mitchell International Acquires Scene Genesis
Mitchell International, Inc., announced that it has completed the purchase of Scene Genesis, a Web-based workflow and connectivity solutions provider dedicated to improving the claims handling process for insurers, independent appraisers and shops. Scene Genesis products include SceneExchange, an online community that connects shops that have the capacity to perform repairs with vehicle owners who