July CIC Meeting Focused on Future of Repair Training
Some 300 attendees gathered at the Salt Lake City Sheraton in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 21-22 to gain insight into the future of repair training at the summer Collision Industry Conference (CIC) meeting hosted by the CIC Education and Training Committee. They also had the opportunity to ask questions of training providers that
AkzoNobel Acoat Selected Titanium NPG Champions DEG and March Taylor Educational Fund
AkzoNobel Acoat selected Titanium NPG is sponsoring two special initiatives designed to impact two crucial needs within the collision repair industry, database integrity and industry training. A total of $3,000 will be donated as “seed investments” to spur others to follow. The first initiative salutes the improvements that the Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG) has made
AASP Industry Improvement Grants Available
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) is once again accepting grant applications to fund initiatives having the purpose of improving or advancing the collision and mechanical repair industries. Grant requests will be accepted through March 31 and reviewed at the AASP Board of Directors meeting on April 28. The Industry Improvement Grant initiative was
DEG Accepting Applications for Position of Administrator
The Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG), a collaborative initiative developed by the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP), the Automotive Service Association (ASA) and the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS), announced that it’s conducting a search for a new program administrator. The DEG, which was started in 2008, was established to provide collision estimating system
Get to Know the DEG
he Database En-hancement Gateway. It sounds a little like a term you might hear in a Star Trek episode, doesn’t it? (Cue Star Trek theme song): "All crew members brace yourselves, we’re putting the ship into warp drive to reach the Database Enhancement Gateway!" But it has nothing to do with space or science fiction
AASP Elects New Leadership
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) has elected its Executive Committee for 2011-2012. The election was held at AASP’s board of directors meeting on November 3, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Massachusetts shop owner Rick Starbard will serve a second term as president. The following AASP board members will join Starbard on the
ASA Provides Legislative, Division Updates at 2010 ASRW
Representatives of the Automotive Service Association (ASA) were on hand Oct. 12 in Las Vegas for a morning press conference to discuss new initiatives, goals and completed projects for the association and its members. The press conference was held during ASA’s International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE) and Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS)
AkzoNobel Hosts 17th Annual Sikkens Acoat selected Summer Conference
Members of the AkzoNobel Acoat selected National Performance Group gathered Aug. 25-27 at the Fairmont Chicago in Chicago, Ill., for its 17th annual Summer Conferece. The 2010 program drew around 200 attendees from collision repair centers throughout North America. The Acoat selected program is comprised of industry leaders representing the largest and most progressive collision
AASP Industry Improvement Grants Available
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) is now accepting grant applications to fund initiatives with the purpose of improving or advancing the collision and mechanical repair industries. Grant requests will be accepted through Sept. 30 and reviewed at the AASP Board of Directors meeting in November. Citing the wealth of great ideas that exist
AkzoNobel Sikkens Acoat selected to Hold 17th Summer Conference in Chicago
August 25-27 will find members of the AkzoNobel Sikkens Acoat selected National Performance Group gathering at the Fairmont Chicago in Chicago, Ill., for the 17th Annual Summer Conference. In addition to performance benchmarking with their peers participants will also benefit from classes on: • Collision Industry Mega Trends – Perspectives from State Farm, Allstate and