Business Management: Electronic Avenue
A lot of body shops are still ordering parts via the phone or fax, but electronic parts procurement is slowly but surely gaining ground.
ABRA Auto Body & Glass Acquires USA Collision Centers
Sixty days after MSO’s initial entry into Ohio, ABRA expands its presence in the state and increases its portfolio to 243 repair centers in 19 states.
ABRA Auto Body & Glass Acquires Shop in Knoxville, Tenn.
Acquisition of Knoxville Collision Center increases total number of stores to 194 in 17 states.
Boyd Group to Acquire Six-Store Collision Operation Based in Denver
$4.4 Million Deal for Pearl Auto Body will double Boyd’s number of Denver market locations to 12.
House Committee on Financial Services Holds Insurance Hearing
The House Committee on Financial Services recently held a hearing titled, “U.S. Insurance Sector: International Competitiveness and Jobs.” Witnesses included The Honorable Michael McRaith, director of the newly created Federal Insurance Office (FIO), and The Honorable Kevin McCarty, insurance commissioner for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, speaking on behalf of the National Association of Insurance
ABRA Auto Body & Glass Opens 123rd Facility
New Macon, Ga., facility represents 7th new repair center opening in past 30 days.
ABRA Acquires Five-Store Bradshaw Collision Repair Operation
Minnesota-based consolidator increases footprint in Tennessee and boosts total shop count to 122 in 12 states.
ALLDATA and CARSTAR Franchise Systems Inc. Enter Into Strategic Agreement
More than 400 CARSTAR auto body repair facilities will use ALLDATA Collision S3500 as their preferred provider of OE collision repair information.
BSB Presents Collision Repair Shop Executive of the Year Award at NACE Show
BodyShop Business Publisher Scott Shriber presented Mike LeVasseur with the 2011 Collision Repair Shop Executive of the Year Award at the annual International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) in Orlando Oct. 5-8. LeVasseur is partner, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Keenan Auto Body Inc. based in Philadelphia, Pa. The award has been
Former Safelite CEO Named APU Solutions Chairman
APU Solutions, a web-software developer for the auto-insurance, collision-repair and alternative-part industries, named former Safelite Auto Glass CEO Dan Wilson as chairman of the board. “Dan’s a winner who led the No. 1 vehicle-glass repair and replacement business in the U.S., and now he’s set on taking APU to the next level,” said Charles Lukens,