Hurricane Harvey: Some Collision Repairers Reopen, Others Not So Lucky
In the days and weeks following Hurricane Harvey, we’ll get a clearer picture of the storm’s impact on collision repairers, and we’ll see the industry’s generosity in full force.
AASP/NJ, SCRS Team Up for Annual Leadership Meeting at NORTHEAST 2017
The meeting will address many of the technological advancements in the industry as well as workforce development and hiring the right people who can address that technology.
The Tech Shortage
Some of the same workforce issues that existed 10 years ago exist today, but the industry has stepped up its efforts to solve them.
Collision Repair Education Foundation to Host Career Awareness Event in Dallas
Free-to-attend event to convene marketplace leaders to showcase collision repair careers available.
Training: The Days of Getting By Without It Are Over
The days of getting by without ongoing training are over. So what will you do? Recruit people who are already trained, or take on the training yourself?
Consolidation
The pace of consolidation has quickened within the last few years. What does it mean for the industry and the single-store independents that must compete with multiple-shop operators?
Turning Passion Into Profit
In an enterprise that typically results in a major profit drain, one southeast Texas shop has bucked the trend and, in fact, turned a passion into profit.
ASA Announces 2011 Collision Division Operations Committee
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) has announced its 2011 Collision Division Operations Committee. Dan Stander, Fix Auto Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Colo., continues his two-year term as Collision Division director. As such, Stander serves on ASA’s board of directors and is chairman of the ASA Collision Division Operations Committee. Additional members of the operations committee announced
Collision Repair Education Foundation Grants Tools to Dozens of Students
The Collision Repair Education Foundation, with the help of GEICO, ABRA Auto Body & Glass and Craftsman, recently awarded spring tool grants and scholarships to dozens of collision repair students throughout the United States. GEICO The Collision Repair Education Foundation and GEICO Philanthropic Foundation announced the winners of the GEICO Spring Scholarship and Tool Grant.
ASA Honors Member Achievements at 2010 ‘ASRW Awards Luncheon’
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) honored several of its members last week during the ASRW Awards Luncheon. Held in Las Vegas during ASA’s annual trade shows – the International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE) and the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) – the annual luncheon provides a platform in which the association can