The pending merger of Crash Champions and Service King is an indication that private equity firms are attracted to the collision repair industry, and that further consolidation should be expected, according to David Roberts, the [...]
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The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) announced Monday that it is launching a multifaceted initiative to address the shortage of technicians in the industry. The core of the initiative lies in a variety [...]
A second workshop, both in-person and virtually, will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to get feedback from the public on its proposed draft regulations for a [...]
Electronics giant Panasonic has announced that it will invest about $4 billion to establish a new plant for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in De Soto, Kansas, to help meet growing demand among U.S. automakers. “With [...]
A California consumer rights organization is asking a court to order Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s office to disclose records of all meetings with representatives of insurance companies involved in what it calls the office’s “pay-to-play [...]
State Farm Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the nation’s largest auto insurer, has made an investment in May Mobility, becoming one of the first US-based insurers to put money into autonomous vehicles (AVs). The Ann [...]
Crash Champions has confirmed its merger with Service King through an investment by Clearlake Capital Group, as first reported Thursday by Repairer Driven News. Clearlake, which is the majority owner of Service King, along with Crash Champions leadership will lead [...]
Among the not-included operations covered in Collision Advice’s latest “Who Pays For What?” Survey are post-collision cleanup, such as airbag residue cleanup, vehicle fluids, and old urethane, as well as pre-washing vehicles and cutting into [...]
Toyota has provided guidance to help repairers determine when a bumper cover on a vehicle with advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) features can be repaired, and when it must be replaced. In an article published [...]
