OEConnection acquires Assured Performance, broadens reach in OEM certification

OEConnection, the North American auto industry’s largest technology provider for original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) distribution networks, has acquired the Assured Performance Network, further broadening the company’s management of OEM certification programs for collision centers. Assured [...]

2021-11-03T07:21:12-04:00November 3rd, 2021|RDN News Feed|

Keco wins Collision Repair & Refinish category at SEMA’s New Product Awards Breakfast

The New Product Awards Breakfast – also known as the SEMA Show Kickoff – again ignited a large crowd Tuesday morning as the Show recognized the most innovative and cutting-edge automotive products that will be [...]

2021-11-03T06:51:04-04:00November 3rd, 2021|RDN News Feed|

Consumer Reports raises red flags over insurers’ telematics programs

Telematics programs used by auto insurers to set premiums or offer discounts to their customers to often have “confusing and opaque” rules, and gather more information than is necessary, an investigation by Consumer Reports (CR) [...]

2021-11-02T07:21:03-04:00November 2nd, 2021|RDN News Feed|

CCC’s Gotsch begins MSO Symposium with a look at the future

After a COVID-related break, the 10th usually annual in-person MSO Symposium returned for 2021 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Monday. Susanna Gotsch, the senior director and industry analyst for CCC Intelligent Solutions kicked [...]

2021-11-02T06:51:36-04:00November 2nd, 2021|RDN News Feed|

LKQ: Revenues, profits from recycled parts outpacing aftermarket business

Supply chain restrictions affecting the aftermarket parts industry have brought about an increase in demand for recycled automotive parts, the president, CEO and director of LKQ Corporation told analysts during the company’s third quarter earnings [...]

2021-11-02T06:51:04-04:00November 2nd, 2021|RDN News Feed|

Expert offers advice to help shops stay in OSHA’s good graces

In real estate, the old saying goes, the three most important considerations are location, location, location. When it comes to surviving an inspection of your shop by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), [...]

2021-10-29T10:21:09-04:00October 29th, 2021|RDN News Feed|

Judge indicates he will accept new evidence in Mass. ‘Right to Repair’ case

A federal judge on Thursday said he is inclined to allow new evidence to be submitted in the Alliance for Automobile Innovation’s challenge of a new Massachusetts “Right to Repair” law, and asked both sides [...]

2021-10-29T07:21:04-04:00October 29th, 2021|RDN News Feed|

Wisconsin HS teacher wins national award for collision repair program

For the fifth straight year, Harbor Freight Tools for Schools has awarded more than $1 million to 18 public high school skilled trades teachers and their programs. This year with the supply chain snagged, parts [...]

2021-10-28T15:51:05-04:00October 28th, 2021|RDN News Feed|

Alliance: Mass. AG presents ‘nothing new’ in ‘Right to Repair’ lawsuit

Information gathered by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office showing that Subaru dealers have been voluntarily disabling the telematics systems in 2022 vehicles sold in Massachusetts establishes nothing new in a suit over the state’s new [...]

2021-10-28T07:21:04-04:00October 28th, 2021|RDN News Feed|
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