The Certified Aftermarket Parts Association this month explained different notifications and classifications it might apply to a component besides a typical certification. CAPA decertifies, deletes and sends out Public Notices and Safety Alerts related to [...]
ASE Education Foundation Vice President George Arrants recently warned the collision industry that the pipeline for its future workforce is “collapsing.” Arrants presented Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicating that the “Automotive body and related [...]
An ASE Education Foundation review and overhaul of vo-tech accreditation requirements has largely preserved the thresholds collision education programs need to qualify for recognition. The ASE Education Foundation said it solicited input from parties “including [...]
SEMA last month announced a floorplan overhaul which dedicates the entire South Hall Upper space to the Collision Repair and Refinish and Tools and Equipment branches of the show. The move of the two categories [...]
Opus IVS announced Thursday that the AAA affiliate insurer CSAA had declared the scan tool manufacturer “their preferred collision scanning solution for its Direct Repair Network.” Opus, formerly known as Drew Technologies, said the nation’s [...]
The Hall of Eagles announced Thursday CCC Vice President Dan Risley, TenPoint Complete CEO Doug Webb and retired Herberts-DuPont-Axalta veteran executive turned “Collisionista” Petra Schroeder have been named to the collision industry’s hall of fame. [...]
More than half of body shops polled in the latest “Who Pays for What?” survey said leading national insurers “always” or “most of the time” reimburse the cost of masking the engine compartment. The response [...]
The Women’s Industry Network on Wednesday announced it had selected 10 candidates as the 2021 Most Influential Women award winners. It was “the largest group to be recognized in the 22 years since the award’s [...]
Calling it “one of the most unique membership drives of SCRS’ history,” the Society of Collision Repair Specialists announced Wednesday it and Spanesi would raffle off a Touch to one of the organization’s members. The [...]
NJM Insurance on Tuesday said it discarded its March 31 deadline for COVID-19 vehicle cleaning charges and instead would reimburse the operation “for the foreseeable future.” The insurer as late as Friday was declaring it [...]
