The Collision Repair Education Foundation on Tuesday announced its mission to help needy auto body vo-tech programs had been jeopardized a lack of resources on its own part. There are a couple of bright spots [...]
Caliber Collision last month announced it would repay landlords all back rent owed and would resume expansion — “with expectations to add over 100 new centers in 2020.” In an Aug. 31 letter to landlords [...]
State Farm on Thursday announced its first purchase of a fellow carrier in its 98-year-old history: a $400 million cash deal for nonstandard auto insurer GAINSCO. “We believe this acquisition positions both our company and [...]
Fix Network World CEO Steve Leal on Wednesday shared more details about his plans for a U.S. arm of ProColor Collision, including that the company had already begun talks with American body shops. “We’re already [...]
Mitchell this week reported internal data showing “nearly 50% of vehicles repaired include a charge on the estimate for Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) scanning” in the second quarter of 2020. That’s up from “less than [...]
I-CAR and Ford last month taught repairers about using Ford’s official OEM repair instruction website MotorcraftService.com with a look at a repair procedure some estimators, technicians and insurers might have overlooked. The joint I-CAR and [...]
Global collision repair franchisor Mondofix announced Tuesday it would expand its major Canadian ProColor Collision franchise brand into the United States. “It offers independent body shops in the US an opportunity to join one of [...]
An aviation technician last month told a VeriFacts Guild 21 call that aerospace repairers risked noncompliance by using anything other than that day’s repair procedures. The Aug. 13 webinar by aviation and power plant technician [...]
Rewritten Department of Labor guidance issued Friday might offer auto body shop employers, employees, and managers greater clarity on the federal COVID-19 paid sick leave rules for small businesses. The “Families First Coronavirus Response Act,” [...]
Rewritten Department of Labor guidance issued Friday might offer auto body shop employers, employees, and managers greater clarity on the federal COVID-19 paid sick leave rules for small businesses. The “Families First Coronavirus Response Act,” [...]
