Author: Search Auto Parts | Automotive News – Collision Repair

Although painting plastic uses similar processes to refinishing other substrates, some special considerations and precautions must be taken to ensure a high-quality job.

There are a whole host of OSHA and HR compliance issues that collision shops need to be concerned about. You may not be aware of some of them.

Analysts agree that the forecast in 2012 for such things as total loss rates, repair costs and severity, and frequency of accidents and claims will be "steady as it goes."

Multiple supplements challenge your credibility with the adjuster and the supervisor, causing every line item on your supplement to get closer inspection.

The Repair Standards Advisory Committee, formed by the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) to address the apparent appetite for standards in the United States collision repair industry, has released the quantitative results from the study it ha…

Seven Fix Auto repair center locations participated this year in Recycled Rides®, a national program sponsored by the National Auto Body Council (NABC) through which body shops repair and donate refurbished vehicles to families and serv…

Driven Brands, the parent of Maaco Collision Repair & Auto Painting, Meineke Car Care Centers, Econo Lube N’ Tune, AutoQual, Aero Colours, Drive N Style, and Tortel.net, announced the addition of the Harvest Partners as the new primary …

Boyd Group Income Fund said it has entered into an agreement to acquire Master Collision Repair, which owns eight collision repair centers in the Tampa, Fla., market area under the trade name Master Collision Repair/

Meguiar’s Inc (a wholly owned subsidiary of the 3M Company) has come to the aid of 676 secondary and post-secondary collision programs across the country by donating sets of their Unigrit Fine Grade Blending and Finishing Discs through the Coll…

PPG has launched its new EC800 Ultra Fast Clearcoat, a high-production, 2.1-VOC air-dry clear for use with PPG’s Envirobase® High Performance system. The new clear is intended to support high-volume collision repair centers focused on c…