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Industry professionals are invited to join Applied Technology Center in Rock Hill, S.C., and the Collision Repair Education Foundation Thursday morning May 17th for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the winner of the third annual Ultimate …

PPG Automotive Refinish launched Paint It, a Web-based application to help collision centers find the most current automotive color information for domestic and import vehicles. This tool is designed to make color identification and selection i…

While sales of new light vehicles in the United States continued at a brisk pace in March 2012, the types of vehicles being purchased, as well as the types of buyers and the average transaction price are rapidly changing, according J.D. Power a…

Leif’s Auto Centers, of Portland, Ore., will start a new statewide educational campaign called "Ask Leif’s" on May 14.

LKQ Corp. announced a new warranty protection program that will indemnify licensed auto repair shops against injury or damage caused by a defective aftermarket vehicle replacement product distributed by LKQ.

The Women’s Industry Network (WIN) welcomes Jessica Voss- Kehl, Senior Product Development Supervisor, 3M and Melissa Perez, District Sales Manager, FinishMaster Inc. as the newest Directors to its Board.

Volkswagen of America (VWoA) selected OEConnection LLC, to support their ongoing collision programs. Under the agreement, dedicated resources from OEConnection will conduct field visits to thousands of collision repair facilities and hundreds o…

Caliber Collision Centers acquired Crown Auto Body (part of the Crown Dodge dealership group) and reopened the location as Caliber Ventura. The 20,000 square foot collision repair facility opened April 2 and is Caliber’s eighth new center in 2012.

PPG has partnered with Auto Claim Solutions, an Arlington, Texas-based, vehicle repair information company, to provide collision centers with an advanced integrated repair management system, according to PPG global color director Mary Kimbro an…

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers – Minnesota (AASP-MN) invites all collision and mechanical industry professionals to attend its 18th annual Golf Outing, Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 3M’s Tartan Park Golf Course in Lake Elmo.