Novelis on Thursday announced OEMs could buy a new 6XXX aluminum automotive body sheet “that exceeds industry standards for strength, lightweighting, formability, performance and structural…
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Private equity firm Genstar Capital will buy a controlling interest in OEConnection, though Ford and General Motors will retain their minority shares. The deal with…
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An estimating system’s stock 0.4-0.5 hours to aim a headlight likely does not reflect the actual labor required on the vehicle, a recent “Repair University”…
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Collision repairers might fail to grasp the complexity of the seemingly simple act of aiming a headlight, a recent “Repair University” suggested. An estimating system’s…
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The ASE Education Foundation seeks to create an entry-level collision repair school accreditation program which might alleviate the financial burden of accreditation on some vocational…
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A Subaru can require extensive inspections after a collision, and such close scrutiny has been required by other OEMs as well, experts said last month….
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A body shop will need to pay the average production technician $54,842, and nearly one in third of staffers $70,000 or more to compete with…
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The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association on Thursday announced it had named State Farm veteran Ed Weidmann as interim executive director following the departure of…
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The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner cited a lack of facts July 2 in rejecting a petition to clarify in regulation that insurers must…
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After dialing back an exemption for auto glass companies and declaring aftermarket scanning and calibration tools acceptable, the New Hampshire Legislature this month sent an…
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