FCAI: Chinese police bust $1M counterfeit Toyota parts ring; components include airbags
— June 9, 2016Chinese police have seized 33,000 counterfeit Toyota and Lexus parts — including airbags and brake
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CCC’s Carwise up to 1 million shop reviews taken from CSI feedback
— June 7, 2016CCC’s review site Carwise, which posts the CSI-type feedback customers leave through the estimating
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CREF: Fall auto body career fairs have discounted rates for smaller shops; new resume database available
— June 6, 2016Facing a technician shortage at your auto body shop — as well as a cash flow shortage because of
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Private equity firm Providence Equity buys majority stake in OEConnection
— June 3, 2016Private equity firm Providence Equity will buy a majority stake in OEConnection, the auto parts e-commerce
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SCRS: Register for tours of SEMA Garage, ‘Don’s Garage’ in August during CIC/NACE
— June 1, 2016Forget Disneyland while you’re in Anaheim for NACE and CIC Week. Register today for a trip to the
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Greg Coccaro Sr., N.Y. shop owner who triumphed over Progressive, dies at 66
— May 31, 2016Greg Coccaro Sr., the former owner of an upstate New York auto body shop whose legal battle with Progressive
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Oak Ridge develops laser preparation method for better carbon fiber-aluminum bonding
— May 27, 2016Researchers led by the federal Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a laser surface prep method
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‘A validation of our business model’: LKQ joins the S&P 500
— May 24, 2016Reflecting not only its clout in an increasingly consolidating jobber market but how far the Chicago-based
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FCA to add certified auto body shop network in Canada as OEM programs heat up in the U.S.
— May 24, 2016Joining a similar FCA program in the U.S., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced Wednesday that it would
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Data security: CIECA BMS videos for 7 collision repair stakeholders available
— May 23, 2016The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association announced Monday that it has completed and posted
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