CIC Week CREF fair part of intensified auto body workforce development effort
— April 20, 2016The Collision Repair Education Foundation’s company fair Thursday is one component of an intensified
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Get live updates from SCRS Repairer Roundtable, CIC Day 1 today at 8:30 a.m. PT
— April 20, 2016Welcome back to our coverage from the Seattle Collision Industry Conference Week events. Today, follow
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Hyundai working on OEM auto body repair procedures for U.S. shops
— April 18, 2016Hyundai, the only major American OEM lacking collision repair instructions for U.S. auto body shops,
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UPDATE: Hyundai only major OEM without U.S. auto body repair guidelines — but OEM ‘working on it’
— April 18, 2016Hyundai remains the only major American OEM lacking collision repair instructions for U.S. auto body
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Reason R Street op-ed on proposed Calif. rate studies, steering rule misses the mark
— April 15, 2016A writer from the free-market R Street Institute last month attacked California’s proposed body
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Autocar: BMW X5, X7 to join 3, 5, 6 Series in switches to platform used on ‘Carbon Core’ 7 Series
— April 15, 2016Autocar reported Thursday that the BMW X5 will join the 5 Series in shifting to a BMW architecture which
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Growth, tech shortage, scans: 3 more collision repair-related highlights from Meineke head
— April 14, 2016Meeting the need for calibration and scans in newer-model vehicles will probably stay a task for mechanical
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Meineke high-tech customer service plan might have lessons for collision repair industry
— April 14, 2016Forget sending a customer a calendar and calling it a year. Meineke’s president last month described
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Tesla roundup: Model 3 pre-orders at 325K, Model X magnesium, Bolt maker GM undaunted
— April 14, 2016Tesla reached 325,000 pre-orders in the first week of the $35,000-baseline, 200-mile Model 3 —
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Mitchell: Don’t lose out by omitting the ‘forgettables’ on estimates
— April 13, 2016Mitchell recently released a free checklist of “forgettables” — items estimators
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