FCAI praises ‘strong signal’ on OEM parts from major Australian insurer IAG
— March 17, 2017One of Australia’s largest insurance companies has announced promising results from a trial partnership
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IBIS conference Twitter feed: Get ‘elevator pitches’ of collision industry insights
— March 3, 2017We’re guessing that like us, not many of you had an extra couple grand lying around to fly to the
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Collision Repair Magazine, CIIA: Road Trust ‘accreditation program with teeth’ moves forward in Canada
— February 28, 2017The Collision Industry Information Assistance trade group last month updated the Canadian auto body repair
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FCAI: GM-Holden testing finds aftermarket hood flyup risk
— February 22, 2017General Motors subsidiary Holden’s testing of an aftermarket hood in Australia found it at risk
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FCAI: 500,000 counterfeit auto parts found in UAE raid
— February 1, 2017A warehouse raid led to the seizure of 500,000 “fake and counterfeit” car parts in the
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Safelite parent company Belron makes collision moves in Canada, Belgium
— January 27, 2017Safelite parent Belron will expand further from glass to more auto body work with its late 2016 acquisitions
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CARSTAR call center to connect crashed Canadian visitors with U.S. body shops
— January 18, 2017Capitalizing on its large Canadian and U.S. networks, CARSTAR has announced a new “Care Center”
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Collision repair reporting center launches in Virginia; CIIA shares considerations for U.S. shops, towers
— December 29, 2016The Roanoke Times has been reporting about the new Virginia collision repair reporting centers, an 18-month
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Guest column: CIIA’s progress in enforcing, promoting auto body tech competency
— December 28, 2016Editor’s note: Shortages of personnel to fill auto body industry positions and abundances of employees
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LKQ sells off OEM auto glass business of PGW to Vitro for $310M
— December 19, 2016LKQ announced Monday it would sell off what appears to be its sole OEM manufacturing business to windshield
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