‘We’re drowning’: At CIC, calls for industry to wake up and improve
— January 20, 2020Both Collision Industry Conference Chairman Jeff Peevy and the CIC Estimating Committee on Thursday demanded
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BMW: 2020 M2 CS, M8 Coupe and Gran Coupe use carbon fiber; special-edition MINI does too
— January 17, 2020BMW last year described three 2020 M models and a limited-run MINI which indicate the OEM continues to
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CIC panelists: Battle on auto body scan necessity mostly over
— January 17, 2020Collision Industry Conference panelists on Thursday described insurers and repairers largely in agreement
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SCRS: Not-included operation ‘Blueprint Optimization Tool’ software still targeted for 1Q
— January 16, 2020Society of Collision Repair Specialists Executive Director Aaron Schulenburg said Wednesday that the
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‘Who Pays?’: 80+% of auto body shops say insurers paying scans ‘most,’ ‘all’ of the time
— January 13, 2020A fall survey of several hundred collision repairers found virtually all of them seeking payment for
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Scanning, calibration key Collision Industry Conference topics this week
— January 13, 2020Going to the Collision Industry Conference on Thursday? Get ready to debate your colleagues and to dive
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Nissan reveals lighter yet quieter automotive sound insulation
— January 10, 2020Nissan on Monday announced an “acoustic meta-material” it said could block the same amount
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This is a structural repair: DEKRA shows hidden damage possible in sub-10 mph crash
— January 9, 2020A recent DEKRA presentation revealed how a low-speed collision into a trailer hitch could result in far
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OEM trade groups merge into ‘Alliance for Automotive Innovation’
— January 8, 2020The Association of Global Automakers and Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday announced
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Correction: Honda-CCC partnership allows scan data to feed into estimating platform
— January 8, 2020CCC announced Wednesday that a new Honda partnership permitted OEM scan data to be uploaded “seamlessly”
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