Sullenberger Stresses Teamwork, Preparedness, Integrity
What started out as a story of quick decisions, strong leadership and a focus on safety as a core value, quickly became a motivational anecdote stressing the importance of teamwork, preparation and integrity ... [ more ]

CARS, NACE Chairs Compare Industry Notes
CARS Chairman Aaron Clements, AAM, and NACE Chairman Jerry Burns, AAM, sat down over a cup of coffee (thanks to Flo, the waitress) at the ASRW Café during the opening general session Thursday morning to discuss significant changes in the automotive service and collision repair industries ... [ more ]

Individuals Shine Brighter than Las Vegas Lights
During Thursday’s luncheon at the second annual Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW) in Las Vegas, various industry leaders and Automotive Service Association (ASA) members were recognized with special awards and scholarships ... [ more ]

CCC Information Services Enhances Benefit
for ASA Members
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) is pleased to announce that CCC Information Services has renewed its agreement to offer qualified ASA members in the collision repair industry a 25 percent discount, up to a maximum of $500, off the implementation of the standard CCC ONE Total Repair Platform program ... [ more ]

Toyota Launches Expanded Service Support for Independents
At an Automotive Service & Repair Week (ASRW) Education Day press conference, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. (TMS) unveiled its new service resources for the independent repair community. These new services are designed to enhance the Toyota/Lexus/Scion technical information Web site ... [ more ]

3M Donates $300,000 in Products to the
I-CAR Education Foundation
3M recently announced a donation of 319 3M Dynamic Mixing Systems to the I-CAR Education Foundation, which in total is valued at $300,000. Working with 3M, the I-CAR Education Foundation will arrange to have the Dynamic Mixing Systems distributed to career and technical schools and colleges that offer collision repair and automotive refinishing training programs ... [ more ]

Amberson Receives Two Industry Awards
Darrell Amberson, Automotive Service Association (ASA) Collision Division director and president of Lehman’s Garage, a six-location collision repair operation based in Bloomington, Minn., received the 2009 ABRN Industry Leadership Award during the Collision Industry Achievement Award ceremony Nov. 3 in Las Vegas. The awards were presented at a lunch break during the Collision Industry Conference (CIC)  ... [ more ]