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"Who Pays for What?" Survey: The Frame and Mechanical Procedures Shops Get Paid For Most Often
23+ hour, 43+ min ago (680+ words) Battery D&R tops the rankings at 80%, but one that should always be paid is slipping. If there is an easy place for a collision shop to start recovering money on not-included frame and mechanical work, it may be the…...
Shop Stack Breakdown: Newman’s Auto Body & Repair in Olathe, Kan.
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (915+ words) A look at the estimating, parts, and calibration technology behind a shop in the Kansas City suburbs. Zack Newman opened Newman’s Auto Body & Repair from scratch roughly 14 years ago, after growing up around the industry without originally planning to join…...
CIC Panel: Plastic Repair Offers Shops a Path to Higher Profit Margins
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (734+ words) As plastic's share of vehicle composition climbs, panelists say training gaps are costing shops repairable work. A panel discussion at an industry event this spring focused on how plastic repair is offering collision repair businesses new opportunities to set themselves…...
Collision Repair's Technician Pipeline Fills Just 42% of Demand, TechForce Report Finds
2+ mon, 30+ min ago (377+ words) The report projects that 73,354 new collision technicians are needed by 2029. Collision repair shops are short on trained technicians, and new data shows how deep the problem runs: the training pipeline for collision and autobody programs fills just 42% of annual collision…...
K&M Collision Expands Repair Capabilities with KECO Glue Pull Repair System
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (722+ words) Glue pull repair and KECO's hands-on training helped the OEM-focused shop repair panels it previously would have replaced. That commitment to OEM-correct repair is what eventually pushed K&M toward glue pull repair. The shop was already doing extensive metalwork…...
Industry Roundup: Cole Strandberg Joins NBB, ASE Launches ADAS Certification, and More
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (479+ words) A new collision repair M&A practice, a proposed industry-wide ADAS calibration standard, and more recent developments. Collision Repair first place went to Evelin Spiece of Oakland NW. Connor Thumme of Lenawee ISD won first in Automotive Refinishing as a…...
Poor Welding In The Industry, Shop Liability Concerns, And An Industry Deal Discussed At CIC
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (393+ words) Repair quality, liability risk, and business news dominated discussion at the first CIC of the year. Hundreds of shop owners and other collision industry participants gathered in a packed meeting room in Palm Springs for the first Collision Industry Conference…...
CES Signals What’s Next for Collision Repair
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (1335+ words) I-CAR previews virtual reality training designed to prepare technicians for ADAS- and EV-heavy vehicles. “As we're thinking down the line about the training that we're developing, we make sure that we're ready for the next advancements in vehicle technology,” said…...
January Sales Forecasts Signal Continued Pressure on Collision Repair Volume
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (453+ words) Cox Automotive and J.D. Power both project slower start to 2026; EV share collapses while hybrids and ICE vehicles gain ground New-vehicle sales forecasts for January point to a continued slowdown that will extend pressures collision repair shops have been navigating since…...
Inside I-CAR’s 2026 Strategy for Safer, Smarter Repairs
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (563+ words) I-CAR President Kyle Thompson shares what you can expect in the areas of training, talent, and technology as vehicle complexity accelerates. “Simply put, today’s vehicles demand more technical expertise,” Thompson says. “Vehicle complexity increases the need for education and training....