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2026 ๐€๐€๐’๐๐ˆ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐œ๐žThe six-part series from AASPi will feature Attorney Pat...
06/18/2026

2026 ๐€๐€๐’๐๐ˆ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž
The six-part series from AASPi will feature Attorney Patrick Anderson. It will cover key topics including the Illinois Collision Repair Act, first- and third-party insurance claims, shop liability, total-loss vehicles, and post-repair rights and remedies.
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๐‚๐š๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ?Robots arenโ€™t here to take over, and they could be a valuable addition to a collision repair s...
06/18/2026

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐‘๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ?
Robots arenโ€™t here to take over, and they could be a valuable addition to a collision repair shop. John Picciano of Flower Hill Auto Body, John Chiafair of Centerline Collision Equipment, and Shane Black of Black Wolf Technology discuss how shops can use the technology.
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๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ This week in collision repair, ProColor Collision Myrtle Beach earns Honda and...
06/18/2026

๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ
This week in collision repair, ProColor Collision Myrtle Beach earns Honda and Acura certifications, Enterprise supports CIF - Collision Industry Foundation Annual Donor Program, National Auto Body Council delivers recycled rides, and Federated Auto Parts celebrates its vendor partners with awards.
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๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐€๐๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ Plasnomic has entered the next stage of...
06/17/2026

๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐€๐๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ 
Plasnomic has entered the next stage of its polypropylene bumper repair evaluation program. The assessment will be based on a combination of real-life repair conditions, technical process evaluation, and lab-based performance data, ensuring the results reflect both scientific validation and the practical realities of collision repair operations.
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๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐”๐’๐€, ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ The Co...
06/17/2026

๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐Œ๐ž๐๐š๐ฅ: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐”๐’๐€, ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ
The Collision Repair Education Foundation helps schools get the tools and resources they need to provide a modern education experience for aspiring technicians. Thomas A. Edison CTE High School Skills USA has used its partnership with CREF to elevate the schoolโ€™s visibility within the industry and create relationships that continue to benefit students more than a decade later.
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๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐ž๐ญ?Read about these articles in this month's edition:* CDE Collision Cente...
06/17/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐˜๐ž๐ญ?
Read about these articles in this month's edition:

* CDE Collision Centers becomes one of the largest independent MSOs in the country by assembling the right team
* Quality Collision Group's Darrell Amberson looks at the top five trends shaping the industry and MSOs
* Mike Anderson of CollisionAdvice.com reviews average mechanical labor hours per estimate by state and sees a low of 0.7 and a high of just two hours
* Collision Repair Education Foundation celebrates 35 years of supporting schools and students to ensure the industryโ€™s future through grants, career fairs, and innovative donation platforms

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๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง-๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  2027 ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 14The annual competition is open to collisio...
06/16/2026

๐’๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง-๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  2027 ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ 14
The annual competition is open to collision repair and restoration shops, independent designers, pinstripers, and customizers across the country. Entrants are to feature over-the-top builds finished exclusively in Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, House of kolor, or Valspar paint and products.
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๐‹๐จ๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ๐€: ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌGreg Lobsiger of Loren's Body Shop says...
06/16/2026

๐‹๐จ๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐Œ๐€: ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
Greg Lobsiger of Loren's Body Shop says choosing positivity can lead to longer life, better health, and greater success in business and personal life. Avoid getting sucked into a vortex of negativity to protect mental and physical health.
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๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐‚๐€ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ: ๐€๐ƒ๐€๐’ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž 18CIECA Collision Industry Electronic Comm...
06/15/2026

๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐‚๐€ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ: ๐€๐ƒ๐€๐’ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž 18
CIECA Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association will host the webinar โ€œADAS Calibration Issues, Challenges and Opportunitiesโ€ on Thursday, June 18, at 2 p.m. ET. Revv ADAS' Joel Adcock, Collision Career Institute's Dan Dutra, and Tractable's James Spears, will provide an overview of current challenges and opportunities in ADAS calibration for the collision industry.
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๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐œCollisionAdvice.com hosts parts managers strategy meetings t...
06/15/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐œ
CollisionAdvice.com hosts parts managers strategy meetings to help shops and wholesalers learn about the challenges each face and get on the same page. Last month, Mike Anderson was at North Haven Auto Body to share some of the biggest concerns shop owners worry about, the importance of CCC Intelligent Solutions' CCC One for parts ordering, and how parts sales can provide insight into if shops are performing proper repairs.
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