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Letter to the Editor
Monday January 31
ABRA Opens Five Repair Centers in Three States
ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a national damaged vehicle repairer, has opened five repair centers. In keeping with the company's strategic plan of opening corporate centers in major markets and awarding franchises in mid-size cities, three of the centers are corporate owned, and two are franchises.The corporate centers were opened in Tucker, Goergia – part of metro Atlanta, and Glendale and Waukesha, Wisconsin – both Milwaukee suburbs.
“Part of our strategic goal is to add repair centers in our existing markets to better serve our customers and insurance partners,” stated Tim Adelmann, ABRA’s Executive Vice President of Business Development. “All three of these facilities are located in areas where a need was determined for an ABRA location.”
The new franchise centers are located in Clinton, Iowa and Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The Clinton franchise agreement was awarded to John McEleney who has been operating under the name of McEleney Collision. McEleney also owns Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, and Toyota franchises in Clinton.
Allen Taylor has opened the repair center located in Wisconsin Rapids. Taylor was formerly operating under the name of Rapids Ford Body Shop. He is also the owner of Rapids Ford-Lincoln-Mercury.
“ABRA is in a more aggressive growth mode,” Adelmann continued, “and feel these five locations are an excellent start to what we believe will be a promising year.”
ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, Abra currently has 106 repair centers in twelve states.
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