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- 09-02-98 - Ford Launches Retail Network in San Diego
- 09-02-98 - Insurance Auto Auctions Introduces SpecialtyNet
- 09-02-98 - Chrysler Breaks Ground for New Detroit Parts
Distribution Center
- 09-02-98 - U.S. Fidelity Holding Corp. Unveils its Fourth Auto
Insurance Program
- 09-02-98 - DuPont Automotive Announces Two Management Appointments
- 09-02-98 - Teenagers Hit the Road Armed By New Safe-Driving
Teaching Techniques
- 09-01-98 - CCC Information Services and Motor Information Systems
Agree To Long-Term Partnership
- 08-31-98 - Itronix Selected by USAA to Provide Universal Mobile
Computing Solution
- 08-27-98 - PPG Industries to Acquire Australian Coatings Business
- 08-27-98 - Record 36.6 Million to Travel This Holiday; Up 5% Over
`97, AAA Says
- 08-27-98 - Earl Scheib Repurchases 301,500 Shares of Common Stock
- 08-26-98 - Insurance Auto Auctions Releases New Internet Product
for Insurance Company Assignments, Inquiries and Management Reporting
- 08-20-98 - Republic Industries Acquires Fox Automotive Group Of
Baltimore And L.P. Evans Of Miami
- 08-20-98 - Dr. Donald G. Meyer, Binks Sames Chairman and CEO,
Passes Away
- 08-20-98 - Boyd Acquisition of Wichita's Collision Specialists
Reportedly Off
- 08-19-98 - Hoechst is to sell
coatings manufacturer Herberts
- 08-19-98 - Republic Industries Acquires Auto Dealerships In
Southern California, Las Vegas, Phoenix And Ohio
- 08-19-98 - Auto Affordability is Best in 18 Years - Comerica Bank
Index
- 08-19-98 - Kevin Caldwell to Serve as NACE '98 Chairman
- 08-19-98 - Four Million New Teen Drivers Hit The Road This Year,
But Most Would Fail "Auto Care 101"
- 08-19-98 - Caliber Collision Centers Hosts Fourth Educational
Seminar Series at The Ballpark at Arlington, TX
- 08-19-98 - FIRST PRIORITY GROUP Reports Revenue Gains
- 08-14-98 - Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst to Acquire The Glass's
Group, UK's Leading Automotive Information Provider
- 08-14-98 - Hyundai Selects Click Interactive To Provide
Industry's First On-Line Parts-Ordering Extranet for Consumers and Repair Professionals
- 08-14-98 - PPG Units Received `Best of Best' Awards for Auto
Coatings & Glass
- 08-14-98 - AutoBody America Announces Operating Partnership with
Ai Collision Centers
- 08-14-98 - CCC's Vehicle History Report Available Via the Internet
- 08-14-98 - NACE '98 Announces Educational Seminars
- 08-14-98 - Consumers in 10 States and The District of Columbia
Can Purchase Progressive Auto Insurance Policies Online
- 08-13-98 - Miller Industries Completes Acquisitions in the 1999
Fiscal First Quarter Adding $17.2 Million in Annualized Revenues
- 08-13-98 - Colors on Parade Enjoys Record Month
- 08-12-98 - Auto Recyclers Develop Best Management Practices
Derived From ISO-QS9000 Standards
- 08-12-98 - Statement of Electric Vehicle Association of the
Americas Regarding Repeal of New York State ZEV Mandate
- 08-11-98 - Delphi is Ready to Provide OEMs With Head Injury
Protection Technology
- 08-11-98 - Jan E. Gaulding Named Chief Financial Officer For
1-800-AutoTow
- 08-06-98 - Keystone Announces Sale of Hard Parts Operations to
General Parts
- 08-06-98 - Another Sterling Acquisition
- 08-06-98 - Large Pittsburgh Area Towing Company Joins
1-800-AutoTow In National Consolidation of Towing Industry
- 08-06-98 - United Road Services Announces Strong Quarterly
Report, Adds New Acquisitions to its National Network
- 08-04-98 - Mitchell International Announces IMPACTinfoTM, the
First Electronic Damageability Decision Support System for Automotive Claims Adjusters and
Underwriters
- 07-31-98 - Copart Acquires Detroit Facility, Names Eugene
Scambray to Key Industry Relations Post
- 07-28-98 - PPG's New Automotive Coatings Change Colors as You
Drive
- 07-24-98 - True2Form Powers Up By 12 New Stores
- 07-10-98 - Caliber Acquires Automotive International Body Repair
- 07-10-98 - First Priority Group Announces Contracts Signed with
Additional Insurance Carriers
- 07-09-98 - Nation's Registered Vehicle Total Eclipses 200 Million
- 07-09-98 - Manheim Online Breaks Record With More Than $150
Million In CyberLot Sales via the Internet
- 07-09-98 - United Road Services, Inc. Announces Large Block of
Acquisitions
- 07-09-98 - Two Tampa Towing Companies Join 1-800-AutoTow As First
Acquisitions in National Consolidation
- 07-08-98 - National Summit Tackles Challenges of Recruitment,
Training and Image for Auto Repair Field
- 07-07-98 - Caliber Acquires Auto Body Unlimited in Mission Viejo
- 07-07-98 - ADP Dealer Services Names Mike Martone President
- 07-07-98 - Ward's Reports that Strong Sales, Production Losses
Will Slash U.S. Automotive New-Vehicle Inventories to Six-Year Low
- 07-07-98 - Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Files Petition
With Federal Government to Stem the Tide of Losses From Lethal Side Impact Crashes
- 07-03-98 - CIC Write It Right Committee Presents "Best
Practices" Guidelines to Insurers
- 07-01-98 - Ford Launches FRN in Tulsa
- 07-01-98 - Twenty-five Percent Of Americans Admit Driving
Aggressively
- 06-29-98 - Snap-on Incorporated Elects Jack D. Michaels, HON
INDUSTRIES Chairman and CEO, to Board of Directors
- 06-29-98 - Group 1 Automotive to Build 30,000 sq. ft. Collision
Center as Part of New Dealership
- 06-29-98 - I-CAR Update- Press Releases
- 06-29-98 - Paint Emissions Have Been Slashed by OEs; Powder Paint
Provides Hope for Even Greater Gains
- 06-26-98 - Republic Industries Expands AutoNation USA Megastore
Roster by Nearly One-third
- 06-26-98 - Repeal of Auto Rating Factors Means Disaster for
Drivers in 51 of California's 58 Counties
- 06-26-98 - Mercedes-Benz Opens First Stand-Alone Service Center;
New $1.5 Million Service-Only Facility Opens in Rocklin, California
- 06-26-98 - 1-800-AutoTow, Consolidator of America's Vehicle Towing
Industry, Begins Publicly Trading
- 06-25-98 - CCC Information Services Acquires UK Insurance Division
of Carter and Carter Limited
- 06-25-98 - Caliber Acquires Brown and Brown Body Shop Inc.
- 06-25-98 - Manheim Auctions Launches Dealership Management System
for Independent Used Car Dealers Nationwide with Tracker Plus
- 06-24-98 - NACE '98 Web Site Features Online Housing, Exposition
Information
- 06-24-98 - ASA Reports on Mitchell Advisory Meeting
- 06-19-98 - Ford Motor Company, Republic Industries Partner In
Rochester Retailing Initiative
- 06-19-98 - Collision Team of America-Ford Motor Company Update
- 06-15-98 - Eaton VORAD Introduces SmartCruise(R), World's First
Look At Radar-Based Adaptive Cruise Control
- 06-15-98 - InsureDirect Introduces Auto Insurance Savings for
California Motorists
- 06-15-98 - Oregon, Virginia, Massachusetts Students Win Ford/AAA
National Auto Repair Title
- 06-12-98 - Ford Motor Company Invests in Collision Team of
America
- 06-12-98 - Copart Expands National Network With Acquisition Of
Mid Iowa Salvage Pool
- 06-12-98 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARK CLAYPOOL TO LEAVE I-CAR
EDUCATION FOUNDATION
- 06-11-98 - NABC Membership Application Available On-Line
- 06-10-98 - New Center Will Develop Systems, Technologies to
Reduce Injury and Loss of Life from Car Crashes
- 06-10-98 - Smart Choice Automotive Group Opens 26th Store
- 06-09-98 - Larry E. Curry, Akzo Nobel General Manager, Announces
Retirement
- 06-09-98 - Aon Corporation Announces Agreement in Principle to
Acquire Auto Insurance Specialists, Inc.
- 06-08-98 - BASF, NOF Corporation Establish U.S. Company for
Automotive OEM Coatings Sales and Service
- 06-08-98 - State Farm to Return Nearly $900 Million to Auto
Insurance Customers
- 06-08-98 - ADP Dealer Services Announces Year 2000 Solutions For
Dealerships
- 06-08-98 - 100 Student Technicians To Compete For National Auto
Repair Championship
- 06-06-98 - CarQuarters Announces Bill Hutton, Former USAA
Executive, to Join Insurer Relations Team
- 06-05-98 - Copart Introduces Internet Auction Bidding
- 06-04-98 - PPG Industries Agrees to Acquire Two Courtaulds
Businesses if Akzo Nobel UK Holdings Bid Succeeds
- 06-04-98 - Budget Car Sales Acquires Three Retail Car Dealerships
- 06-04-98 - EPA to allow recycling of refrigerant blends used in
MVACS
- 06-04-98 - First Electric Vehicle Offered to New York Consumers
- 06-03-98 - NABC Sets October As PRIDE Month
- 06-03-98 - J.D. Power and Associates 1998 Initial Quality Study 2
- 06-03-98 - New Law Steers Teen Drivers Down Road to Safety
- 06-03-98 - Autoliv Introduces A Solution to One of the Most
Common Injuries to Car Occupants
- 06-02-98 - CCC's Pathways Enterprise Solution Selected by ABRA
- 06-02-98 - DuPont Offers Performance-Based Compensation to All
U.S. Employees
- 06-01-98 - I-CAR Produces Second Shadetree Mechanic Episode
- 06-01-98 - ADP Links 23 UnitedAuto Group Dealerships on Single
Millennia3 Server
- 05-29-98 - GEICO Direct Sells 3 Millionth Auto Policy
- 05-28-98 - Strong Balance Sheets Augur Well for R&D,
Akzo Nobel Chairman Says
- 05-28-98 - AutoVantage Introduces Auto Insurance Rate
Comparison Feature From Progressive
- 05-26-98 - Copart Acquires Auto Storage Auction Pool To
Enter the San Diego Market
- 05-26-98 - ADP Acquires Systron, Inc.
- 05-21-98 - Genuine Parts Company Entering New Business
Platform With Acquisition of EIS, Inc.
- 05-19-98 - Calspan Successfully Tests Collision
Notification System
- 05-19-98 - Allstate Announces Stock Split
- 05-18-98 - PPG Names Gruber VP, Science and Technology
- 05-14-98 - Valspar Reports Second Quarter Profits
- 05-12-98 - ADP Appoints Glynn Marketing Communications
Director
- 05-12-98 - Mitchell Introduces Open Electronic Commerce
Network
- 05-08-98 - Copart Expands Salvage Vehicle Auction Capacity
in Oklahoma and Washington, D.C., Area Markets
- 05-06-98 - CCC Introduces Quality Advisor Claims Management
Software
- 05-06-98 - CARQUARTERS ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF STERLING
FINISH
- 05-06-98 - Glaverbel to Acquire PPG's European Flat Glass
Business
- 05-06-98 - Akzo Nobel Strengthens its Position in Colombia
- 05-5-98 - Snap-on Incorporated Commences Tender Offer for
Hein-Werner Corporation
- 05-05-98 - Penske Auto Centers Partner With Safety-Kleen To
Recycle Virtually All Fluid Wastes and Filters
- 05-01-98 - Collision Team of America Acquires Larkin Body
Shop
- 05-01-98 - Copart Acquires Auto Salvage Operation in
Mobile, Ala.
- 04-29-98 - ADP Acquires Audatex From Swiss Reinsurance
Company
- 04-28-98 - Snap-on Incorporated to Acquire Hein-Werner for
$12.60 per Share
- 04-28-98 - DUPONT INTRODUCES S.M.A.R.T. ESTIMATING
- 04-27-98 - Colonel's Completes Acquisitions That Expand
Presence In Truck/SUV Market
- 04-24-98 - Court of Appeal Affirms $26.5 Million Judgment
Against The Travelers Insurance Company
- 04-24-98 - Allstate to Lower Auto Insurance Rates for
Higher-Risk Drivers In Illinois by Average of 7.3 Percent
- 04-24-98 - Copart Expands Salvage Vehicle Auction Services
in the Southeast
- 04-24-98 - Allstate may make annuity deal
- 04-21-98 - Binks Sames Opens New Technical Center in Japan
- 04-17-98 - PPG sees gaining share in flat auto market
- 04-16-98 - ADP's Josh S. Weston Retires as Chairman
- 04-15-98 - Valspar Elects New Officer
- 04-15-98 - Progressive Introduces Real-Time Sales of Auto
Insurance Policies On Internet to California Consumers
- 04-15-98 - Frost & Sullivan: Opportunities Await Paints
and Coatings Manufacturers Who Rise to Industry Challenges
- 04-10-98 - Allstate Bid For Pembridge Completed
- 04-06-98 - Travelers Group, Inc. and Citicorp Plan Merger
- 04-02-98 - Akzo Nobel May Buy Courtaulds
- 04-01-98 - First Priority Group Announces the Appointment
of Gerald M. Zutler as President and Chief Operating Officer
- 04-01-98 - American Salvage Pool Association Files Lawsuit
Against CCC Information Services, Inc. for Breach of Contract
- 04-01-98 - Colonel's Acquires Four Companies, Expands
Presence in Truck/SUV Market; German Named President
- 03-30-98 - Republic Industries to eliminate 573 jobs
- 03-27-98 - Colonel's International Seeks to Acquire Durakon
Industries
- 03-27-98 - FOCUS-Williams achieves prompt sale to ICI
- 03-20-98 - Valspar To Acquire Australian Coatings Company
- 03-19-98 - ADP Claims Solutions Group Debuts "CSG
Online" Web Site for Insurance Professionals, Related Automotive Businesses
- 03-09-98 - First Priority Group to Acquire Body Shop
Video's Business Development Group
- 03-06-98 - Valspar to Acquire Plasti-Kote
- 03-02-98 - Progressive Introduces Real-Time Sales Of Auto
Insurance Policies On Internet To Virginia Consumers
- 02-27-98 - Charter Insurance Selects ADP Claims Solutions
Group's Shoplink and Photolink for its Direct Repair Program
- 02-27-98 - Valspar Names Richard M. Rompala Chairman
- 02-25-98 - U.S. Fidelity Holding Corp. Affiliate, Unistar
Financial Services, L.L.C., Acquires Two More Dallas Auto Insurance Agencies
- 02-25-98 - Caliber Collision Centers Hosts Second
Educational Seminar Series at The Petersen Automotive Museum
- 02-20-98 - FinishMaster Agrees to Acquire Florida
Distributor LDI AutoPaints
- 02-18-98 - Keystone Automotive Industries Inc. Signs Merger
Agreement with Republic Automotive Parts Inc.
- 02-16-98 - CCC Information Services is Awarded Response
Insurance Claims Outsourcing Contract
- 02-16-98 - Travelers Property Casualty Launches Nonstandard
Auto Program in New York State
- 02-11-98 - Republic Industries, Inc. To Acquire Webb
Automotive Group
- 02-11-98 - Keystone Automotive Industries Inc. Announces
Acquisition of Coast to Coast Hubcaps and Wheels Inc.
- 02-11-98 - CCC and InsurQuote Announce Partnership
- 02-10-98 - PPG to Establish Auto Coatings Plant in Turkey
- 02-10-98 - AutoNation USA Opens First California Megastore
- 02-05-98 - ADP and Snap-on Diagnostics Announce Strategic
Alliance
- 02-04-98 - Keystone Automotive Industries Reports
Third-Quarter Net Income Up 85 Percent
- 02-04-98 - U.S. Fidelity Holding Corp to Acquire Houston
Collision Repair Center
- 02-04-98 - Manheim Auctions and ADP Unveil AutoConnect to
Dealers at NADA
- 02-03-96 - Republic Industries/Reynolds and Reynolds
Establish Multi-Year Technology Agreement
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