11+ hour, 23+ min ago  (192+ words) This week's developments at Ford, GM, and suppliers reach parts availability, cost, and vehicle recalls. A strike at American Axle/Dauch Corp.'s Three Rivers, Michigan, plant has'entered its second week'with no agreement reached. The plant produces axles and driveline…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1401+ words) Shops have made strides'on identifying'what needs to be calibrated.'Verifying the work was actually done right is a different problem entirely. That gap between what drivers assume and what shops can actually verify is at the center of where the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (342+ words) Mitchell estimating data shows where severity is building on the shop floor: diagnostics, procurement, and the repair-replace decision. Enlyte's 2026 annual trends report, drawing on estimating data from Mitchell (an Enlyte company), documents the cost and complexity trends in collision claims…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (890+ words) An SEO specialist told SCRS that short paragraphs, Q&A'content,'and a polished Google Business profile are keys to success. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)'search tools is changing what collision repairers'may want to be doing in terms of…...

5+ day, 13+ hour 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 demand,…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (725+ words) A New Jersey shop spent five years fighting waterborne dry times before a two-day demo proved there was a faster path. Glenn Morello has been running Bridgewater Collision in Bridgewater, NJ, since he was 19 years old. His father started the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (799+ words) The dealer-affiliated collision operation brought ADAS calibrations in-house and cut turnaround from a week to same day. Running a collision operation inside a dealership group has advantages most independents don't get. Zimbrick Body Shop, a three-location operation in Madison, WI,…...

6+ day, 12+ 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…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (692+ words) Ryan De Marco'grew up sweeping floors at the shop his father opened in Eustis, Florida in 1993. He did prep work, an apprentice stint as a body technician, went to college, and came back as an estimator, then a manager. In…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (514+ words) A 52-year-old California shop eliminated costly rework and reduced spray time by a third after switching to SATA equipment. But that level of care only works if the finish coming out of the booth matches the standard. "You could imagine…...