4 Companies Unite to Become US Auto Supply

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Four industry leading automotive brands—Collision Services, Auto Body Toolmart, I/D/E/A and Sid Savage—on Aug. 14 unveiled their new, unified identity as US Auto Supplysetting a new legacy in the automotive supply sector.

Stemming from their roots with former parent company Whitewater Brandsthis transformative move will see US Auto Supply harnessing more than two centuries of combined expertise among the four brands to become the leading provider of automotive supplies and solutions to automotive repair companies, dealerships and hobbyists nationwide.

With its roots as a catalog and online retailer under the four brands, US Auto

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Nick’s Auto Body Opens in Ohio

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Nick’s Auto Body celebrated a grand opening at its newest location, its first shop in Mahoning County, OH. This automotive repair shop’s employees are all ASE certified, specializing in repairing cars after collisions.

In operation since 1960, it’s a direct repair facility already detailing cars in Pennsylvania at its New Castle and Clarion locations. Chief Operating Officer Marcus Cook said they hope to gain the respect of everyone in Mahoning County as they continue carrying on the family-owned business.

According to its website, the shop is a National Auto Body Congress member and recognized as an Axalta Certified Repair Facility.

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Scholarship puts 22 students on the path to becoming auto repair professionals

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Scholarship puts 22 students on the path to becoming auto repair professionals

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The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) is helping train the next generation of collision repairers through 22 newly-awarded scholarships.

The scholarships, totaling $20,000 will help cover the costs of tuition or tools for collision repair and automotive service students throughout the 2023-24 curricular year.

“I’m continually amazed by the wide range of stories we hear in the scholarship applications,” Linden Wicklund, executive director of AASP-MN, told Repairer Driven News. “Students come to this field in all kinds

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Automotive Programs

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Automotive impact

As automotive technologies continue to progress and are more reliable on computers, today’s automotive service technicians are more skilled than ever.

More sophisticated equipment repair is required of technicians on top of the classical mechanical diagnoses and repair.

Clayton Carroll Automotive Center

The Automotive Center opened in July 2002 and has become a landmark on SAIT’s main campus.

After consulting and working with our industry partners, we designed a training facility that exceeded students’ and industry expectations.

The facility, built on three levels, offers 70,000 square feet of quality learning space,

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Twisp’s Quality Lube auto shop is for sale – Methow Valley News

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Lina and Clint Estes, who opened Quality Lube in 1999, are selling the business.

New restaurant planned for adjacent building

By Lazo Gitchos

The triangular block in downtown Twisp, between Highway 20, South Glover Street and Fifth Avenue, is in flux. The automotive repair shop Quality Lube is for sale, and fast-casual dining is coming to the building south of the shop.

The current Quality Lube building was built in 2003, when owners Lina and Clint Estes moved the business from the adjacent building. They started the business in 1999.

While the larger automotive shop building

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Biden Administration Tells Car Manufacturers to Ignore Right-to-Repair Law

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The right-to-repair movement has suffered a setback in Massachusetts this week. The Biden administration told car manufacturers not to comply with a state law that would allow independent auto shops and car owners the ability to repair their own vehicles.

Vice first reported that the major concern the Biden administration’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has with the law, which is colloquially titled the Data Access Law, is hacking. To express these concerns, Kerry Kolodziej, from assistant chief counsel at the NHTSA, authored a letter (dated yesterday) to the chief counsel of nearly two dozen major automotive manufacturers including BMW,

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Maine auto shop owners push for ‘right to repair’ bill

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Calling modern vehicles “computers on wheels,” auto repair shop owners came to the State House Tuesday to lobby for a bill to require manufacturers to give them access to data so they can make repairs.

“This is about the ability to choose where you get your car repaired,” said Tommy Hickey, director of the Maine Automotive Right to Repair Committee. “This is about a level playing field for independent repair shops in Maine and having the ability to control the diagnostic repair information from a car that you bought and a car repair you will pay for.”

Car repair shop

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