Auto Repair
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Associations & lawmakers working to build education pipeline for collision, automotive & other skilled trades
In an effort to shed light on the career paths that are available in the automotive industry, two organizations have partnered to form a new program while in Oregon and California more attention, including funding, is also being brought to education in skilled trades across the board. The new program, formed by ASE Education Foundation and Goodguys Rod and Custom Association, along with partners in the industry, focuses on automotive design and engineering, manufacturing, mechanical, fabrication, paint, marketing, media, and sales discipline. “Goodguys events are ideal to bring together future professionals and the companies that drive the industry. Goodguys events are not only fun, but they give students the chance…
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3 Predictions for the Auto Repair Industry in 2023
Over the last yr, vehicle stores have confronted all sorts of issues, from worker shortages to offer chain delays to expanding demand for services as more consumers restore their vehicles as an alternative of exchange them. What are the defining automobile market traits of 2023 so significantly? From the ongoing car technician scarcity to a need for electric motor vehicle support and maintenance skills to client experience expectations — here’s what to be on the lookout for this year. Prediction: Automobile repair service outlets need to focus on electronic transformation to charm to customer choices. What this usually means is that people have come to expect all solutions (like automobile…
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Zoning Board OKs variance over neighbor’s objection
ROME — A use variance request by Rocker Automotive Rescue, Inc., owner of 6947 and 6943 S. James St. and Bones Avenue, to build a minor vehicle repair garage and towing and recovery business, was narrowly approved by the city Zoning Board of Appeals during its regular monthly meeting Wednesday. The variance request had already been tabled twice by the board — in December and January. Billy Rocker of Rocker’s Automotive Rescue, Inc., owner of 6947 S. James St., 6943 S. James St. and Bones Avenue, requested to use the existing building on the center parcel for a minor vehicle repair garage and a towing and recovery business, while towing…
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Auto repair shop owners celebrating first year in business in the Falls | Local News
When they made a decision to get into the auto restore business enterprise with each other, a single of the first points Doug Jones Jr. and Alex Youthful experienced to make a decision was what they ought to phone their garage on Main Street in the Metropolis of Niagara Falls. Youthful proposed they borrow from a well-known music by the rock band AC/DC and “Thunder Struck Automobile Repair” was born. “We have been heading by means of names and Alex said, ‘What about thunder struck? I type of considered about it and I mentioned, ‘Yeah, I like that’ and that’s what it turned out to be,” Jones recalled. On March…
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Outlook 2023: This Springfield auto body shop is probably best known for its billboards
Great customer service and a special guarantee on workmanship for the life of a car fueled the popularity and growth of Rick’s Auto Body in Springfield over the years. But, it was a sharp wit that also proved a stellar marketing tool for Raymond “Rick” Recor. The owner’s warranty and wordsmithing began in the mid-1990s. Recor was working out of a shop on Verge Street then and was embroiled in conflict with insurance providers over reimbursements. His response to the conflict was the creation of one hand-painted billboard. It featured a blue 1957 Chevrolet with the words, “Classic Quality. Lifetime Warranty.” Recor also ran a full-page advertisement in the Sunday…
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UWTVA receives grant for Don’t Despair Car Repair program
FARMINGTON — United Way of the Tri-Valley Spot [UWTVA] is obtaining $10,000 in grant funds from the Maine Charity Foundation Fund of the Maine Community Foundation [MaineCF] for their “Don’t Despair Car or truck Repair” method. The application, which introduced in spring of 2022, is made to support individuals who personal autos, but do not have the resources to resolve any challenges the vehicles may perhaps be going through. Because getting their first application in May well of past 12 months, UWTVA has assisted a lot more than 40 homes and dispersed much more than $38,000 for motor vehicle repairs for people who skilled. “[The program] is geared toward helping…
