Repairing Today’s Complex Vehicles

Repairing Today’s Complex Vehicles

By Ryan Mandell – Report from Mitchell International The growth of the electric vehicle (EV) segment presents specific challenges for the collision repair and insurance industries as EVs require additional labor for the management of the high voltage battery...
Humble Beginnings to Great Things

Humble Beginnings to Great Things

Snyder’s Certified Auto and Truck Parts, Holland, TX, opened its doors for business on August 10, 1988. That day was a realization of a goal for Ralph Snyder who had dreamed of owning a salvage yard since he was a teenager. Today, the family-run business, with...
Recycler to Watch: Chris Lindquist, Bow Auto Salvage

Recycler to Watch: Chris Lindquist, Bow Auto Salvage

Find a way to hit your buying goal. You can’t sell what you don’t have. This month’s buying is going to affect your sales for the next three months. Founded in 1986 by Allen Lindquist, Bow Auto Salvage in Bow, NH began with simply one bay garage and office, and no...
GM Facility Tour

GM Facility Tour

By Vince Edivan On January 27, ARA invited a group of employees from General Motors to tour Fox Auto Parts in Belleville, MI just outside of Detroit. Executive Director Sandy Blalock, President Scott Robertson and I, along with Fox Auto Parts General Manager Larry...
Real Best Practices for Your Web Strategy

Real Best Practices for Your Web Strategy

By Ron Sturgeon Are you really on your game on the Internet, or did your cousin Vinnie put up your bargain website for only $250, when you found a place to host it for free eight years ago. Oh, and you have a Facebook account for the business. Today, it is simply not...