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The next CIECA Webinar is scheduled for Thursday, December 14 at 11 am PST/1 pm CST/2 pm EST: “The Increasing Demand of AI and Data in the Collision Industry.” The one-hour webinar will feature Sumit Chauhan, co-founder and chief operating officer (COO) of CerebrumX.

 

During the live broadcast, ...
11-16-2023 04:10 PM - Comment(s)

CIECA welcomes Industrial Finishes and Systems as a new Corporate Member. Established 65 years ago by Stuart Barr, the family-owned company focuses on automotive and industrial paint, coatings and supplies, as well as specialty vehicle and industrial wood finishing products. With about 350 employees...

11-14-2023 02:20 PM - Comment(s)

The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced today that its second standards release of the year, the 2023R2, is now available to members as of October 19, 2023. A CIECA Technical Webinar will be held on Thursday, November 9 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET to discuss the rele...

10-23-2023 04:41 PM - Comment(s)

New CIECA member Propel is committed to boosting small businesses in the collision industry through the company’s review management platform. Established in January 2023, the company is led by CEO Gaurav (Rav) Mendiratta and an eight-member dedicated team. Propel helps businesses gather Google Revie...

10-02-2023 10:55 AM - Comment(s)

In 2022, one of CIECA’s active committees, Recycled Parts and Inventory, was discussing recycled electric vehicle (EV) parts. The committee, chaired by Ginny Whelan, senior consultant for the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA), ultimately found that questions kept arising about how an EV’s lifec...

10-02-2023 10:47 AM - Comment(s)

Originally published in Automotive Recycling magazine

When an insurance company emails an estimate to a body shop or a recycler buys or sells a vehicle, up until recently, little thought was given to the personally identifiable information (PII) being shared. That is no longer the case.


“Those in...

08-16-2023 10:08 AM - Comment(s)

CIECA welcomes SafEST as a new Corporate Member. Established in 2023, SafeEST integrates with the CCC Secure Share Network to help identify required services and link collision repairers with sublet providers offering post-repair services and safety system calibrations. 


“By identifying wha...

08-15-2023 10:50 AM - Comment(s)

The next CIECA Webinar is scheduled for Thursday, August 24 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET: “Current & Forecasted Collision Industry Trends.” The one-hour webinar will feature Bart Mazurek, Vice President, Automotive Services Group (ASG) Consulting & Services, CCC Intelligent Solutions.

During t...
08-03-2023 03:30 PM - Comment(s)

Revv has joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. The company was founded in 2022 by CEO Adi Bathla and CTO Rashmi Sinha with a vision to revolutionize the collision industry. Based in New York City, the co-founders and their team use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologie...

07-21-2023 12:43 PM - Comment(s)

The next CIECA Webinar is scheduled for Thursday, July 27 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/2 pm ET: “Collision Industry Challenges Driving the Need for Transparency Among Stakeholders.” 

 

The one-hour webinar will feature representatives from three stakeholder groups. They include John Eck, head of prod...

07-11-2023 04:33 PM - Comment(s)

Just over a year ago, CIECA’s Emerging Technologies Committee was reviewing pain points in the collision industry. They found that the different terminology used by auto manufacturers for OEM repair procedures often leads to technicians finding it challenging to locate the information they need...

07-06-2023 12:40 PM - Comment(s)

Established in 2016 and incorporated five years later, CIECA member company Mountaineer Business Technology provides software development and consultation services to companies in the automotive industry and others. In addition to web development, the company assists with integrating B2B application...

07-06-2023 12:24 PM - Comment(s)

The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced today that Bryce Boyer, business partner lead consultant for Allstate Insurance Company, joined CIECA’s Board of Trustees, effective immediately.

 

As part of an auto team that focuses on virtual estimating, one of Boyer’s m...

06-30-2023 01:30 PM - Comment(s)

ComCept Solutions has joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. Founded in 1986 by Glenn Atwell, the company is based out of Seminole, Florida, and has built distribution management solutions for U.S. paint jobbers for almost 40 years. These include National Coatings & Supplies / Single Source, Painte...

05-19-2023 01:25 PM - Comment(s)

Andy Mohr Collision has become a CIECA Corporate Member. Established in 2015, the company is based in Bloomington, Indiana, and is a dealership collision center for Honda and Hyundai. Andy Mohr owns 14 dealerships and four collision centers in the state. 

 

Focused on repairing all vehi...

05-10-2023 10:18 AM - Comment(s)

Collision Dashboard joined CIECA as a Corporate Member. Founded in 2022, the company’s mission is to simplify key performance indicators (KPIs) for collision repair facilities to access and understand. 

 

“We give collision repair facilities the ability to measure what they are trying to man...

05-02-2023 10:59 AM - Comment(s)

The next CIECA webinar is scheduled for Thursday, May 18 at 11 am PT/1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET: “The Future of Automotive Technologies.” The one-hour webinar will feature Chris Chesney, Vice President of Training & Organizational Development for Repairify.

 

During the live broadcast, Chesney will dis...
04-26-2023 11:56 AM - Comment(s)

CIECA announced that Propel Up, LLC has become a corporate member. Established in 2023, the company builds software to help auto body shops and other small companies obtain more reviews, showcase their reviews from the Internet, track website visitors, and grow their businesses. Its six employees fo...

04-20-2023 12:35 PM - Comment(s)

CIECA announced that its 15th annual conference, CONNEX 2023, will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton, in Bloomington, IL, September 12-13. The event will include a full lineup of business and technical speakers, networking opportunities and a vehicle gifting as part of the National Auto Body...

02-23-2023 02:57 PM - Comment(s)

CIECA has announced the formation of a new Standards Development Committee focused on Electric Vehicles (EVs) and electric batteries. The committee will be chaired by Frank Phillips, senior manager-Certified Collision North America for Rivian, Jake Rodenroth, North American Body Repair Program opera...

02-20-2023 12:19 PM - Comment(s)