OEConnection Customer Care Center Receives Benchmark Portal Certification for Second Year.
Local Technology Company Delivers World-Class Customer Service RICHFIELD, Ohio, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- OEConnection announced today that its Customer Care organization has earned the prestigious "Center of Excellence" certification from BenchmarkPortal and the Center for Customer-Driven Quality at Purdue University for the second consecutive year. This recognition...

Audatex Launches Collision Repair Industry's First Online Lean Six Sigma Training Course.
New offering provides a convenient and cost-effective way for gaining a competitive edge through targeted application of Lean principles SAN DIEGO, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Audatex North America, Inc. today announced the release of the industry's first online Lean Six Sigma training course, a convenient and cost-effective...

Gaston Guy "Gus" Lefebvre, 49.
THOMPSON, CT Gaston Guy "Gus" Lefebvre, 49, of 112 Gawron Rd, died Tuesday, Jan. 20 at his home with his family at his side after a courageous battle with cancer. He leaves his wife of 25 years, Tina (Stanley) Lefebvre; a daughter, Danielle Lefebvre of Thompson, CT;...

Family longs for closure in February 2008 fatality.
Byline: Scott J. Croteau WORCESTER - Sheri Apprille can't drive through a crosswalk or along Worcester's streets without thinking of her older sister, Christine Albanese. She wonders sometimes if the driver near her or the man behind the convenience store counter is the same man...

New Data on the Costs of Hybrid Vehicle Repair Featured in Audatex Directions, Leading Industry Publication for Automotive Insurers, Collision Repairers and Recyclers.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Audatex North America Inc. today released the Winter 2009 volume of its industry trends publication, Audatex Directions. The feature article in this latest issue provides an in-depth exploration of the factors that drive hybrid repair costs. Audatex vehicle and repair data...

ALSA PAINTS Brings Its DynaTone Automotive Paints Capacity to 30,000 Gallons a Day Featuring Zero VOC Solvent Paints.
California now has one of the largest auto paints manufacturers to better serve the West Coast automotive collision and refinishing industry LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- DynaTone Corp., a Los Angeles based automotive paint company, with an extensive line of value premium auto paints is ready...

Volkswagen Group of America Announces Formation of Chattanooga Manufacturing Company.
-- Renderings for new production facility also unveiled -- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Volkswagen Group of America today announced the formation of its new manufacturing company, Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, to be based in Chattanooga, Tenn. At a community briefing regarding the...

Carl E. Rising II, 60.
WORCESTER Carl E. Rising II, 60, of 121 Acushnet Ave., died Friday, January 9, 2009, at UMass Memorial Medical Center- University Campus. He leaves his wife of almost 30 years, Pamela A. (Farrell) Rising; his daughter, Melanie M. Rising; his son, Carl E. Rising, Jr.; all of...

Audatex to Integrate APU's Real-time Parts Search Engine.
Agreement to include new and enhanced features and business arrangement SAN DIEGO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Audatex North America, Inc., the North American division of the leading global claims solutions provider serving the automotive industry, signed an agreement to finalize a multi-year product integration and distribution agreement...

OEConnection and Norgate Technologies Team Up to Benefit Collision Repair Shops.
- CollisionLink(R) Online Parts Ordering Now Integrated with ABW Tracker(R) - RICHFIELD, Ohio, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- OEConnection LLC, a leading provider of technology servicing the automotive original equipment (OE) replacement parts industry, announced today that it has formed a new relationship with Norgate Technologies, a leader...