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ASA-CO hosts KEYS training; more management and technical classes set for '08

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BMW's 1 Series coupe and Chevrolet's Aveo5 represent increasing diversity of compact vehicles

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Collins Collision Products delivers value to shops in an environmentally friendly way

Collins Collision Products remanufactures 15,000 steel bumpers and 30,000 plastic bumper fascias a year. Unusable plastic cores are ground up and reused as nonvirgin plastic in new automobiles. Pictured, from l., are Co-owners Tempy Bowman, Jim Stults, and Bob Petty.Loveland, Colo. -- Long before corporations began marketing themselves as "green" or stewards of the environment, Collins Collision Products was carving out a niche by chrome-plating steel bumpers and remanufacturing plastic bumper fascias.  This was not only good for the environment, but provided shop owners an alternative to using new OEM parts, said Tempy Bowman, vice president of sales and marketing for Collins Collision Products.

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Colorado Petroleum offers Silver State synthetic motor oil exclusively through service outlets

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Denver Spring & Suspension supports customers in longtime niche

Sarah Buffum, owner of Denver Spring & Suspension, and her crew stress the importance doing the job right and quickly to create repeat business for fleet and commercial customers.Denver -- A worker swings a hammer to bend red-hot steel into place.  Springman Joe Foden is assembling an overload leaf spring for a heavy-duty truck at Denver Spring & Suspension, the same shop where his father and grandfather once worked.  Although the technology found in modern passenger vehicles and trucks have changed drastically over the years, the repair methods and physics behind suspensions have remained constant, said Sarah Buffum, owner of Denver Spring & Suspension, which was founded in 1953.

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Flat tire leads to marriage, business partnership for Hayes Automotive owners

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Markley Motors' collision repair facility looks to Akzo Nobel as more than a waterborne paint supplier

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Mountain Region October People & Places

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White Auto Body owners commit to employee development with trip to EXCEL

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American Honda increases breadth, availability of parts through daily-replenishment program

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