Northwest
Feb. 2 * Petersen Collector Car Auction, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem. Visit www.petersencollectorcars.com.
Feb. 9-10 * 45th annual Corvette & High Performance Meet, Washington State Fair Events Center, Puyallup. Visit www.corvettehp.com.
Feb. 15-17 * Spokane International Auto Show, Spokane...
IDAHO
Technician Dan Nelson of Larry Miller Subaru in Boise was recently honored at the ASE Annual Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He received the Subaru/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year award based on top scores on his ASE tests, as well as job excellence and community service. Nelson...
The Auto Care Association’s Auto Care Factbook indicates that the automotive aftermarket is currently a $392 billion industry and is expected to reach $433 billion in 2021. And with that comes the growing pains of challenges and opportunities. Today’s issues for repairers may sound familiar, but...
Portland, Ore.—Known since 1993 as AG Diesel, the north Portland shop, owned by Cameron Tormanen, is now AG Automotive to reflect its expansion into passenger car, SUV, crossover, and other light-duty vehicle service and repair, said Kirk Erickson, AAM, longtime service manager at AG who handles...
SeaTac, Wash.—The Automotive Service Association Northwest (ASA-NW) has announced the keynote speakers for the Automotive Training Expo (ATE), March 22-24, at the Doubletree Hotel adjacent to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The three-day extensive training event features speakers at two...
Mt. Angel, Ore.—Bill Dallas and his wife, Suzy, sold their home and collision shop in Portland, Ore., in 2015 to move about 40 miles south to care for an aging parent. As it turned out, a building in the area that had been a body shop since the 1940s was for sale, so they opened Mt. Angel Auto Body...
January
Jan. 18-19 * Winter Rod & Speed Show, Linn County Fair & Expo Center, Albany, Ore. Visit www.capracing.com/winter_show.
Jan. 24-27 * Winter Retreat & Management Conference, ASA Northwest, Icicle Village Resort, Leavenworth, Wash. Visit www.asanorthwest.com, or call 253-473-6970...
Boise, Idaho—Dave Higgs said that working with a handful of other shop owners about six years ago to revitalize the Idaho Autobody Craftsman Association, which had been dormant for nearly a decade, has had a positive impact on his business, Franklin Auto Body.
“It’s important to get shops together...
SeaTac, Wash.—The Automotive Training Expo (ATE) returns to the DoubleTree Hotel adjacent to SeaTac International Airport for its 2019 event, March 22-24.
“The ATE Education Committee, headed up by Butch Jobst, AMAM, and Kandie Jennings-Molloy, AAM, did an exceptional job in putting together the 60...
Lakewood, Wash.—ASA Northwest has announced that its Independent Technicians Automotive Committee (ITAC) apprenticeship program was approved Oct. 18 by the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council (WSATC), a division of Labor & Industries (L&I).
“We were thrilled to have our...
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