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MAY CARSTAR ADDS LOS ANGELES LOCATION

In May, a CARSTAR facility, CARSTAR First Choice Auto Body, opened in Los Angeles, Calif.

This is the first CARSTAR location for owner Edwin Khoshabeh. Joining CARSTAR gives Khoshabeh access to the company’s learning portal, CARSTAR University, and connects the shop with other industry resources.

CARSTAR First Choice Auto Body is a 6,500-squarefoot facility. The body shop is an I-CAR Gold certified facility.

JUNE CARSTAR GROWS IN ILL., CALIF.

In June, CARSTAR added a pair of new locations to the fold, with the addition of locations in San Francisco and suburban Chicago.

The multi-store network of independently owned shops recently announced the opening of CARSTAR Sunset Auto Reconstruction in San Francisco, as well as CARSTAR Geneva Body Shop in Illinois.

The San Francisco location is owned by Victor Sirhan, who has been in the collision repair industry for 14 years, after originally starting in the insurance realm.

Meanwhile, CARSTAR Geneva Body Shop has opened in Batavia, Ill. The owner of that shop is Pasquale Roppo, a veteran of 35 years in the collision repair industry. The native of Italy said in a press release that he felt he had pushed his shop as far as he could take it himself, prompting his recent decision to join the CARSTAR family.

JULY GA. MSO CLASSIC COLLISION ACQUIRES MIAMI SHOP

Classic Collision LLC, an Atlanta-based MSO, announced in mid-July that it had acquired H&M Auto Body in Miami.

This marks Classic Collision’s ninth south Florida location, and it now operates locations in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina. With the acquisition, H&M Auto Body will be known as Classic Collision Coral Gables and expands Classic Collision’s coverage from Palm Beach and Broward county into the Miami area. H&M Auto Body has served the Miami Dade and Coral Gables communities for over 25 years.

1COLLISION NETWORK, CSN COLLISION CENTRES ANNOUNCE MERGER

The 1Collision Network and Canada-based CSN Collision Centres formally announced the merger of their business operations.

The 1Collision and CSN footprint now spans 240 locations throughout North America, with a combined network revenue of over $550 million (U.S.). Day-today operations in the U.S. and Canada will continue to be led by Jim Keller and Flavio Battilana (the COO of CSN Collision Centres), respectively, with Ryan Bruno overseeing both networks.

Both organizations were formed in the early 2000s.

“We believe we’ll be able to combine our strengths in terms of corporate level support through Insurance relationships, operations, marketing, vendor relations and business planning and extend that service and deliver more value on both sides of the border,” said 1Collision President Jim Keller, via a joint press release.