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• Former-AGRSS Council Completes Name Change to Auto Glass Safety Council
  One of the things the auto glass repair and services industry looked forward to for 2012 was the name change of the well-known AGRSS Council to the Auto Glass Safety Council, a change that would be effective immediately on the first day of 2012. The former AGRSS (Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards) Council officials announced it back in the middle of Se […]
• Audi’s Auto Glass HUD Wows Attendees of CES
  The International Consumer Electronics Show for this year saw one exhibit being visited by nearly all car and technology enthusiasts attending the show: Audi scored major publicity points with their exhibit this year, which showcases the company’s latest development in HUD or heads-up display technology for auto glass, a sleek, rather beautiful contact-analo […]
• Hanover Insurance Removed from Charged Insurers in Harner Auto Glass Suit
  The controversial, much-publicized suit from David Harner against several auto glass TPAs and insurers has just undergone a change: Hanover, one of the insurers listed in the suit as being among the insurers who failed to pay claims due, has been removed from the list. This is the latest development in what is turning out to be a true David vs. Goliath story […]
• Catoosa County Local Dies From Deer Going Through Auto Glass
  A Catoosa County local was killed just recently when a six-point buck slammed into his pickup’s front auto glass on the Three Notch Road. Apparently, Jimmy Bridges was making his daily drive to work when a deer jumped out and shot straight into Bridges’s windshield, which shattered upon impact. The curious point in the story is that the deer apparently jumpe […]
• UK Auto Glass Repair Brand Autoglass Shows Advert with Facebook Contest Winner
  The UK-based auto glass repair brand Autoglass has released its latest commercial, where the winner of its Facebook contest can be seen sporting a frown as his windshield takes on a decidedly nasty crack after his car hits a bump on the highway. The man, Blackpool resident Ian Graham, was chosen out of over 130 participants in the auto glass repair brand’s s […]
• Auto Glass Repair Company Safelite Gives Employees Days Off for Community Service
  The auto glass repair company Safelite has given its employees two days off in order to let them do community service or outreach work. The company actually promotes the idea of community outreach very strongly within its ranks, often organising employees in groups for the purpose of achieving some philanthropic or charitable cause. With the two-days-off pro […]
• Pre-Med Student Breaks Auto Glass to Rescue Unconscious Driver in Accident
  Some hands-on experience found a premed student in Michigan just recently when the young man saw a car crash during a routine trip. Riding in a car with two of his friends, Minan Mansour immediately stopped the car and got out to help in case anyone was seriously hurt. This was what led to Mansour’s discovery of the man he had to help out of his own car by b […]
• Colonial Heights Woman Suspects Bullet Shot Through Her Auto Glass
    In Colonial Heights, VA, a woman had an awful surprise on the 29th of this month when her drive was interrupted by the sound of auto glass shattering. Troubled by the noise, Katie Shumate pulled over her red Chevy Corvette and inspected her car to see what had happened. She discovered a hole blown cleanly through her rear windshield, which had been shatter […]
• Quartet Arrested, Accused of Sandy Auto Glass Vandalisms
  The string of auto glass vandalism in Sandy City, Oregon have finally seen attribution: a quartet was recently arrested and accused of the crimes, which have affected over 30 victims already in the area. The four persons arrested hailed from the neighboring areas of Estacada, Boring, and Eagle Creek, and three of them were only teenagers. The quartet was arr […]
• Auto Glass Repair Franchises Listed in 2012 Franchise 500 Compilation
  The Franchise 500 list from Entrepreneur magazine has just come out for 2012, and several auto glass repair franchise brands are listed in it, just like last year. At least three placed within the top 200 in the list, with two moving up the rankings and one moving down. To be included in the Franchise 500 list is obviously prestigious, not only for the auto […]