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• 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 […]
• National Windshield Repair Association Calls for New ROLAGS Committee Members
  The NWRA, also known as the National Windshield Repair Association, has just announced that it is seeking new members for the ROLAGS committee from the auto glass repair community. The ROLAGS committee is responsible for overseeing the creation, improvement, or review of the ROLAGS, which is the Repair of Laminated Auto Glass Standard. Membership in the comm […]
• Minnesota Woman Hit by Auto Glass Repair Van, Sustained Minor Injuries
  A woman from St. Cloud, Minnesota was hit by an auto glass repair van last December 20 at the crosswalk located at 5th Avenue and 1st Street. The woman, who was 51 years old, was heading north when she was struck by the auto glass repair van, which was heading west at the same time, at about 15:40 hours. The auto glass repair van was being driven by the City […]
• Boyd Group Opens 11th Winnipeg Auto Glass Repair Location
  The Boyd Group, which runs auto glass repair and collision services under the sub-brand of Boyd Autobody & Glass, recently opened another shop for its auto glass repair facilities in Winnipeg. Located in Transcona, this is already the eleventh of Boyd’s shops in the area, making the company’s presence significant to the local economy and auto glass trade […]
• Florence Auto Glass Repair Shop Owner Launches “Merry Christmas” Campaign
  While a good number of political correctness advocates in themselves actually do not consider the “Merry Christmas” vs. “Happy Holidays” debate an important one, a good number of others do, and that debate tends to come to the forefront once the holiday season comes rolling in. In Florence, South Carolina, an auto glass repair shop owner has taken it upon hi […]
• TV Investigation Shows Windscreen Replacement Failures in Australia
  When you get someone to perform a windshield replacement on your car and are told that it shall cost you upwards of $300, you want a good job done on it. This much is true for customers the world over and even—as a TV investigation showed—for those Down Under. ACA, a TV station based in Australia, performed an investigative piece of reporting on one of its n […]
• Rocks Thrown at Kansas City Cars, Lead to Windshield Replacement
  Amidst all the hubbub about the smash and grab thieves that have been making the rounds of the country’s cars this Thanksgiving, another auto glass menace has been more or less forgotten by many. Recent events have reminded people in Kansas City about it, though: vandals and ruffians who throw rocks and drop items onto car windows either from an overpass or […]
• 2011 Thanksgiving Auto Glass Vandalisms Continue
  The streak of Thanksgiving vandalism and break-ins seems to be going strong, and with Christmas just around the corner, car burglars seem to be taking their activities up a notch. Auto glass repair shops have been seeing more business than usual due to all the broken windows, but it is a somewhat bitter improvement even for them: auto glass repair shop techn […]
• Lone NZ Protester Torches Car, Auto Glass Scatters in Explosion
  A lone protester in New Zealand caused quite a dangerous scene at Wellington’s Cuba Mall recently, setting his own car on fire inside the mall’s premises and thus causing an explosion that left a halo of splintered auto glass around the torched vehicle. Fortunately, no casualties were reported, and the man was taken into custody by the local law enforcement […]