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June 7, 2017 • by Staff
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The new branch is IAA’s third in the state, with additional branches in Portland and Eugene. The facility expands the overall capacity needed for the marketplace by almost 15%.
The facility includes large indoor bay space to accommodate the area’s frequent inclement weather, with additional acreage and storage space in anticipation of acute inventory increases due to severe weather events.
PAR North America has hired Stacey White to lead its remarketing services division as senior vice president. This appointment aims to further develop and expand PAR’s remarketing products for its customers, according to Lisa Scott, North American president.
Vehicle relocation service Auto Driveaway, which serves large corporate fleets, has acquired the assets of heavy truck transport service J&J, which expands its scope in the heavy truck transportation market.
Cox Automotive's dealer technology unit vAuto has acquired iReconCars and relaunched the reconditioning management platform as iRecon to help dealers and other partners improve used vehicle reconditioning efficiency and speed, the company announced.
The award is sponsored by Bobit Business Media and National Auto Auction Association; ballots will close on Thursday, Jan. 31. The winner will be announced at the 2019 Conference of Automotive Remarketing, which will be held on March 26-27, 2019 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.
KAR Auction Services, Inc. has promoted Peter Kelly from to its newly created role of president.
CAR is a joint conference between Bobit Business Media, the National Auto Auction Association, and the International Automotive Remarketers Alliance.
The top news of 2018 included coverage on the hurricane's impact on the remarketing industry, the effects of the off-lease tidal wave, mobile technology and Manheim.
Manheim has named Fredrick Standfield as senior vice president of its assurance and reconditioning group, according to a company announcement.
Bobit Business Media has been acquired by Gemspring Capital, a middle-market private equity firm. Bobit, which bought HDT in 2012, was founded by Ed Bobit in 1961 with Automotive Fleet and today is a successful business-to-business media company in the fleet, transportation, beauty, and law enforcement industries.
Due to the areas affected being less densely populated than cities affected by recent hurricanes such as Florence, Irma, and Harvey, the impact on the auto industry will be less severe than those hurricanes.
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