AUTO GLASS REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT INDUSTRY NEWS
On this page we will highlight any current auto
glass, windshield repair and replacement industry news. We will try
to post as often as we can and only the most pertinent information
that would concern the auto glass retail customer and the local auto
glass
repair and replacement shops.
March 2010
Bad Tech at Tucson Safelite Auto Glass
The windshield was not fixed properly. There are two bright shinny lines on my window next to my eye level view of vision. They said there was nothing they ...
Safelite Auto Glass - Safelite is NOT an American Company!
Safelite is NOT an American-owned Company! It was sold to a foreign conglomerate 4 years ago. It is owned by Belron (British Company).
Washington Auto Glass Installer Fined for Overbilling Insurance Company
ClaimsJournal.com
A Battle Ground, Wash., auto glass installer who overbilled an insurance company for years will have to pay back $100000 in inflated billings. the Office of ...
Safelite Auto Glass - Shoddy Workmanship/Poor time management
Husband spent over an hour fixing the washer but Safelite will have to fix the molding.
Belron US adopts Safelite brand name | The Columbus Dispatch - Topix (make sure you read the comments after the story)
Columbus-based Belron US has become Safelite Group, taking the name of its best- known auto-glass brand. Share. Read. Comments below ...
NGA Refutes Belron Technical's ANSI Application, Says It Is Inaccurate
The National Glass Association has issued an official statement refuting some of the claims made in Belron Technical's application made to the American ...
Honda's New 1 Person Electric Vehicle Looks Cool, But Who Will Buy It?
Singularity Hub (blog)
That canopy slides down into a windshield when someone's inside. The 3R-C is steered with handlebars and gives me the impression that it's somewhere between ...
February 2010
Tennessee Lawmakers Address Insurer Steering
Collision Week (subscription)
... and the Senate are considering bills that place restrictions on insurer referrals and appraisals for collision repair and auto glass work. ...
Minnesota Litigator | Blog Archive » “Shortpay” for Auto Glass ...
By Seth
Minnesota Business Litigation News and Developments.
Windshield Repair Claims and Insurance Companies | Spangler
By admin
Whenever you contact your insurance company about auto glass claims, it is essential that you know and understand what you are doing. Did you know that many companies will give you the name and number of the person who will handle your ...
2010 ASRW Partnering Program kicks-off with industry support
Search-Autoparts.com
Auto Glass Week – an event featuring four host groups dedicated to delivering quality education and exhibits intent on advancing the growth and recognition ...
SafeLite Auto Glass costly waste of time
We changed our work schedules to be here for Safelite repair man 8am-12noon with two cars for windshield service. Now the repairman calls says he is over ...
House Cleaning for Windshield replacement (Valleywide) | Baarter ...
By admin
Hi I am looking to barter house cleaning for replacement of my windshield on my truck. The windshield can be used or new. I do housecleaning for a living,I can have your home clean and shining. If Interested please contact me at ...
National Glass Association Refutes Belron Claims in ANSI Application
Collision Week
The National Glass Association refuted claims made in a technical application submitted to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) by Belron which ...
Ripoff Report: Safelite Autoglass Recently installed my window ...
(and yet another one)
Safelite Autoglass Recently installed my window then it fell off. Virginia Beach , Virginia.
Directory World
Safelite Auto Glass - Bad repair and bad service
(another pi$$ed customer)
He said a successful repair is one that stops the damage from running. Period. So if you care how the repair looks then don't use Safelite. ...
Man's Windshield Smashed by Flying Ice
WHTM-TV
The Marysville man said a large chunk of ice flew off the top of a tractor trailer and smashed through the passenger side of his windshield. ...
Windshield Repair Forum • View topic - Safelite (Belron ...
Re: Safelite (Belron)..; Limiting Repair Options? Post by Frank EU » Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:38 am. Brent: I don't agree. As long as you refer to the source ...
NGA Refutes Belron Technical's ANSI Application, Says It Is Inaccurate
glassBYTEs
"The NGA is, and always has been, committed to serving the auto glass industry," says NGA vice president David Walker in the statement. ...
Automotix. com
Tennessee Takes on Consumer Choice Issue; Addresses Auto Glass Specifically
glassBYTEs
Both the Tennessee House of Representatives and the state's Senate currently are reviewing bills that would require insurers to inform claimants of their ...
Deer through windshield kills 8-year-old Nashville girl
The Tennessean(very, very sad...so sorry for your loss Mr Webb)
By Chris Echegaray • The Tennessean • February 18, 2010 Eight-year-old Emmie Webb, seated between her siblings in the back seat of a sedan, ...
Safelite Autoglass has Windshields for Futura/Z-7 - Four Eyed Forums
Safelite Autoglass has Windshields for Futura/Z-7 Other Early Fox Tech.
Automotive Search Engine Business and Economy
Safelite Auto Glass - BEWARE of Safelite Autoglass!!!!!!
I am a former employee of Safelite Autoglass, I was not fired or terminated. I worked for their Sacramento CA and locally here in the DFW area and quit my ...
Safelite Auto Glass - Southeast - Denver, CO
1 Review of Safelite Auto Glass "This is the feedback letter I wrote to Safelite Auto Glass corporate after hiring them to repair my driver side window ...
Recall Alert: 2010 BMW X5, X6
Cars.com (blog)
16, 2009, because the bonding in the upper right part of the windshield may be insufficient. In a rollover accident, this could negatively impact the ...
Auto Parts Live
SAFELITE AUTOGLASS - I have been in the glass industry for 20 ...
Since Safelite has purchased my Previous company it really sucks. Being in management (lower management) the hours have increased the bonuses have decreased ...
BMW Recalls 500 X5, X6 Vehicles on Windshield Defect
BusinessWeek
16, experienced a “problem” in the process of gluing on the windshield, spokesman Andreas Lampka said today in a telephone interview. ...
Trust Worthy: What Is a Laminated Auto Glass
By rtlx.kannan
Since 1927, automakers began the use of laminated safety glass or auto glass for car windscreens. Windshield is the only part of the car using the auto laminated glass. Other windows such as side and rear windows using a completely ...
Snow atop vehicles poses risks on roads
Roanoke Times
By Jordan Fifer James Bellard slammed on his tractor-trailer's brakes as a 4-foot chunk of ice and snow from a passing car crashed into his cab's windshield ...
Windshield Repair Forum • View topic - Safelite (Belron ...
(the ANSI has become a JOKE)
Anybody out there should be able to see that Belron companies have more interest in selling glass (replacing windshields) than doing repairs. ...
um....WHAT???: "safe light repair, safe light replace"
By nancy
i wasn't sure if it was safelight, safe light, safelite, or safe lite. so i googled it. guess what? it's all four! all. freakin. four! (i hope these turkeys have high internal quotients because they sure as shootin' don't have high ...
Windshield & Glass Aftermarket Parts & Accessories Parts Automotive Directory - The home of motoring U.S.A.
Safelite Auto Glass - they messed up my windshield
(CONSUMERS BEWARE!!)
I had my windshield repaired on 1-14-10 by a Safelite autoglass tech that afternoon. My windshield had a dime size rock peck in it on the passenger side by ...
Falling ice hits driver's windshield
ABC7Chicago.com
February 10, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Ice fell from a downtown building and cracked a driver's windshield Wednesday morning. Jediah Anthony and his wife were ...
AZ Bill Seeks to Prevent Auto Glass Repair Fraud - News ...
(how about a bill to tighten regulations on INSURANCE COMPANIES)
PHOENIX - Arizona state legislators are now considering a bill seeking to tighten regulation of auto glass repair and replacement.
Windshield Repair Businesses Busy
WSET
Lynchburg, VA - This year's abundance of snowfall has turned into a boost in business for area windshield repair shops. Most say they're booked up for three ...
Auto Glass Sales Managers Needed at Car Wash . (ValleyWide ...
By Hiring Manager (check it out!...Novus is selling glass at car wash locations....isn't that where all the auto glass hacks sell glass??)
Auto Glass-Windshield Sales Managers Needed at Car Wash Novus Glass is hiring for 3 Sales Managers Salary plus Commission; high volume of cars. DARREN.
Seeing is believing when it comes to road safety
Wheels.ca (blog)
As a result, engineers must strengthen the posts around the windshield to help prevent the roof from collapsing on the occupants in a rollover. ...
Ice scrapers given to Fargo teenagers
In-Forum
A teen outside Shanley High School who had driven to school without scraping snow and ice off her windshield has spurred a citywide project. ...
Woman's windshield shattered by falling snow
KSTP.com
A woman's windshield was smashed when snow and ice fell off the overpass she was driving under. She suspects the snow was pushed off the overpass by a snow ...
Report provides details of April 2009 Loyalhanna slayings ...
Two of three victims in the April 2009 slayings at a Loyalhanna Township auto glass repair shop suffered multiple gunshot wounds of the head, a report released yesterday by Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha disclosed.
MGA Secretary-Treasurer Kevin Foley Passes Away
USGlass News Network (USGNN)
Kevin Foley, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota Glass Association (MGA) and owner of Auto Glass Today in Minneapolis, passed away on Thursday, January 28. ...
Recycled Windshield Greenhouse Grows More Glass
Inhabitat (blog)
by Kevin Gardner, 02/01/10 Recycled windshields are busting out of the woodwork, from French country gardens to swank sub/urban surfaces. ...
January 2010
Consumer Awareness: Safelite Auto Glass. « Royal Auto Glass Tucson
By Justin [a must read!!]
For those that don't know, Safelite is the nations largest auto glass repair and replacement company. What most don't know is that this statement doesn't begin to explain how large they actually are. They have practically monopolized ...
Manhole cover flies through windshield, injuring woman in Montgomery
Washington Post
By Dan Morse and Ashley Halsey III A manhole cover erupted into the air in Montgomery County on Monday afternoon, crashing through the front windshield of a ...
LAGQ.net Wiki
LAGQ.net Find your locally owned auto glass shop for auto glass repair and replacement. Free instant quotes from multiple auto glass shops in your local ...
Not much demand for heated windshields
EMC St. Lawrence
It may well be that some of the more expensive, higher end cars, have heated windshields, but I have yet to see them in vehicles such as the Toyota Camry ...
Glassmaking Thrives Offshore, but Is Declining in U.S.
By admin
The subsidies offset, among other things, the high cost of shipping heavy glass — auto windshields, for example — across the Pacific. “We definitely need to put tariffs on some of the glass coming from China,” said Tim Tuttle, ...
Things to concentrate when you go for an auto insurance company
By admin
The following are the coverage available: 1. Property damage, 2. Bodily Injury, 3. Personal Injury protection, 4. Basic, 5. Uninsured motorist , 6. Rental car reimbursement, 7. Comprehensive, 8. Auto glass replacement. ...
An Independent View: The State of the Industry
By Mike Russo
The auto glass repair and replacement industry begins the New Year, 2010, just as it ended 2009. But I believe that we begin 2010 with a renewed hope and expectation that change is coming. As many have done so many times before, ...
Mississippi Legislature Considers Consumer Choice Initiative
glassBYTEs
The Mississippi House has undertaken an initiative related to auto glass after just one short week of the 2010 legislative session. Rep. ...
Beware of third party free gas cards
AZ Central.com
Brian Kennedy says he chose Diamond Auto Glass to replace the windshield specifically because they offered him a $300 gas card for free if he did. ...
Safelite Auto Glass Complaints - Cheap glass
Safelite Auto Glass Complaints: Cheap glass. Cars, Parts & Vehicles.
Ripoff Report: Safelite Auto Glass Diamond Triumph I WON ...
Safelite Auto Glass Diamond Triumph I WON!!! Judgement Against Company.... Columbus, Ohio.
Cadillac's CTS Coupe due in spring
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The windshield and rear glass are more steeply slanted than in the sedan to give the car a sleeker, sportier look. Cadillac this spring will roll into ...
Woman arrested after driving 7 km with pedestrian in windshield in fatal hit
Mainichi Daily News
... after she hit an elderly woman with her car and drove approximately seven kilometers to her home with the woman implanted in the windshield of her car. ...
Deputy Flips Car, Hits Gas Line
WSOCtv.com
A driver with an iced-over windshield hit one of the Salisbury police cars, the sheriff's office said. No one was hurt
Police on the lookout for "peephole" drivers
WDAY
In a hurry, we barely scrape our windshield before taking off. Police are now keeping their eyes peeled for peephole drivers. This is what it means to be a ...
New Technology in Windshields from General Motors to Aid Aging Drivers
InjuryBoard.com (blog)
The company's Human Machine Interface division is developing a windshield to help older drivers compensate for vision loss and slower reaction times. ...
Man killed in Dec. 27 fire ID'd
Jackson Sun
He was an employee of Jack Morris Auto Glass, according to his obituary. Firefighters were called to the home at 9:12 pm and found the house engulfed in ...
Boyd Group Income Fund announces management changes
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The Company also operates Gerber National Glass Services, an auto glass repair and replacement referral business with approximately 3000 affiliated service ...
Latest Phone Scam Troubles Industry
glassBYTEs
A new possible scam is plaguing auto glass shops throughout the United States. In the latest effort, the caller uses the unfortunately popular system of ...
Local windshield repair companies suspected of insurance fraud
KING5.com [so quick to jump on auto glass companies for fraud, how about investigating insurance companies and their practices]
Both companies are mobile windshield repair firms. The state Office of Insurance Commissioner is looking into whether the firms overbilled insurance ...
Aurora driver seriously hurt in ice accident
Chicago Tribune
On Monday morning, Morano was driving his car east on Butterfield Road in Aurora when his windshield was struck by an explosion of snow and ice. ...
Turkey-Based Manufacturer Awarded DOT No. 939
glassBYTEs
Ortakci Cam was founded in 1977 and, in addition to the auto glass industry, also serves the furniture, shower door, heating and industrial cooling ...
Fitzgerald sentenced to five years in DWI accident that claimed officer's life
Press & Sun-Bulletin
The patrolman, who worked part-time as a village police officer and owned an auto glass business, left behind a wife, Renee Rossi. ...
Latest Phone Scam Troubles Industry
glassBYTEs
A new possible scam is plaguing auto glass shops throughout the United States. In the latest effort, the caller uses the unfortunately popular system of ...
December 2009
View from the Trenches: The Never-Ending Story
By Neil Duffy
In fact, you could say that Belron US generates the same interest level in our industry as Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods does in the general public. Whatever it does, it is reported on. Rave or revile, very few people in the auto glass ...
Four ways to winterize your car
WREX-TV
Before you leave, take the time to thoroughly scrape the ice from your windshield, check that your windshield defroster is doing its job, and be sure your ...
Grace period to end Friday for windshield wiper, headlight law
Ironton Tribune
By Lori Kersey (Contact) | The Tribune Beginning Friday, Ohio residents can expect a citation if they are pulled over and found to be using their windshield ...
Slow to recover: PPG's drastic steps could pay off in economic recovery
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
... its strategy of focusing on global expansion and growing its coatings and specialty chemicals rather than struggling segments such as auto glass. ...
Washington Auto Glass Installer Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud Case
ClaimsJournal.com
A Battle Ground, Wash., auto glass installer who overbilled an insurance company for years has pleaded guilty to first-degree theft, the state Office of the ...
12-30-09 Disregarding Auto Repairs Is Dangerous
The Shopper Online
Worn, cracked or brittle windshield wipers will limit visibility because they cannot remove insects, grime and other debris from the windshield. ...
New Law in Ohio Requires Headlights With Windshield Wipers
Drivers not using headlights while their windshield wipers are on could be ticketed starting Friday. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- Starting Jan. ...
November 2009
Pilkington North America Sales Team to begin Promoting the American Auto Glass
Reuters (what a joke!)
5 /prnewswire/ -- Pilkington North America announces an agreement with American Auto Glass Alliance (AAGA). The aaga's innovative communications ...
Colorado Teen Invents Steam-Powered Wiper Blades
TheDenverChannel.com
He showed off a new windshield wiper that cleans with the power of steam. "There should be a way that we don't need to scrape our windows when they're icy," ...
Driver's windshield aroused suspicion
Greensboro News & Record
“What in the world happened to your windshield?” store owner Patsy French asked the disheveled woman who pulled into the store parking lot about 9:30 am on ...
MnDOT to pay for damages after falling concrete hits car
KARE
It cracked the car's windshield and severely dented the roof. The bridge was last inspected in 2007. Crews were back on the overpass last weekend. ...
Wind drives branch through windshield
Attleboro Sun Chronicle
PLAINVILLE - Saturday's high winds may have caused an unusual accident on East Bacon Street, where a tree branch fell through a car's windshield, ...
October 2009
sa D'Ieteren nv - Acquisition of own shares
Euronext (persbericht) - Netherlands
Belron sa, the world leader in vehicle glass repair and replacement in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and New-Zealand through notably its ...
Try It Thursday- Does The Windshield Wonder Really Work-
WJACtv.com
The Windshield Wonder claims to clean the inside of you windshield with ease. Thursday, WJAC-TV tested the product to find out if it really works. ...
Vitro Reports 3Q'09 Declines of 36.9% and 36.7% in Sales and EBITDA
Reuters
Auto glass volumes in the OEM market declined 23 percent driven by lower industry demand, while AGR domestic sales volumes rose 5 percent reflecting higher ...
The Mind of Mr. M- Safelite Auto-Glass (Review)
By Mr. M (This is a must read, very typical of the large corporate auto glass companies. Please choose a local, independent glass shop next time you need your windshield replaced!)
Don't ask Safelite Auto Glass, they don't know. Today, I had to replace my windshield and at the recommendation of Geico's online service, we went with their preferred glass shop, Safelite Auto Glass. If you wondering why I am using the ...
Auto glass plant lays off 64
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Guardian Automotive Products Inc. has laid off 64 workers from an Auburn plant that makes automotive glass. It's unclear whether the cuts are permanent. ...
CAW wants automaker to boycott company closing local glass plant
Windsor Star
By Grace Macaluso, The Windsor StarOctober 26, 2009 10:54 PM A dispute between the Canadian Auto Workers and a US auto glass company, which is shutting ...
Auto glass-maker idles 64 in Auburn
News Sentinel
... announced last week, were a result of production cuts throughout the automotive industry, which has a direct impact on the demand of automotive glass. ...
Windshield Repair and Replacement – 5 Tips for Your Family's
By Allison Davis
People have died because their windshield was improperly replaced. Others have been crippled for life. Maybe someone you know, or knew, was a victim. It's.
Canadian glass-plant closings spark protest from CAW
Automotive News
The Canadian Auto Workers union has asked Canadian units of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group to boycott a US auto glass company that plans to bring in ...
Windshield replacement - Mustang Forums at StangNet
By Vankuen
I'm having my windshield replaced by Safelite tomorrow. So of course I did a little research first using consumer reviews and all that. The biggest.
Windshield Replacement 101 | The Houston 10 - Top Ten Lists of the
By Allison Davis
Unfortunately, automobile windshields are susceptible to harm even when no one is inside or operating the vehicle. What is more surprising is when they incur.
Products That Can Help You Become a Safer Driver | Farticle.net
By jimthoct09
Unfortunately, many drivers neglect their windshields and the upkeep of their windshield wipers until their vision becomes extremely impaired. Windshield cleaners and revitalizers for windshield wiper blades help to prevent these vision ...
Farticle.net - http://www.farticle.net/
Changing Your Windshield Wiper Blades | Bukisa.com
By 5min
Replacing your wiper blades is an easy car maintenance task that you can do in just a few minutes. This tip shows how easy it can be.
Arizona hit by predatory vehicle-windshield harvesters
AZ Central.com
He pointed to concerns raised by a group of Miami auto-glass retailers earlier this year over a company that began offering windshield repairs by hiring ...
Lewes business receives OHS safety award
Sussex Countian
Go-Glass Corporation serves its' residential, commercial, and auto customers, under the Mr. Go-Glass, brand from seven locations in Delaware, Maryland, ...
Preparing Vehicles for Winter - It's More Than Checking the Antifreeze
Reuters
Windshield Anyone who has made the mistake of using their windshield cleaner on a cold morning and found it was filled with water -- that is frozen in the ...
Ont. family finds 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite in truck's windshield
The Canadian Press
GRIMSBY, Ont. — The Garchinski family of southwestern Ontario had thought vandals were responsible for a smashed windshield in their truck. ...
Man gets bright idea for automatically darkening windshields after daughter's
Columbus Dispatch
After the glare of the morning sun led to his daughter's fatal car accident in 2006, Roe came up with a patent for a windshield glass that darkens and ...
Car fire hero breaks windshield to pull woman from burning car
kgw.com
Next he started kicking the windshield. Unfortunately it was shatter proof, but he did not give up. “I kicked a hole with my toe and I said, I'm not going ...
Windshield crack forces emergency landing
Times of the Internet
A jet carrying troops from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, made an emergency landing in Broward County, Fla., due to a cracked windshield, airport officials said. ...
Auto Bits- Preparing your car for the big chill
Ridgecrest Daily Independent (good tips for winter)
Windshield wipers: Check wiper blades and replace them if needed. Rubber-clad blades can fight ice buildup. Stock up on windshield washer solvent. ...
Insurance agents fined for kickbacks
Auburn Citizen
But a representative for Dempsey said Friday that Dempsey only learned that two of his former employees had accepted grocery cards from an auto glass ...
Hero school bus driver honored
WWLP 22News
Frost was driving their jv soccer team last week, when a gust of wind snapped part of a tree into the bus' windshield. Frost says he held the windshield up ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW), the former automotive glass and services division of PPG Industries, celebrated its one year anniversary as a stand-alone company this month.
Safelite's Belron closes deal for IGD assets
(for those that don't know, Safelite Auto Glass, the largest auto glass company in the US, is actually owned by an over seas company....don't you think we support enough over seas companies already...try supporting locally owned AMERICAN auto glass companies!!)
Bizjournals.com - Oct 2, 2009 Safelite AutoGlass operator Belron US said Friday it has closed a deal to buy the vehicle glass repair and replacement assets of an Iowa competitor. ...
June 2009
Ohio to get $88 million in funds to assist laid-off workers
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
The funds, she said, would be a perfect match for a place like Glasstech, which has its roots in auto glass production but is shifting more design work ...
Saving GM: Is It Worth It?
NPR - USA
... involved at this point, the reach of the consequences if these auto industries were to fail, then you know the domino effects. The glass industry fails. ...
GM: Files for Bankruptcy. Now What?
Washington Post - United States
And it sits on top of a pyramid tens of thousands of suppliers in metals, plastics, glass, semiconductors, etc. It's about more than just jobs on the line. ...
May 2009
Glass Association Begins Formal Collection of Steering Complaints
Collision Week (subscription) - USA
... (IGA) has begun compiling information on cases of steering by insurers and third party administrators in the automotive glass repair industry. ...
Suspect apparently used body to damage 5 cars
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA (they left their butt prints!)
26, 2009 11:55 AM Chandler police are looking for someone who reportedly damaged several cars Monday by breaking the front windshield with his or her ...
First Drive: 2010 Lexus HS 250h is pretty on the inside
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
An infrared-cut, acoustic glass windshield that reduces IR waves by 30%, and side glass with a water-repellent coating for better wet weather visibility and ...
Naked couple perched on overpass pelts cars with rocks
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A Fort Lewis soldier who was riding in the passenger seat of a taxi suffered minor injuries when a rock crashed through the windshield of the vehicle. ...
Tracking the recession: Car dealer closings will add to state ...
By By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
If a dealer closes, the bill requires the automaker he or she represents to buy back inventory delivered in the last two years, which helps the dealer stay on his feet to re-open as a used car lot or repair shop. “Whether voluntarily closing or not, these dealerships ... “Reducing U.S. auto manufacturing drives down overall employment, from the people who make auto catalogs and shipping boxes to workers making glass for windshields, rubber for tires and other materials. ” ...
Vandals Strike Local Business Third Time
WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA (is SGC doing this to gain more market share?, just kidding)
I'm not playing games,” said Dan's Auto Glass owner Dan Yost. “I'm trying to run a business and you can't run a business if you've got people tearing your ...
All in Glass China 2009 to Enhance Glass Industry Upgrading in China (U.S. companies need to stop supporting the Chinese manufacturers)
Glass on Web - San Floriano del Collio,Italy
China has become the world's fourth largest auto glass producer and the automobile industry output in 2010 will account for 7% to 8% of the manufacturing ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works in supply deal with Daimler AG
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Under the new, multi-year contract, Pittsburgh Glass Works will be the primary windshield, door and rear windows' supplier for Mercedes-Benz cars and sport ...
State Farm auto rates going up
Omaha World-Herald - Omaha,NE,USA
Comprehensive coverage pays for losses such as theft, storm damage, fire, vandalism and broken glass. The price of collision coverage, to repair autos after ...
Chrysler to keep Mansfield parts suppliers
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield,OH,USA
The company was formerly part of PPG Industries of Pittsburgh, which sold its auto glass facilities in 2008. PPG is on the list of suppliers whose contracts ...
Ferro Corp. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Sales in the Color and Glass Performance Materials segment declined in the first quarter, driven by a sharp reduction in the worldwide demand for auto glass ...
California's Latest Ban (Weird News No. 11)
By Caveman 92223
Windshields, backlights and sunroofs are also slated to get reflective coatings starting in 2012. When we first heard of this issue, an internal debate immediately began as to whether this might be an elaborate early April Fool's joke, ...
Rodent On Windshield Causes Accident
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler,TX,USA
... at the scene she was driving west on a rain-slicked Valentine Street when a rat ran out from her hood onto her windshield causing her to swerve. ...
Free windshield chip repairs friday
White Mountain Independent - Show Low,AZ,USA
"At Farmer's we can't think of a more noble cause than saving premature babies Join us May 15 from 10 am to 5 pm as we raise money to benefit the mission of ...
Cops: Underwear-clad man broke windshield
United Press International - USA
Doud told police his fingerprints would likely be found on the ax handle, but denied having any knowledge of how the car's windshield became smashed, ...
Apogee Enterprises: Getting in Cheap Near Cyclical Lows
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Large-scale optical glass contributes about 10% of revenues and 22% of profits. A joint venture interest (in PPG Auto Glass) was sold recently generating ...
Bugs May Be Small, but They Leave a Large Impact on Windshields
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Many will meet an untimely death on vehicle windshields this summer, leaving drivers with a mess that typical blue washer fluids can't remove. ...
newsdurhamregion.com | What happens when a big plant goes down
Auto glass manufacturer Pittsburgh Glass Works and vehicle seat assembler Johnson Controls both had to close up local plants. THE NEIGHBOURS. You know things are bad when cigarette sales are down. ...
AGRSS Council Board of Directors Meets; Elects New Officers
Truck.Net (press release) - Lebanon,MO,USA
The board of directors of the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council (AGRSS) Inc. elected new officers during its spring meeting in Charlottesville ...
Guardian Automotive plans to layoff 133 employees - The Elkhart ... As the automakers have reduced production and closed plants, the local Guardian plant, which manufactures glass windows for cars, must decrease its work force. With other auto suppliers in town, this is not the first layoff Ligonier or ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works Announces Plant Closure
The company today announced that it will also close its Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada glass fabrication facility in the first quarter 2010. The company previously announced closure of two fabrication facilities and two satellite assembly facilities
Coroner Withholding Results In Saltsburg Triple Slaying
WPXI.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
A coroner said he won't release autopsy results on three women found slain inside a family-owned auto glass business in Westmoreland County because ...
More than 300 local auto-supplier workers laid off
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
By Marty Schladen More than 300 employees are joining thousands of area auto workers in a long summer layoff. A Ligonier plant that makes automotive glass ...
PhillyBurbs.com: Coroner withholding results in Pa. triple slaying
A coroner says he won't release autopsy results on three women found slain inside a family-owned auto glass business in western Pennsylvania because authorities are concerned releasing the information could hurt their investigation. ...
Cracked windshield helps to land Tehama County man in prison
Record-Searchlight - Redding,CA,USA
Nahinu was arrested earlier this year after a CHP officer attempted to pull him over for having a defective windshield, prosecutors said, adding that Nahinu ...
Damaged windshields find new life
Daily Journal of Commerce - Portland,Oregon,USA
BY SAM BENNETT Nine years ago, Ron Sundholm walked into a windshield repair shop and inspiration hit. Watching as crews took his old windshield and put it ...
GM restructuring will deepen capitalist crisis
Workers World - USA
Unemployment in the auto industry leads to unemployment in industries such as steel and other metals, rubber, glass, plastic, paint, microchips and ...
Chrysler files for Ch. 11 | Bryan/College Station, Texas - The Eagle
HONDA: 2008 Fit Sport, auto, AC, cruise, CD, tinted glass, side impact bea ... More Details BRYAN: Office space for lease: 775 sq. ft., consisting of a reception area ... More Details BRYAN/CS: New & Used Brick Homes $0 - $500 to ...
Attorney General Calls for Massachusetts Auto Insurance Rate ...
By admin
Occidental requires consumers to pay a deductible in addition to comprehensive general deduction of glass on glass claims in violation of Massachusetts law. Occidental may prevent consumers from its policy after the restoration of their ...
April 2009
MINI's Concept: 2010 Speedster | Auto information - auto, cars ...
By lion
The first has no windshield at all, while the second has a very low windscreen and no roof. It appears MINI is opting for the latter configuration, considering the market for cars with windshields is probably several orders of magnitude ...
Police expand probe of Loyalhanna triple slaying
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... police served another search warrant Monday in their investigation of the slaying of three women last week inside an auto glass business in Loyalhanna. ...
GM to cut 21000 factory jobs, Pontiac
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. could be majority owned by the federal government and the United Auto Workers under a massive restructuring plan laid out Monday that will cut 21000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out the ...
Car vs. turkey; Car wins
(Never a good combo!)
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
But after taking a few tentative steps on the highway, police said the bird decided to take wing the rest of the way but only got as far at Ploof's windshield.
Three found dead in auto glass repair shop
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Three women were found dead in an automobile glass repair shop in a remote location in Westmoreland County, ...
Don't let this happen to your next auto glass repair!!!
This is nuts!! I have never seen anything like this before....this proves anything is possible!!!
Husband of accused USC hit-and-run driver arrested
The Associated Press (these people are truly insane and should "dealt with" accordingly!!)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a man suspected of pulling an injured college student off a car windshield after a deadly hit-and-run accident was ...
PPG reports first quarter loss of $111 million
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Besides the $3 billion acquisition of Dutch coatings maker SigmaKalon in January, PPG divested itself of its auto glass business and saw global industrial ...
Hit-and-run driver gives boy $5 not to tell
KPIC - Roseburg,OR,USA (UNBELIEVABLE!!)
A driver who hit a teen boy with her car, knocking him up onto the hood and into the windshield, gave him $5 and asked him not to tell on her before fleeing ...
Japan's Asahi Glass to cut auto glass output
Reuters - USA
TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Asahi Glass Co Ltd said on Wednesday it will end production of auto glass at one of its three factories in Japan in response to ...
Police warn drivers, pedestrians of rock throwers on Rte. 100
Baltimore Sun - United States
One of the rocks crashed through the windshield of a car and nearly hit the driver, police said. The majority of rocks were thrown after 10:30 pm, ...
Electric Insurance Company Extends Agreement With TeleGlass National(this is interesting, mentions nothing about customer choice when choosing an auto glass repair company, policyholders beware, you have the right to choose who works on your car!)
Market Wire (press release) - USA
Electric Insurance Company selected TeleGlass National, the leading national auto glass service delivery system of its kind in the United States, ...
Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region
By djeby
"If you go back to 1980 to 1982, with the upheavals in the steel, rubber, glass and auto industries, that really was the end of an economic era that started in the 1890s," said Ned Hill, an economist at Cleveland State University. ...
U. affiliates weigh in on auto industry, government relationship
RU Daily Targum - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
In hopes of reigniting the sputtering auto industry while holding the companies accountable, President Barack Obama announced March 30 that he will give ...
State: 4 File $775K In Fraudulent Auto Claims
News4Jax.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Four Jacksonville-area employees of Lee and Cates glass were arrested by state officials and accused of being part of a scheme that resulted in almost 1000 ...
Link to the proposed bill affecting auto glass repair companies and their ownership of third party glass claims administrators. (IT'S ABOUT TIME) This bill reads really good, look at section 12 it states the proposed fines for the TPA's agents and/or adjusters individually.
March, 2009
Vulture meets minivan windshield on Route 80
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA(check out the pictures of the windshield)
PARSIPPANY -- A turkey vulture crashed through the windshield of a minivan on Route 80 in Parsippany on Friday morning, showering a woman in the passenger ...
Auto Glass Shop Service For Sale - Stanton, California | BizBen
Auto Glass Shop Service Business Opportunity For Sale In Stanton, Orange County, California, CA. Buy or Sell Opportunities - Auto Glass Shop Service Stanton Buying And Selling Businesses For Sale.
Montana-House Bill #291 Revise insurance law on auto glass repair & body repair to use average prevailing market price (check out section 3 of this proposed bill)
This is the link to the most recent status on this Bill. Every independent auto glass repair and replacement company should be aware of this proposed legislation.
spontaneous windshield crack? - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
By mungk (anybody want to do a FJ windshield!!)
So I came out this morning to find a 4" crack forming from the very edge of my windshield. There are no signs of a rock hit. The ambient temp was.
Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum - http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/
PHOTOS: Steel rod punctures minivan's windshield
Seattle Times - United States (check out these pics)
... Field when a loose steel rod speared through the driver's side of his windshield before becoming lodged in the dashboard of his 2004 Chevrolet minivan. ...
Wind storm cleanup begins for Auto Glass shops
Salina.com - Salina,KS,USA
Storm damage and vandals with BB guns ensured a busy week at Mr. Windshield Auto Glass Center, 304 S. Santa Fe. "The boys are working hard," said Diane ...
Cars roll into auto glass repair shops after storm
KVUE - Austin,TX,USA (nothing like a good hail storm to stimulate the economy!!)
And bring your car in to a windshield repair service today if you can. Auto Glass Shops says there will come a point when repair shops around town run out ...
Kamikaze turkey shatters truck windshield
Hannibal.net - Hannibal,MO,USA (those turkeys sure do some damage when the hit your windshield)
The turkey was flying over the highway and all of a sudden it just dived into the front windshield of the truck for no apparent reason at all. ...
Teens drive through glass store in Fort Collins
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA (this is funny)
... fled from Fort Collins police this evening before hitting another car and crashing their pickup truck through a Safelite Autoglass store, police said. ...
NM officials to investigate accident
The Durango Herald - Durango,Colorado,USA
One tire jumped a concrete lane divider and went through the windshield of the BMW, striking Newton, the front-seat passenger. Newton had a wife, Dana, ...
ABRA acquires Colorado repair center
Search-Autoparts.com - North Olmsted,OH,USA
MINNEAPOLIS — ABRA Auto Body & Glass acquired Loveland Auto Body in Loveland, Colo., and named Steve Scheideler general manager of the facility. ...
Arkansas Daycare Scare: What To Look For In Child Care
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
By Sue Shellenbarger AP The daycare center near Scott, Ark.,where a staffer mistakenly put blue windshield wiper fluid in a refrigerator and served it to 10 ...
Kids at daycare drink windshield wiper fluid after staffer ...
Examiner.com - USA
On Thursday, 10 children at an Arkansas day care drank windshield wiper fluid that a staff member mistook for Kool-Aid, according to state officials. ...
Freak Accident In Carbon County
MSNBC - USA
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY --A driver is severely injured after a rock smashes through the windshield of a car traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike ...
Man killed when tire hits windshield
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
AZTEC, NM (AP) - San Juan County sheriff's deputies say a tire that came loose from a trailer bounced over a highway divider and went through the windshield ...
Pittsburgh Glass workers OK union contract
Evansville Courier & Press - Evansville,IN,USA
By Dan Shaw (Contact) The cuts were included in a contract ratified by Local 3059 of the United Auto Workers, which represents about 305 workers at the Pittsburg Auto Glass plant...
Auto etching crime prevention available to residents March 28
Belmont Citizen-Herald - Lexington,MA,USA
... stencil and a weak glass reactive treatment. It provides a visible theft deterrent and may be good for a discount on your comprehensive auto insurance. ...
More layoffs at Shelbyville auto glass plant
Indianapolis Star - United States
Another 51 union employees will be laid off from Shelbyville's Pilkington North America Co. plant by the end of this month, company officials told workers ...
Worker embezzled from tribe, jury finds
Omak Okanogan County Chronicle - Omak,WA,USA
During the period from November 2006 through June 2007, she processed six fictitious invoices for auto glass repair, falsely billing the department for more ...
Man dies after debris flies through windshield on Phoenix I-17
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) - Phoenix,AZ,USA
PHOENIX -- A man has died after debris came through the windshield of the vehicle he was traveling in and struck him in the head on a Valley freewayMonday ...
EDAG's OLED Windshields Shine in the Night
Wired Blogs - USA
... can display road conditions and when you tap on the brake or stop, a giant 'stop' sign will appear in the back windshield, warning the car behind. ...
More layoffs at Pilkington
Shelbyville News - Shelbyville,IN,USA
"Its all economically driven, there are no auto sales. We make auto glass. If customers don't buy cars, suppliers don't buy glass from us. ...
Eagle smashed through truck windshield on I-80 survived
MSNBC - USA
(AP) -- A golden eagle that smashed through the windshield of a truck on Interstate 80 in Nevada earlier this week is at a rehab center with a swollen head ...
February, 2009
eDirectGlass Announces Alliance With the American Auto Glass ...
By yestelli
announced that it has entered in to a strategic alliance with the American Auto Glass Alliance (the “AAGA”) to provide the technology platform and support services for its nationwide independent automotive glass program and services. ... chain vendors, insurance and end-user industries converge. These applications and solutions enhance productivity, profitability and increase customer satisfaction critical to the growth and success of the marketplace. For more ...
Leadership Priorities: What does it take to get your attention? (This doesn't have a lot to do with auto glass repair, but for me it sure made me think about my priorities?
WCBD - Charleston,SC,USA
As the car passed, no children appeared, instead a brick smashed into the windshield into the Jaguar’s side door. He slammed on the brakes and spun the ...
Vandals cause damage in Alamosa
Valley Courier Online - Alamosa,CO,USA
Black noted however that the replacement cost of a front vehicle windshield may run anywhere from $600 to &1,000 depending on the model and back windshields ...
Are Chinese Car Parts Safe?
Smartmoney.com - USA
... windshield glass that could shatter into large shards and poorly welded wheel ... But few are aware of the cutthroat competition among replacement-part ...
When you meet a moose on the road, the moose wins
The River Journal - Clark Fork,Idaho,USA (you have to check the picture out in this article)
... clear the ice from his windshield before hopping into his Datsun 280ZX, ... moose or bear—and often aren’t worth the cost of the repair anyway. ...
State Farm® Lowers Georgia Auto Insurance Rates
Dawson Times - Dawsonville,GA,USA
After this change is implemented, State Farm’s overall auto insurance rate ... from such perils as theft, storm damage, fire, vandalism and glass breakage. ...
ABC’s 20/20 News Magazine has concluded unsafe windshield ...
By admin ABC News
“Windshield is an outdated, misleading term, says Leo Cyr, Vice President of Marketing for NOVUS Windshield Repair. “Bumpers still bump and brakes still brake but windshields have evolved from passive weather barriers to indispensable ...
AGC glass cuts 140 workers
News Enterprise - Elizabethtown,KY,USA
Combined with fourth-quarter employee cuts last year, the auto-glass maker’s local workforce is now half that of February 2008, or about 350. ...
Police: Teen in fogged up car caused school bus crash
Northwest Cable News - Portland,OR,USA(make sure your windshield is clean and clear before you drive or this could happen to you!)
According to the teenage driver that caused the crash, this all had to do with a foggy windshield and low visibility. Some people were slightly injured, ...
Interesting: How to De-ice Your Windshield
By M.Fahad
Step3Brush snow off the windshield. Step4Spray de-icing solution on the windshield. (You can make your own de-icing solution--a mixture of half water and half vinegar.) Step5Scrape the ice off the outside of the windshield using an ice ...
Flying Ice Shatters Windshield
WHIOtv.com - Dayton,OH,USA
The man’s windshield was shattered by a chunk of ice that flew off a truck in front of him. According to the Ohio State Patrol, the ice flew off the top of ...
Ice Chunk Smashes Car Windshield
WHSV - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
The windshield of a vehicle driving down Interstate 81 was smashed in by a chunk of ice that fell off a semi-truck today. The driver, Carole Tarrant, ...
The Physics Of Winter
Hartford Courant - United States
Worse, the snow could form a sheet of ice, which could slide off on the highway and smash the windshield of the car behind you, especially if you are ...
Teen hit by girl in car with frosted windows
Northwest Cable News - Portland,OR,USA
EAGLE(very, very dangerous, make sure your windshield is clean and clear before you drive or this could happen to you!) - Police say a 17-year-old girl who hadn't fully cleared the frost of her windshield hit and severely injured a 14-year-old boy on the way to school ...
Uninsured on the road could swell
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
A recent survey predicts more people in New Hampshire will let their auto insurance lapse in the wake of the downturn. The Insurance Research Council study ...
Uninsured drivers increase in downturn
Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA
Georgia's insured motorists must protect themselves in cases of the at-fault driver not having auto insurance. That's why it is important to understand your ...
Public Auto Auction: innovations in auto glass part ii
By BillComputer
Auto glass is one of the fastest moving areas of technology in the auto sector. There is talk of displaying information on the glass for the driver so they do not have to look down and take their eyes off the road. ...
Bad Tech at Tucson Safelite Auto Glass
The windshield was not fixed properly. There are two bright shinny lines on my window next to my eye level view of vision. They said there was nothing they ...
Safelite Auto Glass - Safelite is NOT an American Company!
Safelite is NOT an American-owned Company! It was sold to a foreign conglomerate 4 years ago. It is owned by Belron (British Company).
Washington Auto Glass Installer Fined for Overbilling Insurance Company
ClaimsJournal.com
A Battle Ground, Wash., auto glass installer who overbilled an insurance company for years will have to pay back $100000 in inflated billings. the Office of ...
Safelite Auto Glass - Shoddy Workmanship/Poor time management
Husband spent over an hour fixing the washer but Safelite will have to fix the molding.
Belron US adopts Safelite brand name | The Columbus Dispatch - Topix (make sure you read the comments after the story)
Columbus-based Belron US has become Safelite Group, taking the name of its best- known auto-glass brand. Share. Read. Comments below ...
NGA Refutes Belron Technical's ANSI Application, Says It Is Inaccurate
The National Glass Association has issued an official statement refuting some of the claims made in Belron Technical's application made to the American ...
Honda's New 1 Person Electric Vehicle Looks Cool, But Who Will Buy It?
Singularity Hub (blog)
That canopy slides down into a windshield when someone's inside. The 3R-C is steered with handlebars and gives me the impression that it's somewhere between ...
February 2010
Tennessee Lawmakers Address Insurer Steering
Collision Week (subscription)
... and the Senate are considering bills that place restrictions on insurer referrals and appraisals for collision repair and auto glass work. ...
Minnesota Litigator | Blog Archive » “Shortpay” for Auto Glass ...
By Seth
Minnesota Business Litigation News and Developments.
Windshield Repair Claims and Insurance Companies | Spangler
By admin
Whenever you contact your insurance company about auto glass claims, it is essential that you know and understand what you are doing. Did you know that many companies will give you the name and number of the person who will handle your ...
2010 ASRW Partnering Program kicks-off with industry support
Search-Autoparts.com
Auto Glass Week – an event featuring four host groups dedicated to delivering quality education and exhibits intent on advancing the growth and recognition ...
SafeLite Auto Glass costly waste of time
We changed our work schedules to be here for Safelite repair man 8am-12noon with two cars for windshield service. Now the repairman calls says he is over ...
House Cleaning for Windshield replacement (Valleywide) | Baarter ...
By admin
Hi I am looking to barter house cleaning for replacement of my windshield on my truck. The windshield can be used or new. I do housecleaning for a living,I can have your home clean and shining. If Interested please contact me at ...
National Glass Association Refutes Belron Claims in ANSI Application
Collision Week
The National Glass Association refuted claims made in a technical application submitted to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) by Belron which ...
Ripoff Report: Safelite Autoglass Recently installed my window ...
(and yet another one)
Safelite Autoglass Recently installed my window then it fell off. Virginia Beach , Virginia.
Directory World
Safelite Auto Glass - Bad repair and bad service
(another pi$$ed customer)
He said a successful repair is one that stops the damage from running. Period. So if you care how the repair looks then don't use Safelite. ...
Man's Windshield Smashed by Flying Ice
WHTM-TV
The Marysville man said a large chunk of ice flew off the top of a tractor trailer and smashed through the passenger side of his windshield. ...
Windshield Repair Forum • View topic - Safelite (Belron ...
Re: Safelite (Belron)..; Limiting Repair Options? Post by Frank EU » Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:38 am. Brent: I don't agree. As long as you refer to the source ...
NGA Refutes Belron Technical's ANSI Application, Says It Is Inaccurate
glassBYTEs
"The NGA is, and always has been, committed to serving the auto glass industry," says NGA vice president David Walker in the statement. ...
Automotix. com
Tennessee Takes on Consumer Choice Issue; Addresses Auto Glass Specifically
glassBYTEs
Both the Tennessee House of Representatives and the state's Senate currently are reviewing bills that would require insurers to inform claimants of their ...
Deer through windshield kills 8-year-old Nashville girl
The Tennessean(very, very sad...so sorry for your loss Mr Webb)
By Chris Echegaray • The Tennessean • February 18, 2010 Eight-year-old Emmie Webb, seated between her siblings in the back seat of a sedan, ...
Safelite Autoglass has Windshields for Futura/Z-7 - Four Eyed Forums
Safelite Autoglass has Windshields for Futura/Z-7 Other Early Fox Tech.
Automotive Search Engine Business and Economy
Safelite Auto Glass - BEWARE of Safelite Autoglass!!!!!!
I am a former employee of Safelite Autoglass, I was not fired or terminated. I worked for their Sacramento CA and locally here in the DFW area and quit my ...
Discount OEM Auto Parts Store Online catalog saves you up to 90% on new, factory-original (OEM) auto parts for all car makes. Plus tech tips, car care advice and automotive resource links!
Safelite Auto Glass - Southeast - Denver, CO
1 Review of Safelite Auto Glass "This is the feedback letter I wrote to Safelite Auto Glass corporate after hiring them to repair my driver side window ...
Recall Alert: 2010 BMW X5, X6
Cars.com (blog)
16, 2009, because the bonding in the upper right part of the windshield may be insufficient. In a rollover accident, this could negatively impact the ...
Auto Parts Live
SAFELITE AUTOGLASS - I have been in the glass industry for 20 ...
Since Safelite has purchased my Previous company it really sucks. Being in management (lower management) the hours have increased the bonuses have decreased ...
BMW Recalls 500 X5, X6 Vehicles on Windshield Defect
BusinessWeek
16, experienced a “problem” in the process of gluing on the windshield, spokesman Andreas Lampka said today in a telephone interview. ...
Trust Worthy: What Is a Laminated Auto Glass
By rtlx.kannan
Since 1927, automakers began the use of laminated safety glass or auto glass for car windscreens. Windshield is the only part of the car using the auto laminated glass. Other windows such as side and rear windows using a completely ...
Snow atop vehicles poses risks on roads
Roanoke Times
By Jordan Fifer James Bellard slammed on his tractor-trailer's brakes as a 4-foot chunk of ice and snow from a passing car crashed into his cab's windshield ...
Windshield Repair Forum • View topic - Safelite (Belron ...
(the ANSI has become a JOKE)
Anybody out there should be able to see that Belron companies have more interest in selling glass (replacing windshields) than doing repairs. ...
um....WHAT???: "safe light repair, safe light replace"
By nancy
i wasn't sure if it was safelight, safe light, safelite, or safe lite. so i googled it. guess what? it's all four! all. freakin. four! (i hope these turkeys have high internal quotients because they sure as shootin' don't have high ...
Windshield & Glass Aftermarket Parts & Accessories Parts Automotive Directory - The home of motoring U.S.A.
Safelite Auto Glass - they messed up my windshield
(CONSUMERS BEWARE!!)
I had my windshield repaired on 1-14-10 by a Safelite autoglass tech that afternoon. My windshield had a dime size rock peck in it on the passenger side by ...
Falling ice hits driver's windshield
ABC7Chicago.com
February 10, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Ice fell from a downtown building and cracked a driver's windshield Wednesday morning. Jediah Anthony and his wife were ...
AZ Bill Seeks to Prevent Auto Glass Repair Fraud - News ...
(how about a bill to tighten regulations on INSURANCE COMPANIES)
PHOENIX - Arizona state legislators are now considering a bill seeking to tighten regulation of auto glass repair and replacement.
Windshield Repair Businesses Busy
WSET
Lynchburg, VA - This year's abundance of snowfall has turned into a boost in business for area windshield repair shops. Most say they're booked up for three ...
Auto Glass Sales Managers Needed at Car Wash . (ValleyWide ...
By Hiring Manager (check it out!...Novus is selling glass at car wash locations....isn't that where all the auto glass hacks sell glass??)
Auto Glass-Windshield Sales Managers Needed at Car Wash Novus Glass is hiring for 3 Sales Managers Salary plus Commission; high volume of cars. DARREN.
Seeing is believing when it comes to road safety
Wheels.ca (blog)
As a result, engineers must strengthen the posts around the windshield to help prevent the roof from collapsing on the occupants in a rollover. ...
Ice scrapers given to Fargo teenagers
In-Forum
A teen outside Shanley High School who had driven to school without scraping snow and ice off her windshield has spurred a citywide project. ...
Woman's windshield shattered by falling snow
KSTP.com
A woman's windshield was smashed when snow and ice fell off the overpass she was driving under. She suspects the snow was pushed off the overpass by a snow ...
Report provides details of April 2009 Loyalhanna slayings ...
Two of three victims in the April 2009 slayings at a Loyalhanna Township auto glass repair shop suffered multiple gunshot wounds of the head, a report released yesterday by Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha disclosed.
MGA Secretary-Treasurer Kevin Foley Passes Away
USGlass News Network (USGNN)
Kevin Foley, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota Glass Association (MGA) and owner of Auto Glass Today in Minneapolis, passed away on Thursday, January 28. ...
Recycled Windshield Greenhouse Grows More Glass
Inhabitat (blog)
by Kevin Gardner, 02/01/10 Recycled windshields are busting out of the woodwork, from French country gardens to swank sub/urban surfaces. ...
January 2010
Consumer Awareness: Safelite Auto Glass. « Royal Auto Glass Tucson
By Justin [a must read!!]
For those that don't know, Safelite is the nations largest auto glass repair and replacement company. What most don't know is that this statement doesn't begin to explain how large they actually are. They have practically monopolized ...
Manhole cover flies through windshield, injuring woman in Montgomery
Washington Post
By Dan Morse and Ashley Halsey III A manhole cover erupted into the air in Montgomery County on Monday afternoon, crashing through the front windshield of a ...
LAGQ.net Wiki
LAGQ.net Find your locally owned auto glass shop for auto glass repair and replacement. Free instant quotes from multiple auto glass shops in your local ...
Not much demand for heated windshields
EMC St. Lawrence
It may well be that some of the more expensive, higher end cars, have heated windshields, but I have yet to see them in vehicles such as the Toyota Camry ...
Glassmaking Thrives Offshore, but Is Declining in U.S.
By admin
The subsidies offset, among other things, the high cost of shipping heavy glass — auto windshields, for example — across the Pacific. “We definitely need to put tariffs on some of the glass coming from China,” said Tim Tuttle, ...
Things to concentrate when you go for an auto insurance company
By admin
The following are the coverage available: 1. Property damage, 2. Bodily Injury, 3. Personal Injury protection, 4. Basic, 5. Uninsured motorist , 6. Rental car reimbursement, 7. Comprehensive, 8. Auto glass replacement. ...
An Independent View: The State of the Industry
By Mike Russo
The auto glass repair and replacement industry begins the New Year, 2010, just as it ended 2009. But I believe that we begin 2010 with a renewed hope and expectation that change is coming. As many have done so many times before, ...
Mississippi Legislature Considers Consumer Choice Initiative
glassBYTEs
The Mississippi House has undertaken an initiative related to auto glass after just one short week of the 2010 legislative session. Rep. ...
Beware of third party free gas cards
AZ Central.com
Brian Kennedy says he chose Diamond Auto Glass to replace the windshield specifically because they offered him a $300 gas card for free if he did. ...
Safelite Auto Glass Complaints - Cheap glass
Safelite Auto Glass Complaints: Cheap glass. Cars, Parts & Vehicles.
Ripoff Report: Safelite Auto Glass Diamond Triumph I WON ...
Safelite Auto Glass Diamond Triumph I WON!!! Judgement Against Company.... Columbus, Ohio.
Cadillac's CTS Coupe due in spring
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The windshield and rear glass are more steeply slanted than in the sedan to give the car a sleeker, sportier look. Cadillac this spring will roll into ...
Woman arrested after driving 7 km with pedestrian in windshield in fatal hit
Mainichi Daily News
... after she hit an elderly woman with her car and drove approximately seven kilometers to her home with the woman implanted in the windshield of her car. ...
Deputy Flips Car, Hits Gas Line
WSOCtv.com
A driver with an iced-over windshield hit one of the Salisbury police cars, the sheriff's office said. No one was hurt
Police on the lookout for "peephole" drivers
WDAY
In a hurry, we barely scrape our windshield before taking off. Police are now keeping their eyes peeled for peephole drivers. This is what it means to be a ...
New Technology in Windshields from General Motors to Aid Aging Drivers
InjuryBoard.com (blog)
The company's Human Machine Interface division is developing a windshield to help older drivers compensate for vision loss and slower reaction times. ...
Man killed in Dec. 27 fire ID'd
Jackson Sun
He was an employee of Jack Morris Auto Glass, according to his obituary. Firefighters were called to the home at 9:12 pm and found the house engulfed in ...
Boyd Group Income Fund announces management changes
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The Company also operates Gerber National Glass Services, an auto glass repair and replacement referral business with approximately 3000 affiliated service ...
Latest Phone Scam Troubles Industry
glassBYTEs
A new possible scam is plaguing auto glass shops throughout the United States. In the latest effort, the caller uses the unfortunately popular system of ...
Local windshield repair companies suspected of insurance fraud
KING5.com [so quick to jump on auto glass companies for fraud, how about investigating insurance companies and their practices]
Both companies are mobile windshield repair firms. The state Office of Insurance Commissioner is looking into whether the firms overbilled insurance ...
Aurora driver seriously hurt in ice accident
Chicago Tribune
On Monday morning, Morano was driving his car east on Butterfield Road in Aurora when his windshield was struck by an explosion of snow and ice. ...
Turkey-Based Manufacturer Awarded DOT No. 939
glassBYTEs
Ortakci Cam was founded in 1977 and, in addition to the auto glass industry, also serves the furniture, shower door, heating and industrial cooling ...
Fitzgerald sentenced to five years in DWI accident that claimed officer's life
Press & Sun-Bulletin
The patrolman, who worked part-time as a village police officer and owned an auto glass business, left behind a wife, Renee Rossi. ...
Latest Phone Scam Troubles Industry
glassBYTEs
A new possible scam is plaguing auto glass shops throughout the United States. In the latest effort, the caller uses the unfortunately popular system of ...
December 2009
View from the Trenches: The Never-Ending Story
By Neil Duffy
In fact, you could say that Belron US generates the same interest level in our industry as Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods does in the general public. Whatever it does, it is reported on. Rave or revile, very few people in the auto glass ...
Four ways to winterize your car
WREX-TV
Before you leave, take the time to thoroughly scrape the ice from your windshield, check that your windshield defroster is doing its job, and be sure your ...
Grace period to end Friday for windshield wiper, headlight law
Ironton Tribune
By Lori Kersey (Contact) | The Tribune Beginning Friday, Ohio residents can expect a citation if they are pulled over and found to be using their windshield ...
Slow to recover: PPG's drastic steps could pay off in economic recovery
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
... its strategy of focusing on global expansion and growing its coatings and specialty chemicals rather than struggling segments such as auto glass. ...
Washington Auto Glass Installer Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud Case
ClaimsJournal.com
A Battle Ground, Wash., auto glass installer who overbilled an insurance company for years has pleaded guilty to first-degree theft, the state Office of the ...
12-30-09 Disregarding Auto Repairs Is Dangerous
The Shopper Online
Worn, cracked or brittle windshield wipers will limit visibility because they cannot remove insects, grime and other debris from the windshield. ...
New Law in Ohio Requires Headlights With Windshield Wipers
Drivers not using headlights while their windshield wipers are on could be ticketed starting Friday. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- Starting Jan. ...
November 2009
Pilkington North America Sales Team to begin Promoting the American Auto Glass
Reuters (what a joke!)
5 /prnewswire/ -- Pilkington North America announces an agreement with American Auto Glass Alliance (AAGA). The aaga's innovative communications ...
Colorado Teen Invents Steam-Powered Wiper Blades
TheDenverChannel.com
He showed off a new windshield wiper that cleans with the power of steam. "There should be a way that we don't need to scrape our windows when they're icy," ...
Driver's windshield aroused suspicion
Greensboro News & Record
“What in the world happened to your windshield?” store owner Patsy French asked the disheveled woman who pulled into the store parking lot about 9:30 am on ...
MnDOT to pay for damages after falling concrete hits car
KARE
It cracked the car's windshield and severely dented the roof. The bridge was last inspected in 2007. Crews were back on the overpass last weekend. ...
Wind drives branch through windshield
Attleboro Sun Chronicle
PLAINVILLE - Saturday's high winds may have caused an unusual accident on East Bacon Street, where a tree branch fell through a car's windshield, ...
October 2009
sa D'Ieteren nv - Acquisition of own shares
Euronext (persbericht) - Netherlands
Belron sa, the world leader in vehicle glass repair and replacement in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and New-Zealand through notably its ...
Try It Thursday- Does The Windshield Wonder Really Work-
WJACtv.com
The Windshield Wonder claims to clean the inside of you windshield with ease. Thursday, WJAC-TV tested the product to find out if it really works. ...
Vitro Reports 3Q'09 Declines of 36.9% and 36.7% in Sales and EBITDA
Reuters
Auto glass volumes in the OEM market declined 23 percent driven by lower industry demand, while AGR domestic sales volumes rose 5 percent reflecting higher ...
The Mind of Mr. M- Safelite Auto-Glass (Review)
By Mr. M (This is a must read, very typical of the large corporate auto glass companies. Please choose a local, independent glass shop next time you need your windshield replaced!)
Don't ask Safelite Auto Glass, they don't know. Today, I had to replace my windshield and at the recommendation of Geico's online service, we went with their preferred glass shop, Safelite Auto Glass. If you wondering why I am using the ...
Auto glass plant lays off 64
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Guardian Automotive Products Inc. has laid off 64 workers from an Auburn plant that makes automotive glass. It's unclear whether the cuts are permanent. ...
CAW wants automaker to boycott company closing local glass plant
Windsor Star
By Grace Macaluso, The Windsor StarOctober 26, 2009 10:54 PM A dispute between the Canadian Auto Workers and a US auto glass company, which is shutting ...
Auto glass-maker idles 64 in Auburn
News Sentinel
... announced last week, were a result of production cuts throughout the automotive industry, which has a direct impact on the demand of automotive glass. ...
Windshield Repair and Replacement – 5 Tips for Your Family's
By Allison Davis
People have died because their windshield was improperly replaced. Others have been crippled for life. Maybe someone you know, or knew, was a victim. It's.
Canadian glass-plant closings spark protest from CAW
Automotive News
The Canadian Auto Workers union has asked Canadian units of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group to boycott a US auto glass company that plans to bring in ...
Windshield replacement - Mustang Forums at StangNet
By Vankuen
I'm having my windshield replaced by Safelite tomorrow. So of course I did a little research first using consumer reviews and all that. The biggest.
Windshield Replacement 101 | The Houston 10 - Top Ten Lists of the
By Allison Davis
Unfortunately, automobile windshields are susceptible to harm even when no one is inside or operating the vehicle. What is more surprising is when they incur.
Products That Can Help You Become a Safer Driver | Farticle.net
By jimthoct09
Unfortunately, many drivers neglect their windshields and the upkeep of their windshield wipers until their vision becomes extremely impaired. Windshield cleaners and revitalizers for windshield wiper blades help to prevent these vision ...
Farticle.net - http://www.farticle.net/
Changing Your Windshield Wiper Blades | Bukisa.com
By 5min
Replacing your wiper blades is an easy car maintenance task that you can do in just a few minutes. This tip shows how easy it can be.
Arizona hit by predatory vehicle-windshield harvesters
AZ Central.com
He pointed to concerns raised by a group of Miami auto-glass retailers earlier this year over a company that began offering windshield repairs by hiring ...
Lewes business receives OHS safety award
Sussex Countian
Go-Glass Corporation serves its' residential, commercial, and auto customers, under the Mr. Go-Glass, brand from seven locations in Delaware, Maryland, ...
Preparing Vehicles for Winter - It's More Than Checking the Antifreeze
Reuters
Windshield Anyone who has made the mistake of using their windshield cleaner on a cold morning and found it was filled with water -- that is frozen in the ...
Ont. family finds 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite in truck's windshield
The Canadian Press
GRIMSBY, Ont. — The Garchinski family of southwestern Ontario had thought vandals were responsible for a smashed windshield in their truck. ...
Man gets bright idea for automatically darkening windshields after daughter's
Columbus Dispatch
After the glare of the morning sun led to his daughter's fatal car accident in 2006, Roe came up with a patent for a windshield glass that darkens and ...
Car fire hero breaks windshield to pull woman from burning car
kgw.com
Next he started kicking the windshield. Unfortunately it was shatter proof, but he did not give up. “I kicked a hole with my toe and I said, I'm not going ...
Windshield crack forces emergency landing
Times of the Internet
A jet carrying troops from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, made an emergency landing in Broward County, Fla., due to a cracked windshield, airport officials said. ...
Auto Bits- Preparing your car for the big chill
Ridgecrest Daily Independent (good tips for winter)
Windshield wipers: Check wiper blades and replace them if needed. Rubber-clad blades can fight ice buildup. Stock up on windshield washer solvent. ...
Insurance agents fined for kickbacks
Auburn Citizen
But a representative for Dempsey said Friday that Dempsey only learned that two of his former employees had accepted grocery cards from an auto glass ...
Hero school bus driver honored
WWLP 22News
Frost was driving their jv soccer team last week, when a gust of wind snapped part of a tree into the bus' windshield. Frost says he held the windshield up ...
Reuters - Oct 13, 2009
Agents, brokers fined in kickbacks
Buffalo News -
Auto body and glass repair shop owners have been complaining for years about insurance agents and brokers “steering” business to particular shops, ...
Safelite's Belron closes deal for IGD assets
(for those that don't know, Safelite Auto Glass, the largest auto glass company in the US, is actually owned by an over seas company....don't you think we support enough over seas companies already...try supporting locally owned AMERICAN auto glass companies!!)
Bizjournals.com - Oct 2, 2009 Safelite AutoGlass operator Belron US said Friday it has closed a deal to buy the vehicle glass repair and replacement assets of an Iowa competitor. ...
June 2009
Ohio to get $88 million in funds to assist laid-off workers
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
The funds, she said, would be a perfect match for a place like Glasstech, which has its roots in auto glass production but is shifting more design work ...
Saving GM: Is It Worth It?
NPR - USA
... involved at this point, the reach of the consequences if these auto industries were to fail, then you know the domino effects. The glass industry fails. ...
GM: Files for Bankruptcy. Now What?
Washington Post - United States
And it sits on top of a pyramid tens of thousands of suppliers in metals, plastics, glass, semiconductors, etc. It's about more than just jobs on the line. ...
May 2009
Glass Association Begins Formal Collection of Steering Complaints
Collision Week (subscription) - USA
... (IGA) has begun compiling information on cases of steering by insurers and third party administrators in the automotive glass repair industry. ...
Suspect apparently used body to damage 5 cars
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA (they left their butt prints!)
26, 2009 11:55 AM Chandler police are looking for someone who reportedly damaged several cars Monday by breaking the front windshield with his or her ...
First Drive: 2010 Lexus HS 250h is pretty on the inside
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
An infrared-cut, acoustic glass windshield that reduces IR waves by 30%, and side glass with a water-repellent coating for better wet weather visibility and ...
Naked couple perched on overpass pelts cars with rocks
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A Fort Lewis soldier who was riding in the passenger seat of a taxi suffered minor injuries when a rock crashed through the windshield of the vehicle. ...
Tracking the recession: Car dealer closings will add to state ...
By By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
If a dealer closes, the bill requires the automaker he or she represents to buy back inventory delivered in the last two years, which helps the dealer stay on his feet to re-open as a used car lot or repair shop. “Whether voluntarily closing or not, these dealerships ... “Reducing U.S. auto manufacturing drives down overall employment, from the people who make auto catalogs and shipping boxes to workers making glass for windshields, rubber for tires and other materials. ” ...
Vandals Strike Local Business Third Time
WTOV9.com - Steubenville,OH,USA (is SGC doing this to gain more market share?, just kidding)
I'm not playing games,” said Dan's Auto Glass owner Dan Yost. “I'm trying to run a business and you can't run a business if you've got people tearing your ...
All in Glass China 2009 to Enhance Glass Industry Upgrading in China (U.S. companies need to stop supporting the Chinese manufacturers)
Glass on Web - San Floriano del Collio,Italy
China has become the world's fourth largest auto glass producer and the automobile industry output in 2010 will account for 7% to 8% of the manufacturing ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works in supply deal with Daimler AG
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Under the new, multi-year contract, Pittsburgh Glass Works will be the primary windshield, door and rear windows' supplier for Mercedes-Benz cars and sport ...
State Farm auto rates going up
Omaha World-Herald - Omaha,NE,USA
Comprehensive coverage pays for losses such as theft, storm damage, fire, vandalism and broken glass. The price of collision coverage, to repair autos after ...
Chrysler to keep Mansfield parts suppliers
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield,OH,USA
The company was formerly part of PPG Industries of Pittsburgh, which sold its auto glass facilities in 2008. PPG is on the list of suppliers whose contracts ...
Ferro Corp. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Sales in the Color and Glass Performance Materials segment declined in the first quarter, driven by a sharp reduction in the worldwide demand for auto glass ...
California's Latest Ban (Weird News No. 11)
By Caveman 92223
Windshields, backlights and sunroofs are also slated to get reflective coatings starting in 2012. When we first heard of this issue, an internal debate immediately began as to whether this might be an elaborate early April Fool's joke, ...
Rodent On Windshield Causes Accident
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler,TX,USA
... at the scene she was driving west on a rain-slicked Valentine Street when a rat ran out from her hood onto her windshield causing her to swerve. ...
Free windshield chip repairs friday
White Mountain Independent - Show Low,AZ,USA
"At Farmer's we can't think of a more noble cause than saving premature babies Join us May 15 from 10 am to 5 pm as we raise money to benefit the mission of ...
Cops: Underwear-clad man broke windshield
United Press International - USA
Doud told police his fingerprints would likely be found on the ax handle, but denied having any knowledge of how the car's windshield became smashed, ...
Apogee Enterprises: Getting in Cheap Near Cyclical Lows
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Large-scale optical glass contributes about 10% of revenues and 22% of profits. A joint venture interest (in PPG Auto Glass) was sold recently generating ...
Bugs May Be Small, but They Leave a Large Impact on Windshields
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Many will meet an untimely death on vehicle windshields this summer, leaving drivers with a mess that typical blue washer fluids can't remove. ...
newsdurhamregion.com | What happens when a big plant goes down
Auto glass manufacturer Pittsburgh Glass Works and vehicle seat assembler Johnson Controls both had to close up local plants. THE NEIGHBOURS. You know things are bad when cigarette sales are down. ...
AGRSS Council Board of Directors Meets; Elects New Officers
Truck.Net (press release) - Lebanon,MO,USA
The board of directors of the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council (AGRSS) Inc. elected new officers during its spring meeting in Charlottesville ...
Guardian Automotive plans to layoff 133 employees - The Elkhart ... As the automakers have reduced production and closed plants, the local Guardian plant, which manufactures glass windows for cars, must decrease its work force. With other auto suppliers in town, this is not the first layoff Ligonier or ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works Announces Plant Closure
The company today announced that it will also close its Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada glass fabrication facility in the first quarter 2010. The company previously announced closure of two fabrication facilities and two satellite assembly facilities
Coroner Withholding Results In Saltsburg Triple Slaying
WPXI.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
A coroner said he won't release autopsy results on three women found slain inside a family-owned auto glass business in Westmoreland County because ...
More than 300 local auto-supplier workers laid off
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
By Marty Schladen More than 300 employees are joining thousands of area auto workers in a long summer layoff. A Ligonier plant that makes automotive glass ...
PhillyBurbs.com: Coroner withholding results in Pa. triple slaying
A coroner says he won't release autopsy results on three women found slain inside a family-owned auto glass business in western Pennsylvania because authorities are concerned releasing the information could hurt their investigation. ...
Cracked windshield helps to land Tehama County man in prison
Record-Searchlight - Redding,CA,USA
Nahinu was arrested earlier this year after a CHP officer attempted to pull him over for having a defective windshield, prosecutors said, adding that Nahinu ...
Damaged windshields find new life
Daily Journal of Commerce - Portland,Oregon,USA
BY SAM BENNETT Nine years ago, Ron Sundholm walked into a windshield repair shop and inspiration hit. Watching as crews took his old windshield and put it ...
GM restructuring will deepen capitalist crisis
Workers World - USA
Unemployment in the auto industry leads to unemployment in industries such as steel and other metals, rubber, glass, plastic, paint, microchips and ...
Chrysler files for Ch. 11 | Bryan/College Station, Texas - The Eagle
HONDA: 2008 Fit Sport, auto, AC, cruise, CD, tinted glass, side impact bea ... More Details BRYAN: Office space for lease: 775 sq. ft., consisting of a reception area ... More Details BRYAN/CS: New & Used Brick Homes $0 - $500 to ...
Attorney General Calls for Massachusetts Auto Insurance Rate ...
By admin
Occidental requires consumers to pay a deductible in addition to comprehensive general deduction of glass on glass claims in violation of Massachusetts law. Occidental may prevent consumers from its policy after the restoration of their ...
April 2009
MINI's Concept: 2010 Speedster | Auto information - auto, cars ...
By lion
The first has no windshield at all, while the second has a very low windscreen and no roof. It appears MINI is opting for the latter configuration, considering the market for cars with windshields is probably several orders of magnitude ...
Police expand probe of Loyalhanna triple slaying
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... police served another search warrant Monday in their investigation of the slaying of three women last week inside an auto glass business in Loyalhanna. ...
No Arrest Made In Shooting Deaths Of 3 Loyalhanna Women
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LOYALHANNA TOWNSHIP, Pa. ... p.m. Thursday in the Ferguson Auto Glass Shop in Loyalhanna Township along Loyalhanna Dam Road
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GM to cut 21000 factory jobs, Pontiac
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. could be majority owned by the federal government and the United Auto Workers under a massive restructuring plan laid out Monday that will cut 21000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out the ...
Car vs. turkey; Car wins
(Never a good combo!)
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
But after taking a few tentative steps on the highway, police said the bird decided to take wing the rest of the way but only got as far at Ploof's windshield.
Three found dead in auto glass repair shop
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Three women were found dead in an automobile glass repair shop in a remote location in Westmoreland County, ...
Don't let this happen to your next auto glass repair!!!
This is nuts!! I have never seen anything like this before....this proves anything is possible!!!
Husband of accused USC hit-and-run driver arrested
The Associated Press (these people are truly insane and should "dealt with" accordingly!!)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say a man suspected of pulling an injured college student off a car windshield after a deadly hit-and-run accident was ...
PPG reports first quarter loss of $111 million
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Besides the $3 billion acquisition of Dutch coatings maker SigmaKalon in January, PPG divested itself of its auto glass business and saw global industrial ...
Hit-and-run driver gives boy $5 not to tell
KPIC - Roseburg,OR,USA (UNBELIEVABLE!!)
A driver who hit a teen boy with her car, knocking him up onto the hood and into the windshield, gave him $5 and asked him not to tell on her before fleeing ...
Japan's Asahi Glass to cut auto glass output
Reuters - USA
TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Asahi Glass Co Ltd said on Wednesday it will end production of auto glass at one of its three factories in Japan in response to ...
Police warn drivers, pedestrians of rock throwers on Rte. 100
Baltimore Sun - United States
One of the rocks crashed through the windshield of a car and nearly hit the driver, police said. The majority of rocks were thrown after 10:30 pm, ...
Electric Insurance Company Extends Agreement With TeleGlass National(this is interesting, mentions nothing about customer choice when choosing an auto glass repair company, policyholders beware, you have the right to choose who works on your car!)
Market Wire (press release) - USA
Electric Insurance Company selected TeleGlass National, the leading national auto glass service delivery system of its kind in the United States, ...
Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region
By djeby
"If you go back to 1980 to 1982, with the upheavals in the steel, rubber, glass and auto industries, that really was the end of an economic era that started in the 1890s," said Ned Hill, an economist at Cleveland State University. ...
U. affiliates weigh in on auto industry, government relationship
RU Daily Targum - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
In hopes of reigniting the sputtering auto industry while holding the companies accountable, President Barack Obama announced March 30 that he will give ...
State: 4 File $775K In Fraudulent Auto Claims
News4Jax.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Four Jacksonville-area employees of Lee and Cates glass were arrested by state officials and accused of being part of a scheme that resulted in almost 1000 ...
Link to the proposed bill affecting auto glass repair companies and their ownership of third party glass claims administrators. (IT'S ABOUT TIME) This bill reads really good, look at section 12 it states the proposed fines for the TPA's agents and/or adjusters individually.
This is great, hopefully the TPAs don't find any loopholes.
March, 2009
Vulture meets minivan windshield on Route 80
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA(check out the pictures of the windshield)
PARSIPPANY -- A turkey vulture crashed through the windshield of a minivan on Route 80 in Parsippany on Friday morning, showering a woman in the passenger ...
Auto Glass Shop Service For Sale - Stanton, California | BizBen
Auto Glass Shop Service Business Opportunity For Sale In Stanton, Orange County, California, CA. Buy or Sell Opportunities - Auto Glass Shop Service Stanton Buying And Selling Businesses For Sale.
Montana-House Bill #291 Revise insurance law on auto glass repair & body repair to use average prevailing market price (check out section 3 of this proposed bill)
This is the link to the most recent status on this Bill. Every independent auto glass repair and replacement company should be aware of this proposed legislation.
spontaneous windshield crack? - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum
By mungk (anybody want to do a FJ windshield!!)
So I came out this morning to find a 4" crack forming from the very edge of my windshield. There are no signs of a rock hit. The ambient temp was.
Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum - http://www.fjcruiserforums.
PHOTOS: Steel rod punctures minivan's windshield
Seattle Times - United States (check out these pics)
... Field when a loose steel rod speared through the driver's side of his windshield before becoming lodged in the dashboard of his 2004 Chevrolet minivan. ...
Wind storm cleanup begins for Auto Glass shops
Salina.com - Salina,KS,USA
Storm damage and vandals with BB guns ensured a busy week at Mr. Windshield Auto Glass Center, 304 S. Santa Fe. "The boys are working hard," said Diane ...
Cars roll into auto glass repair shops after storm
KVUE - Austin,TX,USA (nothing like a good hail storm to stimulate the economy!!)
And bring your car in to a windshield repair service today if you can. Auto Glass Shops says there will come a point when repair shops around town run out ...
Kamikaze turkey shatters truck windshield
Hannibal.net - Hannibal,MO,USA (those turkeys sure do some damage when the hit your windshield)
The turkey was flying over the highway and all of a sudden it just dived into the front windshield of the truck for no apparent reason at all. ...
Teens drive through glass store in Fort Collins
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA (this is funny)
... fled from Fort Collins police this evening before hitting another car and crashing their pickup truck through a Safelite Autoglass store, police said. ...
NM officials to investigate accident
The Durango Herald - Durango,Colorado,USA
One tire jumped a concrete lane divider and went through the windshield of the BMW, striking Newton, the front-seat passenger. Newton had a wife, Dana, ...
ABRA acquires Colorado repair center
Search-Autoparts.com - North Olmsted,OH,USA
MINNEAPOLIS — ABRA Auto Body & Glass acquired Loveland Auto Body in Loveland, Colo., and named Steve Scheideler general manager of the facility. ...
Arkansas Daycare Scare: What To Look For In Child Care
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA
By Sue Shellenbarger AP The daycare center near Scott, Ark.,where a staffer mistakenly put blue windshield wiper fluid in a refrigerator and served it to 10 ...
Kids at daycare drink windshield wiper fluid after staffer ...
Examiner.com - USA
On Thursday, 10 children at an Arkansas day care drank windshield wiper fluid that a staff member mistook for Kool-Aid, according to state officials. ...
Freak Accident In Carbon County
MSNBC - USA
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY --A driver is severely injured after a rock smashes through the windshield of a car traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike ...
Man killed when tire hits windshield
9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USA
AZTEC, NM (AP) - San Juan County sheriff's deputies say a tire that came loose from a trailer bounced over a highway divider and went through the windshield ...
Pittsburgh Glass workers OK union contract
Evansville Courier & Press - Evansville,IN,USA
By Dan Shaw (Contact) The cuts were included in a contract ratified by Local 3059 of the United Auto Workers, which represents about 305 workers at the Pittsburg Auto Glass plant...
Auto etching crime prevention available to residents March 28
Belmont Citizen-Herald - Lexington,MA,USA
... stencil and a weak glass reactive treatment. It provides a visible theft deterrent and may be good for a discount on your comprehensive auto insurance. ...
More layoffs at Shelbyville auto glass plant
Indianapolis Star - United States
Another 51 union employees will be laid off from Shelbyville's Pilkington North America Co. plant by the end of this month, company officials told workers ...
Worker embezzled from tribe, jury finds
Omak Okanogan County Chronicle - Omak,WA,USA
During the period from November 2006 through June 2007, she processed six fictitious invoices for auto glass repair, falsely billing the department for more ...
Man dies after debris flies through windshield on Phoenix I-17
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) - Phoenix,AZ,USA
PHOENIX -- A man has died after debris came through the windshield of the vehicle he was traveling in and struck him in the head on a Valley freewayMonday ...
EDAG's OLED Windshields Shine in the Night
Wired Blogs - USA
... can display road conditions and when you tap on the brake or stop, a giant 'stop' sign will appear in the back windshield, warning the car behind. ...
More layoffs at Pilkington
Shelbyville News - Shelbyville,IN,USA
"Its all economically driven, there are no auto sales. We make auto glass. If customers don't buy cars, suppliers don't buy glass from us. ...
Eagle smashed through truck windshield on I-80 survived
MSNBC - USA
(AP) -- A golden eagle that smashed through the windshield of a truck on Interstate 80 in Nevada earlier this week is at a rehab center with a swollen head ...
February, 2009
eDirectGlass Announces Alliance With the American Auto Glass ...
By yestelli
announced that it has entered in to a strategic alliance with the American Auto Glass Alliance (the “AAGA”) to provide the technology platform and support services for its nationwide independent automotive glass program and services. ... chain vendors, insurance and end-user industries converge. These applications and solutions enhance productivity, profitability and increase customer satisfaction critical to the growth and success of the marketplace. For more ...
Leadership Priorities: What does it take to get your attention? (This doesn't have a lot to do with auto glass repair, but for me it sure made me think about my priorities?
WCBD - Charleston,SC,USA
As the car passed, no children appeared, instead a brick smashed into the windshield into the Jaguar’s side door. He slammed on the brakes and spun the ...
Vandals cause damage in Alamosa
Valley Courier Online - Alamosa,CO,USA
Black noted however that the replacement cost of a front vehicle windshield may run anywhere from $600 to &1,000 depending on the model and back windshields ...
Are Chinese Car Parts Safe?
Smartmoney.com - USA
... windshield glass that could shatter into large shards and poorly welded wheel ... But few are aware of the cutthroat competition among replacement-part ...
When you meet a moose on the road, the moose wins
The River Journal - Clark Fork,Idaho,USA (you have to check the picture out in this article)
... clear the ice from his windshield before hopping into his Datsun 280ZX, ... moose or bear—and often aren’t worth the cost of the repair anyway. ...
State Farm® Lowers Georgia Auto Insurance Rates
Dawson Times - Dawsonville,GA,USA
After this change is implemented, State Farm’s overall auto insurance rate ... from such perils as theft, storm damage, fire, vandalism and glass breakage. ...
ABC’s 20/20 News Magazine has concluded unsafe windshield ...
By admin ABC News
“Windshield is an outdated, misleading term, says Leo Cyr, Vice President of Marketing for NOVUS Windshield Repair. “Bumpers still bump and brakes still brake but windshields have evolved from passive weather barriers to indispensable ...
AGC glass cuts 140 workers
News Enterprise - Elizabethtown,KY,USA
Combined with fourth-quarter employee cuts last year, the auto-glass maker’s local workforce is now half that of February 2008, or about 350. ...
Police: Teen in fogged up car caused school bus crash
Northwest Cable News - Portland,OR,USA(make sure your windshield is clean and clear before you drive or this could happen to you!)
According to the teenage driver that caused the crash, this all had to do with a foggy windshield and low visibility. Some people were slightly injured, ...
Interesting: How to De-ice Your Windshield
By M.Fahad
Step3Brush snow off the windshield. Step4Spray de-icing solution on the windshield. (You can make your own de-icing solution--a mixture of half water and half vinegar.) Step5Scrape the ice off the outside of the windshield using an ice ...
Flying Ice Shatters Windshield
WHIOtv.com - Dayton,OH,USA
The man’s windshield was shattered by a chunk of ice that flew off a truck in front of him. According to the Ohio State Patrol, the ice flew off the top of ...
Ice Chunk Smashes Car Windshield
WHSV - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
The windshield of a vehicle driving down Interstate 81 was smashed in by a chunk of ice that fell off a semi-truck today. The driver, Carole Tarrant, ...
The Physics Of Winter
Hartford Courant - United States
Worse, the snow could form a sheet of ice, which could slide off on the highway and smash the windshield of the car behind you, especially if you are ...
Teen hit by girl in car with frosted windows
Northwest Cable News - Portland,OR,USA
EAGLE(very, very dangerous, make sure your windshield is clean and clear before you drive or this could happen to you!) - Police say a 17-year-old girl who hadn't fully cleared the frost of her windshield hit and severely injured a 14-year-old boy on the way to school ...
Uninsured on the road could swell
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
A recent survey predicts more people in New Hampshire will let their auto insurance lapse in the wake of the downturn. The Insurance Research Council study ...
Uninsured drivers increase in downturn
Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA
Georgia's insured motorists must protect themselves in cases of the at-fault driver not having auto insurance. That's why it is important to understand your ...
Public Auto Auction: innovations in auto glass part ii
By BillComputer
Auto glass is one of the fastest moving areas of technology in the auto sector. There is talk of displaying information on the glass for the driver so they do not have to look down and take their eyes off the road. ...
January, 2009
As recession deepens, more drivers drop auto insurance
Winknews.com - Fort Myers,Florida,USA
But it's happening more often -- people cutting corners on their car insurance in hopes of saving a few bucks. "Some people will tell you they lost their ...
Allstate: Auto insurance policyholders reducing coverage in recession
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Becky Yerak | Tribune reporter To some extent, auto insurance is recession-resistant because drivers have to have coverage. But Allstate Corp. officials ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works closing Michigan plant, eliminating 120 jobs
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC will close its facility in Evart, Mich., due to the decline in demand for auto glass, the company announced. ...
Flemington Glass Plant to Lay Off Workers
State Journal - Charleston,WV,USA
FLEMINGTON -- AGC Glass, in Flemington, has announced that it is laying off approximately 180 workers, say plant officials. The plant, which manufactures ...
State completes probe of auto insurers
Buffalo News - NY, United States(it's ok to steer for auto glass repair in NY??WHAT??)
... directing or requiring customers to choose those auto shops, either for repairs or inspections. Indeed, with the exception of window glass repair, ...
GE Provides 200 Million Credit Facility to Pittsburgh Glass Works ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) supplies automotive OEM windshields, rear and side windows, sunroofs and assemblies for auto and truck manufacturers, and it supplies and distributes replacement automotive glass products for ...
Ice, snow on cars an issue in state in winter
(interesting article from New Hampshire on a chunk of ice hitting a man's windshield, by looking at the pictures it is a wonder he is still alive)
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
He told WMUR-TV he felt lucky the ice and shattered glass didn’t injure him or cause him to lose control of his vehicle. Tevepaugh couldn’t immediately be ...
AIG’s Rebranded Auto Unit May Be Among First Sold Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., the insurer that renamed its U.S. auto business this week to prepare the operation for potential buyers, may find that unit among the easiest to sell, analysts said.
Auto suppliers are caught in a 'perfect storm'
MLive.com - MI,USA
"The auto industry has so many parts to it because there are so many components in a car -- engine parts, fenders, glass, steering wheels, ...
Belron US Completes the Acquisition of Cindy Rowe Auto Glass
MSNBC - USA
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass is a well-respected company with the prominent vehicle glass repair and replacement brand in the central Pennsylvania area. ...
(WHO CARES--THE BIG JUST KEEP GETTING BIGGER,HOW MANY CARS MUST SAFELITE SCREW UP BEFORE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES GROW A BRAIN AND QUIT USING THEM)
Vehicle recalls plunge
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
That followed a high profile recall of 255000 Chinese-made replacement tires in August 2007 by New Jersey importer FTS. In August, Nissan recalled 3400 2009 ...
December, 2008
High wind damage in the millions of dollars
kwgn.com -
Denver,CO,USA
Auto glass repair companies were raking in the business.
"You hate to capitalize on other people's misfortunes but t
hat's sort of the way it is," said Stan ...
magnifying-glass Not too many businesses are thriving these days. The weak economy has led many companies to fire scores of workers, shut down their superfluous operations or go out of business entirely. But at least one industry is not ...
CrackInsurance - http://www.crackinsurance.com/
Auto Glass Insurance for Windshield Repair and Replacement | Texas ...
David Warren asked: Replacing a windshield can be very costly. Depending on the model of vehicle you drive, windshields can cost up to $1000. Windshields in.
Recalls of Chinese Auto Parts Are a Mounting Concern - Wheels Blog ...
The complexity of today’s cars creates many possibilities for problems with imported parts: tire valves that break and let air escape; replacement window glass that does not meet the standards for tempered glass; high-intensity ...
Progressive won't pay dividend in January
The company warned in October that it could suspend its dividend when it reported a rare quarterly loss. Progressive took a huge hit in the values of its investments this year, thanks to the collapse of the financial sector.
Road Risks Rise as More Drivers Drop Insurance
Wall Street Journal - USA
A customer arriving for a haircut drove through the plate glass window of the barber shop. Possibly adding to the problem is the fact that auto-insurance ...
State Farm® Reduces Alabama Auto Insurance Rates
WHNT - Huntsville,AL,USA
The comprehensive coverage pays for losses from such perils as theft, storm damage, fire, vandalism and glass breakage. The cost of the liability and ...
Nashville Glass Plant Staggers Layoffs - Nashville News Story ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nearly half the work force at what used to be the Ford glass plant in Nashville is facing layoffs that will last for weeks. Monday, December 15, 2008. ... Auto Trends · Gas Prices · Credit Reports · Auto Insurance ...
Car Insurance Is A Must Have Friend
By Jeff W
Replacing the windshield and other damage would then be repaired or replaced at a much lower cost unlike if one has no insurance coverage and one pays for the repair and replacement out of one’s own pocket. ...
The truth about UAW members and the US auto industry
Port Huron Times Herald, MI -
Workers at thousands of small, medium and large businesses are at risk, including those who work at auto suppliers, auto dealers, steel manufacturers, glass ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works Announces Restructuring Activities
MarketWatch -Dec 1, 2008
Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) supplies automotive OEM windshields, rear and side windows, sunroofs and assemblies for auto and truck manufacturers, ...
Auto glass manufacturer to close two Ontario plants
Port Huron Times Herald, MI -
Workers at thousands of small, medium and large businesses are at risk, including those who work at auto suppliers, auto dealers, steel manufacturers, glass ...
Pittsburgh Glass Works Announces Restructuring Activities
MarketWatch -
Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW) supplies automotive OEM windshields, rear and side windows, sunroofs and assemblies for auto and truck manufacturers, ...
Auto glass manufacturer to close two Ontario plants
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Driver dies after deer crashes into windshield
Globe and Mail, Canada - Quesnel -- A 25-year-old man has been killed in a freak accident in which a deer smashed into the windshield of his vehicle. The RCMP say a minivan carrying ... |
Airliner lands safely with shattered windshield
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An airliner with a shattered windshield has landed safely at Kansas City's airport. Kansas City International Airport spokesman Joe ...
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An airliner with a shattered windshield has landed safely at Kansas City's airport. Kansas City International Airport spokesman Joe ...
November, 2008
National Glass Exchange Partners with Insurance to Cut Consumer Costs
Glass on Web, Italy -
Now you can have both, save money and have total glass protection. “By incorporating the GRIP plan, glass replacement shops, insurance agents and auto ...
Auto glass repair shops see more business after vandalism over the ...
KLTV, TX -
As KLTV 7's Molly Reuter shows us, auto glass repair shops were the place to be today. Vandals armed with BB guns left quite a mess Saturday night. ...
Auto Club South Taps Harmon Network for Glass
Claims
Collision Week (subscription) -Nov 13, 2008
The Auto Club South Insurance Company and the Auto Club Insurance Company of Florida have chosen Harmon Solutions Group to handle their entire auto glass ...
Collision Week (subscription) -
The Auto Club South Insurance Company and the Auto Club Insurance Company of Florida have chosen Harmon Solutions Group to handle their entire auto glass ...