ABRA Auto Body & Glass announced today that Don Crouse, Vice President of ABRA-Tennessee, has been elected to chair the Memphis I-CAR Committee. The vision of I-CAR is that every person in the collision industry, current and future, has the necessary knowledge and skills relevant to their position to achieve a complete and safe repair.

Crouse joined ABRA in May of 2004, bringing with him over twenty years of experience in the collision industry.

“I’m looking forward to chairing Memphis’ I-CAR committee”, stated Crouse, “and want to focus as much as I can on industry training. I feel one of the biggest challenges we have before us is rebuilding our technical base that has been steadily eroding over the years. We need to concentrate on this area of staffing for our industry to be successful in the future.”

Crouse, his wife Monna, and three children live in Arlington, Tennessee

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to ninety-two facilities in eleven states. Their plans for accelerated national growth over the next several years include acquiring existing facilities and building new locations.

I-CAR, founded in 1979, is an international not-for-profit training organization dedicated to improving the quality, safety and efficiency of auto collision repair for the ultimate benefit of the consumer.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, July 21, 2008 - ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced today the opening of their fifth repair center in metro Milwaukee. Located at 14750 West National Avenue in New Berlin, this is ABRA’s ninety-second repair center in eleven states.

“ABRA is committed to growth in Wisconsin, with our emphasis on the Milwaukee, Madison, and Kenosha metros”, stated Tim Adelmann, Executive Vice President of ABRA. “This New Berlin center helps us meet the needs of our insurance partners and their policyholders by adding a state-of-the-art facility in the western Milwaukee metro.”

The new ABRA-New Berlin repair center was formerly operated as New Berlin Auto Body. Over the past 90 days, ABRA has completely reconstructed the building, converting it to a very upscale, state-of-the-art facility consisting of 10,000 square feet. New equipment includes a Car-O-Liner 5500 frame rack, a Car-O-Liner Vision X3 measuring system, and a Unicure Downdraft 3007 paint booth

According to Jeff Mohns, Vice President, ABRA-Wisconsin, “We are very excited about our continued growth in the Milwaukee market. We will continue to offer our excellent quality repairs and customer service. As with our other Wisconsin locations, New Berlin will offer full-service collision repair, paintless dent removal, auto glass repair and replacement, and 24/7 towing and rental car assistance.”

In addition to Wisconsin, ABRA operates repair centers in Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown ninety-two facilities in eleven states. Their plans for accelerated national growth over the next several years include acquiring existing facilities and building new locations.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a national damaged repair company based in Minneapolis, announced today that Cathy Embry and Eileen Daube, Account Executives for ABRA-Georgia, earned the National Standardized Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Training Program certification. This program certifies individuals as child passenger safety technicians and instructors.

By achieving this certification, Embry and Daube can now train and conduct child safety seat checks where parents and caregivers receive education and hands-on assistance with the proper use of child restraint systems and safety belts.

“As a company, ABRA is very involved in various aspects of vehicle, driver and passenger safety”, stated Embry. “I knew that I wanted to get involved in a safety issue on some level, and I chose the CPS program after learning about it from some of my major insurance partners.”

CPS is part of the Partners for Child Passenger Safety program. It is the first academic-corporate partnership devoted to the safety of children in motor vehicles. The program’s methodology is unique, combining in-depth telephone interviews, on-site crash investigations, and computer crash simulations with interdisciplinary analysis and interpretation. Among other accomplishments, their materials and research has helped many states pass booster seat laws.

“I am proud to be a team member of ABRA… a company that understands the importance of giving back to our communities”, stated Daube. “And I feel privileged to be associated with this safety program, and look forward to all the training I can give on correct child restraint and safety belt usage.”

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass replacement and repair. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to ninety-one facilities in eleven states. Their plans for national growth over the next several years include acquiring repair centers and awarding franchises.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced today the opening of its newest repair center in Faribault, MN, the franchise was awarded to the Harry Brown Automotive Group in Faribault.

Mark Wahlin, Vice President of Franchise Development for ABRA, commented on ABRA’s decision to award a franchise to the Brown family: “We are excited about our relationship with Mike Brown and his family. He is a fantastic business owner, and we are pleased that he saw the opportunities that are available through ABRA’s franchise program.”

The repair center, located at 1807 Grant Street South, consists of 13,000 square feet, and is equipped with a MegaRack 360 frame rack for unibody and full frames, a Shark computerized measuring system, and a Unicure downdraft paint booth with oven.

When asked of his decision to open an ABRA franchise, Mike Brown commented, “Our family’s operations focus on quality, customer service, and integrity – values that we share with ABRA. Their 20-plus-year record of success proves that they are a company that can be relied on for years to come, and will be there to provide the training and support they are known for.”

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to ninety-one facilities in eleven states. Their plans for accelerated national growth over the next several years include acquiring existing facilities and building new locations.