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March 12, 2010
- AGRSS Validation
Program in Full Swing; Many Find Process is Simple
- Nearly
100 New Jobs Coming to Braselton
- Sponsored
Link: eDirectGlass Releases Integrated Technician Route Planner
- PG
Glass Achieves Top Accolade in First Year of New Ownership
- UNITED
KINGDOM - National Mobile Windscreens Obtains New Contract
- Nissan's
Ugly Cube Exudes Gen Y Dorky Coolness: Jason H. Harper
- KC-135
Dumps Fuel in Emergency Situation
- Turkey
Tumbles into Lowell Teacher's Windshield 
- Father
of Two Killed After Deer Crashes Through Van Windscreen
- School
Buses Disabled by Vandals
March 11, 2010
- Safelite to
Move East Coast Distribution Center to New Facility in Georgia in
September 2010
- Pilkington,
Union Reach New Agreement
- Exhibitors to Feature
Latest Auto Glass Products and Services at Glass Expo Midwest™
- Editorial:
California Regulators: Climate Change a Bigger Threat Than Felons
- UNITED KINGDOM -
Auto Windscreens is Finalist for Two Industry Awards
- INDIA
- HNG Aims to Double Halol Capacity
- Mitchell
Concludes Highly Successful 2010 Property & Casualty Conference
- Changes
May Be on the Way for Vehicle Inspections in Memphis
- Jeep
Driver in Chase Was Nearly Impaled
- Stop
Results in Drug, Gun Possession Charges
March 10, 2010
- Hakimian on
Trial by Jury in Oakland, Calif.; Glass Emporium Owner is Accused
of Wire Fraud and Harboring Illegal Aliens, Among Other Charges
- CHINA
- Fuyao Glass's Profit for 2009 Quadruples
- In
Tough Times, Companies Cling to Service Awards
- Making
Repairs
- Utah
Legislature: Lawmakers Ponder Insurance, Liability
- Woman
Injured in Hit and Run in St. John's
- Rock-Throwing
Vandals Wreak Havoc Across Santa Cruz County
March 9, 2010
- Sika Acquires ADCO's
Replacement Adhesive Systems Business
- Rossford
Library Asks for Public Info Regarding LOF Photos
- LexisNexis®
Claims Solutions and Mitchell Join Forces to Help Insurers Improve
Claims Outcomes
- Mercedes
E220 CDI Cabrio
- PPG
Chief Takes Home $6.4M Pay Package in 2009
- Auto
Insurer Revs Measure's Motor
- North
Carlsbad Sees Light, Moderate Damage from Hail Storm
- Boulder
Through Windscreen Leaves Genats Residents Fearful
- SF
Man Arrested After Santa Cruz Tagging Orgy
March 8, 2010
- Novus Super Session
2010 Wraps Up in San Diego
- Pilkington
North America Joins Dyesol in BIPV Development
- Seeing
Through Bad Windshield Companies
- Sphinx
Glass Announces Start of Commissioning of Its LE1.1n Float Glass
Factory
- Sponored
Link: Mainstreet Releases Check Processing Module
- SEAT
Exeo Solar Sunroof Harnesses Sun to Cool Car
- Small
is Beautiful: Japan's Hand-Made Electric Cars
- Air
Safety Report Lists 70 Malfunctions
- Woman's
Car Ends Up Under Semi in I-35 Wreck
- Three
Pedestrians Struck in Separate Incidents; Two Dead
March 5, 2010
- Belron Attributes
2009 Growth to "Favorable Winter Weather Conditions,"
According to Parent Company D'Ieteren's Annual Report; Reports External
Sales Up 12 Percent from 2008
- Trial
Date Set for California Auto Defects Lawyers Products Liability
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Suzuki
- Geneva:
Green Need Not Be Beige
- NGA Announces
Transfer of Auto Glass Standards; NWRA to Serve as ROLAGS Secretariat;
AGRSS to Take Up Development of ARGULA
- NTSB
to Study Glass Cockpits in GA Aircraft
- Valparaiso
Police: Man Charged After Biting Woman Pushing Her Head Through
Car Window
- Several
Killed in Arizona Bus Crash
- AUSTRALIA
- Man Breaks Police Car's Windscreen
March 4, 2010
- Pennsylvania Resolution
Introduced to Investigate Prevalence of Steering Among Insurers
- Firm
Expands to Green Energy, Materials for High-Tech Industries
- Glass
Doctor of Abbotsford BC Now Open For Window and Windshield Glass
Repair Services
- Glass Expo Midwest
Comes to Chicago This Month
- Japan's
Asahi Glass Eyes First Op Profit in 2 Years for Glass Business
- FMG Support Awards
Auto Windscreens Three-Year Contract
- EDITORIAL
- Obama: 'It's Very Hard to Ship Windows from China'
- Electric
Dreams: Hybrids Hog the Limelight at Geneva Show
- Clarity
Beyond Glass on Display at Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery
- Huge
Wave Kills Two on Cruise Ship in Mediterranean
- Car
Hits Store, Takes Off
March 3, 2010
- Two New DOT Numbers
Awarded; One to a U.S. Manufacturer, One to a Chinese Company
- IGA of Iowa Two-Day
Technical Class Slated for March 17-18
- LYNX
Services May Add 100 Jobs
- Metro Glass of
Omaha, Neb., Earns National Accreditation from AGRSS
- Smith
Glass Becomes AGRSS-Registered (scroll down)
- Toyota:
No Electronic Defects
- The
Elegant New Megane Coupé-Cabriolet
- New
Micra Revealed
- State
Farm Returns to Black with $777M Profit in 2009
- Detroit
Police Crackdown Crosses Line, Critics Say
March 2, 2010
- U.S. District
Court Considers Glass Installer's Claims Against Employer; Denies
Summary Judgment on Travel Time Claims
- Belron
US Adopts Safelite Brand Name
- Vitro
Reports 4Q'09 Decline of 20.2 Percent in Sales and 3.1 Percent Increase
in EBITDA
- Glass Pro Systems
Wins 2009 Best of Business Award
- Safelite Autoglass®
Associate Earns International Customer Service Recognition
- First
Look: 2011 Kia Sportage
- New
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera
- Berkshire
Trumpets Its Rebound, With Caveats
- Progressive
Launches Social Responsibility Web Site
March 1, 2010
- Minnesota Court
Upholds $400,000 Arbitration Settlement in Alpine Glass vs. Farmers
Suit
- Godfrey
Company Specializes in Glass Work
- Glass
Shops Continue to Prove What is "Fair and Reasonable Pricing"
- INDIA
- Volvo Launched New Sedan S80 - Price 37 Lakhs in India, Features
and Specs
- Investment
Team May Seek Pistons
- Code
Blue's New Operation Renews Hope in City Center
- State
Farm Posts Profit on Investments, Underwriting
February 26, 2010
- Connecticut House
Seeks to Outlaw Insurance Incentives from Glass Shops
- Last Call: Today
is the Last Day to Pre-Register for Glass Expo Midwest™
- Saint-Gobain
2009 Profit Falls; Company Increases Savings Goal
- Union
Workers at Zeledyne Plant Hoping for New Investment
- Editorial:
Signs of GM's Comeback
- UNITED
KINGDOM - Auto Windscreens Extends Hours to Ease Pressure on Automotive
Industry
- Man
Gets Three Years for Identity Fraud, Multiple Thefts
- Car
Involved in San Bernardino Hit-and-Run Believed Found
February 25, 2010
- Next Draft of California
Auto Glass Regulations Expected in Mid-March
- Discounted Room
Block Ends Tomorrow for Glass Expo Midwest™
- Citigroup
Says PPG Is Primed to Benefit from Auto Recovery
- Brown
Hopes to Revive Bill to Aid Manufacturing
- Toyota's
Problems Loom Large Even After Hearings
- The
Future of Transportation Rides on Three Wheels
February 24,2010
- 2009 Ends with
an Overall Increase in Vehicle Travel Over 2008; Traffic Volume
Remains Unchanged from December 2008 to 2009
- Belron®
US to Change Corporate Name to Safelite® Group
- Toyota
Sees Growing Anger From Suppliers in Japan
- Mercedes-Benz
Unveils "Sliding Doors" Concept
- Chubb Suspends
Use of "Structural" Aftermarket Parts
- VIETNAM
— Chu Lai Float Glass Plant Put into Operation
- Drivers
Struggle to Work Windscreen Wiper Blades of New Cars
- Big
Freeze Brings Windscreen Misery
- Highway
Hero Punches Through Windshield to Save Victim
February 23, 2010
- Watch the
February 2010 glassBYTEs.com™/AGRR Newscast
- IGA,
NGA and NWRA to Co-Locate Events at Spring Auto Glass Conference
May 20-22, Sanibel Island, Florida
- Less Than a Month
Left to Pre-Register for Glass TEXpo™
- Sponsored
Link: Mygrant to Hold Anaheim Product Fair
- Two
Survivors Reunite With Man Who Saved Them
- UNITED
KINGDOM - Future's Clear for Essex's First Automotive Glazing Apprentice
- INDIA
- Air Car to Hit the Market This Year
- State
Auto Reports Revenue Increases for 2009
- Museum
Displays Serial Killer Ted Bundy's VW
- Insurers'
Losses Put at $634,000 in Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme
February 22, 2010
- Binswanger
Tech Becomes National Hero; Recues Six from Burning Building in
Austin, Texas
- Auto
Recalls List a Lengthy One in 2009
- Metro
Sidelines New Vans After Drivers Raise Safety Concerns
- Audi's
New 'Tweener' SUV Mixes Luxury, Capability
- Getting
Paid to Plug in May Drive Future Buyers to Electric Cars
- Incident:
LTU A332 near Cologne on February 19, 2010, Cracked Windshields
- Winter
Weirdness Now With Drunk, Dive-Bombing Birds
- Driver
Kills Bicyclist in San Bernardino
February 19, 2010
- Tennessee
Takes on Consumer Choice Issue; Addresses Auto Glass Specifically
- Just One Week Left
to Pre-Register for Glass Expo Midwest™
- New
Name, More Services for UniglassPlus/Zeibart
- Date
Set for Closure of Glass Firm
- JAPAN
- Nippon Sheet Glass Gains After Mizuho Raises Rating
- ASA
Requests NHTSA Use Authority to Regulate Aftermarket Crash Parts
- State
Auto Financial Posts Q4 Profit
- NGA Refutes Belron
Technical's ANSI Application, Says It Is Inaccurate
- Federal
Audit Claims Lax Oversight of American Airlines
- Thief
Bashes Car Windows in Old Market Parking Garage
February 18, 2010
- Belron Technical
Petitions ANSI to Take Over ROLAGS Standard, According to ANSI Application
- Glass
Worker Turns Hero After Plane Crashes Into Texas Building
- TGSC
Services Group Inc. Completes Move to New Headquarters and Operations
Center
- Glass
America's Richmond, VA Location Is First to Receive AGRSS Validation
Compliant With Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards
- Toyota's
Woes Keep Accelerating as It Now Considers Recalling Corollas
- Allstate
Needs to Invest in Insurance
- UNITED
KINGDOM -Windscreens Need Checking Once in a While, Says Group
- AUSTRALIA
- Punch Costs Angry Teen $1,400
February 17, 2010
- Recalled BMWs Manufactured
at Spartanburg, S.C., Plant
- Case Against
Auto Glass Shop Owner Eric Justice for Alleged Gambling Front Continues
- Turkey's
Sisecam Aims to Raise Output 30 Percent
- As
Toyota Recall Surpasses 10 Million Cars, Federal Regulators Faulted
for Slow Response to Early Warnings
- US:
BorgWarner Tests Mini E Cars Cabin Heaters
- Eqecat:
Mid-Atlantic Winter Storms Could Cause $2 Billion in Insured Losses
- NASA
Endeavour Astronauts to Roll Down New Space Station Windows
- Have
Smart, Will Travel: Arctic Circle, Here We Come!
- Police
Hope Reward Brings Family Closure
- Police
Search for Stolen Kia Optima
February 16, 2010
- BMW Recalls 2010
X5 and X6 Due to Windshield Bonding Issue
- IGC to Open Distribution
Center in Detroit
- Weather
Keeps Repair Shops Slammed
- AGRR Industry Hot
Topics to Take Center Stage at Glass Expo Midwest™
- In
Detroit, Is There Life After the Big 3?
- BMW
Hopes to Catch the Upswing
- UNITED
KINGDOM - Lex Autolease Signs Three-Year Fast-Fit and Windscreen
Deals
- N.Y.
Senator Wants to Get Tough on Auto Insurance Fraud
- Bibo:
Fed Up with Big Trucks' Big Messes
- Singer
Adkins Says 'Tragic Day" Saw Band's Fatal Bus Wreck
- Icy
Snow Falls from a Bridge in Howard County, Hits Jeep
- Two
Injured in Hit-and-Run in Downtown Toppenish
February 12, 2010
- ANSI Spokesperson
Says It's Possible for a Private Company to Gain Accreditation as
a Standards Developer, But Not Common; Same Rules Would Apply as
to Other ANSI Standards Developers
- HSG Contributes
$20,000 to AGRSS Council
- Arizona Glass Association
Continues to Fight State's Auto Glass Fraud Bill
- Asahi
Glass Shares Rise After Profit Forecast to Increase
- Mygrant Opens
Nashville Warehouse
- Three
Face Off in County Board Primary
- IGA
Issues Advisory Concerning Use of "OE Equivalent" Glass
Parts
- Allstate
4Q Net Improves on Lower Capital
- Troopers
Seek Info in Two Pedestrian Deaths
February 11, 2010
- Industry Reacts
to Belron Technical's Application to Create ANSI Standards
- Student
Owns Two Businesses, Named Top Entrepreneur
- Honda
Quick to Order Recall
- Kia
Ray Concept Shines at Chicago Auto Show
- Insurer
Allstate Spent $650,000 in 4th Quarter Lobbying Federal Government
- Lawmakers
Want Closer Scrutiny of Insurer
- Driver
Claims Plowed Snow Broke Windshield
- Falling
Ice Hits Driver's Windshield
- Investigators
Seek VW Involved in Fatal Hit-and-Run
- Police
Investigate Over 50 Car Break-Ins at Former Airport Terminal
February 10, 2010
- Belron Joins
ANSI; Applies to Become ANSI-Accredited Standards Developer
- Weather
Keeps Windshield Repair Businesses Busy
- Emirates
Float Glass to Host Regional Glass Industry Leaders' Gathering in
Abu Dhabi
- Prius
Success Story Stalls After Recall
- AUSTRALIA
- Teen Speaks After Horror Windscreen Smash on F3
February 9, 2010
- Three New DOT Numbers
Awarded for Auto Glass; All Awarded to American Manufacturers
- Vancouver
Car-Rental Customer Warns of Gouging
- Winter
Wrecks Give Business Boost
- New
Mégane CC Lets the Light In
- State
Farm Says It Warned U.S. Officials About Toyota Accident Trend in
2007
- Incident:
J-Air CRJ2 near Nagoya on February 7, 2010, Windshield Heater Failed
- Helicopter,
Large Bird Collide Mid-Air
February 8, 2010
- Honda
Recalls Fit for Power Window Issue
- 2010
Renault Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet Full Details
- Insurer
May Have Violated Law, Report Reveals
- Scotia
Auto Glass is Appointed to be AXA Insurance's Official Mobile Auto
Glass
- The
Core of Giving
- Woman's
Windshield Shattered by Falling Snow
- Largo
Police Looking for Hit & Run Driver
February 5, 2010
- Mid-Atlantic Auto
Glass Shops Prepare for Major Snowstorm
- Generational
Expert to Speak at Glass Expo Midwest™: Will Offer Proven Methods
of How to Communicate Effectively with All Generations
- Prospects
Improve for Pilkington
- Gentex
Reports 45 Percent Increase in Fourth Quarter Net Sales
- Glass Doctor®
Franchises Earn Angie's List Super Service Awards
- In
a Rollover Accident the Nissan Frontier is the Safest of Five Small
Pick-Ups
- Pilots
Seek to Curb Threat of Lasers Being Used Against Civilian Planes
- Confessions
of an Auto Insurance Agent
- Study:
Distractions, Not Phones, Cause Car Crashes
February 4, 2010
- Washington
Auto Show Features Latest Innovations
- eDirectGlass
Announces Alliance with Expotech Inc.
- Service
King Collision Repair Centers Launch New Website to Enhance Customer
Experience
- Your
Treasure Valley Business Community: Accomplishments and Promotions
(scroll down)
- Saab
Product Plans for 2010 and Beyond - Car News
- N.Y.
Insurers Outline Remedies for No-Fault System Problems
- UNITED
KINGDOM - 'Safer' Pint Glasses Unveiled
- Woman
OK After Flying Tire Smashes Through Windshield
- Driver
Sought in Hit-and-Run Incident
February 3, 2010
- Legislative
Update: Mississippi Auto Glass Deductible Bill Dies in Committee,
While Arizona House Considers Bill That Some Say Could Remove Zero-Deductible
Policy Option
- Glass
America Relocates to Worthington, Ohio
- Zeledyne
Workers Cut Back
- Sponsored
Link: Mitchell Launches GlassMate™ 6.0 and GlassMate™
Mobile
- Bankrupt
Cooper-Standard Files Reorganization Plan
- UNITED
KINGDOM - Auto Windscreens Secures Two-Year Deal with Alphabet
- Glassmaking
Fades in U.S. as Imports Cut into Sales
- Some
State Farm Agents Are Going Green
- Carver
County Gets Creative to Curb Costs -- and Wins Praise
- Derry
Couple Sues Town After Tree Branch Goes Through Car Roof
February 2, 2010
- Soat Speaks at
Arizona Insurance Committee Meeting in Opposition to Bill Targeting
Auto Glass Shops
- USGlass Magazine
Named a Finalist in ABM’s Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism
Awards— Prestigious “Pulitzer Prize of B2B Journalism”
- Gen. Colin L.
Powell Speaks at Safelite National Meeting
- Mitchell
Releases Industry Trends Report
- Beranek to Offer
Industry Expertise at Upcoming Glass Expo Midwest™
- NOVUS
Glass Franchisee’s Son Jake Zamansky is Heading to the Olympics
- Glassworker
Kevin Sands' Passion is Crystal Clear
- Van
Kills Two Horses, Driver Injured in Birch Run Township Crash
- Report
Provides Details of April 2009 Loyalhanna Slayings
February 1, 2010
- Panel Discusses
Impact of Safety on Consumer Choice During SAE International's Government/Meeting;
Educating the Consumer about Safety Issues Also Is Hot Topic
- Tax
Cuts for Small Businesses
- Honda
Recalls Fit/Jazz Cars over Window Fault
- MGA Secretary-Treasurer
Kevin Foley Passes Away
- Recycled
Windshield Greenhouse Grows More Glass
- KOREA
- Tension Rising Between Insurers, Repair Shops
- Drivers
'Clear the Ice' with Credit Cards
- Small
Airplane Strikes Car in Nevada
- Family
Grieves Loss of Uncle in Saugus Hit-Run; No Leads on Driver
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