John Cole gambled almost everything he had to start his own shop. Four years later, he’s at three locations and nearly $8 million in sales.

Going green costs, and then it pays. Jim Thompson invested in an all-new, all-green shop—efficient lighting, waterborne paint, recycled air—and is using the lessons learned to retrofit an older one.

Fix Auto Englewood/Hampden Auto Body isn’t a big shop. But it’s putting up big numbers on key performance metrics—and it hasn’t even gotten all the way to lean yet.

Nothing but time buzzes by for a ’53 Studebaker

A mission-minded approach to business—and a keen focus on limitations—drives the success of Rydell Collision Center.

Body shop manager Beth Meckel, honored as “Most Influential Woman in Collision Repair,” generated five-fold growth for MileOne Collision Center while mentoring new techs in Maryland.

The owners of Greenfield Collision made national news and mugged with VP Joe Biden when they received the first SBA loan awarded as part of an expanded stimulus package. The really good news? There could be money waiting for you, too.

An award-winning shop shares its eight keys to success

The Best in the Business: Presenting the winners of the 2009 FenderBender Awards

Jerry Gilbreath has long been a fan of lean. Combining it with green, he’s discovered, reduces waste, improves efficiency and cuts costs.

The Collision Center team at Driver’s Village always intended to use lean principles. Here’s how new management, additional training and dedication to the system got the shop hopping.

How shared ownership keeps an Oklahoma shop humming.

Two shops gave themselves a long-overdue update, and the result has been not only a better image but more business.

Presenting the winners of the 2008 FenderBender Awards.