The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) has launched an online version of its newsletter Body Language at www.abpabodylanguage.com. The ABPA has also announced that veteran collision repair industry journalist Bill McDonough has been named the publication’s new editor. Body Language will provide information about parts certification, new products and services, industry events, training, and legislation that affects the industry.
“We’re taking the step of going online to expand the delivery of information and our message to a wider audience across the collision repair industry, including body shops, distributors, insurers and the legislators who regulate the industry,” said Ed Salamy, Executive Director of the ABPA. “Everybody with a stake in the collision industry needs to have the facts about aftermarket collision parts.”
New Body Language Editor Bill McDonough is the former editor of Damage Report, a magazine that covered the collision repair industry across the New England region. About the Automotive Body Parts AssociationThe Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) has 165 members representing more than 400 separate collision parts distribution, bumper sales, recycling facilities and manufacturing plants. Collectively, they are responsible for distributing more than 75 percent of independently produced aftermarket collision replacement parts sold to the collision repair trade. ABPA members subscribe to a Code of Ethics that encompasses high standards of business practice on behalf of its customers and the motoring public. For more information visit www.autobpa.com.Subscribe to ABRN and receive articles like this every month…absolutely free. Click here
