Automotive

Safelite’s Internal Auto Glass Repair and Replacement Technician Contest Scheduled for Feb 8

April 20, 2012

After nearly half a year of qualifying contests and division competitions, the auto glass company Safelite’s internal competition for identifying the best auto glass repair and replacement technicians in the company is coming to its national heat, with the country’s best technicians coming to New Orleans on the 8th of February to duke it out [...]

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Kern County Roadwork Leads to Dozens of Windshield Repairs and Replacements for Locals

April 17, 2012

A Kern County Roads Department project that was started last October 3 has now become the cause of dozens of windshield repairs and replacements for locals, as well as acrimonious relations between residents of the area and the county officials.  The chip seal roadwork has apparently been performed quite poorly—at least, if the locals are [...]

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Woman Survives Jump from Williamsburg Bridge and Necessitates Windshield Replacement for Parked Car

March 1, 2012

A startling even stopped traffic on New York City’s Williamsburg Bridge on the 10th, when a woman suddenly leapt from the bridge and onto the street below.  The woman, later identified as 34-year-old Jenna Marie Filippi from Queens, survived the fall and landed on an SUV parked on the section of Pitt Street just at [...]

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Monroe County Township Residents Forced to Get Windshield Repair Jobs by Vandal Attacks

February 1, 2012

Another spate of auto glass vandalisms has been breaking out in Bedford Township, Monroe County.  This is yet another area in the United States to be hit by vandals, who have caused several thousand dollars of damage already, usually from windshield repair and windshield replacement jobs.  While the number of victims have fortunately not climbed [...]

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Duratuf Shows Off Durasafe Auto Glass at 2012 Auto Expo

January 12, 2012

The Auto Expo for 2012 is well under way and already some interesting items have been displayed at the show, with one of the most interesting being in a booth for the Indian glass company Duratuf.  The glass maker has set up a display promoting its famed ultra-tough auto glass, marketed under the brand name [...]

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Corning to Work With Hyundai on Gorilla Auto Glass for Blue2

November 30, 2011

If the name Corning rings a bell, the tune would most likely be one coming from a smart phone.  The American company is known for its Gorilla Glass product, which is basically a very robust yet thin type of sheet glass currently used as the screen cover glass for many smart phones, laptops, and tablets. [...]

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How to Defrost Your Windshield Without Risking a Windshield Replacement This Winter

November 28, 2011

Winter generally heralds the time of frosted and iced-over windshields, and people deal with this problem in various ways.  There are some whose cars already have defrosting technology: for instance, some of Ford’s cars have something the auto maker calls “Quickclear”, a defrosting system engineered into the windshield during production.  However, for the vast majority [...]

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Ford Motors Introduces New Technology for Attaching Windshield Auto Glass

November 26, 2011

The Ford Motor Company has just announced that it is going to be introducing a new way of attaching windshield auto glass to the car body’s frame.  The new attachment method has already been patented and is a truly new process.  Ford stated that the move to the new technology was partly to make the [...]

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Changes to ROLAGS Discussed in Auto Glass Week

September 28, 2011

This year’s Auto Glass Week in Memphis saw a panel discussion discussing possible changes to be made to the ROLAGS, also known as the Repair of Laminated Auto Glass Standard.  The panel was drive by members of the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards Council (AGRSS Council) and by members of the committee for the ROLAGS.  [...]

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Indiana Local Charged with Multiple Crimes in Five States, Including Auto Glass Fraud

September 22, 2011

Tuan Anh Chu, an Indianapolis native, is currently being charged with multiple crimes in no less than five states following what news media are calling a crime spree.  Chu was recently arrested last Thursday evening in Clarksville and was charged on the 20th of September with robbery. Workers at a Clarksville store, the Bass Pro [...]

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