Windshield Replacement

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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Provo Auto Glass Repair Shop Owner Reopens Museum of National Award Vehicles

March 29, 2012

Those who are interested in automobile craftsmanship and unique builds should probably take the trip to Provo, Utah some time soon.  A local auto glass repair shop owner, Jerry Woodward, is apparently going to be reopening the Museum of National Award Vehicles on the 23rd of this month.  He is going to be showing off [...]

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Safelite Brings Suit against Denver Auto Glass Repair Company for Misrepresentation

March 21, 2012

One of the biggest auto glass repair companies in the country, Belron-owned Safelite AutoGlass, has just filed a suit against a Denver-based Auto Glass Repair Company named Safevue Auto Glass for a medley of offences that include deceptive trade practices, fraud, and misrepresentation.  According to Safelite, the biggest and most noteworthy beef they have with [...]

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How a Bad Windshield Replacement Shows in the Pinch Weld and How It Could Lead to Another Replacement

January 23, 2012

The pinch weld is a spot that usually suffers when a vehicle has been the victim of a bad windshield replacement.  Most people do not know what the pinch weld is, though.  One other way of describing the pinch weld would be to call it a channel, as it certainly looks like one.  This channel [...]

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Joint Venture Between Auto Glass Repair and Auto Distribution Giant D’Ieteren and VWFS Cleared

January 7, 2012

A joint venture that was proposed only some time ago between the auto glass repair and automobile distribution company, D’Ieteren, and Volkswagen Financial Services AG has just been approved by the European Commission.   The proposed joint venture is going to see the birth of an entity known as Volkswagen D’Ieteren Finance, which is supposed to [...]

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Former Technician Files Class Action Suit Against Auto Glass Repair Giant Safelite

December 13, 2011

The nationwide auto glass repair company, Safelite, has surely seen better days: not only is the company trying to weather a media storm regarding its pricing model at the moment, but it is also facing the threat of a fresh class action suit being brought against it by one of its old employees.  This is [...]

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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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Four Texans Sentenced for Smuggling Drugs through Auto Glass Shop

November 25, 2011

Five residents of South Texas were arrested early this year and brought to trial for smuggling illegal substances—cocaine, to be precise, into the United States from Mexico.  Of the original six involved in the case, four have been found guilty and given their sentences, while the last person is currently on the lam and another [...]

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Pilkington Says Auto Glass Sales Starting to Recover

November 8, 2011

The Nippon Sheet Glass-owned Pilkington recently released a report claiming that the demand for auto glass has recovered and is gradually going back to normal.  The comparison is being drawn to the last quarter’s figures, which were adversely affected by the earthquake in Japan. Last year, a good number of the auto glass supply company’s [...]

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Solutia Releases 2nd Generation Auto Glass Window Films

September 13, 2011

Solutia, one of the world’s biggest providers of performance materials, has just recently announced yet another addition to its V-KOOL brand.  These new auto glass films are being marketed as its 2nd generation solar control line, following the older spectrally selective films in the range.  Why all the excitement about mere window films?  Because the [...]

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