Auto Care Insider Volume 111 - 1

SECTIONS
AUTO CARE INSIDER

02 / CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
PRESIDENT AND CEO

BILL HANVEY
bill.hanvey@autocare.org

A note from Mark Finestone

03 / ASSOCIATION NEWS

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What's trending in our industry

EDITOR

CAMILLE SHEEHAN
camille.sheehan@autocare.org
ART DIRECTOR

TOM HO
tom.ho@autocare.org
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

45TH ANN

04 / TRENDING NOW

UA

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New members

PUBLISHER

STACEY MILLER
stacey.miller@autocare.org

06 / ASSOCIATION NEWS
ACPN Knowledge Exchange
Conference

08 / AAPEX NEWS
Staying in the know

JENNIFER ORTIZ

09 / COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Filter Manufacturers Community

14 / INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
President Trump's trade agenda
PHONE 301.654.6664

16 / GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Australia seeks mandatory legislation

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17 / GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Are you a Hometown Summit Hero?

18 / INDUSTRY NEWS
Women's Leadership Conference

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20 / ASSOCIATION NEWS
Leveraging disruption at PBES
conference

24 / ASSOCIATION NEWS
Spring Leadership Days and YANG
Leadership Conference

28 / MEET-A-STAFFER
Jonathan Larsen

DID YOU KNOW?
The U.S. auto care
industry was a $379 billion
industry in 2017 and is
projected to reach $433.3
billion in 2021.

There are 41,047 shops
specializing in postcollision repairs.
Source: Collision Repair Trends 2018

The average annual repair
cost per light passenger
vehicle is estimated at
~RMB4,523 (US$707).
Source: China Market Report 2017

Source: Auto Care Factbook 2019

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