ALLDATA Europe GmbH, an affiliate of ALLDATA LLC, announced it has signed a reseller agreement with CAB Group AB. Headquartered in Sweden, CAB Group AB has branch offices in Norway, Germany and Finland. Its software systems and services streamline repair processes for customers in the automotive repair and estimating sectors, including more than 3,000 workshops in Northern Europe. The agreement enables ALLDATA to serve CAB Group customers with OEM mechanical and collision repair information available through ALLDATA Repair.
“ALLDATA is pleased to expand through Western Europe and to serve the collision market with ALLDATA Repair,” said Kevin Culmo, general manager and managing director, ALLDATA Europe GmbH, and group vice president, ALLDATA LLC. “ALLDATA is the only company in Europe providing a comprehensive source of original manufacturer information for collision repair, encompassing body and frame information, handling of new materials, evolving technologies, electronic systems and sectioning and structural procedures. Our relationship with CAB Group AB is ideal, because we focus on improving workshop efficiency and optimizing the workflow with innovative solutions. With ALLDATA Repair, the CABAS-enabled workshops will have a unique set of tools to streamline their repair processes and improve profitability.”
“At CAB Group, everything we do is about optimizing the line,” said Krister Werner, director of business unit motor, CAB Group AB. “CAB Group workshops process millions of estimates annually through our CABAS claims estimating system in Northern Europe. The ability to offer ALLDATA Repair directly to our customers supports our mission to create efficiency and repair quality. As the predominant provider of solutions to more than 3,000 CABAS workshops in Northern Europe, CAB Group continuously delivers new solutions to streamline the entire repair process. The agreement with ALLDATA exemplifies our commitment to provide customers with innovative solutions to make them successful.”
ALLDATA provides unedited OEM repair and diagnostic information, advanced searching capability, wiring diagrams, maintenance interval and service schedules and more within a single easy-to-use portal. In addition to mechanical repair information, ALLDATA Repair contains original manufacturer collision procedures making it one of the most complete sources of OEM automotive information in the industry. Available in five languages, the European version of ALLDATA Repair contains 22 brands with more than 450 makes, 28 million pages and 25,000 engine combinations. ALLDATA sells direct to workshops and through a network of more than 20 partners in more than seven countries.
“ALLDATA has served the automotive collision industry in the U.S. for years, and now we are expanding further into Europe,” said Mitch Major, president of ALLDATA LLC. “CAB Group has a sophisticated workflow system from estimate to repair. With ALLDATA Repair OEM mechanical and collision information, we can help ensure safe, accurate and reliable repairs to CAB Group’s workshop network. ALLDATA remains focused on helping automotive workshops and technicians do the job right. With ALLDATA Repair, CABAS workshops have a competitive advantage through a combination of technological solutions.”
