Keystone’s Online Customers Can Earn Additional Aftermarket Rewards Points with Click-To-Claim Feature
Posted: May 8, 2007, 9 a.m., EST POMONA, CA — Keystone Automotive Industries will offer its customers an additional way to earn valuable Aftermarket Rewards points. For a limited time, customers will earn 150 Aftermarket Rewards points when they make an eligible invoiced order on http://www.OrderKeystone.com. With the Click-to-Claim feature, OrderKeystone.com customers who are
Keystone Holds First Collision Repair Industry Customer Advisory Council
POMONA, CA — Keystone Automotive Industries conducted its first Collision Repair Industry Customer Advisory Council Jan. 16 in Scottsdale, AZ. The council, which took place at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort, brought together experienced collision repair leaders in the first of several meetings scheduled for 2007 and beyond. “I would like to personally thank everyone
Keystone to Host Customer Advisory Council
On Jan. 16, Keystone Automotive Industries will conduct its first Collision Repair Industry Customer Advisory Council in Scottsdale, AZ. The council, which will take place at the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort, will be the first of three meetings scheduled for 2007, and will bring together experienced leadership from within the collision repair industry.
Keystone Announces New Director of Marketing Services
Mary Kunz has been promoted to director of marketing services for Keystone Automotive Industries. Kunz has been with Keystone for 16 years and has led company-wide marketing communications for Keystone during its emergence as one of the leading companies in the collision repair industry.
Keystone to Contest Patent Ruling
Keystone Automotive Industries Inc., which distributes parts to collision repair shops, said Thursday it plans to contest parts of a preliminary ruling in a patent violation suit filed against the company by Ford Global Technologies LLC. The ruling, issued Monday by an administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission, said that seven of ten design patents related to the Ford F-150 truck were enforceable and infringed Ford’s design patents.
Keystone Announces Winner of Aftermarket Rewards NACE Sweepstakes
POMONA, CA — Keystone Automotive Industries announce last week that Michael Keen, of Keen’s Auto Body in Erwin, NC, has been randomly selected as the grand-prize winner of the Aftermarket Rewards NACE Sweepstakes. Keen was awarded 50,000 Aftermarket Rewards points, which he can apply towards a long list of free merchandise, ranging from golf clubs
Keystone to Sponsor Free I-CAR Online Training
POMONA, CA — I-CAR recently announced Keystone Automotive Industries as the exclusive sponsor of the first-ever Free I-CAR Online Training Day. The event, which is free to the first 250 registrants, received immediate success with nearly 800 registrants in less than one week. “I-CAR produces and delivers quality technical training for repair facility technicians,” said
Keystone Re-opens New Orleans Branch After Katrina
On May 8, less than nine months after hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, Keystone Automotive re-opened the doors to its newly renovated New Orleans branch. This location had suffered extensive damage to buildings, inventory and equipment. A small team of Keystone Team Members pulled together and spent an entire month just cleaning the remains and removing debris.
Keystone Fourth Quarter Profit Up 74 Percent
Keystone Automotive Industries Inc., a distributor of unbranded auto parts, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 74 percent as same-store sales increased and revenue outpaced the cost of sales. Net income grew to $7.6 million, or 46 cents per share, from $4.3 million, or 27 cents per share, a year ago. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expected earnings per share of 47 cents.
Keystone Supports Future Industry Leaders
Keystone Automotive Industries is trying to make industry recruitment a little more fun. In an effort to encourage and support the future of auto body technicians, a number of Keystone branches are involving themselves in local and statewide competitions. At the start of the year, the Keystone Elkhart branch sponsored a large vocational-technical school competition in Coldwater, MI.