Posted by on June 4, 2012 under Auto News | 
Independent auto-glass installers are hailing the passage of a bill that prohibits car-insurance agencies from directing clients toward preferred glass vendors. The legislation, which passed last year in the state House and unanimously passed the Senate on Thursday, could stop what glass installers call an unfair practice that has threatened their businesses in recent years.
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Senate Sides with Glass Installers
Posted by on May 10, 2012 under Auto News |
A new study has found manufacturing employees in metro Toledo are paid a better average wage than their counterparts in any other part of the state. That expertise in manufacturing came from Toledo 100 years ago-from being a manufacturer of glass dishware to high-tech automotive glass, to fiber glass, now to having expertise in solar technologies.
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Metro Area Ranks 1st in State in Factory Pay
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Posted by on May 4, 2012 under Auto News |
Pilkington North America of Toledo, Ohio, will lay off 57 employees at its plant in Ottawa, Ill., according to the State of Illinois Monthly Warn Activity Listing for the month of April.
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Pilkington to Lay off 57 Employees from Ottawa, Ill., Plant
Tags: activity, activity-listing, auto glass news, automobile news, employees-at-its, illinois-monthly, its-plant, month, north, north-america, ottawa, state, will-lay
Posted by on May 2, 2012 under Auto News |
Progressive Corp. (PGR) filed patent-infringement lawsuits against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and Hartford Financial Services Group Inc
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Progressive Sues Hartford, State Farm Over Auto Coverage
Tags: Auto News, based-on-vehicle, coverage-based, hig, mutual, mutual-automobile, pgr, services, services-group, state, state-farm
Posted by on April 9, 2012 under Auto News |
If the election for Iowa State Senate District 34 were held tomorrow, Republican candidate Randi Shannon would not be eligible to win. She owns Iowa Auto Glass. Marion is at the center of District 34, which also includes Hiawatha, Ely, Robins, Bertram and parts of northeast Cedar Rapids.
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Candidate for Marion Area State Senate Seat Lives Outside the District
Tags: automobile news, bertram, cedar, district, election, glass-marion, hiawatha, randi, randi-shannon, robins, state, state-senate, the-center, the-election, were-held
Posted by on April 5, 2012 under Auto News |
The governor of Utah recently signed a bill into law that will greatly reduce the frequency of the state’s required vehicle safety inspections. H.B. 298 was signed into law on March 23 by Gov
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Utah Governor Signs Law Reducing Frequency of Required State Safety Inspections
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The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a clarification to the safety regulations relating to a truck’s window visibility that now allows the use of compliant window films on big rigs’ sidelites, according to information from the International Window Film Association (IWFA).
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FMCSA Begins Allowing Window Film Use on Big Rig Sidelites
Tags: allows-the-use, association, automobile news, big-rigs, carrier, department, fmcsa, frequency, international, safety, state, the-state-
Posted by on February 24, 2012 under Auto News |
Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. of Mexico has consummated the concurso plan approved by the Fourth Federal District Court for Civil and Labor Matters for the State of Nuevo Leon according to Mexican Insolvency Law (Ley de Concursos Mercantiles) on February 3.
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Vitro Announces Completion of Reorganization Under the Ley de Concursos Mercantiles
Tags: auto glass news, civil, concurso, concursos, district-court, fourth, fourth-federal, labor, labor-matters, mexico, nuevo, nuevo-leon, plan-approved, state, the-concurso
Posted by on February 21, 2012 under Auto News |
Auto glass industry legislation continues to make news as the state legislatures make decisions regarding three bills. The following is an update on the status of bills in three state legislatures.
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Decisions Made on Auto Glass Industry Legislation
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GGG – Gold Glass Group has signed on as a Copper Sponsor for the 2012 Auto Glass Week event in Louisville, Ky., this September 20-22.
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GGG Becomes a Copper Sponsor for Auto Glass Week
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