ABRA Auto Body & Glass Adds Two Colorado Locations.Business Editors/Automotive Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced today the opening of two newly-constructed repair centers in Colorado Colorado, state, United States Colorado (kŏlərăd`ə, –răd`ō, –rä`dō), state, W central United States, one of the Rocky Mt. states. . The centers are located in Highlands Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. and Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , CO. "ABRA has been operating in Colorado since late 1997 when we started with two acquired repair centers," stated Tim Adelmann Adelmann was the Bishop of Brescia, (a region in Northern Italy) during the eleventh century. Adelmann seems to have become Bishop of Brescia in 1050, and to have taken an active share in the church-reform movement of the period, especially against the clerical abuses of simony and , ABRA's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Throughout this time we have developed close relationships with our insurance partners and their insureds which has lead to ABRA now owning and operating nine centers in the Denver/Colorado Springs markets. ABRA is committed to expansion in Colorado, and these two new locations will continue to provide our customers with the best possible collision repair experience." The Highlands Ranch and Colorado Springs locations are examples of ABRA's prototype centers. Both consist of 18,000 square feet, and utilize a Kansas Kansas, state, United States Kansas (kăn`zəs), midwestern state occupying the center of the coterminous United States. It is bordered by Missouri (E), Oklahoma (S), Colorado (W), and Nebraska (N). Jack rack, a Shark measuring system, and USI Italia paint booth. When fully staffed they will each employ a general manager, two estimators, two customer service reps, a parts manager, a production manager, four body technicians with three apprentices, two painters with two assistants and two detailers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David Call, Vice President ABRA-Colorado, "The entire ABRA-Colorado team is extremely excited about these two new locations. By opening these repair centers we are addressing the needs of our insurance partners who saw a need for high-quality repair centers in these two areas. We look forward to fulfilling their needs with these two facilities, as well as with new centers to come." Besides collision repair services, ABRA also provides paintless dent removal and glass repair and replacement. Their nationwide Contact Center number is 1-888-USA-ABRA (1-888-872-2272). ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to eighty-seven facilities in ten states. Their plans for accelerated national growth over the next several years include acquiring existing facilities and building new locations. |
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