Automotive

Another spate of auto glass vandalisms has been breaking out in Bedford Township, Monroe County.  This is yet another area in the United States to be hit by vandals, who have caused several thousand dollars of damage already, usually from windshield repair and windshield replacement jobs.  While the number of victims have fortunately not climbed […]

The pinch weld is a spot that usually suffers when a vehicle has been the victim of a bad windshield replacement.  Most people do not know what the pinch weld is, though.  One other way of describing the pinch weld would be to call it a channel, as it certainly looks like one.  This channel […]

The Auto Expo for 2012 is well under way and already some interesting items have been displayed at the show, with one of the most interesting being in a booth for the Indian glass company Duratuf.  The glass maker has set up a display promoting its famed ultra-tough auto glass, marketed under the brand name […]

The string of auto glass vandalism in Sandy City, Oregon have finally seen attribution: a quartet was recently arrested and accused of the crimes, which have affected over 30 victims already in the area. The four persons arrested hailed from the neighboring areas of Estacada, Boring, and Eagle Creek, and three of them were only teenagers. The quartet was arr […]

The Franchise 500 list from Entrepreneur magazine has just come out for 2012, and several auto glass repair franchise brands are listed in it, just like last year. At least three placed within the top 200 in the list, with two moving up the rankings and one moving down. To be included in the Franchise 500 list is obviously prestigious, not only for the auto […]

The NWRA, also known as the National Windshield Repair Association, has just announced that it is seeking new members for the ROLAGS committee from the auto glass repair community. The ROLAGS committee is responsible for overseeing the creation, improvement, or review of the ROLAGS, which is the Repair of Laminated Auto Glass Standard. Membership in the comm […]

There are many ways to clean your auto glass, and you should in fact do your best to maintain its cleanliness by giving it a regular wash.  However, before you take your car to the local carwash or start spraying all sorts of car glass cleaners on your windows, give a thought first to the […]

A group of teenagers has just been identified as the most likely culprits behind the widespread auto glass vandalism in Billings, Montana.  According to police, they were able to hone in on the suspects due to a tip that led to further developments in their investigation, ending ultimately in them identifying—although they have not released […]

One of the largest and most widely distributed brands of auto glass repair and replacement, Safelite, has just been named as one of the recipients of the Angie’s List Super Service Award, which is given to businesses that meet a rigorous set of requirements for that honor.  The President and CEO of the auto glass […]

Many an Arizona termite control company as well as ones from outside the state offer a free termite inspection to homeowners concerned that they might have a pest problem but unwilling to get a full-on treatment before verification that there is indeed a problem. Most people, though, are uncertain of what exactly goes on in a termite inspection. The average […]

Yet another Indian bank has had to deal with an unhappy customer reporting termites eating up his savings. Just recently, 48-year-old Ashok Agrawal opened a steel locker that he was renting at the United Commercial Bank in Pension Bada to retrieve some of his savings, which amounted to 150,000 rupees, only to find that termites had eaten the banknotes and re […]

A great many human inventions are actually inspired by nature’s designs, and it looks like yet another may be in the works, this time specifically for the termite control and termite extermination industry. Scientists from the University of Toulouse, headed by Angelique Vetillard, have been studying an African ant species that is proving to have one of the d […]