The Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards (AGRSS®) Council Inc.’s transition to its new name, the Auto Glass Safety Council, is complete. The name change took effect on January 1, 2012. “We’re really excited about the name change,” says Auto Glass Safety Council Marketing Committee chairperson Nik Frye. “We believe it more accurately reflects our true [...]

The Auto Glass Safety Council (formerly the AGRSS® Council) has scheduled its mid-year committee meetings for February 7-8, 2012, in Fort Myers, Fla. This will include both meetings of the board of directors and all AGRSS® committees, including the Standards Committee. The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza Ft. Myers, which is offering [...]

Auto Glass Week 2012 will be held September 20-22 in Louisville, Ky., at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Ky. The exhibition/extravaganza, including the Auto Glass Technician Olympics and Windshield Repair Technician Olympics, will be held September 21 and 22. The Auto Glass Safety Council (formerly the AGRSS Council) is again serving as a [...]

The Auto Glass Safety Council’s (formerly the AGRSS Council) board of directors has a new member, Mike Paley, owner of Freedom Glass, an AGRSS®-Registered Company in Midlothian, Va. “Given the tremendous talent currently on the AGRSS® board of directors, I am very honored to have been chosen to join this board,” says Paley. “I’m also [...]

Car Coach Lauren Fix featured the importance of the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard (AGRSS®) during a recent interview with “The Daily Buzz,” a nationally syndicated morning talk show. Fix appeared as part of Car Care Month in a session titled “Loving Your Car.” “The most important thing is your glass,” said Fix. “You don’t [...]

An Australian TV station, ACA, recently ran a report titled “Windscreen Bandits,” during which it went undercover to examine the nation’s windshield replacement industry. Click here to view the video.

AGRSS® Standards Committee chair Bob Beranek of Automotive Glass Consultants participated in a panel during Auto Glass Week on industry standards and offered an update on the status of the Standard. “There have only been a few changes to the Standard over the last decade,” said Beranek, in discussing some pending changes to the document. [...]

Car Coach Lauren Fix featured the importance of the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard (AGRSS) during a recent interview with “The Daily Buzz,” a nationally syndicated morning talk show. Fix appeared as part of Car Car Month in a session titled “Loving Your Car.” “The most important thing is your glass,” said Fix. “You don’t [...]

The Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standards (AGRSS®) Council Inc. presented dual annual Carl F. Tompkins achievement awards during the opening ceremony of Auto Glass Week™. The group recognized Jon Fransway, who lost his sister, Jeanne, in 1999 due to an improper windshield replacement, with the award, along with Debra Levy, publisher of AGRR™ magazine and [...]

The Marketing Committee currently is making preparations for the pending name change of the AGRSS® Council Inc. to the Auto Glass Safety Council in January. Committee chair Nik Frye spoke about the group’s work during the Standards Committee meeting held in Memphis, Tenn., the day before Auto Glass Week™ officially got underway. “The Marketing Committee [...]