The Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) (formerly the AGRSS® Council Inc.) has seen major growth in recent months in interest in implementing the Auto Glass Replacement Safety Standard (AGRSS®) beyond North America. “In every instance those reaching out to the AGSC have told us that AGRSS® stood out as the single best mechanism to introduce [...]

The Auto Glass Safety Council™ (formerly the AGRSS® Council Inc.) not only has a new Registered Company logo to coincide with its new name, but it also has a new logo usage policy for Registered Companies to follow. The policy, available online here, specifies that only Registered Companies in good standing may use the Registered [...]

Captain Richard Phillips, “Hero of the High Seas,” will deliver the keynote address at Auto Glass Week™ 2012 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown, Friday, September 21, 2012. Captain Phillips is scheduled to speak Friday morning about the vital importance of leadership and teamwork. Captain Phillips was captured by Somali pirates in 2009 when they attacked [...]

Two representatives of the Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) (formerly the AGRSS®Council Inc.) are scheduled to speak during an upcoming meeting of the Ski Area Vehicle Maintenance Institute (SAVMI). Jean Pero of Mygrant Glass, who serves on the AGSC board of directors and chairs the accreditation committee, and Chris Courtney of Crystal Clear Auto Glass, [...]

Debra Levy, president of the Auto Glass Safety Council™ (formerly the AGRSS® Council Inc.) and publisher of AGRR™ magazine/glassBYTEs.com™, spoke in March at the annual Novus Super Session in Hilton Head, S.C., about the importance of being AGRSS®-Registered.

The Board of Directors of the Auto Glass Safety Council™ (formerly the AGRSS® Council Inc.) has a new member. Troy Mason, owner of Techna Glass Inc., an AGRSS®-Registered company based in Sandy Utah, with multiple locations across the Southwest, was elected last month to a three-year term. “I’m really excited to be a part of [...]

by Nik Frye, marketing committee chair The Auto Glass Safety Council™ (AGSC) (formerly the AGRSS® Council Inc.) marketing committee is working on a number of projects this year. We are continuing our outreach campaign to the insurance industry by increasing our written communication from twice in 2011 to four times in 2012. Our goal is [...]

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 [...]