This year, the Southeast Collision Conference—co-hosted by the Carolinas Collision Association (CCA) and the Washington Metropolitan Auto Body Association (WMABA)—immediately follows the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) Q2 meeting. With over 50 vendors and a robust educational program covering critical topics from ADAS to AI, the conference is set to deliver valuable insights, networking opportunities and a glimpse into the future of collision repair.
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Mitchell Announces Plans to Transform Collision Repair Intake Through Automated Vehicle Inspection and Estimating
Mitchell today announced plans to expand its collaboration with Tractable through a proposed, exclusive agreement focused on optimizing the vehicle intake process. By connecting Tractable’s LumaScanner vehicle inspection system with Mitchell’s automated estimating solution, Mitchell Intelligent Estimating, the companies intend to help North American multi-site operators (MSOs) and independent collision repair centers accelerate damage assessment and preliminary estimate creation.
Mitchell Expands Intelligent Estimating to Collision Repair Market
Mitchell today announced the release of Mitchell Intelligent Estimating for U.S. and Canadian MSOs and independent collision centers. Already relied upon by North America’s leading auto insurers, the solution uses vehicle-damage photos to automatically generate a preliminary estimate in minutes, helping to streamline the appraisal process and improve estimator productivity and consistency.
Caliber Renews Mitchell Enterprise Licensing Agreement and Deploys New Technology Solutions Across All of Its Collision Centers
Mitchell and Caliber Collision today announced the renewal of their multi-year enterprise licensing agreement. The new agreement extends Caliber’s access to Mitchell Cloud Estimating across the organization’s more than 1,850 locations nationwide while introducing new software applications including Mitchell MSO Suite to help simplify assignment management, accelerate estimate review and surface actionable insights.
MSO Symposium 2026
Mitchell will join collision repair leaders at the 15th annual MSO Symposium in Las Vegas on November 2, 2026, for a day of executive-level insights, peer discussions and networking.
Simplicity Growth Conference 2026
Mitchell will once again join Simplicity Car Care at its annual Growth Conference in Banff, Canada from October 16-17, 2026.
Episode 20: Making Better Collision Repair Parts Decisions
When it comes to automotive parts, price is only one part of the equation. Host Ryan Mandell and Greg Horn, vice president of sales enablement at PartsTrader, explore how parts pricing, availability and delivery times affect collision repair decisions. They discuss supply chain disruptions, price matching, parts inflation and competitive sourcing, along with how carriers and repairers can balance cost with cycle time, throughput and profitability.