CARSTAR North America, has announced it will join the inaugural IBIS USA 2019 event as a sponsor.  

The event, taking place from February 13 to 15, 2019 in San Diego, Calif. will bring together the world’s leaders in the collision repair industry. More than 200 delegates from the global collision repair industry are scheduled to participate in the event being held at the Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa Hotel.

Besides CARSTAR, IBIS USA 2019 has the support of other partner companies such as 3M, Axalta, Solera Audatex, BETAG Innovation, Symach, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Mitchell International, PPG, RSG, Verifacts, Chief Automotive, I-CAR, OE Connection and PartsTrader, among others. The networking event aims to break new ground in bringing global perspectives and a world-class agenda to North America.

“This is a tremendous opportunity to gather the top companies in the collision repair industry, along with other great thought leaders, to discuss our future in this rapidly changing environment,” says Michael Macaluso, President of CARSTAR and board member for the IBIS USA 2019 steering committee. “I have attended numerous IBIS events in the past, and it is very exciting to be a part of the inaugural IBIS USA. We have an amazing agenda covering insurance partnerships, quality repair processes, OEM repair standards and more. As CARSTAR continues our aggressive growth initiatives for 2019 and beyond, these topics are critical to our success.”