Mark Your Calendars and Plan to Attend the 1st Rocky Mountain Summit and Expo The Colorado Auto Recyclers Association is pleased to invite you to the first Rocky Mountain Summit & Expo. Our goal is to CONNECT all Recyclers, Exhibitors and Industry experts in the Rocky Mountain Region to new ideas, technology and each other. […]

Rep. Monica Youngblood’s effort to reduce auto-thefts in NM passes House Category: New Mexico Legislative Session 2018 Published: 09 February 2018 SANTA FE—Today the House of Representatives unanimously approved House Bill 52, a bipartisan measure to limit the market for stolen vehicles. HB 52 is sponsored by Rep. Monica Youngblood (R-Albuquerque) and Rep. Patricio Ruiloba (D-Albuquerque). […]

NMRS Sponsor Sign 2015 Although attendance was not as good as in past years this years Summit was a huge success in large part due to the unwavering support of our sponsors and exhibitors.  The highlight of the day was undoubtably the Roundtable at the end of the day.  We were honored to have Senator […]

ARA University Now Offering Free Safety Training “Bundle” for NMCARA Members The New Mexico Certified Automotive Recyclers are proud to announce that along with our partners at ARA University (ARAU) we are pleased to offer over 3o courses of safety and compliance training “bundle” to all NMCARA Members. Now all NMCARA Members will have year-round […]

Recent State Successes Target Illegal Entities and Flood Damaged Cars Automotive recyclers in Iowa, led by ARA affiliate chapter Iowa Auto Recyclers (IAR), were instrumental in getting legislation passed and signed into law recently that will now require anyone advertising as being engaged in the business of selling vehicle bodies, parts of bodies, frames, or […]

  Register Today for Hill Days!  Registration opens today – April 14th, for this year’s ARA Mid-Year, Hill Day, and Legislative Summit scheduled from Wednesday, June 18th through Friday, June 20th. Download, complete and return the attached form to ARA so we can continue confirming all the exciting events planned for this year. We strongly encourage all ARA […]

Please mark your calendars for the New Mexico Certified Automotive Recyclers Association’s 4th Annual Recycling Summit and Training, scheduled for August 16th in Albuquerque. Stay tuned for further details!

Recyclers were out in force this weekend at the 3nd annual New Mexico Recycling Summit and Training in beautiful Albuquerque for educational seminars, training, facility tours and networking. This year’s event was hosted by LKQ of New Mexico and everyone enjoyed the opportunity to tour the facility as well as visit with NMCARA Outgoing President […]

The New Mexico Certified Automotive Recyclers Association (NMCARA) would like to commend the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, the National Salvage Vehicle Reporting Program, and the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) Enforcement Program for their combined efforts that resulted in the recent prosecution of an illegally operating salvage business […]

News Coalition Statement to NCIB Regarding Hurricane Sandy Flood Vehicles and the Insurance and Salvage Pool Industry – 11/12/2012 As a coalition of law enforcement support organizations we would like to address the risks to consumers from the purchase and resale of undisclosed damaged flood vehicles. As NICB noted in its recent press release, major […]

ARA is applauding a July 21, 2021 vote by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to increase enforcement against repair restrictions. The unanimous vote (5-0) on a policy statement that prioritizes investigations into unlawful repair restrictions was taken during an open Commission meeting during which ARA and others in the automotive replacement parts industry participated. “The […]

ARA is calling on vehicle owners, repair facilities and insurance companies to increase utilization of ROE – Recycled Original Equipment® automotive parts as the average age of light vehicles in operation rises to 12.1 years. In response to new research from IHS Market, a research firm that delivers an annual report on the age of […]

Train Smarter, Not Harder! Several new and exciting training resources are now available to ARA members through ARA University, accessible for free, 24/7 to all ARA members and their employees. NEW Electric and Hybrid Training The automotive industry is going electric. Learn all about hybrid and electric automotive technology in this new 8-module certification course. […]

As it happens every three years, a group of ARA members, leadership and staff met in Nashville on January 7 to tackle updating ARA’s Strategic Plan. A larger group of ARA members also gathered the following day to participate in the annual Legislative Summit. Deep dives occurred on updating the “strategic pillars” to reflect growing […]

In early November ARA was invited to participate and provide a keynote presentation at the Argonne National Laboratory symposium on hybrid and lithium-ion batteries. The two-day event, entitled the ReCell Center Industry Collaboration Meeting, included over one hundred participants from science, academia, automakers, suppliers, government, ISRI and other stakeholders. Marty Hollingshead, ARA’s Second Vice President/Treasurer […]

The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) today is encouraging all vehicle owners and automotive service providers to utilized Recycled Original Equipment (ROE) parts as a solution to the growing replacement parts shortage due to the ongoing United Automobile Workers Union strike. “As recent media reports indicate, the ongoing UAW strike is impacting GM part suppliers, repair […]

The Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) announced today that professional automotive recycling industry associations from nine countries around the world have now signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC). The MOC outlines a shared commitment to increase collaboration, cooperation and information sharing amongst the organizations. Representatives from Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Poland signed the global […]

Professional automotive recycler Chad Counselman, Counselman Automotive Recycling in Mobile, Alabama, was welcomed as the new President of the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) this past weekend at the organization’s 76th Annual Convention and Exposition in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to his naming as President, Counselman had served as Secretary, Second Vice President and First Vice […]

ARA announced today that in response to the recent announcement from NSF International that effective September 30, 2019 NSF will exit the Automotive Parts Certification business, ARA is taking immediate steps to mitigate the impact this will have on the professional automotive recycling industry. “ARA recognizes the serious time and finances that many of our […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program (NVMSRP) to reduce mercury air emissions on November 15, 2018 – America Recycles Day. The MOU was previously signed by ARA as well as the Steel Manufacturers Association, the American Iron […]