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Autoworks International Limited Subsidiary Parts Direct Hires President
Autoworks International Limited ticker symbol "A6Q" traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Europe (FWB:A6Q), today announced that it has appointed Michael Cassidy as President of its wholly owned subsidiary Parts Direct Inc, effective March 2nd, 2006.
"Mike brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the automotive industry to his new position with Parts Direct, which he acquired through a 27 year tenure in a senior management position with Standard Auto Glass, Canada's largest national chain of automobile glass replacement and installation service centers," stated Robert Byers, Chairman. "As a result Mr. Cassidy also has extensive experience at upper management levels with many automobile insurance companies due to his previous position held as Vice President of Canadian Retail Operations for Standard Auto Glass."
Standard Auto Glass of Canada operates 125 corporately owned retail glass replacement and installation facilities and over 30 franchises across Canada. Its retail revenues exceeded CDN$50.0 million in its most recent fiscal period.
The company operates and services an Internet based automobile aftermarket replacement parts purchasing platform through Parts Direct Inc. which features its industry leading PartScan software, products, services and tools designed to scan automobile damage repair estimates prepared by automobile insurers and repairers. PartScan identifies opportunities for significant cost savings to automobile insurance clients by recommending the use of less costly yet equal quality replacement parts.
Insurance clients may then elect to order these lower cost parts automatically from Parts Direct Inc. and PartScan will arrange to drop ship the parts to participating automobile repair facilities anywhere in Canada.
The PartScan software, products, services and tools are designed to assist insurance clients to reduce their average costs per claim, improve their repair time cycles, reduce their car rental costs, and enhance their repaired vehicle safety factors, thereby improving policyholder satisfaction with their claims procedure.
"Such enhancements ultimately result in increased shareholder value for insurers," stated Mike Cassidy, "These attributes and the potential for substantial savings to Insurance clients has created an environment for the rapid growth of Parts Direct Inc. as an ethical new Internet automobile replacement parts service provider." For further information please visit our website at
www.ipartsdirect.com.The size of the automobile repair industry in the United States is approximately US$35.8 billion. This represents the total industry sales by independent and franchised automobile repairers. In Canada, the automobile repair industry is estimated to be CDN$2.8 billion.
The automobile repair market encompasses the total costs incurred to repair damaged vehicles. Parts and labor are the two major components involved in vehicle repair, with parts comprising approximately 45% of the total cost of repairs. The aggregate value of the automobile replacement parts market in the United States is approximately US$16 billion. The Canadian market is estimated to be CDN$1.26 billion.
Autoworks International Limited (Nachrichten) is an international software design, development and services provider focused primarily on generating Internet based proprietary application software solutions for industries that may benefit from enhanced business to business communications, systems integration and coordination between their industry stakeholders. The software and services offerings may generate operating efficiencies and improved profitability to various industry participants.
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