ABRA Expands East Marietta, GA Facility

    MINNEAPOLIS--Feb. 14, 2001--ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced today the expansion of its East Marietta, GA repair center. This facility is located at 24 Hamby Road.
    According to Andy Ingalls, Vice President ABRA-Georgia, this expansion of space will increase overall production capacity in the Marietta area of Cobb County. "This additional facility will allow us to double our production capacity and to more conveniently serve our insurance partners and customers within the geographic area."
    "We have doubled our production capacity, improved our customer waiting area and office areas, and created a regional training center," continued Ingalls. "Our customers will benefit from the customer- friendly atmosphere, increased volume capacity, additional parking, and ABRA's continued commitment to excellence in customer service. In addition, our employees will benefit from the improvements made in the production and front office areas, as well as a dedicated area for training."
    ABRA entered the Georgia market two years ago and now has nine company-owned repair centers in the Atlanta metro. The expansion of the East Marietta location is consistent with ABRA's long-term strategy to increase service capacity in the Georgia market.
    In addition to collision repair, ABRA-Georgia also offers paintless dent removal and auto glass repair and replacement.

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass repair and replacement. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to sixty-seven facilities in ten states. Their plans for accelerated national growth over the next several years include acquiring existing facilities and building new locations.