ABRA Opens Two Minnesota Repair Centers

    MINNEAPOLIS--Nov. 18, 2002--ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a Minneapolis-based damaged vehicle repair company, announced today the opening of two new repair centers in the Minneapolis area.
    A center consisting of 14,400 square feet was opened in the city of Rogers, MN. John Ekker, from Minnesota market support, has been named as General Manager of this prototype facility. The second new center is a relocation of ABRA's St. Louis Park facility. General Manager Matt Feehan and the entire staff of the previous St. Louis Park location will continue to operate the new 22,500 square feet repair center.
    "We are very excited about ABRA's continued growth in the Minnesota metro", stated Tim Adelmann, Chief Operating Officer of ABRA. "Both of these new repair centers allow ABRA to better serve our insurance partners and their customers through the convenience of multiple locations, state-of-the art equipment, and the capacity to handle any type of repair."
    The new Rogers repair center is located at 20800 Rogers Drive near I-94 and Highway 101. ABRA's new St. Louis Park address is 2230 Highway 100. In addition to collision repair, both of these facilities offer auto glass repair and replacement as well as paintless dent removal.
    "These two repair centers will be followed by additional growth in the Minnesota market before the end of this year and in 2003", Adelmann continued. "We look forward to continuing to offer our customers the highest quality and best customer service in our industry."
    In addition to Minnesota, ABRA owns and operates repair centers in Wisconsin, Georgia, Colorado, Tennessee, Mississippi, Utah and South Dakota. Franchise centers are located in Iowa, North Dakota, Tennessee and South Dakota.

    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 seventy-two facilities in ten states. Their plans for accelerated national growth over the next several years include acquiring existing facilities and building new locations.