ADP Signs Provider Agreement with CARSTAR Automotive Canada

22 February 2000

ADP Collision Repair Services Signs Provider Agreement with CARSTAR Automotive Canada

    SAN RAMON, Calif.--Feb. 21, 2000--ADP Collision Repair Services, a leading provider of information services for the collision repair industry, today announced that it has signed an agreement to become the primary provider of estimating and imaging services for all collision repair facilities owned, operated and licensed by CARSTAR Automotive Canada.
    Headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario, CARSTAR is one of the major collision repair consolidators in Canada. The company owns, operates and licenses a network of 74 collision repair facilities throughout the nation.
    Under the terms of the agreement, ADP will provide its Shoplink(TM) for Windows(R) and Photolink(TM) products to all CARSTAR collision centers. Shoplink for Windows utilizes the ADP Database, the industry's most-automated database of parts prices and labor rates for purposes of developing accurate collision repair estimates.
    "With this new relationship, ADP's products will improve the efficiency of our operations, enhance our electronic communications with property and casualty insurance companies, and assist us in delivering the cost containment, turnaround time and policy holder response rates that our strategic insurance partners expect," said Sam Mercanti, chief executive officer of CARSTAR Automotive Canada.
    Shoplink for Windows will be used by CARSTAR's collision repair facilities as the primary estimating system for their electronic trading partner relationships, including major insurance carriers. Photolink will allow CARSTAR's collision repairers to capture, integrate and transmit detailed color photos of vehicle damage to support damage estimates submitted to insurers.
    According to James Boswell, vice president and general manager of ADP Collision Repair Services, "This strategic relationship with CARSTAR provides our company with an outstanding partner in the growing Canadian marketplace, and we look forward to serving the estimating needs of their diverse organization."
    ADP Collision Repair Services is a strategic business unit of ADP Claims Solutions Group (CSG). Headquartered in San Ramon, ADP CSG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. . ADP, with more than $5 billion in revenues and more than 450,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing services firms in the world.
    ADP CSG provides the property & casualty and collision repair industries with integrated and independent information services for automotive, medical and property claims management in 18 countries.
    ADP Claims Solutions Group is located at 2010 Crow Canyon Place, San Ramon, Calif. 94583; 925/866-1100. The company's Web site can be found at http://www.csg.adp.com.