Ensera and CARSTAR Announce a Partnership Agreement
6 December 2000
Ensera and CARSTAR Announce a Partnership Agreement to Provide Ensera's Suite of Collision Repair Solutions to CARSTAR's National Network of Collision Repair Facilities
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--Dec. 5, 2000--Ensera, the automotive claims industry leader in providing scalable and reliable business systems, and CARSTAR, the collision industry's leading franchise organization with more than 270 locations, today announced a partnership agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Ensera will make available to CARSTAR repair facilities customized versions of its suite of information management solutions. The Ensera products and technology will impact CARSTAR's insurance claims processing systems, e-commerce capabilities and overall collision repair management.
"Enhanced technology and business system solutions complement our current growth and expansion plans," said George Hansen, CARSTAR President. "Our company was founded on a solid commitment to standards and best practices. The introduction of Ensera's products will help us deepen that commitment, while providing customers and insurance carriers with greater levels of convenience, service and quality."
Under the new agreement, CARSTAR's network of collision repair facilities will use selected Ensera products and technology to streamline internal information management, enhance communications capabilities and increase the efficiency of insurance claims management. In addition, CARSTAR will use Ensera products for data warehousing capabilities as the company continues to explore e-commerce solutions in the collision repair marketplace.
Tony Aquila, Founder & CEO, Ensera: "This is an exciting partnership between two industry leaders. It is an important validation of our strategy of building flexible, extensible applications that can be tailored to the unique needs of a business partner while maintaining standardized industry-wide communication and data exchange capability."