Vista Equity completes acquisition of Solera
Westlake, Texas — March 7, 2016 — Solera Holdings has been acquired by an affiliate of Vista Equity Partners. Other key investors include an affiliate of Koch Equity Development. Solera produces data and software solutions focused on insurance claims, including Audatex and AudaExplore. The deal closed with a purchase price of $6.5 billion US, or […]
National average length of rental declined in Q4 2015
By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — February 25, 2016 — Repairers in Prince Edward Island might be the fastest in Canada at turning work around, based on data from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The company has just released its fourth quarter length of replacement rental (LOR) data. Enterprises’ length of rental data is often considered a proxy […]
Parts data: SEMA Data Co-op to offer update in advance of 2015 SEMA Show
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 29, 2015 — Every automotive part manufactured represents a wealth of data. Looking deeper, there has been a big push on the part of SEMA to create a stand-alone data repository for suppliers and buyers of parts. The SEMA Data Co-op (SDC) is “an industry-owned and operated […]
