HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL – February 16, 2017 – CCC Information Services Inc. (“CCC”), through its partnership with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (“CREF”), donated more than $4 million in software subscriptions to qualified secondary and post-secondary schools in 2016. CCC and CREF offer CCC ONE® Estimating software at no cost to technical schools and colleges that have a qualifying collision repair program.
Student and teacher recipients of CCC ONE software learn how to write estimates while examining damaged vehicles. The software package includes access to collision repair databases, digital imaging capabilities, and CCC ONE® Touch, a mobile estimating solution designed exclusively for tablets.
“Educating the next generation of collision repairers is critically important,” said Mary Jo Prigge, President, Service Operations, CCC. “CCC is proud to work with CREF to provide collision repair schools with the industry’s most advanced software, giving them an opportunity to learn with the tools they will encounter once they start their careers.”
Brandon Eckenrode, Director of Development for the Foundation said, “I would like to thank CCC for their long-standing support of collision repair schools and students. Access to the latest information technology helps students succeed in the collision industry.”
CCC Information Services Inc. has been providing software, workflow tools, and new technologies to collision repairers since it was founded in 1980.