I-CAR, The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, founded in 1979, is a not-for-profit international training organization dedicated to improving the quality, safety and efficiency of auto collision repair, for the ultimate benefit of the consumer.

The Gold Class Professionals® program was created in 1990 to recognize those businesses that are committed to quality and excellence through training. Being a Gold Class Professional is the highest form of training a business can earn in the Collision Industry. Gold Class businesses are dedicated to training their employees on the latest collision repair technology, so they can provide high quality repairs to their customers in the quickest and safest way possible.

An association of automobile body repairing and painting shops - independents, dealers and material suppliers - joined together to provide a better industry to serve the motoring public.