Day: 1 June 2018

CARSTAR Brampton West hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony

By CRM Staff   Brampton, Ontario — June 1, 2018 — On Thursday, CARSTAR Brampton West held a grand opening ceremony, complete with a ribbon cutting and a pair of novelty scissors.   “I’m just glad the scissors actually worked,” says co-owner Diana Vella, who operates the facility with husband John Vella and Brampton CARSTAR […]

Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers comment on U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs

By CRM Staff   Toronto, Ontario — June 1, 2018 — Mark Nantais, president of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association, recently issued the following statement on the punitive nature of the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs on the Canada, Mexico and the EU by President Trump:   “Considering the high integration of the auto […]

AV Report: June 4, 2018

By Jeff Sanford   Toronto, Ontario — June 4, 2018 — In this week’s AV Report: Waymo orders thousands more Windsor-built Pacificas, GM Cruise gets an investment from a Singularity believer and much, much more!   The size of Waymo’s fleet of self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans continues to expand. Several media outlets reported last week […]

AkzoNobel releases combined colour-matching tools

By CRM Staff   Toronto, Ontario — June 1, 2018 — AkzoNobel has announced the release of its new colour-matching system for customers. The new system combines two of its previous tools into one – the company’s Automatchic hand-held spectrophotometer with its MIXIT digital colour retrieval technology, now known as Automatchic in MIXIT.   “We’re […]