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Excitement builds for IBIS in San Diego

Toronto, Ontario — January 4, 2019 — The preliminary agenda for the inagural U.S. International Bodyshop Industry Symposium, which will be taking place on the 13-15 February in San Diego, has been released.  The ground-breaking agenda contains presentations from recently announced speakers Tim Turvey, global vice president, GM customer care and aftersales, General Motors and […]

Hyundai introduces fingerprint technology

By CRM staff  Toronto, Ontario — January 3, 2019 — Unlocking and starting your Hyundai will soon be as easy as the touch of a driver’s finger. Automaker Hyundai announced that finger print technology will be available on its 2019 Santa Fe SUVs, but only in select regions. The company didn’t release any information on what regions […]

ICBC gets approval for rate increases

By CRM staff  Toronto, Ontario — January 3, 2019 —ICBC’s request for higher insurance premiums was granted today, as the B.C. Utilities Commission gave the go ahead for the public insurer to raise insurance rates by 6.3 percent. The B.C. insurance company applied for the rate increase back in December after facing significant skepticism throughout 2018, which […]

Detroit puts the brakes on automotive sector

Windsor, Ontario — January 3, 2019 — In response to concerns that the city’s automotive aftermarket industry is expanding too quickly, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has issued a short-term ban on the creation of these businesses, and a series of measures that may force others into closure. According to the city, the measure aims to […]

What to expect at the 2019 CES

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 4, 2019 — As time progresses so do the advancements in technology, and the event that demonstrates it every year is the Consumer Electronic Show. This year’s show has quite the agenda with various OEMs displaying their latest concepts on self-driving cars, flying cars, and even walking cars?! […]

Can you believe this?! – Jan. 3, 2019

By Lindsey Cooke Toronto, Ontario — January 3, 2019 — From vehicles ramming into buildings to objects flying all over the highway, here are the crazies automotive stories of the week! Same Incident Different Year. A house in Ottawa is undergoing some major repairs from having a vehicle ram into it–the second one to collide […]

CCIF Announces 2019 Steering Committee

CCIF Announces 2019 Steering Committee

Toronto, ON — January 3, 2019 — The Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) has announced the following new Steering Committee members for the 2019 – 2020 term:     Collision Repairer Flavio Battilana, CSN Collision Centres Andrew Neufeld, Fix Auto Canada   OE Dealer Arthur Crawford, AutoCanada   Supplier Adam Ceifets, Discount car and truck rentals […]

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