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Keysight Technologies’ Test Solutions Leveraged in Automobile Battery Cell Competence Center

Keysight’s Scienlab test solution advances battery cell technology and drives e-mobility forward SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#automotive–Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced the use of Keysight’s Scienlab Battery Test Solution for comprehensive battery cell test in the […]

Used Vehicle Market Off to a Healthy Start in 2020

MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the February 2020 Used Car and Light Truck Guidelines Industry Update, analysts from J.D. Power Valuation Services reported used prices were relatively steady from week to week in January. “Overall, the used market remains healthy,” said David Paris, executive analyst at J.D. Power Valuation Services. “After increasing by 1% in 2019, used […]

Cooper Tire Launches Two WORK Series™ Tires for Local and Vocational Trucks

Engineered for Class 4-6 Trucks and Vans in 19.5-Inch Size FINDLAY, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cooper Tire has expanded its WORK Series™ line of tires with the introduction of two new tires in 19.5-inch sizes (225/70R and 245/70R) for Class 4-6 trucks and vans. The WORK Series™ All-Steel Drive (ASD) tire is an open shoulder steel-belted drive tire, […]

Cooper Tire Unveils High Traction WORK Series™ AWD Tire for Regional Deliveries

FINDLAY, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For fleets requiring extra grip and traction, Cooper Tire has introduced its WORK Series™ All Weather Drive (AWD) tire for regional fleets. Available for order in June, the WORK Series™ AWD tire comes in three sizes – 295/75R22.5 LR G, 11R22.5 LR H, and 11R24.5 LR H. The tire is being showcased at […]

Viral Valentine’s: Facility’s promo becomes social media hit

Regina, Saskatchewan — February 20, 2020 — A Valentine’s Day-themed social media post has garnered an exceptional response for one Saskatchewan auto repair facility. On February 4, the team at Auto Extreme Auto Body, a collision repair facility just outside of Regina, announced a special Valentine’s Day draw on its Facebook page. “Share the love […]

Worldwide Welding: Polyvance inducted into Japan Autobody Repair Work Association

Toronto, Ontario — Polyvance, a manufacturer of automotive plastic repair and refinishing products based in Rainsville, Ala., was inducted as a regular member of the Japan Autobody Work Association (JARWA) on Jan. 1, 2020. Polyvance began to export products to Japan in 2019 through T-CraftCo., its exclusive distributor there. Nitrogen plastic welding has yet to […]

Lazer Focus: Saskatchewan sports awards ceremony named after collision facility

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan — A charitable non-profit, the Friends of the Bowl Foundation, has named a children’s athletic awards ceremony after Saskatoon’s Lazer Autobody. “Lazer Autobody thank you for generously supporting efforts to transform our city’s beloved sports complex into Western Canada’s PREMIER athletic park!” Friends of the Bowl wrote on Twitter and other social media […]

Editor’s Log: The consolidation storm before the calm

Toronto, Ontario– If a leading theory about industries going through periods of consolidation is true, the collision repair sector might be at the tail end of the storm before a long period of calm. First described in a 2002 article for the Harvard Business Review, the basic idea of the consolidation curve is that consolidation […]

Collision Repair’s Industry Insider: Antoine Bessette, CEO of FELINO Cars

Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s episode of Industry Insider, Collision Repair chatted with former Canadian racing champion Antoine Bessette to hear more about his company, FELINO Cars. Bessette, who was named Canadian Champion Race Driver of the year by the Ontario regional racing sanctioning body back in 2005, has since departed the lanes of […]

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