Helping Hands: Collision Kings, Axalta and Rondex host Holiday Food Drive
Calgary, Alberta — As of May 2020, almost seven Canadians reported food insecurity, according to a food insecurity report by Stats Canada. To help combat any holiday hunger in Calgary, Collision Kings put together a Holiday Food Drive, from Dec. 1 to 10 with the help of Axalta and Rondex, by collectively donate one dollar […]
Virtual Life: CIC January meeting moved online
Toronto, Ontario — Due to restrictions from COVID-19, the Collision Industry Conference (CIC) has decided to postpone meeting in-person and move to a virtual platform for the Jan. 20 – 21, 2021, meeting. CIC appreciates everyone’s understanding for this difficult time and looks forward to “seeing,” everyone next month, stated a company spokesperson. The now-virtual […]
Driven Brands Announces top performers for ABRA, CARSTAR and Fix Auto USA
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia — Yesterday, Driven Brand hosted a collision virtual summit, UNIT3D, where top-performing franchise partners for ABRA, CARSTAR and Fix Auto USA were honoured for their outstanding commitment to providing high-quality collision repairs, excellent customer service, and ongoing support of their communities, where the company awarded trophies for top-performers in the length of […]
A Virtual Success: Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting 2020 Virtual Convention
Charlotte, North Carolina — Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting recently held their North American Maaco Convention virtually on Dec. 2, 2020. The theme of the 2020 Maaco Convention was ‘Moving Mountains, which was chosen because of the efforts made to deliver 2020 results in the face of one of the most challenging years the […]
UNIT3ED 2020 Convention: Driven Brands hosts joint conference for ABRA, CARSTAR and Fix Auto USA
Charlotte, North Carolina — For the first time since North America’s largest network of collision repair brands was created, the Driven Brands family of collision repair companies will gather virtually on Dec. 9. for UNIT3D 2020 convention. “Our goal is to create a united group of brands that collectively help build our business and drive […]
ADAS Awareness: Guild 21 to host Dec. 10 webinar on the ‘Journey of ADAS from Factory to Repair’
Michigan, United States — Join David DeBoer, CEO of the Burke Porter Group (BPG), for Guild 21’s live webinar tomorrow at 11 p.m. PST. For decades, BPG has been a leading supplier of factory end of the line (EOL) testing systems, which provides the world’s largest automotive manufacturers with testing and calibration solutions for advanced […]
All the Fixings: Fix Network and RMHC Canada launch ‘Season of Giving’ initiative
Blainville, Quebec – Fix Network has pledged support once again to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada (RMHC CANADA) by launching its initiative to help families with sick children during these stressful times. The initiative will run through the whole month of December to help support RMHC’s 34 programs across Canada that provide families with […]
More Takata Troubles: Recall issued for 7 million GM pickups and SUVs
Toronto, Ontario — General Motors (GM) will recall roughly seven million big pickup trucks and SUVs worldwide to replace a possible disastrous accident due to their faulty Takata ait bag inflators. The Monday announcement came after the U.S. government told GM it had to recall six million of its vehicles in the U.S. GM spokesperson […]
Free Forums: CCIF hosting free webinar series
Ottawa, Ontario — The Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) has announced a webinar series that will discuss modern repair techniques and Mitchell’s cloud-based estimating software in detail on Dec. 2, 2020. The webinar series will consist of two one-hour webinars with an hour break slotted between noon and 1 p.m. You can choose to attend […]
Calibra-ce Yourselves: Toyota training expert to host free ASE webinar on calibrations
Leesburg, Virginia – The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) is looking to provide technicians with some OEM-specific insights in their upcoming free webinar, “Toyota and Lexus – Millimeter Wave Radar and Front Recognition Camera Calibration.” Hosted by Bruce Biven, technical training curriculum developer with Toyota Motor North America, the webinar will explain repair […]
