All Hail Paintless Dent Repair
The rise of PDR BY DAVID DICENZO Domenic Serra vividly remembers the need to prove himself in the early stages of the Paintless Dent Repair industry. Serra, the founder of Alberta-based PDR Canada, was back in his hometown Hamilton, Ontario in the mid-1990s when the concept of fixing car dents–typically from hail–was becoming more mainstream […]
Know Your Stuff
Providing proper repairs doesn’t have to be a labyrinth—hold strong Insurer-repairer relations can be a maze for the collision repairer striving to restore a vehicle to its pre-accident condition, according to OEM standards. And, when it comes to getting fairly compensated for necessary scanning, diagnostics and calibration procedures, that maze becomes an everyday labyrinth for […]
A Monumental Achievement for the Mariers
Seventy years, three generations and endless passion BY ANGELA O’GRADY Marcel’s Collision, a family run business in Windsor Ontario set up shop in 1951 and hasn’t left since. The shop, originally called Marcel’s Service Garage, was established by Marcel Marier. As the years went by Marcels brother, Jerome Marier, became more involved and eventually became […]
A Budding Partnership
BY MAX REID To try and find any comparison to the dynamic duo that is Sarah Budd and Tim Schuster would most certainly do a disservice to the unique and unequaled partnership that exists between these two collision industry veterans. From their own distinct walks of life, Sarah and Tim have come together at CARSTAR […]
THE ASTECH APPROACH
Repairify (asTech) President Cris Hollingsworth on what’s ahead BY MAX REID Whether it be as rudimentary as a backup camera or tire pressure gauges, or as complicated as a fully self-driving platform, ADAS components can be found in nearly every vehicle on the road today, and they aren’t getting any less complicated. Companies like asTech […]
The Current Claims Conundrum
Does AI have a place in the collision repair process? BY ALLISON ROGERS The cliché, “you never know what you have until it’s gone,” has never rung so true among the collision repairer community than it does now. The once-dreaded sight of an insurance adjuster walking up the drive used to bring a flood of […]
COAST TO COAST
Summer 2021 could be a busy one BY MADDY KYLIE A survey conducted by the Tire and Rubber Association said 61 percent of drivers are planning a summer road trip or a drive to a vacation destination, while, among younger drivers aged 18 to 34 and 35 to 44, that number jumps to 70 per […]
Can you believe this?!
NIGHT RIDER A man from Milton Ontario got quite the surprise in March after dropping his 2018 Nissan Altima off for service at a local dealership. Frank Statti dropped his car off for repair and thought nothing of it. While the vehicle was in for repair Statti checked his insurance company’s monitoring app and found […]
Business News
FIVE ALIVE CSN Collision Centres signed five new locations in April. The additions come as CSN looks to solidify itself as the preferred option for independent and banner repairers who are interested in joining a network to secure their future in the increasingly competitive collision industry, says the network. CSN Collision centres added in April […]
Technology News
WELDING THE WAY CSN Owen Sound (VR) has just expanded its toolkit to include the VAS6755A welding system.The facility is the first shop in Canada to acquire the automatic spot welding system, which comes equipped with features thickness, a telescopic arm that adjusts both vertically and horizontally, and a lightweight ergo grip the gun with […]
