Collision Repair 21#6

Collision Repair Collision Repair 21#6

Introducing the Canadian Council of Collision Repairers

Is it time for a National Association for Collision Repair in Canada?

December 22, 2022

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FINE-TUNING

The CSN Elite crew—Caulinda Bartok, Connor Jameson, Wade Bartok— celebrates their Customer Service award win, pictured with Jenica Bennett of AutoHouse Technologies and Flavio Battilana of CSN. CSN honours top performers and sets sights on the future at annual conference Story, photos by ALLISON ROGERS Hundreds of honky-tonk-seeking Canadian industry members were in Nashville […]

December 22, 2022

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FELLOWSHIP IN THE FALLS

Consolidated Collision Services hosts national network meeting Story by ALLISON ROGERS Back, L to R: Daniel Segretto, Greg Fenzl, Steve Goegan, Barry Minty Front: Wanja Mann, Chris Chinn, Tom Langton, Sandy Liguori, Mark Huisman. The CCS Founders’ Club is made up of members that have been with the company since Day 1. The network was […]

December 22, 2022

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Troy Kay and Justin Howard, third and fourth from the left, accept the Simplifier of the Year Award The orange banner turned green for its National Growth Conference Cleanup after a big event is never a fun ordeal, but its hard not to catch yourself smiling if you knew the big national conference you just […]

December 22, 2022

FANTASTIQUE FIX

Fix Network hosts annual conference in Quebec City Story and photos by MAX REID Fix Network hosted its annual Network Conference in late September, where company franchisees, industry stakeholders and Fix executives gathered in Quebec City for two days of speaker sessions, a trade show, networking activities and a semi-formal gala. The event kicked off […]

December 22, 2022

AFTERMARKET EMBASSY

SEMA’s hottest ticket drew in leading decision-makers from Canada’s aftermarket Veterans of the SEMA Show are well aware of the fact that, while the crowds of the show floor are great and exciting, and the cars and products are neat—AIA’s Canada Night is truly the place to be during the first week of November. […]

December 22, 2022

SEEN AT SEMA

The world of collision repair, all in one place The North American automotive aftermarket industry’s biggest show was back and in full form this year, as the team from Collision Repair ventured out to Las Vegas for the SEMA Show 2022, from Nov. 1 to 4. After speaking with literal hundreds of members of our […]

December 22, 2022

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MIND OF AN OWNER, HANDS OF A TECH

To run Town Autobody, it takes a village Story by MAX REID It can be easy to get a big head in an industry like collision repair. When nearly every conversation covers what credentials you do and don’t have, which OEMs you are and aren’t certified for, a simple chat between fellow business owners can […]

December 22, 2022

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CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!

REBAR REVENGE Have you ever removed a rebar rod from a body? A Prince Edward Island shop had quite the project after a local event volunteer turned up with a rebar rod lodged in his vehicle’s trunk. The poor volunteer had been working since 4 a.m. and returned to their vehicle to find a metal […]

December 22, 2022

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OEM NEWS

NO GREEN Automakers are struggling to get on track to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a recent report by the Capgemini Research Institute.The academic think tank explains that investment in sustainability initiatives has fallen to less than one percent in 2022, compared to 1.22 percent in 2019. At current investment levels, greenhouse gas […]

December 22, 2022

INSURANCE NEWS

CASH IN THE FURNACE The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is on track to record a financial loss of $298 million for 2022. Vice president of IBC’s western and Pacific regions, Aaron Sutherland, called this update from the ICBC “incredibly disappointing” and said that taxpayers will likely face […]

December 22, 2022

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

UPDATES REQUIRED A member of the Forbes Technology Council warns that modern roads may need to be reworked to suit the needs and capabilities of autonomous vehicles. CEO of machine learning company Blyncsy, Mark Pittman says autonomous vehicles could mistake fallen construction barrels or crooked paint lines as warning barriers or exceptionally narrow lanes—uncommon events […]

December 22, 2022

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