Collision Repair 22#4

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Collision Repair

ONTARIO | REGIONAL NEWS

LIGHTENING THE LOAD As huge sums of money are currently being floated above Ontario’s burgeoning EV industry, the federal government announced it will be investing $5 million into a Concord auto parts plant specializing in lightweight EV parts. With this boost in funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), ArcelorMittal […]

July 31, 2023

REGIONAL NEWS | ATLANTIC

A MEERY MINUTE In a show of appreciation for years of dedication, CARSTAR congratulated its Atlantic Canada zone director, Dave Meery, on his twentieth anniversary with the company in June. For the past two decades, Meery has been at the helm of a market that has grown from three collision centres to 34 locations, with […]

July 31, 2023

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REGIONAL NEWS | QUEBEC

GO GABRIELLE Skills Canada has announced its team for the 2024 WorldSkills competition in Lyon, France, and the autobody paint representative is from Quebec. Gabrielle Leclerc will compete in the car painting competition next September, representing the nation in the trade and competing against other automotive refinishers from across the globe. Each Canadian competitor earned […]

July 31, 2023

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KIDS THESE DAYS

How about you rethink your retention efforts? Column by MEGHAN MCEWEN It is a well-known reality that hiring, and training new staff is one of the costliest endeavors for any business, especially one with a significant, qualified labour component. It also isn’t a secret that the auto industry already has a recruitment and retention crisis […]

July 31, 2023

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MAKING SENSE OF A WORLD OF ADAS INFORMATION

What’s the role of a collision shop? With ADAS such a constant topic, there’s plenty of information, good and bad, flying around—and all the more so when it comes to collision shops. Here are answers to a few common ADAS concerns to provide some helpful perspective. Is ADAS really a collision shop thing? Not only […]

July 31, 2023

MEETING MINUTES

CCCR discusses time study and in-person meeting The Canadian Council of Collision Repairers (CCCR) recently held a virtual meeting discussing the group’s ongoing time study, its plans for the first in-person meeting, and nationwide profitability. The CCCR is a group of collision repairers working together to improve their businesses and the entire collision repair ecosystem. […]

July 31, 2023

A COMPLAINT ON COMPLAINTS

There’s good and bad in every comment By ALLISON ROGERS Humans are hard-wired to complain. Even the brightest of optimists will gripe on occasion. Some doctors suggest that humans complain in excess because of significant gaps between their expectations and reality. It’s a classic tale: expecting a masterpiece and getting a mess; anticipating a diamond […]

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