Collision Repair 23#5

Collision Repair Collision Repair 23#5

ASSURED ACES

ASSURED AUTOMOTIVE HOSTS 16TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT Assured Automotive hosted its 16th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on September 4, where more than 150 golfers met up for a day on the green and a post-tourney dinner. This year’s tournament was hosted once again at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario, and raised […]

October 16, 2024

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FULLY CHARGED

QUEBEC INDUSTRY SHOWS COMMITMENT TO EVS AT COLLISION REPAIR EV TOUR, SUPPORTED BY FIX NETWORK On September 18, Collision Repair magazine’s EV Repair Tour, supported by Fix Network, continued its cross-Canada tour sharing electric vehicle repair information for the automotive aftermarket. Dozens of Quebec-based repair professionals gathered at Fix Network’s state-of-the-art Blainville training centre, joining […]

October 16, 2024

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BATTERIES INCLUDED

COLLISION REPAIR MAGAZINE ORGANIZES INDUSTRY TOUR OF LITHION SAINT-BRUNO Collision Repair magazine recently organized a tour of Lithion Technologies’ first commercial critical minerals extraction facility in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville near Montreal, Quebec. The event was attended by 20 industry stakeholders including OEMs, collision centre personnel and automotive recycling industry representatives. The day began with a safety briefing […]

October 16, 2024

SIMPLICITY ON STAGE

SIMPLICITY CAR CARE HIGHLIGHTS COMMITMENT TO NET-ZERO, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NETWORK ENHANCEMENT AT ANNUAL GROWTH CONFERENCE Story by DARRYL SIMMONS Simplicity Car Care recently held its annual Growth Conference at the iconic Rialto Theatre in Montreal. The network celebrated feats of this year, including advancing the Net Zero program of sustainability; Simplicity’s entry as a […]

October 8, 2024

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TIME TRIALS

EVEN AFTER 41 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY, MARK SILVERMAN, FIXED OPERATIONS MANAGER AT YONGE STEELES FORD LINCOLN IN THORNHILL, ONTARIO HAS NO INTENTION OF SLOWING DOWN. Story by SARAH PERKINS There isn’t much that Mark Silverman, fixed operations manager at Yonge Steeles Ford Lincoln in Thornhill, Ontario hasn’t seen in the past 41 years in […]

October 8, 2024

SYNCED WITH THE STANDARD

Remtech’s Aristauto is here to offer collision repairers with advanced support “Information is a tool, and with Remtech, our tools provide the information needed to stay up-to-date on the latest repair and calibration requirements.” — Jamie Lapierre, President of Remtech Remtech President Jamie Lapierre says it’s a “whole new world” when it comes to automotive […]

October 8, 2024

Can You Believe This

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!

REFINISHERS REACH NEW HEIGHTS Those who tuned in to coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics may have noticed the gleaming hot air balloon that graced the city skyline each night, housing the Olympic flame. But did you know the vessel for the ancient fire bears a connection to our industry? Glasurit recently shared that its […]

October 6, 2024

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS

HELP FROM HUMANOIDS BMW Group is now using humanoid robots in its vehicle production. The trial was conducted at the BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, United States. The humanoid is engineered by robotics company Figure and bears the name ‘Figure 02’. The robot was responsible for inserting sheet metal parts into specific fixtures […]

October 6, 2024

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EV NEWS

LET’S TALK TARIFFS Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will impose a 100 percent surtax on Chinese-made EVs, including hybrid vehicles, trucks and buses. The 100 percent surtax, applied to all Chinese-made EVs, will take effect October 1, 2024. A 25 percent surtax on imports of steel and aluminum products from China will […]

October 6, 2024

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INSURANCE NEWS

PHONE IT IN Accident Support Services International (ASSI) has launched “Start from Home,” an online service to allow drivers that have been in a collision to begin their own collision reports online, from home. The service can be accessed through reportacollision.com, and specifically allows drivers whose collision meets the threshold to report the event at […]

October 6, 2024

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OEM NEWS

COUNTERFEIT CANCELLATIONS Mercedes-Benz seized more than 1.6 million counterfeit parts in 2023. The parts were seized in more than 740 raids globally; a 20 percent increase in raids compared to previous years. More than 142,000 offers for counterfeit parts were removed as a result of the investigation. “The counterfeiting industry generates enormous margins and has […]

October 6, 2024

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BUSINESS NEWS

GROWTH ‘N’ GAINS When considering size in terms of dollars, the overall Canadian light vehicle aftermarket grew significantly between 2021 and 2023, according to a new report from Desrosiers Automotive Consultants. From 2021 to 2023, DAC says the overall light vehicle aftermarket expanded from $22.5 billion in 2021 to $24.1 billion in 2023. Retail aftermarket […]

October 6, 2024

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