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Collision Repair

Guild 21: When to replace plastic, when to repair

By Jeff Sanford   Toronto, Ontario — April 17, 2018 — The latest Guild 21 teleconference tackled a key question for collision repairers: When it comes to plastic damage, when do you repair the part and when do you replace it?   If a part costing thousands of dollars can be repaired rather than replaced, […]

April 17, 2018

Collision Repair

Guild 21 Conference: Planning for Scanning

By Gideon Scanlon   Newport Beach, California — March 8, 2017 — On Thursday, leaders of the collision repair industry joined in on a conference call to hear the second half of a presentation given two months ago.   With listeners from across North America, the most recent Guild 21 call focused on explaining why […]

March 8, 2018

Collision Repair

Guild 21: Industry-wide calibrations and scanning not up to par

By Gideon Scanlon Newport Beach, California — January 10, 2017 — In the mind of Repairify CEO Doug Kelly, the collision repair industry is letting consumers down when it comes to calibrations.   “Many, if not most [repair centres] are not doing it correctly,” Kelly said on Thursday’s Verifax’s Guild 21 conference call with fellow […]

January 14, 2018

ADAS

Guild 21: 2018 Honda Accord to feature ADAS on all trim levels

By Tom Davis Newport Beach, California — December 14, 2017 — The latest Guild 21 call centred around Honda’s ambitions for the future and the vehicle technology it is looking to implement over the next three years. Honda’s next step will be with its 2018 Accord, which will be the company’s first mass produced vehicle […]

December 14, 2017

Collision Repair

Guild 21: George Avery on potential best practices for DRPs

By Tom Davis Newport Beach, California — October 13, 2017 — The latest Guild 21 conference call aimed to create a conversation on how to improve the relationship between shops and insurers in regards to direct repair programs (DRPs). The guest was George Avery, formerly of State Farm, and now an independent consultant.  Avery, who […]

October 13, 2017

Collision Repair

Guild 21: BMW execs provide inside view of collision program

By Jeff Sanford   Newport Beach, California — September 17, 2017 — The latest Guild 21 conference call hosted two guests from BWM to discuss the company’s Certified Collision Repair Centre (CCRC) program.    The guests were Marcos Ehmann, Manager of Wholesale Body & Paint, and Josh Fahlbush, Insurance Manager for BMW of North America. […]

September 18, 2017

Collision Repair

Next Guild 21 to highlight BMW collision program

By CRM Staff   Newport Beach, California — September 3, 2017 — Guild 21 has announced its next guests will be Marcos Ehmann and Joshua Falhbush of BMW North America. Ehmann and Falhbush will be the special guests for the next Guild 21 Conference Call, taking place Thursday September 14 at 2 p.m. EST.    […]

September 3, 2017

Collision Repair

Latest Guild 21 Conference Call features Dan Black on FCA vehicles

By CRM Staff Newport Beach, California — August 16, 2017 —  The latest Guild 21 conference call, featuring Dan Black, Global Service Support Lead for Body/Chassis/Paint of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), revolved around FCA vehicles and body on frame repair. Black hit on a variety of subjects in this area, including FCA vehicles equipped with […]

August 16, 2017

Collision Repair

Dan Black of FCA to guest on next Guild 21 Conference Call

Newport Beach, California — July 10, 2017 — Guild 21 is following up its latest Conference Call on Toyota repair training and resources with another OEM guest, Dan Black, Global Service Support Lead for Body/Chassis/Paint for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The call takes place on Thursday July 11 at 2 p.m. EST. Guild 21 Conference […]

July 10, 2017

Collision Repair

Guild 21: Agustin Diaz of Toyota on driver assistance tech

By Jeff Sanford Newport Beach, California — June 12, 2017 — The latest Guild 21 conference call suffered some technical glitches, but still managed to provided much-needed direction around an issue more important than ever—the proper recalibration of the new driver assist functions that are rapidly becoming standard issue on the most basic vehicles. The special […]

June 12, 2017

Collision Repair

Next Guild 21 call to focus on Toyota training

Newport Beach, California — June 5, 2017 — The next Guild 21 Conference Call will focus on Toyota repair training and resources with special guest Agustin Diaz, Collision Training Administrator for Toyota Motor Sales USA. The call takes place Thursday June 8 at 2 p.m. EST. Guild 21 Conference Calls are open to all members […]

June 4, 2017

Collision Repair

The Autonomous Report: Busting self-driving myths; Volvo’s autonomous garbage truck

By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — May 21, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, robotics expert Hod Lipson busts some of the myths surrounding autonomous vehicles (AVs), we learn about Volvo’s new project to build an autonomous garbage truck, how even a limited number of AVs could decrease traffic congestion and much, much more! […]

May 21, 2017