Marking Milestones: Tropicana Community Services celebrates auto body and collision repair pre-apprenticeship graduates
Toronto, Ontario — Tropicana Community Services recently celebrated the graduation of its 2023 and 2024 classes in the Auto Body and Collision Damage Repairer 310B Pre-Apprenticeship Program. Marking 14 years of the organization’s dedication to skills development in the Canadian collision repair industry, the ceremony highlighted the program’s role in addressing the skilled labour needs […]
Plastic Perfection: Polyvance reminds users of proper temp. control for plastic welding
Toronto, Ontario — Polyvance is reminding the repairers out there that “hotter is not always better” when it comes to plastic welding, as shown in a recent demonstration video from the company. The video explains that even with the proper nitrogen welder and the right plastic weld rods, too high of a temperature could weaken […]
Satisfying Seams: Collision expert weighs in on seam sealing at SEMA education session
Toronto, Ontario — A job well done for a collision repair technician often means a repair that makes a vehicle look like it just rolled off the assembly line, and an industry expert who spoke at this year’s SEMA Show is making it his goal to help tradespeople do just that, starting seam sealers. John […]
A Hunter’s Precision: John Peron, Hunter Engineering, on breaking down ADAS complexity at SEMA 2022
Las Vegas, Nevada — Join Collision Repair for an in-depth chat with John Peron, managing director at Hunter Engineering, on how the company is striving to take the stress out of managing ADAS in the collision repair process. We caught up with Peron at his company’s booth at this year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
MSO Symposium highlights OEM paradigm shift at NACE Automechanika
By Barett Poley Chicago, Illinois — June 6, 2017 — OEM leaders will show their support for the collision repair industry this year at NACE Automechanika. Industry leaders from Honda, GM, Mercedes Benz and Ford are coming together at the 2017 MSO Symposium to provide their insight on what they are doing to help shops […]
CSN holds Regional Meeting in Mississauga
By Josh White Mississauga, Ontario — June 6, 2017 — CSN COLLISION CENTRES recently held its Ontario Regional Meeting in Mississauga. Like other CSN Regional Meetings, many topics were covered regarding CSN’s future, including discussion on insurance relations, marketing, current operations and the use of technology within CSN locations. These regional meetings offer the opportunity […]
Honda Canada releases technical bulletin for 2016 Civic
Toronto, Ontario — March 16, 2016 — Honda Canada has released new body repair information for the 2016 Honda Civic. Please note that the information provided here is for information purposes only. Always refer directly to the appropriate OEM procedures from Honda before attempting any repairs. The 2016 Civic uses Honda’s Next-Generation Advanced Compatibility Engineering […]
