New Year’s changes to executive management at Nissan
Yokohama, Japan — January 2 2018 — With the new year comes executive appointment shake-up at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Going into effect throughout January, the company says these changes are to “strengthen the management structure.” Effective January 1, Hideyuki Sakamoto will moving up from his previous position of executive vice president, product engineering—a position […]
Christie Alexander joins PPG Canada as Territory Manager for British Columbia
Mississauga, Ontario — September 23, 2016 — PPG Canada has named Christie Alexander to the position of Territory Mannager for British Columbia. Norm Angrove, Director, Refinish Canada, made the announcement. In this role, Alexander will serve as PPG representative to the company’s automotive refinish distributors throughout the province. Alexander joined PPG Canada in August of […]
Production management training to be held at icoat facility
By Dylan O’Hagan Tecumseh, Ontario — March 9,2016 — The collision repair industry is always changing and key performance indicators (KPIs) and production management are becoming even more important when it comes to maintaining profitability and efficiency in body shops. That is why the Southern Ontario company icoat is offering specialized training in performance management […]
CIIA and icoat team up for training
Hamilton, Ontario — February 5, 2016 — Collision Industry Information Assistance (CIIA) and aftermarket supplier icoat [Innovative Coatings] have teamed up to offer training. The organizations have issued a joint announcement noting that, starting this spring, repairers can take the Basic Estimating course, the Certificate of Qualification exam prep course (to help unlicensed techs pass […]
CarVue launches free version of its management system
By Jeff Sanford Reading, England — September 8, 2015 — A UK company has launched a new digital shop management system that is very good news for small shop owners—the basic version is absolutely free. The trend among software vendors in many sectors has been to offer at least the most basic version of programs […]
I-CAR launches new Production Management role
By Jeff Sanford Hoffman Estates, Illinois — August 12, 2015 — I-CAR has officially launched a program for production managers. The courses will be available a part of I-CAR’s Professional Development Program. One theme more than one of the speakers at this year’s NACE event in Detroit touched on was the increasing complexity of collision […]
