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Canada: cooling on cars, picking up on pickups

While car shares are the lowest total in over fifty years, sales of light-trucks are record-breaking.

By CRM staff Richmond Hill, Ontario — January 10, 2018 — While sales of cars slipped in Canada last year, it was a record-breaking year for vehicle sales overall, thanks to the number of light trucks bought by Canadians, according to a report released by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. With Canadians buying more than two million […]

IHS Markit says autonomous vehicle sales will surpass 33 million annually in 2040

IHS Markit said self-driving vehicles will initially gain a foothold through ride-sharing services beginning in 2019 with the first deployments occurring in the United States.

Southfield, Michigan — January 8, 2017 — Autonomous vehicles (AVs) may become widespread more quickly than realized by the general public. According to a report by business information provider IHS Markit, more than 33 million AVs will be sold globally in 2040. A 600-fold increase over the forecast sales numbers for 2021, 51,000 AVs.   The […]

Caruk & Associates promotes Ryan Beattie to Sales Manager – Ontario and Maritimes

Ryan Beattie.

Vancouver, British Columbia — April 17, 2017 — Caruk & Associates has announced the promotion of Ryan Beattie to the position of Sales Manager – Ontario and Maritimes. Prior to his promotion, Beattie managed the Greater Toronto Area for Caruk & Associates and traveled extensively in Atlantic Canada, working with the company’s distributors and bodyshop […]

Boyd Group expands in Louisiana

Boyd Group logo.

Winnipeg, Manitoba — August 18, 2016 — The Boyd Group has announced the opening of a new collision repair centre in Slidell, Louisiana. Slidell is about 34 miles northeast of New Orleans with the centre well-located near the intersections of Interstate Highways 10 and 12. “We are very pleased to add this new location, which […]

Pierre Seguin receives annual Rick Berg Award from 3M

Rick Orser (right) of 3M Canada presents the Rick Berg Award to Pierre Seguin, Sales Executive for Eastern Ontario.

London, Ontario — January 25, 2016 — An important part of hitting the ground running in 2016 is honouring those who went above and beyond in the previous year. 3M did this recently, bestowing the annual 3M Rick Berg Award. The 2015 recipient is Pierre Seguin, Sales Executive for Eastern Ontario. According to a statement […]

BASF appoints Tim Dawe as new Sales Director

Tim Dawe, BASF Automotive Refinish Sales Director for North America.

Southfield, Michigan — December 1, 2015 — Timothy P. Dawe has joined BASF Automotive Refinish as the new Sales Director for North America.  “Tim’s extensive experience and knowledge of the automotive refinish industry will enable him to immediately start to drive growth for BASF and our distribution partners,” said Paul Whittleston, BASF Vice President for […]

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