Insurance Innovations: Solera’s Bill Brower honoured with 2024 PropertyCasualty360 Insurance Luminaries award
Westlake, Texas — Bill Brower, senior vice president of industry relations and claims solutions at Solera, has been named PropertyCasualty360’s Insurance Luminaries Class of 2024 in the Claims Innovation category. The recognition celebrates innovation in the property and casualty insurance industry, highlighting top professionals, teams, organizations, programs, practices and products within the sector that strive […]
Sustainability Sessions: Solera and Simplicity Car Care host Automotive Industry Sustainability Summit
Toronto, Ontario — Simplicity Car Care and Solera Audatex joined forces on Tuesday in Toronto to host an inaugural Automotive Industry Sustainability Summit dedicated to paving a road to net-zero in the collision repair and auto claims economies. Highlighting the event was the joint launch of The Canadian Claims Economy Sustainability Council a joint initiative […]
Sourcing Sustainability: Volvo to use recycled sheet metal by 2026
Toronto, Ontario — Volvo says it has secured access to near-zero emission primary and recycled sheet metal and plans to use it in an upcoming car program. Volvo will be sourcing its steel from Swedish company SSAB and plans to begin using the steel it has acquired in one of its car programs by 2026. […]
Building a Bio-Base: AkzoNobel uses canola and pine rosin to create first bio-based interior coating for Kia Motors
Toronto, Ontario — According to a recent press release, Kia Motors is using bio-based paint supplied by AkzoNobel for the inside of its new EV9 electric SUV. This partnership marks the first time the vehicle manufacturer has specified an interior-based bio coating. AkzoNobel has used two kinds of bio-rosin to create the product—one extracted from […]
A Fresh Perspective: Registration open for Toyota Canada ‘Dream Car Art Contest’
Toronto, Ontario — Sometimes the best ideas come from the minds of children; Toyota Canada knows this well and is proud to announce that entries are now being accepted for the 2023 “Dream Car Art Contest,” open for children 15 and under. The annual community contest put on by Toyota Canada encourages kids to get […]
A Natural Attraction: Polestar and Cyclic Materials partner to close loop on rare earth magnet production
Toronto, Ontario — In the effort of tackling environmental challenges on the production line head-on, Polestar has announced that it has teamed up with Kingston, Ont.-based recycling firm Cyclic Materials to develop a circular production solution for rare earth magnets. The valuable rare earth elements within the Polestar 2’s electric motor, namely neodymium and dysprosium, […]
Team Effort: AkzoNobel lays out five areas of focus for paint sector sustainability plan
Toronto, Ontario — The ongoing climate crisis has made so that no individual, or corporation, can ethically sit on the sidelines when it comes to sustainability. As such, AkzoNobel has unveiled five key areas of attack to reduce carbon emissions in the paint sector. Following a recent meeting to discuss the findings of the first […]
Simple and Clean: Simplicity’s September national Growth Conference deemed climate positive
Toronto, Ontario — Cleanup after a big event is never a fun ordeal, but it’s hard not to catch yourself smiling if you know the big national conference you just held gave more back to the environment than it took. Simplicity Car Care can officially take pride in the fact that its September National Growth […]
Light Work: Altair Engineering honours automotive award winners in sustainability, lightweighting and recycling
Troy, Michigan — Information technology company Altair Engineering has released the winners of its tenth annual Enlighten award. These awards honour advancements in sustainability and lightweighting initiatives. Presented in conjunction with the Centre for Automotive Research (CAR), the Enlighten award also recognizes advancements in carbon footprint, water and energy consumption reduction, as well as material […]
Simple and Sustainable: Simplicity Car Care wins BASF Canada Sustainability Customer Award
Toronto, Ontario — The orange banner has earned some green cred, as Simplicity Car Care announced Wednesday that it has been honoured with BASF’s Canada Sustainability Customer Award. The award, first introduced in 2020, “recognizes customers who are demonstrating leadership in building a sustainable future, and particularly those who are doing so through innovation and […]
