Inhibiting Inflators: U.S. agency to watch unrecalled Takata inflators for safety risks
Toronto, Ontario — On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that it is monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata airbag inflators after recent incidents. Specifically, the NHTSA declared its continued investigation into Takata airbags after one exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver […]
Assets in Airbags: Lacero Solutions turns airbags to recyclable materials
Toronto, Ontario — When the Takata airbag crisis first gripped the globe in 2018, Keshav Kochhar and his team saw an opportunity and took to the drawing board to create an innovative solution for safely destroying and recycling end-of-life and defective/recalled airbags. Since then, their company Lacero Solutions has received and deployed 275,000 airbags and […]
Friday Fun: Front seat danger revealed, Skydrive takes to the air and Caliber Collision has big plans
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — May 26, 2016 — Here’s to another great week in the collision repair industry! This week we look at a new safety issue, the Skydrive flying car and how Caliber Collision plans to grow to 1,500 shops by 2020. – Be careful out there, folks. This week brings reports […]
