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SATA Canada opens professional training centre

By CRM Staff Vaughan, Ontario — January 30, 2018 — Just in time for its first year anniversary, SATA Canada will be opening a professional training centre at its Vaughan, Ontario headquarters – and Collision Repair magazine was given an inside peek of the facility. General Manager of SATA Canada John Turner, commented, “The training […]

The 2,500 sq. ft. SATA training centre contains a commercial dual bay spray booth, prep areas and classroom that can accommodate up to thirty people.

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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 […]

A view of the 2016 MSO Symposium, this year's symposium promises to be even bigger.

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 […]

Derek Bennie and Larry French of CSN Collision Centres at the Regional Meeting.

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Centennial College students take the gold in Ontario

By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — May 4, 2017 — Centennial College students have taken gold medals in both the Autobody Repair and Car Painting competitions in the post-secondary category at the 2017 Ontario Skills Competition. The competition took place at the Toronto Congress Centre over three days. Colin Bailey took the gold medal for […]

A few photos from the 2017 Skills Ontario Competition. Check out the gallery below for more!

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BASF launches Zyrilliant Color Series, reveals 2017 ‘Color of the Year’

Southfield, Michigan — November 7, 2016 — The 2016 SEMA Show has officially wrapped for another year, but not before BASF unveiled a new line of colours and announced its official 2017 “Color of the Year.” According to the company, the R-M Onyx HD and Diamont Zyrilliant Color Series is a collection of 108 colours […]

BASF’s 2017 “Color of the Year” is Reflexion Nebula, shown here on a custom Nissan Skyline GT-R. According to BASF, the colour shifts from blue to gray, depending on your point of view.

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Axalta launches Master Refinish Certification program

Glen Mills, Pennsylvania — July 10, 2016 — Axalta Coating Systems has launched a Master Refinish Certification program as part of its Learning and Development offering in North America. A statement from the company says the Master Refinish Certification program provides a path for refinish customers to advance skills and abilities from industry standard to […]

Axalta says many of the courses making up the Master Refinish Certification also qualify for I-CAR credit.

Brandon Drover gold medal winner in Autobody Repair

By Mike Davey Moncton, New Brunswick — June 13, 2016 — The competition at the Moncton Coliseum was fierce, but in the end it was Brandon Drover of Newfoundland who received the gold medal in the post-secondary category for Autobody Repair. Drover is a student at College of the North Atlantic and will now be […]

Winners in the post-secondary category for Autobody Repair at the 2016 Skills Canada National Competition. Brandon Drover (centre) took the gold, with Johan Wiebe (right) earning the silver and Roeloph Clements taking home the bronze.

Skills Canada National Competition kicks off in Moncton

By Mike Davey Moncton, New Brunswick — June 7, 2016 — The 2016 Skills Canada National Competition is now underway at the Moncton Coliseum. The event kicked off on June 5 with student orientation and welcome reception. The competition portion of the event officially started on June 6 and continued on June 7. In addition […]

Competitors receiving instructions at the competition in Moncton. Check out the gallery below for more pictures from the event! All photos by Leanne Jefferies.

Skills Canada National Competition 2016

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Going for Gold: Results from the Ontario Skills competition

By Mike Davey Waterloo, Ontario — May 5, 2015 — The results are in from the Ontario Technological Skills Competition (OTSC). Over 20,000 spectators filled RIM Park in Waterloo to capacity for the competition, which included 67 events and over 2,100 participants from Ontario’s high schools and colleges. The OTSC is the largest competition of […]

Sparks fly at the 2016 Ontario Technological Skills Competition.

Skills Ontario Competition 2016

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Opportunity knocks: Beta testers needed for collisioncommunity.com

Peterborough, Ontario — April 27, 2016 — The all-new collisioncommunity.com, powered by Collision Repair magazine, needs you! Beta testers are needed for the all-new collisioncommunity.com classified and career website. As a beta tester, you will receive a free one-year Gold Membership which allows you to post up to 12 career listings. We need your help to […]

The all-new collisioncommunity.com will serve as a portal for hiring, training opportunities and much more!

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