For more information on the I-CAR collision training event, click here.

Here is what's happening in training for the rest of September:

Western Region

• September 21 DuPont
  Coquitlam, BC
  Colour Matching 1-Electronic Colour Tools
  
• September 21–22
  PPG
  Edmonton, AB
  Aquabase Plus Certification
  
• September 22
  DuPont
  Vancouver BC
  Lean-Thinking Part I
  
• September 23–24
  PPG
  Edmonton, AB
  Colour Adjustment Designed for Aquabase Plus
  
• September 29-30
  DuPont
  Regina, SK
  Cromax Pro Waterborne Basecoat Application
  

Central Region

• September 14-16
  BASF
  Toronto, ON
  RFN201 22/55/90 Certification Program
• September 15
  DuPont
  Pointe Claire, QC
  Low-VOC Surface Preparation (French)
  
• September 17
  BASF
  St. Laurent, QC
  VPU031 Launching Lean
  
• September 20
  AIA
  Toronto, ON
  Structural Straightening Aluminum
  
• September 20
  AIA
  Windsor, ON
  Vehicle Technology and Trends 2010
  
• September 20-21
  DuPont
  Pointe Claire, QC
  Cromax Pro Waterborne Basecoat Application (French)
  
• September 21–22
  PPG
  Montreal, QC
  MVP Business in the 21st Century (French)
  
• September 21-22
  PPG
  Toronto, ON
  Nexa Certification-Aquabase Plus
  
• September 22-23
  BASF
  St. Laurent, QC
  RFN333F R-M Cycle Time Reduction Repair System (French)
  
• September 24 AIA
  Montreal, QC
  I-CAR Collision Training Event
• September 28
  DuPont
  Ottawa, ON
  Lean-Thinking Part II
  
• September 29
  DuPont
  Toronto ON
  Lean-Thinking Part II
  
• September 29–30
  PPG
  Montreal, QC
  Colour Adjustment (French)
  

Hoffman Estates, Illinois--September 2, 2010--At a meeting of I-CAR staff held on Thursday, September 2, president and CEO John Edelen shared his plans to retire from I-CAR, The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, at the end of 2010.

“It has been a privilege to work with the staff, the instructors and the volunteers of I-CAR, and its outstanding board of directors and supporters over the past three years,” Edelen said. “And it has been an honour to work with the industry on the I-CAR Professional Development Program--a training and development framework that we hope will serve the training needs of the industry for years to come.”

Tom Moreland, chairman of the I-CAR International board of directors, offered his thanks to Edelen for his service.

“On behalf of the I-CAR Board, we thank John for his efforts and contributions over the course of his tenure as President and CEO,” Moreland said. “With the introduction of the I-CAR Professional Development Program in 2010, the planned introduction of a more robust online training curriculum, and a new training and development program for the technical schools and colleges in 2011, the near-term strategies and activities of the organization have been defined. Given the significant improvement in the financial condition of the organization and its improved efficiency and effectiveness at a staff level, I-CAR is very well positioned, financially and operationally, to serve the collision industry in the coming years,” Moreland continued.

“I’d also like to share with the industry that John’s decision to leave at the end of the year does not come as a surprise. The executive committee of the I-CAR International board of directors and the board have planned for this succession and the transition of leadership to a new president and CEO, to ensure that the quality and value of I-CAR’s training, products and services continue to meet the needs of the industry.”

The board will issue a call for candidates for the position of I-CAR president and CEO shortly.