Mitchell provides efficiency tips for various departments
By Anna Davey Hamilton, Ontario — December 18, 2015 — A new blog post up at Mitchell.com aims to help collision repair owners run their businesses more efficiently with “Repair Procedures for Everyone.” Offering three tips to increase customer satisfaction and reduce cycle time in different departments, the post explains the need for current repair […]
Uni-Select acquires Refinish Solutions
Boucherville, Quebec — December 18, 2015 — Uni-Select has announced that its subsidiary FinishMaster has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Aquia Auto Parts, doing business under the name Refinish Solutions. Certain customary closing conditions had to be satisfied before the deal could go through, but Uni-Select has indicated that the […]
Honda Canada to enlist collision repair facilities in Takata recall
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 18, 2015 — Last week American Honda Motor Company announced a new program that recruits independent mechanical repair and collision repair facilities to identify vehicles with faulty Takata airbags and help notify clients. The auto industry is dealing with the single largest recall in history. This is not […]
Friday Fun: KIA joins the self-driving game, Uber angers transit and China’s car boom might bust
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 17, 2015 — Welcome to another collection of interesting items from the week that was: – California has announced new rules around autonomous vehicles (AVs). Apparently Google is disappointed that the state is going to require that cars being used have at least one real human in the vehicle. […]
