Panasonic partners with Toyota
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 22, 2019 —Panasonic will be teaming up with car manufacturer Toyota to create an electric vehicle battery cell venture in China and Japan, according to a report from Nikkei. As a result, the two Japanese companies would start a joint-venture, resulting in Panasonic producing cells for Toyota. The […]
AkzoNobel joins CIECA
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 22, 2019 — AkzoNobel is the most recent company to join the Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA). CIECA is a group that develops collision industry electronic standards, codes and messages and provides implementation guides to make the industry more efficient.Their overall goal is to deliver benefits to […]
CCIF’s 20th anniversary gala
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 22, 2019 — Canadian Collision Industry Forum is kicking off the new year in style at its 20th-anniversary gala, which will be held this Thursday and Friday at the Marriott Toronto Airport hotel. The event, which will get underway with a Showcase and Showroom event at 1 p.m. on Jan. […]
Tesla announces job cuts
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 22, 2019 — Tesla has announced it will be reducing its full-time workforce by 7 percent, moving forward with its plan to increase Model 3 production and slash prices. Company CEO Elon Musk broke the news Friday, penning a letter to employees stating that only the most “critical temps […]