Tuesday Ticker: December 22, 2020
Toronto, Ontario — In this week’s Tuesday Ticker, the federal and Ontario governments shell out funds for a cobalt mining firm, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants reports Canada’s third-quarter automotive shipments and Uber says, “so long!” to its self-driving unit. Cash for cobalt The Government of Ontario and Government of Canada have announced that First Cobalt Corp. […]
2020 Recap: Achieving powerful production with Spanesi 360
Toronto, Ontario — This year, Collision Repair kicked off its Open Dialogue webinar series, featuring insightful conversations with industry leaders from Canada and the United States. On November 24, Collision Repair’s Allison Rogers sat down with Tim Morgan, COO of Spanesi Americas and Clay Hoberecht, owner of Witchita, Kansas’s Best Body Shop, to find out how Spanesi’s […]
ADAS Anonymous: CIECA releases 12 step ADAS repair workflow video
Toronto, Ontario – In the ongoing effort to instil consistent ADAS repair practices across the automotive industry, CIECA has released a short instructional video to guide technicians through an ideal workflow. The five-minute video lays out a 12 step process for how technicians should approach repairing a vehicle equipped with Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS). CIECA’s […]
Certified Success: Fix Auto Fredericton achieves Red Seal Certification
Fredericton, New Brunswick — Mark Weeks, regional vice-president for Fix Network, announced that Fix Auto Fredericton location is now Red Seal certified—an important recognition that endorses their superior knowledge of the most complex automotive repair technologies. “Learning never stops at Fix Auto Fredericton,” said Corey Etheridge, general manager at the Fredericton location. “We take our […]
Cat-Eyed Cadillacs: 2021 Cadillac Escalade to feature Veoneer 4th Gen Night Vision tech
Stockholm, Sweden – Swedish automotive tech developers, Veoneer, have officially started production on the fourth-generation of the company’s Night Vision technology, to be used in the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, according to Monday’s press release. The company is set to debut its thermal sensing technology with the launch of the new Escalade. The Night Vision system […]
When it Comes to Training, the Time is Now: ‘Later’ is a Synonym for ‘Never’
By Stefano Liessi Does anyone remember the year 2000, and all the speculative horrors associated with the rollover from 1999? All the computers were predicted to crash, stock markets would shut down, electrical grids would perish, and we would be left in the dark ages. When New Years Day arrived, nothing happened. The odd old […]
Find Your Missing Piece: How do you hire the perfect fit?
By Chelsea Stebner Right People. Right Bus. Right seat? We hear so much about making sure we’re all hiring the right people to join our teams. When it comes right down to it, how do we really know? I bet that none of us are HR experts or have specialized training in that area and […]
Navigating the New Year: Santa knows who’s skipping the sanitizer
By: Steve Knox When he came down the chimney, was Santa wearing a mask? Oh, what a different world we’ve found ourselves in. Looking back to 12 months ago, Canada now seems like it was an untamed wild west. In the not-so-far-off olden days, we would sit close and talk to customers visiting our businesses. […]
Helping Hands: Collision Kings, Axalta and Rondex host Holiday Food Drive
Calgary, Alberta — As of May 2020, almost seven Canadians reported food insecurity, according to a food insecurity report by Stats Canada. To help combat any holiday hunger in Calgary, Collision Kings put together a Holiday Food Drive, from Dec. 1 to 10 with the help of Axalta and Rondex, by collectively donate one dollar […]
Stand Up Speak Out: Repairers give insurers the grades
Toronto, Ontario — Traditionally, collision repairers and auto insurances have a delicate—even quarrelsome relationship. Add a global pandemic into the mix and things become a little more muddled. For the past two years, Collision Repair has asked the Canadian collision repair community to issue grades for the nation’s big players in auto insurance. The areas […]
