TARGET ACQUIRED
CONSOLIDATED COLLISION SERVICES HOSTS FIRST OF THREE FALL CONFERENCES Consolidated Collision Services (CCS), a division of Consolidated Dealers Co- Operative, held its first of three events in its fall annual conference series, where 86 CCS network members and vendor partners witnessed plans for the network’s future and discussed initiatives to stay ‘On Target’. Tom Langton, […]
ASSURED ACES
ASSURED AUTOMOTIVE HOSTS 16TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT Assured Automotive hosted its 16th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on September 4, where more than 150 golfers met up for a day on the green and a post-tourney dinner. This year’s tournament was hosted once again at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario, and raised […]
FULLY CHARGED
QUEBEC INDUSTRY SHOWS COMMITMENT TO EVS AT COLLISION REPAIR EV TOUR, SUPPORTED BY FIX NETWORK On September 18, Collision Repair magazine’s EV Repair Tour, supported by Fix Network, continued its cross-Canada tour sharing electric vehicle repair information for the automotive aftermarket. Dozens of Quebec-based repair professionals gathered at Fix Network’s state-of-the-art Blainville training centre, joining […]
BATTERIES INCLUDED
COLLISION REPAIR MAGAZINE ORGANIZES INDUSTRY TOUR OF LITHION SAINT-BRUNO Collision Repair magazine recently organized a tour of Lithion Technologies’ first commercial critical minerals extraction facility in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville near Montreal, Quebec. The event was attended by 20 industry stakeholders including OEMs, collision centre personnel and automotive recycling industry representatives. The day began with a safety briefing […]
SIMPLICITY ON STAGE
SIMPLICITY CAR CARE HIGHLIGHTS COMMITMENT TO NET-ZERO, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NETWORK ENHANCEMENT AT ANNUAL GROWTH CONFERENCE Story by DARRYL SIMMONS Simplicity Car Care recently held its annual Growth Conference at the iconic Rialto Theatre in Montreal. The network celebrated feats of this year, including advancing the Net Zero program of sustainability; Simplicity’s entry as a […]
TIME TRIALS
EVEN AFTER 41 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY, MARK SILVERMAN, FIXED OPERATIONS MANAGER AT YONGE STEELES FORD LINCOLN IN THORNHILL, ONTARIO HAS NO INTENTION OF SLOWING DOWN. Story by SARAH PERKINS There isn’t much that Mark Silverman, fixed operations manager at Yonge Steeles Ford Lincoln in Thornhill, Ontario hasn’t seen in the past 41 years in […]
SYNCED WITH THE STANDARD
Remtech’s Aristauto is here to offer collision repairers with advanced support “Information is a tool, and with Remtech, our tools provide the information needed to stay up-to-date on the latest repair and calibration requirements.” — Jamie Lapierre, President of Remtech Remtech President Jamie Lapierre says it’s a “whole new world” when it comes to automotive […]
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!
REFINISHERS REACH NEW HEIGHTS Those who tuned in to coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics may have noticed the gleaming hot air balloon that graced the city skyline each night, housing the Olympic flame. But did you know the vessel for the ancient fire bears a connection to our industry? Glasurit recently shared that its […]
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
HELP FROM HUMANOIDS BMW Group is now using humanoid robots in its vehicle production. The trial was conducted at the BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, United States. The humanoid is engineered by robotics company Figure and bears the name ‘Figure 02’. The robot was responsible for inserting sheet metal parts into specific fixtures […]
EV NEWS
LET’S TALK TARIFFS Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will impose a 100 percent surtax on Chinese-made EVs, including hybrid vehicles, trucks and buses. The 100 percent surtax, applied to all Chinese-made EVs, will take effect October 1, 2024. A 25 percent surtax on imports of steel and aluminum products from China will […]
