New Partnership: White Spruce Partners buys North End Auto Spring
Winnipeg, Manitoba — White Spruce Partners has acquired North End Auto Spring, a Winnipeg-based truck repair centre and wholesale distributor. “We are very excited about the opportunity to acquire North End Spring and build on the great legacy and foundation established by owner Debbie Zajaros and Mike Zajaros, as well as the company’s previous owner […]
Officially International: Fix Network announces expansion of first U.S. ProColor shops
Blainville, Quebec — Fix Network World on Thursday announced three autobody shops in Southern California had joined its ProColor franchise, the first locations in the U.S. for the two major international collision brands. In 2019, Fix Network World bought the Canadian brand ProColor brand from Uni-Select declaring that the 172 ProColor shops combined with roughly […]
AIA Asks: Industry feedback wanted on DCM to strip paint in autobody sector
Ottawa, Ontario — AIA Canada has received a request for information from Environment and Climate Change Canada to determine if the current risk management strategy for dichloromethane (DCM), a substance used to strip paint, is sufficient or if new measures should be considered. When the government investigates a substance’s risk-management strategy, the industry must provide […]
Best in Class: Kia Rio awarded by J.D. Power.
Toronto, Ontario — The 2021 Kia Rio, a subcompact hatchback with a European-influenced design, has earned J.D. Power Canada Alg Residual Value Awards for 2021 in the subcompact segment. ALG’s Residual Value Awards recognizes the vehicles segments that are projected to hold the highest percentage of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) after a four-year […]
Hot Wheels: Ford donates F-150 to support automotive students
Dawson Creek, British Columbia — Yesterday, automotive students at Northern Lights College got a new set of wheels to work on. Ford Motors donated an F-150 pickup truck and tire machine to the college’s automotive training program, one of 95 vehicles being donated by the Ford Motor Company of Canada as part of a nation-wide […]
Canada’s Black Employee Network: Cox Automotive BEN Hosts Global Inaugural Event to combat systemic racism
Mississauga, Ontario — Yesterday Cox Automotive Canada’s Black Employee Network (BEN) hosted more than 500 team members from Canada, Brazil, England, Europe, and the U.S. for its inaugural event. Guided by BEN’s three pillars, the event celebrated the employee resource group’s (ERG) achievements thus far, educated team members on anti-black and systemic racism, and inspired […]
Bold and Blue-tiful: PPG’s 2020 Colour Report shows continued increase in blue hues
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — On Tuesday PPG released its 2020 automotive colour popularity report, and the results are mind blue-ing. The colour, called ‘optimistic’ by PPG, climbed to nine percent of the global colour share in 2020—a one percent increase from 2019. The trend reinforces PPG 2019 automotive colour forecast, which anticipated that sales of blue […]
Retiring Right: Owners of Romeo’s Garage and Bodyshop retiring after 50 years in business
Ottawa, Ontario — After decades of hard work and long hours, Romeo and Genuia Donatucci feel now is the time to retire as owners of Romeo’s Garage and Bodyshop and welcome in a new generation. Since 1970, the couple has been repairing cars for over 50 years and they will tell you it’s not easy […]
Not Ford But Foss: The tale of Canada’s first gas-powered vehicle, the ‘Fossmobile’
Sherbrooke, Quebec — George Foote Foss was the first in Canada to invent his own gasoline-powered automobile in the spring of 1897. He was only 21-years-old and called his masterpiece, the “Fossmobile.” “We grew up listening to my grandfather and father tell stories of the ‘Fossmobile,’ and it was just something my whole family grew-up […]
No Nickel, No Way: U.S. government held talks with Canada Nickel on supplying metal for EV batteries
Toronto, Ontario — Junior miner Canada Nickel Co. Ltd. has held talks with U.S. government officials about potentially supplying nickel for electric car batteries. “It’s become very clear that there are large portions of the periodic table for which the U.S. has no local source of supply,” Canada Nickel chief executive Mark Selby said in […]
