Fix Auto launches network in China at Automechanika Shanghai
Shanghai, China — December 1, 2016 — Fix Auto World has officially launched a repair network in China. This marks the eighth country in which Fix Auto now operates. The initial network will consist of 78 collision repair facilities. Fix Auto was founded in Canada in 1992. The network expanded to the US in 2004 […]
Global View: Inside China’s collision repair industry
By Barett Poley Peterborough, Ontario — November 24, 2016 — The International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS) draws together key influencers and thought leaders from across the globe to discuss the trends and factors impacting the collision repair industry both at home and abroad. Collision Repair magazine is the exclusive Canadian Media Partner for IBIS. We […]
Friday Fun: Rich kids from China buying high-end cars in Vancouver, license plate readers and experts say AVs are ‘decades away’
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 14, 2016 — It’s time for another edition of Friday Fun! This week: Hyper-rich kids of the Chinese Communist Party elite super heat the Vancouver high-end car market, license plate readers create private plate databases and all the reasons AVs may be decades away from getting on the […]
BASF’s future: Timothy Dawe on what’s next and his newly created role
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — December 9, 2015 — Collision Repair magazine recently reported Timothy P. Dawe has been appointed the new North American Sales Director for BASF Automotive Refinish. Dawe recently took a few minutes out to speak to us about his new role. Dawe comes to his new position with more than […]
Solera rolls-out announcements in wake of sale
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — November 6, 2015 — This past August major industry software manufacturer Solera was taken over by private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Since then brokerages have downgraded the stock. Presumably, investor interest in the stock has faded a bit now that the sale is out of the way. Activist investors […]
Axalta buffs up China strategy
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 6, 2015 — Axalta Coating Systems announced recently that Steve Markevich has been promoted to Executive Vice President. In this new role Markevich will continue as President of the company’s transportation coatings business, but he will also be responsible for Axalta’s operations in China. This is interesting. The […]
Chief Automotive hosts aluminum welding demo in historic Indiana
By Jeff Sanford Madison, Indiana — October 1, 2015 — In the 19th century the Ohio river dividing Indiana and Kentucky was the interstate of its day. Steam boats tended the factories along the river. Towns like historic Madison, nestled in the Ohio River valley, were populated with factories tended by the boats that were […]
Low oil prices fuel driving boom—will the good times continue?
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — September 7, 2015 — The low price of oil has fallen this summer to a multi-year low of just $40 a barrel. The low price of crude has taken the price of gasoline to the lowest price its been in many years. No wonder the auto industry as a […]
Friday Fun Reads: Asphalt covered cars, why not to put your feet on the dash and much, much more
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 13, 2015 — The weekend is almost here. How about some fun, light reads for the end of the week? The following are items, notes and bits from the week that was in the collision repair industry. – Collision repair centre employees looking for some online entertainment in […]
Will surging demand from China drive up the price of aluminum?
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — August 11, 2015 — A new report suggests that the current boom in the Chinese auto sector will see much more aluminum used in that country over the years to come. The report, “Global and Chinese Aluminum Alloy Automotive Sheet Industry Report, 2014-2017” claims that China’s growth in the […]
