BRITISH COLUMBIA | REGIONAL NEWS
DON’T CRY OVER SPILLED PAINT Allison Cockburn, a resident of the City of Richmond, took the city to court after claiming that they had acted in negligence for failing to notify of a paint spill. After driving through a paint spill, Cockburn sought $400 in the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal hearing, which was the estimated […]
WHERE SPRAY GUNS ARE BORN
Inside SATA’s German headquarters The Collision Repair magazine team was recently invited to Germany to visit SATA’s headquarters, where we received an exclusive tour of the global leader in spray gun technology’s impressive facilities. Joern Stoever, interim general manager of SATA Canada, served as gracious host, and even showed the team the recently released SATAjet […]
SIMPLIFIERS IN NIAGARA FALLS
Simplicity Car Care’s second Growth Conference deemed climate positive Story, photos by ALLISON ROGERS Simplicity Car Care recently hosted its second annual Growth Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where the franchise network cinched a “climate positive” event certification for the second time. The process of becoming climate positive certified means the Simplicity team had to […]
GOOD TIMES IN THE ’TOON
Story, photos by ALLISON ROGERS Another Fall Conference from the Saskatchewan Association of Automotive Repairers (SAAR) has come and gone– and this sure was one for the books. More than 150 industry members hit the Dakota Dunes Golf Course on day one of the event, while a delicious steak supper topped off the evening before […]
ADAPTING ANCASTER
Joe Saputo continues the family legacy with his own twist Sam Saputo first learned to repair vehicles in a 40,000 sq. ft. bodyshop in Germany. Upon moving to Canada, the Sicilian- born body repairer was recognized as one of the more skilled employees at Ontario Auto Collision, which was run by Sam Mercanti, the eventual […]
REGIONAL NEWS | ALBERTA
CRASH IT CRUSHES CHARITY GOAL Emile Fremont, one of the organizers behind Alberta’s annual Crash It golf tournament, thanks all participants, sponsors, and fellow committee members for another successful event. This year’s charity event, held August 24 at the Blue Devil Golf Club in Calgary, Alberta, raised over $12,000 for Goal on Sight, a charity […]
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
PRECISE PAINTING Axalta has announced a new venture with an inkjet manufacturer, in which the coatings company plans to provide a “next-generation sustainable digital paint technology for the transportation industry.” More specifically, this planned technology could contribute up to a 30 percent reduction in CO2 emissions for two-toned vehicle manufacturers, according to Axalta. Digital paint, […]
INSURANCE NEWS
ONTARIO LAWYER GROUP CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO AVIVA INSURANCE’S CONDUCT The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) issued a press release early August regarding the “troubling revelation” that Aviva Insurance hired Thérèse Reilly, a government insurance adjudicator, while she was employed with the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT). Reilly had been involved in a number of case […]
BUSINESS NEWS
POLYGLOT PLATFORM Arslan Automotive is currently finalizing the Korean translation of its Accuvision 3D measuring system and its associated software, company owner Arman Gurarslan told Collision Repair. Gurarslan hosted a team of Korean automotive professionals at Performance Collision Brampton, managed by Gary Dunn, in mid-August. The Korean team had the chance to receive training on […]
OEM NEWS
TOYOTA TOPS TESLA Overall customer satisfaction has grown among American car buyers, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The ACSI Study—highlighting the overall satisfaction based on interviews with 8,941 customers, chosen at random between July 2022 and June 2023—noted that overall customer satisfaction with the automobile industry has improved following last year’s decline […]
