Automotive Body Repair News

Automotive Body Repair News:
Automotive Body Repair News is the publication with news, management, product and technical information for owners, managers, shop foremen and collision paint and mechnical technicians in the body shop, collision repair and paint markets.

E-pillar newsletter for Jan. 6, 2009 [01/05/2009]
From the editors of Automotive Body Repair News

I-CAR's Industry Segment Advisory Councils advances industry training [01/05/2009]
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – I-CAR’s Industry Segment Advisory Councils (ISACs), formed last spring to provide I-CAR with feedback and involvement from all segments of the industry beginning with the collision repair and insurance segments, have provided feedback that led to ...

OSHA says 2008 enforcement successful [01/05/2009]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has continued to exceed enforcement goals during Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, and the agency states that its emphasis on identifying and eliminating serious safety and health hazards ...

Driving simulator expands driver safety research [01/05/2009]
DETROIT – Wayne State University, Michigan's only urban public research university, has added a full-size sedan equipped with a state-of-the-art data collection system to study driver performance under hazardous conditions while in a safe environment to collect data in a virtual ...

Fox Collision owner files for personal bankruptcy [01/05/2009]
The former owner of Fox Collision Center and his wife — Todd and Jody Fox — filed for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wichita, Kan., on Dec. 15.

PPG plans MVP conference for repairers [01/05/2009]
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — PPG’s MVP Business Solutions team will host a conference for collision center owners and managers March 9 to 11, 2009, at the Hilton Resort at Squaw Peak in Phoenix. Management training, peer exchange and expert speakers will aim to help shop owners ...

E-pillar newsletter for Dec. 30, 2008 [12/30/2008]
From the editors of Automotive Body Repair News

CARSTAR photo contests benefits Cystic Fibrosis [12/28/2008]
CARSTAR Collision Repair Centres, with more than 130 locations across Canada, have supported CCFF for the past nine years and have raised more than $1.6 million to help fund research and treatment in the fight against cystic fibrosis.

Kadel's earns good will with veterans [12/28/2008]
Kadel’s Auto Body earned some good will throughout Beaverton, Ore., especially with veterans and their families, by painting a 3,500-pound World War II era torpedo that’s now on display in a local park.

DEG surpasses 1,000 inquiries [12/23/2008]
SMYRNA, Del. – The Database Enhancement Gateway (DEG) announced that, as projected in a release in June 2008, it has processed more than 1,000 inquiries, a milestone for the breakout initiative that comes before the close of its first full year of operation.