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Polyvance Announces I-CAR Industry Training Alliance Approval of PR-02 Plastic Repair and Refinishing Course

This two-day training class is the industry’s most comprehensive course for beginner and experienced technicians alike, providing hands-on experience in all of the essential skills required for bumper, headlight and underhood plastic repair.

Polyvance Releases New Instructional Video

Video shows how to fix tab flanges that break off from a bumper cover, particularly on 2011-2013 Hyundai Sonatas, with an airless plastic welder.

Polyvance Releases Fifth-Generation Nitrogen Plastic Welder

The 6085-C Nitro Fuzer Nitrogen Welding System incorporates all of the advances of the previous generation, including the automatic air-nitrogen switch, low-pressure safety switch and analog flow meter, and adds to these features a more precise digital temperature control system.

Technical: The Evolution of Plastic Repair

More and more damaged plastic parts are being saved from the scrap heap by new technology.

Editor’s Notes 2.0: Bumpin’ Along

Not even a blizzard could keep us from fixing the plastic bumper cover of my son’s 2005 Pontiac Grand Am GT Coupe…and I think he might have found his calling.

Urethane Supply Company Announces Name Change to Polyvance

The change in name reflects the progression that has occurred in automotive plastics since the company’s inception.

Get Continuous Flow of Nitrogen With New 6066 Nitrocell

The new 6066 Nitrocell extracts nitrogen from the shop’s compressed air supply continuously, so there will be no more problems with empty nitrogen bottles.

Urethane Supply Company Releases Cordless Rechargeable Plastic Stapler

The Hot Spot stapler includes a wide variety of specialty staples, allowing the user to strengthen virtually any type of thermoplastic repair, from inside and outside corners to narrow mounting tabs.

Urethane Supply Unveils New Bumpersmith 2.0

Bumpersmith 2.0 offers a nitrogen plastic welding system combined with a fold-out bumper workstation, allowing the tech to hold the bumper in almost any position for easy repair work.

Professional Collision Equipment to Distribute Urethane Supply Nitrogen Plastic Welders in New Mexico and West Texas

Professional Collision Equipment is a new Chief Automotive distributor based in Abilene, Texas, owned by Guadalupe Hererra.

Urethane Supply Company Hires West Coast Sales Rep

Jose Heded will represent the company in California, Arizona and Nevada, and will be able to provide training based on Urethane Supply’s I-CAR Industry Training Alliance course across his territory.

Urethane Supply Company Appoints New Sales Representative for the Northeast

Michael Koren, who has more than 35 years of experience in the collision repair industry, will represent the company in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.