AIAC to Manage I-CAR Training in Canada
I-CAR and the Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) have announced that the management of the delivery of I-CAR products and services in Canada will be undertaken by AIAC via a licensing agreement. The target date for the transition is May 1, 2010. Until the transition of activities is completed, I-CAR will continue to provide
PBE Jobbers from Across the U.S. Share Strategies in ’20 Groups’
With one PBE Jobber 20 Group formed, another on the way and a third on the horizon, Square One Systems (SOS) continues to provide the collision repair industry with information-sharing opportunities. These PBE Jobber 20 Groups allow companies in the industry with similar business models to share information on how to improve their businesses. By
VISION to Hold Inaugural Collision Industry Day
VISION HiTech Training & Expo will hold its Inaugural Collision Industry Day on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Overland Park Convention Center in Kansas City, Mo. The day is part of a larger expo running March 4-7 and billed as "four days of hard-hitting, pulse-pounding automotive service training." VISION says the Collision Industry Day is
Martin Senour Offering Lean, Waterborne Training in Coming Months
The Martin Senour Company has announced that it will offer more than 20 classes designed to provide hands-on lean and waterborne training, painter certification, estimating and other topics to automotive collision management and painting professionals in the first quarter of 2010. Training sessions include an emphasis on sustainable practice offerings, both business and technical, to
Sherwin-Williams Training to Cover Business Building, Productivity and Lean Practices, Painting Techniques
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will offer more than two-dozen classes and training sessions designed to help automotive collision professionals in the first quarter of 2010. The upcoming business-building and production-excellence courses are being provided through classroom, Web and hands-on settings at numerous Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers located in metropolitan areas across the United States and
Kentucky Shop Owner Who Dropped State Farm Says Business Just Fine
It has been seven months since Kentucky shop owner Rusty Barrett sent a collective gasp across the collision repair industry by dropping his State Farm DRP after a disagreement over a supplement, and he claims that despite most repairers’ predictions that he would die a sudden death, business is going great. “It saddens me to
Independent Glass Association to Naming ‘Steer of the Month’
Beginning in January, the Independent Glass Association (IGA) says it will select what it considers the worst steering incident from the incident reports being tabulated in its anti-steering database introduced earlier this year. An incident report form is currently being used by IGA members to catalog any issues of customer intimidation, misinformation and steering. All
ASA President Responds to Critics of NACE Move
After the Automotive Service Association (ASA) announced last week that it was moving Automotive Service & Repair Week (which includes NACE, CARS and Auto Glass Week) to Oct. 11-13 in 2010, industry people posted a flurry of mostly negative comments on www.bodyshopbusiness.com. Some of the comments included: “We’ve been a NACE exhibitor since the beginning.
Allstate Fined for Interfering with Repair Process in Rhode Island
Allstate Insurance Company recently was found guilty of interfering with a claimant’s choice of repair shop by the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR) and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. In a complaint filed by Providence Auto Body on behalf of a claimant who was in an accident with an Allstate-insured driver, the
NACE, CARS Moving to October in 2010
Hanley Wood Exhibitions announced that the 2010 Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW) events, including NACE and CARS, will take place Oct. 11-13 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, meaning the events will no longer be held during Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week (AAIW). Instead, ASRW will be a stand-alone event specifically created