Symach Installs FixStation Equipment at Mervyn’s The Body Shop in British Columbia
The FixLine system consists of a layout and repair process that combines Symach’s Drytronic technology, specialized robots and the Symach Paint Application Process (SPAP) painting cycle.
Axalta Wins Market Leadership Award for Global Refinish Products
Axalta Coating Systems received the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Market Leadership Award for the automotive refinish coatings industry, which recognized the company’s refinish brands Cromax, Spies Hecker and Standox as best-in-class globally.
Plymouth Rock Assurance Launches Safe-Driving Rewards Program
Using the Road Rewards app, powered by Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Plymouth Rock auto insurance customers can earn points for their safe driving.
3M Automotive Aftermarket Division Keeps NASCAR Teams in Fast Lane
It’s said that an individual is never more than 10 feet away from a 3M product. In the NASCAR garage, it can be said that a crewmember or driver likely is in constant contact with a 3M product.
We Congratulate Executives of the Year Announced at SEMA Show
Please join me in congratulating Rick Cope and Stephen Kendrick Jr., the 2017 BodyShop Business Executives of the Year.
SEMA Announces New Product Award Winners
The awards are given to the most innovative and cutting-edge automotive aftermarket products that will be consumable in 2018.
I-CAR Adds Courses on Plastic Repair, Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding
Further acting on the positive industry response to I-CAR’s Hands-On Skills Development curriculum launch in 2016, Plastic Repair and Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding join the previously introduced Rivet Bonding and MIG Brazing courses.
National AutoBody Research to Discuss Variable Rate System at Houston Auto Body Association Meeting
NABR will show how the Variable Rate System can help body shops better understand competitive market labor rates, find the right rate for their shop, determine market rates for repairing various vehicle brands, and search for and discover not-included operations paid locally and across the country.
Houston Auto Body Association to Host Presentation on Variable Rate System
On Oct. 12, the Houston Auto Body Association will host a presentation by Richard and Sam Valenzuela from National Auto Body Research on the Variable Rate System.
Attorney Handling $1 Million Dallas Body Shop Lawsuit Among Scheduled Panelists for SCRS Summit at SEMA
Attorney Todd Tracy, who is representing the couple suing John Eagle Collision Center in Dallas, is one of the panelists scheduled to take part in the Society of Collision Repair Specialists’ (SCRS) OEM Collision Repair Technology Summit at the 2017 SEMA Show.
