Sherwin-Williams’ A-Plus Network Program Adds New Benefits
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) A-Plus Network – the brand’s value-added program providing comprehensive business solutions to help improve customer service, employee growth, insurance relationships, process refinement, productivity and profitability – now has several new benefits available, SWAFC announced. Recently, three additions were made to the program, including Fleet Response as a new business resource,
Conference Scholarships Offered by Women’s Industry Network
In keeping with its mission to support and encourage women in the industry, full-time students and collision shop employees are encouraged to apply for scholarships to attend the 2009 Women’s Industry Network (WIN) Conference held in Dallas, Texas, March 22-24. Student scholarships include conference registration, one-year membership to WIN, two nights’ hotel expense (based on
Repairers Say Detroit Three’s Troubles Could Affect Parts Pricing, Availability
With record losses, restructuring in progress, government bailouts and hundreds of dealerships closing across the United States, the Detroit Three automakers – Ford, Chrysler and GM – are far from in the black these days, and it’s having a trickle-down effect on everyone connected to them, including collision repairers. Repairers Jeanne Silver and Neal Cummings
COVER STORY: The New DRP
Without significant changes to current direct-repair programs, all parties involved are stuck with a system that has become a fertile garden for corruption, abuse, extortion and inefficiency.
I-CAR Says Online Registration is Gaining in Popularity
Since implementation in November, I-CAR says it has seen an upward trend in use of its online registration system, with a nearly 100-percent increase over the last four weeks. “The growth in the acceptance of the online registration system suggests that training managers are becoming acclimated to the new technology and are finding online registration
OSHA Issues Final Rule on Personal Protective Equipment
The final rule on Clarification of Employers’ Duty to Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Train Each Employee was published Dec. 15. The rule revises OSHA standards to clarify that for employers to be in compliance, they must provide personal protective equipment (PPE), such as respirators, and hazards training for each employee covered by the standards.
PPG Spring Confernece to Address Critical Industry Challenges
PPG’s MVP Business Solutions team will host a conference for collision center owners and managers from across North America, March 9-11 at the Hilton Resort at Squaw Peak in Phoenix, Ariz. PPG says the conference’s combination of management training, peer exchange and expert speakers will help shop owners improve shop performance and competitiveness despite the
Fox Collision Owner Files for Personal Bankruptcy
Former Fox Collision Center owner Todd Fox and his wife Jody Fox filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy – the sale of the debtors’ exempt property to repay creditors – in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wichita, Kan., on Dec. 15. The couple listed $9,960 in assets and almost $20 million in liabilities, the Wichita Eagle reported.
OSHA Issues Final Rule on Personal Protective Equipment
The final rule on Clarification of Employers’ Duty to Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Train Each Employee was published Dec. 15. The rule revises OSHA standards to clarify that for employers to be in compliance, they must provide personal protective equipment (PPE), such as respirators, and hazards training for each employee covered by the standards.
Expansion Shuts Down One Shop, Keeps Another Going During Recession
Tulsa, Okla., collision repair facility Trinity Restoration closed its south Tulsa store due to the recession and over-expansion, according to owner David Miller. Trinity will keep its restoration shop open but will close its collision and mechanical operations along with an Orange County Choppers dealership. The $4 million, 25,000-square-foot south Tulsa shop, which opened in