What Collision Repairers Have Learned from 2017
Let’s hope the new year gives us a new perspective on the way we’re doing repairs.
John Eagle Collision Dallas Lawsuit: Can You Afford $42 Million?
Can your shop afford a $42 million award because you let insurers interfere with your repair judgment?
Oklahoma Collision Repairer Wins Spanesi Q5.2 Welder from SCRS at 2017 SEMA Show
Through a raffle at the SCRS booth, Billie Estes of Estes Collision & Towing LLC in Miami, Okla., won a Spanesi Q5.2 welder, a synergic welding machine that features aluminum, silicon bronze and steel torches, along with the accompanying wire.
Collision Industry Conference: Are You Following OEM Procedures?
The $42 million verdict in the John Eagle Collision Center negligence lawsuit has seized the industry’s attention. The question is: Are shops implementing the lessons learned from the case?
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.
Society of Collision Repair Specialists to Give Away Spanesi Welder at SEMA Show
At noon on Friday, Nov. 3, SCRS will hold a drawing for a show attendee to win a Spanesi Q5.2 Synergic Inverter MIG/MAG welding package, valued at more than $8,500.
Should Collision Repairers Pursue OE Certification?
We believe OEM certification will become the standard in just a few short years, and only those who are making the investment and effort today will be prepared to accept the liabilities that are now beginning to be recognized and will surely grow in the future.
Chief to Donate Welding and Measuring Equipment to Caliber Collision’s Changing Lanes Program
Chief will donate a MultiMig 522 MIG/MAG welder, MI200T spot welder, LaserLock LiveMapping system and two MultiMig 190 welders to Changing Lanes, which provides active-duty service members with training and employment opportunities in the collision repair industry.
Chief Unveils Redesigned Aluminum Repair Station
The station’s all-new cabinet is taller and slimmer, with improved equipment accessibility and five drawers to neatly store contamination-sensitive tools.
SCRS Welding Video Emphasizes Technician Safety
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists unveiled the video at its July 24 open Board of Directors meeting in Chicago.
