Sharpe Unveils Custom Motorcycle
Sharpe unveiled its newly finished Razor Motorcycle, part of the company’s Razor Gun Custom Bike Sweepstakes, at NACE with the bike’s designer and painter, Justin Barnes of JB Grafix. The bike is worth an estimated $25,000, Sharpe says. Barnes is one of the most well-known and innovative painters in the United States. He has painted
RDF Introduces ‘Green’ Paperless Transaction Process
RDF Enterprises LLC introduced “Xpress Checkout” at NACE 2008, which enables collision centers and other businesses to go “green” and paperless. Companies can send documents, repair authorizations, credit card authorizations and warranty information through a safe and secure encrypted e-mail. They can also secure electronic signatures and speed up the delivery process. “Xpress Checkout” provides
CAR-O-LINER Enters Operating Agreement with DCR Systems
CAR-O-LINER Company and Mentor, Ohio-based DCR Systems, which offers turnkey collision repair facility operations to dealerships, signed a long-term global business partner operating agreement during NACE 2008. Under this agreement, CAR-O-LINER Company, with its 26 distributor locations in North America, will work closely with DCR Systems by supplying and installing CAR-O-LINER collision repair systems in
Top Female Skills USA Competitor Honored by Women’s Industry Network
In keeping with its mission to support and encourage women who are entering the industry, particularly those in the technical ranks, the Women’s Industry Network (WIN) honored Rachel Fonseca of New Bedford, Mass., with the organization’s second annual NACE educational scholarship. Fonseca finished in second place in the secondary collision competition at the SkillsUSA National
2008 VeriFacts ACE Award Winners Honored
The winners of VeriFacts Automotive’s ACE Awards (Achievement in Collision Repair Excellence) were honored at the 2008 Collision Industry Achievement Awards Luncheon held in conjunction with NACE. The VeriFacts March Taylor Technician ACE Award was presented to Gus Marquez of Caliber Collision Center in Fresno, Calif. “Gus is the go-to guy in his shop and
Chrysler Corporation Recognized For Customer Service by VeriFacts
VeriFacts Automotive recognized the Chrysler Corporation with its ACE “Commitment to Consumers” Award at NACE in Las Vegas. The award recognizes manufacturers and other companies in the collision repair industry that provide services and share product information with consumers free of charge. Chrysler Corporation has made its repair guidelines available to the collision repair industry
ASA and ASE Honor Collision and Mechanical Technicians of the Year
Michael Loy, owner of Mike Loy’s Collision Inc. in Lewisburg, Ohio, has been named the Automotive Service Association (ASA)/National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Collision Technician of the Year. The award recognizes the ASA Collision Division member who received the highest score on the 2008 ASE master collision repair/refinish certification test. “I feel honored
I-CAR Education Foundation Names Instructor of the Year
The I-CAR Education Foundation named Fred Steeves, a collision repair instructor from Oxford Hills Technical School in South Paris, Maine, its 2008 Instructor of the Year. Steeves received an expense-paid trip to NACE, where he was honored with a plaque during the Education Instructor Feedback session. Steeves worked in the collision industry for 23 years
QPC Says Growing Number of OEM Crash Part Design Patents Could Threaten Industry
The Quality Parts Coalition (QPC) says that repairers it talked to at the recent International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE) expressed their concern that a car company “monopoly” in the collision repair parts market could harm the future vitality of the industry, especially in light of recent economic turmoil. “Consumers are doing all they can
I-CAR Instructor Stresses Importance of Welding Tests at CIC
I-CAR Program Instructor Toby Chess demonstratively emphasized the importance of having all technicians complete an I-CAR welding qualification test during a recent Collision Industry Conference meeting at NACE in Las Vegas. Chess passed around samples of welds that most people said looked fine, but that he was easily able to break apart with his bare