Meguiar’s Donates $600,000 in Product to 676 Schools
Meguiar’s Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of the 3M Company) has come to the aid of 676 secondary and post-secondary collision programs across the country by donating sets of their Unigrit Fine Grade Blending and Finishing Discs through the Collision Repair Education Foundation. The donation, in total equaling a retail value of $600,000, will ease
Registration Open for CREF 2012 Summer Golf Fundraiser in San Antonio
Registration and event sponsorship is now available for the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s (CREF) 11th annual golf fundraiser event taking place the morning of Thursday, July 19, 2012 in San Antonio. Golfers will enjoy a round of golf at the La Cantera Resort’s The Palmer Course, a championship-class, 18-hole golf course created by golf legend
AkzoNobel Opens 2012 Most Influential Women Nominations
Nominations for the 2012 Most Influential Women in the Collision Repair Industry (MIW) awards are now being accepted by AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings Americas.
New Vo-Tech Student Pricing Announced for RDE Program at 2011 SEMA Show
The Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS) announced that new in 2011, students of vocational technical schools who are approved to attend SEMA through the SEMA Show Student Program, as well as their chaperones, will be eligible to attend SCRS’ Repairer Driven Education (RDE) series for a discounted rate of $50 per student for a
I-CAR Reveals Five-Year Plan at Annual Conference
I-CAR characterized 2011 as the "year of opportunity" at its annual conference held July 20 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Attendees of the high-energy affair were greeted by fist-pumping music as soon as they entered the meeting room at 7:30 a.m. I-CAR Chairperson Elise Quadrozzi kicked off the agenda by rehashing some of I-CAR’s recent
Clark Plucinski of True2Form/Boyd Group Elected to CAPA Board of Directors
Collision repairers now hold majority of positions on CAPA Board.
Chief Automotive Technologies Donates Fuzion Rack to Makeover-Winning School
Chief Automotive Technologies has donated a Fuzion frame rack to Bridgerland Applied Technology College (Logan, Utah) in support of the school being selected as the 2010 winner of the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s Ultimate Collision Education Makeover school grant. This donation enables students in the college’s collision repair program to learn on up-to-date equipment using
Martin Senour Upgrades Kentucky School’s Waterborne Equipment
The Martin Senour Company has come to the aid of Eastside Technical Center of Lexington, Ky., with a waterborne equipment donation through the Collision Repair Education Foundation. Eastside Technical Center applied for the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s 2010 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover $50,000 school grant and noted within their application the need for waterborne equipment.
ASE to Offer Support at 2024 SkillsUSA Conference
ASE staffers will be on site at the Skills Conference to prepare and deliver tests during competitions in collision repair, auto maintenance and more.
ASE Releases Chairman’s Message
New ASE Chairman Tom Trisdale says 2024 is a year of action for ASE as the challenges of repairing vehicles and the pressures facing technicians have never been greater.
