Mobile Supply and Inventory System
The new Innovative Material Cart is a mobile supply and inventory system that makes needed parts and materials visible and close at hand for use by painters, bodymen and detailers. It keeps techs on the job, controls costs and waste, and enhances productivity, process control and profits. Space-saving and rugged, the competitively priced cart offers
Michigan Paint Mixing Equipment Manufacturer Celebrates 70th Anniversary
As Dedoes Industries of Walled Lake, Mich., celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, owner Nancy Dedoes Amberger recalls how the company she owns came to be the only manufacturer of paint mixing equipment for the automotive and industrial refinish industries in the United States. “When my grandfather heard of Henry Ford and his success, he
AASP Announces 2010 Industry Improvement Grant Recipients
At its Nov. 3 meeting, the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) Board of Directors selected the first recipients of its new Industry Improvement Grant program. The program, established earlier this year, funds initiatives that demonstrate innovative and collaborative projects and programs that address unmet needs within the mechanical and collision repair industries. The first
AkzoNobel Car Refinishes Rolls Out Mobile Color Retrieval Tool
AkzoNobel Car Refinishes has gone mobile and brought the convenience of its Sikkens Mixit Online color retrieval system to mobile phones. Sikkens Mixit Online can now be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week from any mobile phone that connects to the Internet and is available free to AkzoNobel Car Refinishes customers. With
PPG Launches MVP Accelerated Sales/Marketing Systems Workshop
Two-day workshop includes a range of topics covering four primary market segments: the consumer, insurance DRP, insurance agent and non-traditional media.
Registration Now Open for BodyShop Business Conference
Registration is now officially open for the 2010 BodyShop Business Conference to be held Sept. 17-18 in Indianapolis at the Hilton Hotel & Suites downtown. The theme of the conference is “Succeeding Through Change.” There will be two panel discussions, one on lean manufacturing processes and the other on protecting your shop’s private data. There
Boosting Business with PDR
You say you’re too busy to learn paintless dent repair or don’t have the patience to mess with a dent for hours. But an increasing number of you are finding that using PDR tools to get the metal not necessarily
perfect but up ‘close’ helps reduce the size of the repair, saving time and material costs.
Come to Our Conference!
"Maybe next time you can offer more food!” That comment from one of the attendees of our Waterborne Conference last year still cracks me up. Anyone who was there understands that comment was made in jest. I admit, we did go overboard on the food, but it did reveal to me one of the secrets
SHOP SPOTLIGHT: Shop’s Business Grows Despite Down Economy
Kumler Collision & Automotive owner Dean DeRolph says satisfied employees lead to satisfied customers.
Alliance of Automotive Service Providers Selects Summit’s Digital Marketing Platform as Member Benefit
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers (AASP) and Summit Mobile Solutions announced today that Help I Crashed My Car – the collision industry’s customer service, sales, marketing, advertising, communication and digital marketing platform – is now available to all AASP affiliates and members as a special member benefit. According to Summit, Help I Crashed My