Body Repair
Advanced Materials: Planning for Your Body Shop’s Future
No matter where your collision repair facility is located, advanced materials like composites, high-strength steel and aluminum are in your...
No matter where your collision repair facility is located, advanced materials like composites, high-strength steel and aluminum are in your...
This episode features BodyShop Business Editor Jason Stahl explaining how controlling the heat on today's heat-sensitive advanced metals is critical.
We’ve come a long way from the mild-steel vehicles of the past. Technology is taking the collision industry in directions...
Nissan is debuting a new 980-MPa high-formability steel on the 2019 Infiniti QX50, which brings the total to 27 percent of...
The Odyssey is comprised of 58 percent high-strength steel, leading to high rigidity and a lightweight body, according to Honda.
Visitors to the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit will be able to learn more about the 2019...
“Throughout the vehicle body, the intelligent use of lightweight materials delivers the optimum balance of stiffness, strength and weight,” Jaguar...
Honda said the Accord’s body is lighter and more rigid, and features 29 percent ultra-high-strength steel – the highest content...
Ford began using aluminum and high-strength steel on the redesigned 2015 F-150, which helped save up to 700 pounds of...
The project, which achieved a 30 percent weight savings, demonstrated that thin-gauge advanced high-strength steel can be successfully hemmed into...
