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Rocket Racing Wheels Offers Thread-On Vintage Style Knockoff
[05/17/2012]
From the very early days of vintage motorsports, the competition quickly determined that many races were won and lost by the efficiency of their pit stops. Early adopters of the thread-on, spindle mou...
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Mitchell Launches Medical Price Index
[05/16/2012]
Mitchell, a provider of technology, connectivity and information solutions to the Property & Casualty claims and Collision Repair industries, has introduced a unique data source to track medical c...
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Collision Repair Manufacturers Take Over More Exhibit Space at 2012 SEMA
[05/16/2012]
After debuting at last year’s SEMA Show, the Collision Repair & Refinish section will return to provide buyers with a dedicated area on the Show floor where they can quickly and easily meet ...
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Leading Edge receives BASF Automotive Refinish Distributor of the Year award
[05/15/2012]
U.S. NEWS: BASF Automotive Refinish presented its Distributor of the Year Award to Leading Edge Auto Refinishers, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., at its annual ColorSource Conference on April 19 in La Jolla, Ca...
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AkzoNobel Announces the 2012 Most Influential Women in the Collision Repair Industry Award
[05/14/2012]
AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings Americas (A&AC) recently announced the recipients of the 2012 Most Influential Women in the Collision Repair Industry (MIW) award. The awards program,...
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Boyd Group Results Highlighted by Acquisitions
[05/11/2012]
Winnipeg-based collision repair chain operators Boyd Group Income Fund reported its financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012.
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427 Auto Collision Receives Toyota Certification
[05/10/2012]
427 Auto Collision has announced that it has received its Toyota collision centre certification.
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Maaco Hosts Pre-Apprentices for Training Session
[05/09/2012]
Maaco Canada hosted an eager group of pre-apprentices at its Milton, Ont., offices in an effort to expose them to the realities of the collision repair industry.
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Day Two at Women's Industry Network Conference Jump Started With Scholarship Fundraiser
[05/09/2012]
Day two at the Women's Industry Network (WIN) conference started off with the Annual Scholarship Walk Presented by Fix Auto where more than 100 women laced up their sneakers and trekked through Atlant...
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AkzoNobel Reveals 2012 FIT Sustainability Award Honourees
[05/08/2012]
AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings Americas (A&AC) announced that three U.S. companies have been selected as winners of the third annual FIT Sustainability Award.
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CARSTAR Hosts Paintless Dent Repair training sessions at CARSTAR Vision Park
[05/08/2012]
On April 24 and 25, 2012, over 50 of CARSTAR insurance partners attended a paintless dent repair estimating and techniques training seminar at CARSTAR’s corporate head office and training facili...
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Official Housing Block Open for ASRW Participants
[05/07/2012]
Housing is open for attendees and exhibitors planning to participate in Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW) 2012.
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Formula One Collision Awarded Bodyshop of the Year 2012
[05/04/2012]
It is with great pleasure that we, the staff at Bodyshop magazine, announce Formula One Collision, in Windsor, Ont., as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Bodyshop of the Year Award.
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AIA Holds Committee Council Day & 70th Annual General Meeting
[05/03/2012]
The Automotive Industries Association (AIA) held its annual Committee & Council Day on April 26th, 2012.
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Invisible Heat = Faster and Safer
[05/03/2012]
The Inductor Mini-Ductor II, an award-winning tech tool, is a powerful 1,000 watt hand-held induction power inverter. The Invisible Heat technology is faster and safer than a torch, yet instantly heat...
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Fillers Made Easy
[05/01/2012]
Evercoat’s new Quantum 1 body filler will soon be available in Canada. With super fast, fast and slow formulas, these new all-in-one products dispense the right mix of hardener in easy to apply ...
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LKQ Corp. Posts Record First Quarter Results
[04/29/2012]
LKQ Corporation recently reported a record revenue for the first quarter of 2012 of $1.03 billion, an increase of 31 per cent, compared to $786.6 million in the first quarter of 2011. Net income for t...
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Free Hands-on Weld Training Expos
[04/29/2012]
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. will be hosting free weld training expo events from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at various training centres in the U.S.
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Standox PIE Member Conference Offers Insight into Key Industry Trends
[04/25/2012]
Standox recently hosted its 2012 Partnership In Excellence (PIE) member conference in Maui, HI, for collision centre PIE members from Canada and the U.S.
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Assured Automotive Opens a New Location
[04/23/2012]
Assured Automotive is pleased to announce the opening of their newest location in Woodbridge, Ont. – Assured Vaughan Collision.
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Miller's Job Weld Done Giveaway
[04/20/2012]
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. recently launched its Job Weld Done Giveaway, offering customers a chance to win premium Miller product every month for nine months beginning April 15, 2012.
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AkzoNobel 2012 Independent Distributor Conference to Honour a History of Excellence
[04/20/2012]
AkzoNobel Automotive & Aerospace Coatings Americas (A&AC) is putting the final touches on its upcoming 2012 North American Independent Distributor Conference to be held April 24-26, at the Boc...
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Do you know a bodyshop worthy of the Bodyshop of the Year Award?
[04/20/2012]
Bodyshop Magazine's Bodyshop of the Year Award recognizes the best in the Canadian collision repair industry for the role they play in ensuring excellent repair and in being an important part of the c...
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