Estimating Plastic Repair with Polyvance
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — October 23, 2018 — Polyvance has another addition of its online plastic repair course, estimating plastic repair, which helps students indentify when a plastic bumper should be repaired or replaced. This course is developed in partnership with accountable estimating, an online, self-paced course designed to educate collision damage estimators […]
Automotive events in jeopardy at Skills N.S. competition
By Cindy Macdonald Toronto, Ontario — October 22, 2018 — Low enrollment is threatening the auto collision repair and car painting events at the 2019 Nova Scotia Skills Competition. Organizers say these two events have experienced low enrollment in the past and are at risk of cancellation. The local automotive industry is requested to pre-register for collision […]
CARSTAR hosts pre-apprenticeship graduation
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — October 17, 2018 — Over the past few years, CARSTAR has sought to increase young people’s interest in the collision repair industry by raising awareness about the many varied opportunities available within it. It was with this commitment in mind that CARSTAR North America’s Hamilton headquarters hosted Mohawk College’s […]
BETAG Training seminar: reserve your spot!
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — October 11, 2018 — Flatline Collision Repair and Technology Specialists are hosting a four-day training seminar from October 15-18 in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Co-hosted by BETAG Innovation, the course will focus on a number of different ways bodyshops can improve efficiency, accountability, and fluidity between departments in order to […]
Saskatchewan Polytech first to be CCC certified school
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario –October 9, 2018 –– Saskatchewan Polytech is the first and only post-secondary institution recognized as a Certified Collision Care Provider in North America. Saskatchewan Polytech’s autobody technician programs are market leaders who train students to repair vehicles to auto manufacturer specifications. It serves 28,000 distinct students through applied learning opportunities at […]
AkzoNobel announces new college support program
Toronto, Ontario — September 20, 2018 — AkzoNobel will now be offering a Technical College Support Program to help prepare and develop a new generation of collision repairers. The training program will allow schools to assist students in gaining knowledge and understanding of paint-related skills and techniques, as well as helping students maximize quality and productivity, […]
PPG announces training schedule
Toronto, Ontario — September 19, 2018 — The fourth quarter for this year’s PPG training schedule has been announced. The classes offered cover a wide variety of subjects and are designed to ensure that PPG paint technicians stay up-to-date with their refinish certification and knowledge of PPG products, processes and technological advances. PPG collision refinish […]
CNC expands it’s heavy mechanical trades facility
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – September 18, 2018 – The College of New Caledonia’s (CNC) new facility for heavy mechanical trade students in British Columbia is going to give students the practical skills, they claim employers in the North need in a new, modern heavy mechanical trades facility. The new 2,352 square-metre (25,317 square-foot) […]
Printing Power: Additive manufacturing may be the future of the auto repair industry
By Josh White Peterborough, Ontario — July 27, 2017 — Imagine this scenario: a car rolls into the shop with a seemingly simple problem, such as a single broken bracket on a wiring harness. Laying hands on this bracket, however, proves to be very difficult. It turns out it is only available as a part […]
Ford Shatters Windshields, expectations, in next Gen Fiesta ST reveal commercial
By Barett Poley-February 24, 2017 Ford’s resident collision experts will have their work cut out for them after the reveal trailer of the next generation Ford Fiesta ST, which featured everything from female World Rally Championship driver Toni Kelly drifting around a photography room and dodging traffic in the slick new Ford, to fearless BMX […]
