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Custom paint shop achieves success

November 1, 2009

In the automotive service market, custom paint shops are in the unique and enviable position of having customers that are almost always happy to see them. It's rare that anyone willingly goes to a collision repair shop; your customers are there because they just wrecked their cars. At a custom shop, the customer is there because he loves his car.

Source: Motor Age

Ohio Technical College goes old school with restoration class

October 22, 2009

Ohio Technical College is starting a new program for any techs who have a passion for restoration. OTC offers a 72-week, all-inclusive Classic Car Restoration program combining the historical significance and time-honored methods of classic car restoration with modern technology used in automotive and auto body technician training.

Source: Automotive Body Repair News

I-CAR schedules new classes at NACE

October 9, 2009

The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) will premiere two new classes at NACE 2009. Damage Analysis of Advanced Automotive Systems (DAM07) will focus on damage analysis for advanced safety and convenience systems, and the training program Collision Repair for General Motors Vehicles (GEN03) will cover vehicle-specific procedures for General Motors vehicles.

Source: Automotive Body Repair News

AkzoNobel, ABRN offer free process centered environment webinar

October 8, 2009

Registration is underway for the first industry webinar on process centered environments (PCE). PCE is a new approach to developing sustainable profitability specifically within a collision repair center process.

Source: Automotive Body Repair News

ALLDATA donates to I-CAR Education Foundation

October 5, 2009

ALLDATA made a donation to the Collision Repair Education Campaign through the I-CAR Education Foundation. The funds, which total more than $7,400, will go to grants and scholarships to be distributed to schools across North America. ALLDATA contributes a portion of each ALLDATA Collision sale from facilities that have achieved the I-CAR Gold Class designation to the I-CAR Education Foundation.

Source: Automotive Body Repair News

Simple solutions can deter catalytic converter thieves

October 1, 2009

Take these steps to deter catalytic converter thefts.

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