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January 29, 2008
           

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Cow Tripping: Two men from Malaysia made off with a cow by putting her into the back seat of their mid-sized sedan. Villagers gave chase, the driver panicked and crashed into a tree. It's still unknown exactly HOW the men forced a cow into the back seat of a car.

In The Hole: When police finally caught up to a speeder they were chasing, the driver was nowhere to be seen. After scouring the area for nearly an hour, the police discovered that he had dug a hole at the side of the road and buried himself to avoid capture.
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Wondering what to do with your spare change? Why not save it up and buy the world's most expensive production automobile: the Bugatti Veyron, which sells for $1.7 million!

Early Dinky Car:
The first known automobile was a two foot long steam powered model. It was built by a Belgian Jesuit, Ferdinand Verbiest, in 1668.
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Some really interesting discussions got started on Saturday at the Toronto meeting of the Canadian Collision Repair Industry Forum (CCIF). However, as Glenn Hickey, owner of The Collision Clinic and Auto Parts Network, pointed out, it is very difficult to keep those discussions going. To solve that we at Collision Repair magazine have developed our Forum as a central place where stakeholders from all sectors of the auto claims economy can gather on a daily basis to present their views and listen to what others  have to say.
 
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5 Key Trends Changing the Industry and More at CCIF

By Mike Davey

Right this minute there are five key trends that are changing the collision
repair industry. They were highlighted at the latest meeting of the Canadian Collision Repair Industry Forum (CCIF), which took place Saturday, January 26 at the Marriot Airport Hotel in Toronto, ON.

These crucial trends were outlined in a presentation by Greg Horn, VP of Industry Relations for  Mitchell International. The top five trends are:

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Greg Horn of Mitchell InternationalLEFT: Greg Horn, VP of Industry Relations for Mitchell International at CCIF Toronto. Greg spoke on the five key trends that are changing the collision repair industry.

BELOW: Tony Canade, President of Assured Automotive and Chairman of CCIF and Michel Guerrette of Akzo Nobel.



            


Wilf Bedard Named Secretary General of RCAR

Wilf BedardFor the first time ever, a Canadian will head up an international organization dedicated to improving the safety and repair standards of automobiles.

Wilf Bedard, Vice-President, Claims Operations and Service Delivery for Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI), was recently elected to the position of Secretary General of the Research Council for Automobile Repair (RCAR). He begins his four-year term in April 2008.

RCAR is an international organization that works toward reducing insurance costs by supporting and sharing research on improving the safety, security, reparability and "damageability" of automobiles. Wilf received more than 80 per cent of the votes from 26 member organizations in 19 countries around the world.

"I am greatly honoured that my colleagues at RCAR have chosen me to take on this important role," Wilf said. "It recognizes the strong relationship Manitoba Public Insurance has had with RCAR and our ongoing support of the work RCAR does."

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Valspar Promotes Gus Amodeo to National Sales Manager

The Valspar Corporation would like to announce that Gus Amodeo has been promoted to national sales manager for North America - Automotive Channel (Plasti-Kote). Gus was most recently the General Manager of Plasti-Kote Canada. He will continue to be based out of Toronto.

Gus came to Valspar from Century/Lincoln Service Equipment where he held sales and marketing positions since 1992. He has over 25 years of sales, marketing, customer service, and operational experience in the Canadian automotive and consumer markets.

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Able Auto Body First in Canada to Convert to R-M Onyx

BASF is pleased to announce that Able Auto Body, a member of the Collision
Plus network, is the first Collision Repair Centre in Canada to convert to
BASF's R-M Onyx HD waterborne system. In fact, both of Able Auto Body's
facilities have made the transition to R-M Onyx HD this past January. The facilities are owned by Roger Roy, and located in Surrey, BC. 

"We are very excited to be the first in Canada to use BASF's R-M Onyx HD system; we converted to Onyx HD with little to no problems at all and staff at BASF and White & Peters made sure we didn't lose any production time," says Roger Roy.

"As a network, we believe very strongly in staying ahead of the game when
it comes to environmental protection and employee health and safety" says Shawn Nelson, Managing Partner for Collision Plus. "All of our members have either converted already to BASF waterborne products or are in the process of converting."

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WISE WORDS

"Our industry, like each and every automotive related industry, is not alone in providing excellent product for the consumer but it is incumbent on all of us to insist that it works."


                - Dave Blayden, Auto Recyclers of Manitoba

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