November 6
NACE
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
naceexpo.org
January 24, 2009
CCIF Toronto
Marriot Airport,
Toronto, ON
ccif.net
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Is This For Real?
Stupid is the Gift that Keeps on Giving: A 30-year-old man in Woodland, Calif., is the latest in a long string of idiots to attempt to throw burning fireworks at a target while traveling in a car, but having the toss fail to clear the window and thus explode inside the car. He was hospitalized. |
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You Can Share Rides, But You Can't Ride in Shares:According to some experts, collector cars are a sounder investment than the stock market or even gold!
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Greetings!
I always think of the last days of October as the countdown to NACE. It's one of the busiest and most exciting times of year. For 2008, NACE offers more than 55 sessions in six specific tracks: Auto Glass, Estimating, Jobber, Management, Vehicle Repair and Women's Professional Development. Topics include: Lean Practices, OE Color Variation, Conflict Management, "Green" Consumer Patterns, New Technologies, and more. For details on just two of the special events at NACE 2008, click on the headlines below.
Mike Davey,Editor |
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The Future of I-CAR in Canada
I-CAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, held its Canadian Annual Meeting on October 17, at the Hilton Montreal Airport in Dorval, QC. The event began with an open inter-industry "Town Hall" meeting attended by approximately 100 industry professionals, at which the results of a market study sponsored by I-CAR and conducted by Creative Partners in Performance, Inc., of Toronto, were presented. Read more... |
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Latest Trends Under Discussion at CCIF Montreal
The Hilton Montréal Airport Hotel in Dorval, Que. played host to the latest meeting of the Canadian Collision industry Forum (CCIF) on Saturday, October 18th. Roughly 300 industry stakeholders joined in the discussion, making this one of the most heavily attended CCIF meetings ever.
Highlights included a presention on succession planning and the importance of planning your exit by Patrice Vachon of Fasken Martineau. Also, Guy Bessette of Fix Auto spoke on current trends in Europe and which ones we may see in Canada.
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 John Edelen, president and CEO of I-CAR. Edelen outlined the results of the I-CAR Annual Meeting that took place the previous day. For more on this, please see The Future of I-CAR in Canada below.
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Don't miss the next issue of Collision Repair, featuring an in-depth
interview with I-CAR's John Edelen about the organization's future in Canada.
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CSN Hits 60 Shops Milestone
Collision Solutions Network (CSN) has announced the newest members of the network, Chatham Kent Collision ~ CSN in Tilbury, Ont. (below right) and Ron MacGillivray Collision in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (below left). The new facilities means CSN has reached a new milestone, that of 60 members across Canada.
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