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Is This For Real?
By Danielle Dinally
Crash Test Corpses:
More than 4,000 tests funded by the U.S. National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration since 1981 have used full cadavers or cadaver
parts instead of crash test dummies.
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Did you Know...?
Steering Business: Frank Joslin may hold the record for number of steering wheels restored. The owner/operator of Frank's Auto Body in Saratoga, FL has restored more than 1000 steering wheels for classic cars over the last 15 years!
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Greetings!
The holidays are almost here. This is a time of year when many collision repair facilities spread the Christmas spirit by restoring vehicles and giving them to families in need. A couple of leaders are Julio Bruno in St. Catharines and Nick DiLuca in Burlington. I'm sure many shops do something to help the less fortunate around this time of year, but we don't get to hear about it. If you or someone you know has been especially giving in this year, please let me know. Mike Davey,Editor |
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Supreme Collision Opens Fourth GTA Location
The Hills of Caledon are a little greener these days, thanks to a new collision repair facility in Bolton.
Supreme
Collision has opened its fourth location just north-west of Toronto and
according to owner Marty Reddick, the shop is as
environmentally-friendly as possible.
He and general manager/co-owner Ron Doering converted the
building just off Highway 50 paying close attention to details -- from
the PPG Aquabase Plus, to the Saima spraybooth, to enviro-based soaps.
Read more...
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CSN Holds Partner Appreciation Social Events
Collision
Solutions Network (CSN) held its Annual Holiday Partner Appreciation Social on
Wednesday, November 19th in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Wednesday,
November 26th, 2008 in Mississauga, Ontario. The receptions were held
following the regional Atlantic and Ontario Members' Meetings. The events were attended by over 100 people
and included representatives from CSN's key insurance and vendor partners as
well as the CSN locations throughout Canada.
The
evenings featured fabulous prizes for attendees including Toronto Raptors
tickets, gift cards and other great items.
Flavio
Battilana, Chief Operating Officer for Collision Solutions Network states, "We
feel it is important to thank our partners for their continued support. This event provides us with an opportunity to
do just that. Our success is directly
contributed to our ongoing partnerships. We look forward to a prosperous 2009 and wish all our partners the
same."  LEFT: Flavio Battilana, Chief Operating Officer for Collision Solutions Network and Nick Di Luca, owner/operator of CARS Auto Collision~CSN at the Atlantic Social Event. |
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Canada's Recyclers Win International Recognition
By Mike Davey
Canada's automotive recyclers have come a long way! Notable achievements have included industry standards accreditation efforts, environmental stewardship and computerized inventories. We are pleased to announce that these efforts have been acknowledged in two different ways.
The Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) is an association of associations, comprised of provinical associations of professional automotive recyclers. ARC represents Canada in the Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA), a U.S.-based international organization. At a recent meeting of ARA, ARC was awarded Affiliate Chapter of the Year for the work the association and its members have done in promoting and improving the automotive recycling industry.
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 Ed MacDonald accepts the Affiliate Chapter of the Year Award on behalf of ARC from Sandy Blalock, president of ARA.
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