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Is This For Real?
By Mike Davey
Bad Planning:
A shoplifter in Cape Coral, Florida escaped store security, but not before she was knocked down twice by her getaway car. In the commotion, a check made out to her fell to the ground, giving police her identity.
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Did you Know...?
By Mike Davey
Insufficient Postage: It took over 500,000 stamps to cover a VW Beetle being exhibited at an international stamp fair in Germany. That's still not enough to mail it.
All Dolled Up: Arlene Lambert of Toronto causes a stir whenever she goes for a drive. Her car is covered in hundreds of plastic dolls!
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Greetings!
Collision repair has a reputation as being a recession proof business, and awhile back I asked if any of you had experienced a slow down or increase in the amount of work coming into your shop recently.
Quite a few shops were reporting an increase in business around the end of 2008. There's at least two factors encouraging this. Part of it is people trying to keep older vehicles on the road longer. However, heavier than usual snowfall across the country probably played a part as well. As the temperature heats up and the economy cools, let's hope we see more and more customers electing to get repairs done. Keep me posted. Mike Davey,Editor |
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Newmarket Maaco Holds Grand Re-Opening
By Mike Davey
Maaco Collision Repair and Auto Painting in Newmarket, Ontario is officially back in business. The facility has been completely refurbished and is now under the ownership of Steve Celli. Celli brings 20 years of trade and four years of corporate experience
with him.
The collision repair facility held the first of two grand re-opening events on January 24. The event featured refreshments and giveaways, and live broadcast remotes featuring Stacy of the Jewel 88.5.
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 Ryan Parker of Q107, Steve Celli of Newmarket Maaco, and Bob Mauro of Maaco Systems. Parker made a number of remote broadcasts during the January 31 event promoting the re-opening of the collision facility.
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I-CAR Launches Comprehensive Waterborne Course
On March 2, I-CAR will launch its
Waterborne Products, Systems, and Application (REF07) live training
program.
 "Interest in waterborne systems and the conversion process is not
limited to areas where refinishers are required to use low-VOC paint
systems to comply with environmental regulations," said Jason Bartanen,
I-CAR Technical Director.
Jason Bartanen, Technical
Director of I-CAR.
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Study Points to High-Growth Potential
The AIA Outlook Study provides a comprehensive overview of the current and future state of Canada's automotive aftermarket industry. In addition, the study also serves as a valuable forecast of trends and opportunities that will impact the aftermarket industry in the future.
The study is compiled using a variety of secondary and primary research, including personal interviews and input from industry leaders and stakeholders. The study forecasts growth for the aftermarket, and identifies a number of opportunities as well as industry threats.
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Chief Touts Kahuna as "Next Wave"
 Chief Automotive Technologies has announced the development of
"Kahuna." Officially unveiled to the industry at the 2008 NACE
exposition, the Kahuna lift/pulling system joins a growing list of
Chief "Design Based Repair" products.
"The primary motivation
behind Kahuna was research showing that more than 80-percent of
vehicles that roll through a typical shop are 'light hits' with minimal
amounts of structural damage," explained Randy Gard, President of Chief
Automotive Technologies.
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Sincerely,
Media Matters Incorporated
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