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Is This For Real?
Tree Hugger, Human Biter: A New York City woman was arrested in January after biting a transit driver because she wanted to ride only a "hybrid" bus.
Mmm...Criminal:
In a violent incident in Indiana, a man was arrested for allegedly biting off another motorist's ear in a road rage incident. |
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Did you Know...?
Illegal Corvette: The original front emblem and horn button on the show circuit Corvette featured crossed American and checkered flags. It was later found that using an American flag on a product trade mark was against the law! The emblem was changed very shortly afterward. |
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There's a story below about Environment Canada possibly extending the proposed low-VOC deadline of January 1, 2010.
In my opinion, it's best not to wait for the inevitable. I can't think of too many examples where someone got in trouble for being ready too early. Mike Davey,Editor
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Tri-Industry Panel Meets to Promote Green Parts
A tri-industry panel meeting took place recently to discuss strategies to promote the use of recycled parts. The meeting drew together insurers, auto recyclers, and collision repairers.
Appropriately scheduled on Earth Day, key members of the respective industries critiqued existing marketing strategies and tactics in terms of increasing the use of Green Parts in the collision repair industry. The meeting was organized by Collision Repair magazine.
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Members of the first panel discussion: John Norris of CIIA.com, Keith Hudd of Economical Insurance Group, Michael Carcone of Carcone's Auto Recycling, Sam Piercey of Budds' Collision Services, Gloria Mann of Collision Repair magazine, Harry Weich of Allstate, David Gold of Standard Auto Wreckers, Benjy Katz of AADCO Automotive, Mike Maio of Boston Auto Wreckers, Don Fraser of Aadco Automotive, and Darryl Simmons of Collision Repair magazine. |
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Mitchell Releases New Industry Trends Report
 Mitchell International has released the second quarter 2009 edition of its Industry Trends Report (ITR) -- the company's quarterly publication that highlights industry-related trends, news items and statistics.
This edition's Quarterly Feature, "A Deeper Dive into the Latest Crash Parts Index Analysis Yields Unexpected Results," by Mitchell's Vice President of Industry Relations, Greg Horn, discusses the latest findings of Mitchell's Crash Parts Index Analysis. This in-depth, ongoing analysis conducted by Mitchell organizes crash parts data into a general "collision parts market basket" and tracks changes in the average prices over time.
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Low-VOC Update: Will Shops Be Ready?
Environment Canada says it's pushing ahead with its plan to implement
new VOC legislation. A number of repair shops are in the process, or
have already converted, to meet the new regulations and use
VOC-compliant refinishing products. The repair shops are not alone in
making the change, as the major paint manufacturers have been working
with their clients to ensure they're ready for the new legislation.
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Headline News
BMW to Premiere Colour Changing Mini
BMW's MINI division will debut its first colour changing car in Singapore in June. Called the MINI Chameleon, the car changes...
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Feds May Extend Waterborne Deadline
The publication of Canada Gazette II is expected this spring, and should include the final version of the regulations regarding the...
Mitchell's RMC to Add Market-Based Price Updates
Mitchell International has announced it will
provide market-based price updates to its Refinishing Materials
Calculator (RMC)...
OARA Elects New Board
At the recent 2009 Convention of the Ontario Automotive Recyclers
Association (OARA) in Toronto, a new Board of Directors was...
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