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May 19, 2009

           

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Automakers and Shops Commit
Kavia Auto Body Wins SABEX
SMART Cycle Time 2
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Attempted Murder, Very Small Stakes: A man in North Carolina was hospitalized recently after an altercation with a cab driver. The man didn't pay his fare, so the cabbie ran him down.

SUV Bites Man:
A Michigan man was pouring an additive into his SUV's tank when he got his finger stuck. It took firefighters four hours to remove a section of the tank and pry him loose!
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Pass or Fail?: An 85-year-old woman, on her way to take her driver's test, accidentally crashed into the building that houses the licensing office in Schram City, Illinois.

Fast Service: A man in his 80s, arriving at a Subaru dealer in Pennsylvania for service, accidentally crashed into the showroom.
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I think the next big thing in paint may be refillable aerosol spray cans. I had two news items on this very topic cross my desk late last week. You can read up on both systems at collisionrepairmag.com.

Mike Davey,Editor
Automakers and Repair Shops Commit to Agreement on Repair Information

Canada's automobile manufacturers and distributors have confirmed their pledge to create a voluntary agreement with independent vehicle repair shops to provide access to emissions and non-emissions-related service information, diagnostic tools, and training information and training needed to service Canadian's vehicles.

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Kavia Auto Body Wins SABEX Award

Kavia Auto Body has won the small business of the year award at the annual Saskatoon Achievement in Business Excellence (SABEX) awards. The award was presented at a Hollywood-style gala banquet at TCU Place on May 14. The SABEX awards are presented by the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce and Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan.

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Paint Circuit, DuPont Host SMART Cycle Time 2

Paint Circuit Auto Body Supply and DuPont Performance Coatings held a one day course called SMART Cycle Time 2 - A Lean Approach, on May 13 at Holiday Inn Yorkdale in Toronto, Ontario. The interactive program covered the impact of continuous improvement on a business, lean production principles and theory of constraints, barriers to production and pre-repair management, continuous improvement, building great workplaces and cycle time solutions.  

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Hank Nunn, seminar facilitator. Nunn has worn virtually every hat available in the collision repair industry.

Headline News
 
New CARSTAR Opens in Laval, Quebec
CARSTAR Automotive Canada is pleased to announce the opening of its newest location in Laval, QC. CARSTAR...
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AkzoNobel Introduces UV LED Spray Gun
AkzoNobel has announced that it has co-developed a new spray gun being introduced to the European market this month...
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Boyd Group Doubles Growth Projections
The Boyd Group has increased its growth projections. The Winnipeg-based collision repair chain has reported record...
Daimler Grants Global Approval for Standox and Spies Hecker
Standox solventborne and waterborne paint systems for cars and commercial vehicles have received global approval for the...
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