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June 23, 2009

           

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CARSAR Sets Record
WorldSkills Tech Briefs
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Great Incentives: You can pick up some incredible deals on cars right now. If you know where to look, you can get options you wouldn't normally be able to. In May, Mitsubishi Motors of New Zealand, to spark sales of its Triton compact pickup trucks as "hardy, versatile units," began offering farmers a companion "hardy, versatile" premium with each truck: a goat.

Worst Mother Award?: It was a hot day in Stamford, Connecticut when firefighters not only had to break a car window but overcome the car's owner, who couldn't bear to see her car damaged. The woman's 23-month-old son had been locked inside, along with the key, for at least 20 minutes. The woman begged firefighters to wait so she could go home and retrieve her spare key, to save her window.








Switch Out is having a contest! Registered participant that send in at least two collection pails in 2009 will be automatically entered.The winning business will be featured in an article in the 2010 edition of Canadian Auto Recyclers magazine.
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Not the Diamond Kind: Producing a single car can release up to four tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

Quick Draw: An airbag only takes 44 milliseconds to inflate after an accident.
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CARSTAR Sets New Record for Largest Car Wash

CARSTAR is the new holder of the Guinness World Record for world's largest car wash, thanks to the efforts of more than 150 stores across Canada and the United States. This year's annual CARSTAR "Soaps it Up!" event raised over $45,000.

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ABOVE: The Rappaport family is congratulated by Guinness World Records Judge Danny Girton, Jr. for being the 4,000th car to be washed in the CARSTAR Soaps It Up carwash -- setting a new Guinness World Record.

LEFT: Nick Setta of the Hamilton Ti-Cats pitching in at CARSTAR's Rymal Road location.

Tech Briefs: Car Painting and WorldSkills

Over 1000 competitors are coming to Calgary in September for WorldSkills, the international competition showcasing the very best in trades, technologies and skills from 51 member countries. Although there will be many different competitions taking place, for the collision repair industry there are really only two: Auto Body Repair and Car Painting. 

DuPont Performance Coatings is the Gold Sponsor of the WorldSkills Car Painting competition. Part of that sponsorship includes providing coatings material for the competition, but the commitment goes deeper.

Patrice Marcil is the National Training Manager for DuPont Performance Coatings. He says that although DuPont coatings products are in use worldwide, the ones used to prepare for the competition had to come from Canada.

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Headline News
 
BASF Refinish Launches Foose-related Web Content
BASF Automotive Refinish Coatings North America has announced that it has enhanced its Web site, basfrefinish.com , with a new section...
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Acoat selected Targets 16th Annual Summer Conference
Members of the AkzoNobel Sikkens Acoat selected National Performance Group will be converging on the Amelia Island Conference Center &...
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Tregaskiss Launches Online MIG Gun Configurator
To ensure customers have the exact air-cooled semi-automatic MIG gun they need for their welding application, Tregaskiss has launched its new...

2009 NACE and CARS Online Attendee Registration Opens
Online attendee registration is now open for 2009 NACE and CARS with no increase in prices over 2008 fees for packages and sessions. Attendees...
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