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Is This For Real?
Silver Lining: A accident in Germany involving 259 cars amazingly resulted in no deaths. There were 66 people injured, and 10 of those were considered serious. However, given the size of the accident, it really is amazing no one was killed. It took 340 emergency workers well into the next morning to finish dealing with the people and vehicles involved and the clean-up cost is expected to exceed over $2.5 million.
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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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Did you Know...?
There's Power, and Then There's POWER!: Just one cylinder from the engine of an eight cylinder Top Fuel dragster or a Funny Car produces 750 horsepower, roughly equal to the entire horsepower output of a NASCAR engine.
And Super-Power!: The next generation of plug-in hybrid cars could recharge in minutes, thanks to a new type of battery designed by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It charges about 100 times as fast as normal lithium ion batteries.
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Greetings!
I hope you all had a good Labour Day. It's the only holiday that exists solely to honour working people, so it deserves a special mention. The seeds of trade unions go back to a time when workers who shared certain skills gathered together to discuss the issues of the day with people who shared a similar outlook. With Labour Day just past, maybe it's time to connect with other business people. Why not check in on our your trade association or your local chamber of commerce? You might learn something and meet some people who share your concerns. Mike Davey,Editor |
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427 Auto Collision ~ CSN Donates $1100 to Linden Fund
 427 Auto Collision ~ CSN recently held a Customer
Appreciation BBQ on Thursday, August 27, 2009. Over 300 guests attended
the event that took place at 427 Auto Collision ~ CSN in Etobicoke,
Ontario. The event included tours of the over 70,000 square foot
collision facility and Collision Solutions Network's corporate office.
Joe Braga of 427 Auto Collision ~ CSN, pictured above, was one of the many staff who not attended the BBQ but pitched in with the cooking.
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Ontario Tire Industry Rolls Out Recycling Program
A new tire recycling program rolling out in Ontario will bring new life
to the millions of used tires that come off vehicles in the province
every year by responsibly recycling them into useful products, creating
investment and new green jobs, driving innovation. The Used Tires
Program is being funded by the tire industry, and managed by Ontario
Tire Stewardship.
Through a network of Registered Collectors - which includes retailers,
municipalities and other drop-off points across the province - the
program will allow Ontarians to drop off up to four used tires per
person, at no charge, to be collected and recycled. Tracking systems
will help eliminate the illegal dumping of scrap tires and ensure that
used tires are managed by service providers that have adopted best
environmental practices.
"Ontario's Used Tires Program marks
the most ambitious used tire program in the country," said Andrew
Horsman, Executive Director of Ontario Tire Stewardship. "The Program
will remove tire stockpiles, recycle tires into household, commercial
and automotive products, and create green jobs and economic benefits
right here in our province."
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Geoff Raifsnider of GFS Appointed to NFPA Technical Committee
Global Finishing Solutions (GFS) has announced that Geoff Raifsnider,
Mechanical Engineer with GFS, has been appointed as a Principal Member
of the NFPA Technical Committee on Finishing Processes.
This Committee has the primary responsibility for regulatory
documents on safeguarding against the fire and explosion hazards
associated with spray application processes, dipping processes, coating
processes, and other similar processes. These documents are NFPA 33
Standard for Spray Application Using Flammable or Combustible Materials
and NFPA 34 Standard for Dipping and Coating Processes Using Flammable
or Combustible Liquids.
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