Is This For Real?
One Way, but Which?: The mayor of the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, "solved" the problem of an overcrowded highway through his town by making the street one-way, sending traffic much faster into the adjacent town of Clichy-la-Garenne. That city's mayor has reacted by making his portion the highway one-way back toward Levallois-Perret! As you can imagine, this creates quite a dilemma at the city limits.
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Did you Know...?
Where the Rubber Meets Something: Canada has about 550,000 miles of paved roads. The total count for the United States is about 3,945,000 miles.
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The fifth season of Canada's Worst Driver premiered last night on Discovery Channel. Check it out if you haven't yet. You'll soon see why it's become a fixture in my house. If nothing else, you will be a little more upbeat when you see the evidence that collision repair will be a sustainable business for many years to come. You can learn more about the show here. Mike Davey,Editor |
AkzoNobel Announces "FIT" Sustainability Award
AkzoNobel has announced plans to create the industry's first "FIT"
Sustainability award, in an effort to complement the advancement of
waterborne technology and promote the unique contributions which the
collision repair industry is taking to generate a sustainable future.
Under this new initiative, recognition will go to enterprises that
are aggressively pursing and delivering sustainable, environmentally
focused business solutions to the collision repair industry. These
solutions are defined as those which meet the needs of the present
without compromising the needs of the future.
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Workshops Highlight Industry Assistance
Ontario's automotive repair trade associations, in co-operation with
the Ontario Ministries of Labour, Environment, Training, Colleges and
Universities, WSIB and the Ontario Service Safety Alliance are
presenting a series of three workshops/seminars with guest speakers in
southern Ontario.
The evening events will feature collision repair and
bodyshop assistance, grants and incentives updates as well as health
and safety assistance with simplified environmental compliance help.
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CARSTAR Autobahn Open for Business
CARSTAR Autobahn in Barrie, Ontario officially opened its doors recently, on the heels of a major expansion.
The collision centre began operations in 1997. Until recently the
business operated under the name Mascotek CARSTAR Collision. The
facility is owned by Frank and Bernice DiVito.
The decision to expand the shop was made because the facility was
running at capacity and wanted to keep up with the growing demand.
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From left: Florence Daigle, Aurele
Daigle, Abel Delgado, Lisa Mercanti-Ladd, Bernice Di Vito, Pat Ryan, Wayne
Loker, Frank Di Vito, Venessa Di Vito, and Justin Di Vito.
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ChiltonPRO.com Now Features Animations, Videos
Chilton has announced that its professional automotive repair
information system, ChiltonPRO, now includes videos and animations that
demonstrate system operation, repair techniques and safety precautions
to improve and simplify vehicle repair and maintenance jobs.
Utilizing video and animations from automotive training programs
delivered under its Delmar brand, these resources have been carefully
placed into ChiltonPRO as additional support. These exclusive
educational elements ensure professional automotive technicians have
all the information they need to perform maintenance and repair
procedures.
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