Greetings!
I've spent a good deal of my free time the last few days taking in the sites of Vancouver's Olympics and I've decided one thing: the biggest value the Olympics has to offer is that it brings people from all around the world to one place. I've had a lot of conversations and experiences that I don't think would be possible without having the event as a centre piece.
I'm a firm believer in the value of getting people together (physically) to discuss ideas or even just to get to know each other. Connecting at a distance has its value too, but I've always felt we lose something by not being able to shake a hand, share a beer or sit across a table.
That said, I'd like to wish a bon voyage to everyone leaving for the Sherwin-Williams cruise this week. Take lots of pictures and tell us all about it. I hope it offers you lots of opportunities to get together and share some ideas.
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 About the town
I was pleasantly
surprised
after last week's eZine when Karl Selander, founder and president of ATCOA, sent along some 60s-era photos of the ATCOA Viking Piston Air Sander. The tool is now celebrating its 50th birthday.
To the right is a photo from 1960 of Karl Selander and Otto Hendrickson holding prototypes of the sanders in Otto's back yard.
More photos...
Thank you Karl. Your email was probably the most interesting part of my week.
If anyone else has photos they think might be of interest to readers drop us a line--we'd love to see them. |
 Fix Auto signs two new locations
Fix Auto announced that they added two new locations to their network
roster--Fix Auto Pickering Central and Fix Auto Kitchener.
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Mohawk offers pre-apprenticeship training
Mohawk College is now
recruiting applicants for the up-coming autobody repairer and damage and
collision repairer pre-apprenticeship training program.
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 GFS utilizing heat-recovery to go green
Global Finishing Solutions (GFS) has once again made a move to reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing facilities. By installing heat recovery units on each of its three-spray booth
exhaust stacks, GFS is able to utilize the heat generated during the
operation of these spray booths to control the temperature within the
manufacturing shop itself.
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 IBIS 2010 takes shape
The conference programme for the 10th annual International Bodyshop
Industry Symposium--IBIS 2010--is now taking shape under the leadership
of IBIS Conference Director David Lingham and IBIS Chairman Chris Mann.
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Automotive students demonstrate their technical know-how at the Canadian International AutoShow
Toronto-area high schools are sending their best automotive students to
the Canadian International AutoShow on Thursday to test their mechanical
aptitude and skills coveted by the automobile industry.
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Collision repair around the world
2009 was a tough year for the global economy, and the auto industry
wasn't spared any pain. As plunging car sales continued to dominate the
market, the collision repair industry faced its share of challenges as
well.
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 Lean on-line
Good collision repair facilities are always looking for ways to
improve their operations. Depending on your strengths and the pool of
talent you're drawing from, this will manifest itself in a lot of
different ways.
Among the talents at British Columbia's AutoMind
is a considerable aptitude for technology. So one of the ways they
found to innovate their business was to incorporate a strong
web-presence into their customer experience.
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 Products: Lista introduces newly redesigned workbench system
Lista International Corporation has announced a redesigned Automotive
Stationary Storage and Workbench System.
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 Products: Car-O-Liner CTR12000 welder
Car-O-Liner announced its fully automatic CTR12000 spot welding
system today.
With the new system, as soon as the welding process begins the electrode
on the welder extends toward the steel sections to fuse together where
an extensive measuring process is activated to determine the overall
thickness of the steel.
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