December 21, 2010
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In This Issue
* About the town
* The top ten auto body rip-offs of 2010
* Baseline Collision~CSN gives away a Grand Prix
* Carm Demarte joins GPB Supplies
* AkzoNobel Benevolence Program gives the gift of transportation to 33 families
* Scott Smith leaving AIA
* Nick Maloof enters leadership role at BASF
* Sherwin-Williams announces training schedule
* Lean on him

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Greetings!

We recently passed the 230 followers mark on Twitter! Thank you to everyone who's followed us.

I was skeptical about Twitter for a long time, but I have to admit that Collision Repair's experience with it has been universally positive.

Of course, it took a little time to build some steam (and we're still building).

One of the things that can be tricky for a business wading into the social media realm is making those first contacts. For Twitter, this means finding the people you want to follow and the people you want to follow you.

For Canadian collision repairers, you may want to check out who related businesses are following. Or even a related magazine...

You can see the list of people we're following by going to twitter.com/collisionmag and clicking the "following" link. (They'll ask you to log in if you're not already.)

We try to follow people specifically of interest to Canadian collision repairers (and we do our best to weed out any spammers). It might be a good place to start if you're looking to expand your presence on the web--take a look and see if you find some people you know.

Just a thought.


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-Joe Rayment
Editor, Collision Repair Magazine
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About the town
Photos from Budds' 2010 Christmas party

Budds' Christmas party
Budds' Collision Services held their annual Christmas party last week--always a highlight of the holiday season in the collision repair world. Sam Piercey and his team at Budds' were on hand to feed guests enough food to do them until New Year's.

See photos...

Assured helps build a home for a family in need

Group photo at presentation
Assured Automotive was on hand Sunday to help deliver a new home to a deserving family. Assured was one of the sponsors who helped Habitat for Humanity build the new home for the Solomon family.

See photos and read more...

Boston Auto Wreckers collects a mountain of toys for the Salvation Army
Santa and the kids
Boston Auto Wreckers is getting in the Christmas spirit--they've collected an entire truck full of toys to give to deserving boys and girls this holiday season. They even attracted the big man himself to help celebrate the occasion.

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The top ten auto body rip-offs of 2010

Collision repair members of Hamilton Autobody Repair Association (HARA) and ciia.com have reported attempted "rip-offs" their businesses faced throughout the year.
Baseline Collision~CSN gives away a Grand Prix

Bruce Gordon, owner of Baseline Collision~CSN in Sherwood Park, Alberta recently had the opportunity to present a Grand Prix to a deserving family for the holiday season.
Carm Demarte joins GPB Supplies

Carm Demarte has joined the board of Guelph Paint and Bumper Supplies Inc. Demarte brings 40 years of collision repair experience to the company.
AkzoNobel Benevolence Program gives the gift of transportation to 33 families

As economies in Canada and the US begin to slowly rekindle, the lives of 33 families were made a little easier this year with gifts of transportation. These gifts are the result of collision repair centres that are members of AkzoNobel Acoat selected National Benevolence Program, as well as individuals who choose to share their skills and talents with those in need during the month of December.
Scott Smith leaving AIA

Scott Smith will be leaving his position as the Automotive Industries Association's director of government and industry relations at the end of 2010.
Nick Maloof enters leadership role at BASF

BASF Automotive Refinish has announced that it has named Nick Maloof its new central zone manager, effective January 4, 2011. He will report directly to Chuck Soeder, vice president of BASF Automotive Refinish-North America.
Sherwin-Williams announces its 2011 first quarter Canadian training schedule

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes has stated in their December press release they will be offering a number of classes and training sessions in the first quarter of 2011 designed to help Canadian automotive collision professionals enhance productivity and maximize profitability.
Features
Lean on him

A conversation with Ken Friesen, one of Canadian collision repair's most renowned lean practitioners.
Sincerely,
 

The Collision Repair Team.