COVER YOUR ADAS

COVER YOUR ADAS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ADAS stands for Advanced Driver Assistance System. It refers to any electronic system that assists the driver while driving and is intended to improve vehicle safety. It is estimated that nearly 40 per cent of the new vehicles sold in Canada today have ADAS systems built into […]

TAILOR-MADE FOR THE TRADE

TAILOR-MADE FOR THE TRADE WHEN IT COMES TO ALIGNMENT AND MEASURING SYSTEMS, DO YOU HAVE YOUR OPTIONS STRAIGHT? Until recently, most collision facilities outsourced alignment and measuring work. Thanks to recent innovations, however, many collision repair facilities can do far more in-house than ever before. The biggest shift that has allowed for collision businesses to […]

PRECISION MEASURING WITHOUT BORDERS

PRECISION MEASURING WITHOUT BORDERS WHY NEW ALIGNMENT AND MEASURING TECH IS TAKING BUSINESS OUT-OF-BOUNDS While vehicle lifts might be stuck inside collision facilities, they are no longer required for many measurement procedures to be performed. Since the late 2010s, cutting-edge measuring systems providers have begun delivering products that allow vehicle measurements to be made precisely […]

STUCK ON GLUE

STUCK ON GLUE THE COLLISION SECTOR ENTERS THE ADHESIVE AGE—IS YOUR BUSINESS READY? It is easy to understand why progressive repairers are frequently averse to the idea of learning about the latest adhesive technology, and its increasing role in making structural repairs. Adhesives have a bad name. Structural repairs are important. Other approaches, like welding […]

STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES UNDERSTOOD

STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES UNDERSTOOD WHY MECHANICAL FASTENERS CAN’T ALWAYS COMPETE Structural adhesives allow vehicle designers a level of flexibility that cannot be achieved with mechanical fasteners like rivets. For one thing, adhesives are simply more physically flexible. The bonds they create are, by their nature, able to accommodate more stresses without causing lasting damage to the […]

THE NITTY-GRITTY

THE NITTY-GRITTY AS VEHICLE MATERIALS GO HIGH-TECH, ABRASIVES HAVE GONE THROUGH A MAJOR OVERHAUL To those outside the collision repair industry, it may seem strange to imagine scientists in research laboratories around the globe working on the next game-changing abrasive materials. After a century of making vehicles in, more or less, the same way, auto […]

TITANIUM TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

TITANIUM TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT SPECIALIZING IN EQUIPMENT FOR OEM CERTIFICATION Titanium Tools and Equipment Inc was established in 2013, but the history of the owner Matthew Bannister and the connection to the collision repair industry goes back more than 30 years. In fact, it was the collision industry and his father Richard’s involvement with the […]

Spray Max – PETER KWASNY SPRAYPAINT CANADA INC.

THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR AEROSOL SOLUTIONS WHERE SPEED AND PROFITABILITY MEET Peter Kwasny GmbH based in Gundelsheim, Germany has long been recognized as an industry leader by achieving breakthrough solutions in small damage repair with the SprayMax system. Professional automotive repairers appreciate the process flexibility with both 1K and 2K technology options and how SprayMax […]

RS FINISHING SYSTEMS

RESOURCEFUL, SKILLED AND FOCUSED RS FINISHING—PARTNER WITH A SUPPLIER YOU TRUST RS Finishing Systems, Inc is a leading Canadian supplier of custom Spraybooth Solutions and Associated equipment to commercial and industrial clients. For the past 25 years, RS Finishing has provided equipment, consultation, engineering, installation, project management, turnkey solutions, preventative maintenance, technical troubleshooting and ongoing […]

Keco Body Repair Products

ALL ABOARD THE #KECOTRAIN GET STUCK IN THE MAGIC OF GLUE PULL REPAIR (GPR) They aren’t magic—but if you saw the types of repairs Keco Body Repair Products are capable of, you wouldn’t be surprised if they were. Drawing on over 50 years of manufacturing experience and 10+ years manufacturing tools for paintless dent repair […]