I-CAR Education Foundation Changes Its Name For almost 2o years the I-CAR Education Foundation has been supporting the collision repair technical schools and college programs with curriculum, scholarships and grants. As they continue to focus on supporting the education programs, they will change its name to Collision Repair Education Foundation at NACE 2010. 3M Launches […]
Collision Repair Industry News
It’s All About Lean The auto collision repair industry has been focused on lean the past several years. It seems like every time I turn around I am reading about lean, cycle times, etc. From what I understand, shops must improve cycle times by working much smarter. Or perhaps the insurance industry is the butcher […]
Drinking On The Job – Is It A Big Deal?
Should you drink on the job? I watched this video on Collision Hub and it made me wonder how much of this really goes on in the US. Do you believe that you can have several drinks and do your job as effective as you could without drinking? I don’t have anything against having a […]
Butler Students Visit Elite Auto Body To Learn About The Collision Industry
Patrick Sampoll (owner) Discusses Painting With Students Patrick Teaches Students A Lesson On Buffing The collision repair students from Butler Community College visited Elite Auto Body in El Dorado, Kansas. The purpose of the class trip was to give the students an contextual learning experience of what the collision repair industry has to offer. Patrick […]
Feather Prime & Block
Featured Blog on Collision Hub by Bob Smith “Is Feather, Prime and Block a needed procedure or is it just pie in the sky? We all know the body technician has to block to see if his work is good so why do we need more? Is the repair industry just being greedy? Can’t you […]