Photo: Jon Norris (back, left) with students at a recent career fair It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our good friend and colleague, John Norris. John was in Halifax attending the Automotive Technology Summit, a conference held in conjunction with the Skills Canada National Competition. We are told he suffered

It is all about training. Article and photos courtesy PPG For today’s automakers, sophisticated finishes and special effect colours are ways to set their vehicles apart and attract new car buyers. Much of this is due to new technology that allows OEM stylists and colour experts to create brilliant new colours and effects—tri-coats, quad-coats, mattes,

The Board of Directors and members of the National Automotive Trades Association (NATA) met in Toronto on January 23, 2019 to hold it’s annual general meeting and to engage in a strategic planning workshop intended to start the process of more clearly defining the future of the association. Since 1947, the NATA has represented the needs of the automotive

What If You Become OEM Certified, and then Car Ceases To Exist? by John Norris Imagine that you invested some $45,000 for specialized collision repair equipment and training so that your shop could become qualified to repair Cadillac CT6 sedans. You are also paying the $4,500 annual fee to be on the manufacturer’s certification program. You know the Cadillac

Payment for ‘repair of adjacent panels’ among results of latest ‘Who Pays for What, Canada?’ survey December 18, 2018Almost two-thirds of Canada collision repair shops are paid “always” or “most of the time” by major insurers when they bill to “repair adjacent panels,” yet about 1-in-4 shops say they have never charged an insurer for this