Industry Insider

Today we’re talking with Serge Babineau and Blair Earle from IAA about theft recovery: “The Hidden Story of Theft Recovered Vehicles”, and what you need to know. For more information on IAA in Canada please visit their website at www.ca.iaai.com.

Explore the best way to learn new technology to enhance shop safety and billable hours, with guests Mike Bailey and David Mayers from Environmental Motorworks and the AutoProf. For more information please visit their websites at envmw.com and theautoprof.com

Is your collision repair shop over-capacity and losing money because the cars are just sitting there? Today on Industry Insider we sit down with guest Ken Chung from Simplicity Car Care to discuss ways to increase the capacity of your shop, and the things you don’t know may be causing the backlog that’s throwing money out the window. For more information on Simplicity please visit their website at www.simplicitycarcare.ca.

We tackle the big topics on this episode of industry insider, starting with the sentiment that you can repair more than you think, and perhaps ultimately solving the repair vs. replace debate? With special guests Leif Hansson and Patrick Maloney from Fusor, we're taking a deep dive into the collision repair industry, today on Industry Insider. For more information about Fusor please visit the Parker Lord website at www.parker.com.

Today it's all about how you can save money in your collision repair shop through glass. It's a fully transparent interview with Zakari Krieger, Vice President of Prime Car Care, and Vern Gervais, National Director of Novus Glass Canada. All will be revealed! For more information on Novus Glass, please visit their website at www.novusglass.com.

Collision repair, get to know a related industry—recycling. In this episode we talk with Steve Fletcher the Executive Director of the Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association (OARA) about who they are, why you should know them, and the importance of the industry gatherings. For more information on OARA please visit www.oara.com.

It's the great balancing act of repair versus replace. Is GPR the answer? Today on Industry Insider Radio we talk with Canadian Collision specialist and long-time Collision Repair magazine columnist Stefano Liessi on GPR. For more information on Stefano Liessi, please email Stefano Liessi sliessi@canadiancollisionspecialist.com or www.canadiancollisionspecialist.com

Why should we care about the environment? For one, it can save your collision repair shop money. Today we’re talking with Paul Prochilo, CEO of Simplicity Car Care, about the profitability of environmental social governance in Canada's collision repair industry. For more information on Simplicity Car Care, please visit www.simplicitycarcare.ca.

Is ADAS really a ticking time bomb? On this episode of Industry Insider, "What You Don't Know About ADAS and its Hidden Dangers" Collision Repair‘s James Kerr speaks with John Marlowe, Industry Engagement / ADAS Specialist with Level 5 Drive, Joe Saputo, owner of Carstar Ancaster, and Joe DaCunha, Quality Control Administrator at Allstate Insurance, on the hot topic of ADAS and what you need to know. For more information on Level 5 Drive, please visit level5drive.com.

On this episode of Industry Insider, "Building Solutions to the Supply Chain Shortage" Collision Repair‘s James Kerr speaks with Dayle Thys, District Manager C3 Western Canada for LKQ. We discuss the struggles shops are facing, and what you can do about it. A link to the episode of "Earth with John Holden" featuring LKQ is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ddG0_gc_o For more information LKQ, please visit https://www.lkqcorp.com/

Toronto, Ontario — On this episode of Collision Repair mag’s Industry Insider, COO of Spanesi Americas Tim Morgan talks his experience with equipment, tool and tax write-offs collision repair businesses could take advantage of—after some financial research, of course. Tune in to hear Morgan’s experience as an equipment supplier serving all of North America.

Toronto, Ontario — On this episode of Industry Insider, Leif Hansson, OEM and Automotive Aftermarket Account Manager at Parker Lord brand Fusor, and Patrick Maloney, Global Sales and Business Development Manager Automotive Aftermarket and Specialty Chemicals at Fusor, sit down with Collision Repair‘s James Kerr to discuss the latest advancements in adhesives, as well as the many factors that go into picking the right adhesive for a job. For more information, visit www.lord.com.

On today's episode of Industry Insider, sponsored by Pro Spot International, Collision Repair mag's James Kerr sits down with Russel Duncan from Pro Spot, along with three notable reps that started out on the production floor: Stefano, John and Oliver. Listen NOW to hear how you can make the most of your skills and capitalize on a long and lucrative career in collision repair. Read more at www.collisionrepairmag.com

On this episode of Industry Insider, Collision Repair editor Allison Rogers sits down with Jim Sarnovsky, VP of North American sales for SprayMax Peter Kwasny Inc., to go over how the company's 2K paint technology can come in handy for small repairs.

Adhesives are not new to the collision repair industry, yet some seem to have questions about their applications. On today's episode of Industry Insider, we sit down with the team from Parker Lord to learn more about the Fusor adhesive line, including its applications, pot life, OEM compliancy and more, courtesy of Patrick Maloney, Global Sales Manager and Carolee Nail, Sr. Technical Support. Read more at www.collisionrepairmag.com

Today on Industry Insider, we sit down with Blair Earle, managing director of IAA, formerly known as Impact Auto Auctions. That's exactly what we're here to talk about today—the company's recent rebrand to IAA. All the same offerings, service and global support the company has always offered, just under a new name.

Tune in to this week's episode of Industry Insider to learn more about Hollander's POWER-DB, a web platform designed especially for the company’s Powerlink platform and database for automotive recyclers. For more information on POWER-DB, visit www.hollandersolutions.com.

How you facilitate communication with your customers seems like a straightforward aspect of doing business—but how much can an iota of customer consideration help your operations in the long run? On this episode of Industry Insider, we sit down with Tim Morgan, the COO of Spanesi Americas, to hear how his company handles communication—and how it pays off in droves.

It's a secret to none that the Canadian collision repair workforce touts a high age demographic. We may wish we were immortal, but that's just not the reality. So—have you given any thought to an exit strategy? Tune in to this week's Industry Insider podcast to hear from Greg Wing, the director of sales for Simplicity Car Care, and start thinking about the steps you'll need to take when the day comes. From the financials required to the different buyers in today's market, Greg'll get you thinking about what path you might opt to take when it comes time to sell your business to the next generation of collision repairers.

In this week's episode of Industry Insider, we get Mark Puente, the CEO of Premiere Services, on the line. Puente shares with us the details of Premiere Services’ Certified Radio Program—an initiative in partnership with LKQ set to debut in Canada next year—and how it can counteract issues of cybersecurity in the recycling process of vehicle consoles.