Industry Insider

In this week's episode, Vince Matozzo, director of Canadian sales for CARSTAR, talks CCIF Toronto showcases, industry predictions for 2020 and CARSTAR's upcoming initiatives this year.

With Bell 'Let's Talk' Day having just passed, we took the opportunity this episode of the Industry Insider Podcast to shine a light on a topic that affects each and every person in the collision repair industry: mental health.

Theresa Jachnychy, the business director at Gateway Autobody, joins us this week to discuss negative mental health and how it pertains to a collision repair workplace—the causes, the effects, and what we can do to help.

On this episode of Collision Repair's Industry Insider, host Allison Rogers sits down with Paul Reichert, senior director of MSO and insurance services (Canada) for LKQ Corporation, to discuss some of the company's trending insights and outlooks for the future of the collision repair and automotive aftermarkets.

This week, Collision Repair’s Industry Insider sat down with Blaire Earle, director of business development for Impact Auto Auctions Canada, to learn more about the IAA Interact merchandising platform and how its features can provide trifold—and beyond—benefits to online buyers.

Check out IAA's Merchandising Platform at https://www.impactauto.ca/​

Toronto, Ontario – This week on Industry Insider, we sat down with David Hosaki, product manager at Audatex Estimating Canada, to talk about new and hot tools for 2021, including Solera’s AI claims platform, Qapter.

Qapter, Solera’s new end-to-end automotive claims workflow platform, streamlines the claims process by combining the company’s artificial intelligence with machine learning and deep learning technologies. The result? A streamlined claims platform paired with data that gets smarter by the day.

With the 365 day long speedbump called 2020 finally in the rearview, collision centres across Canada are finally able to turn part of their focus back to the burgeoning electric vehicle market that industry experts have long been predicting to boom in this new decade.

It goes without saying that the previous year did not go according to anyone’s plan; consumer and corporation alike. But many collision centres never lost sight of the new wave of electric vehicles due to hit the roads in the next few years and have been working on solutions to stay ahead of the curve on EVs.

Jeff Pabst and his team at Pfaff Autoworks in Vaughan, Ontario have their eyes locked on the projected influx of EVs into the market and are hoping to close in on the specialized and highly sought-after EV repair work.

Listen to this week's episode for more information!

Chicago, Illinois -- This week, Collision Repair's Allison Rogers sat down with Spanesi Americas COO Tim Morgan to learn more about the company's virtual tour of its U.S. Training Centre.

Collin Welsh, CARSTAR Canada's senior director of franchise development on supporting partners by Collision Repair Magazine

Toronto, Ontario -- This week, we sat down with Sylvain Seguin from Fix Network to talk about some of the big moves the company’s ProColor Collision banner is making.

Sylvain and Fix Network have been busy jumping on opportunities across Canada to develop their family of brands which include ProColor Collision, Fix Auto, NOVUS Glass and Speedy Auto Service.

Shops around the country are seeing the value of coming on board and joining the ProColor Collision banner as the company begins to take its first steps out of their home province of Quebec.

Listen to this week's episode of Industry Insider for more information!

Toronto, Ontario -- On August 26, Collision Repair's Allison Rogers sat down with John Marlowe and Giuliano Bernabei, co-founders of Level 5 Drive.