The inaugural MSO Craft Beer Tour and Pairing Dinner takes place in California tonight, sponsored by AkzoNobel and D’Angelos Automotive and Industrial Coatings. The dinner provides an opportunity for business owners in the auto body and collision repair industry to network and share best practices. Rick Fifer, North America business services manager at AkzoNobel, said, [...]

Auto Body Repair of America (ABRA) has become the first company to achieve accreditation from NSF International, a global organisation with more than 70 years of independent product testing and certification expertise. ABRA has seen 70 of its centres awarded with NSF Collision Repair Shop Certification and says it plans to certify all its shops [...]

Automechanika Frankfurt, taking place from 13-17 September, will host 12 professional-development courses for repair specialists, free of charge and presented in German or English. This year, the popular professional-development programme is characterised by three focal points: firstly, complete and precise damage assessment and cost calculation; secondly, working on hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles; and thirdly, taking [...]

Nissan has unveiled a working prototype of what it describes as an ‘electric vehicle for car lovers’. Combining the performance of a sports car with zero emissions and intelligent mobility, the company says its BladeGlider vehicles are an environmentally-friendly option that doesn’t compromise on performance, achieving a top speed of 190kmph and acceleration of 0-100kmph [...]

The vast majority of recalls have not gone in for repairs yet, meaning there are millions of potentially dangerous cars on our roads. Recalls topped 51 million last year alone, but the number of drivers taking their cars for repairs is well short of that figure with more than 45 million cars recalled between 2013 [...]