IBIS – the international bodyshop industry symposium – has set its sights on the USA with plans revealed to host an IBIS Summit USA in February 2019. The event, aimed at attracting circa 150 of the USA’s senior business leaders and influencers in collision repair will be held in California with exclusive, invite only, attendance. [...]

The IBIS Global Summit is heading, for the first time in its 19 year history, to Italy on 10-12 June 2019 with the event taking place at the Grand Hotel Dino, on the spectacular shores of Lake Maggiore, Baveno, near Milan. The announcement came during the close of the IBIS Global Summit 2018 which has [...]

A 32 strong delegation of Axalta representatives participated in the IBIS Global Summit 2018 that took place in Munich, Germany. The delegation included representatives from the company’s senior management team, teams from Axalta’s three premium global refinish brands – Cromax, Spies Hecker, and Standox – as well as a number of its partners and customers. [...]

IBIS Global Summit 2018 delegates heard that a skilled workforce and correct repair were two of the key challenges for the industry in the near future. The message came from the final session of the IBIS Global Summit 2018 which saw Ford’s Jennifer Boyer and Caliber’s Mark Sanders provide their respective opinions on the challenges [...]

Mark Sanders​, president and COO, Caliber Collision opened his IBIS Global Summit 2018 session by stating: ‘I really want to challenge the perspective that the higher the pace of growth gets, the more your results deteriorate.’ He then went on to highlight how Caliber’s approach to business and staff or ‘teammates’ engagement has seen it [...]