• ABRA to expand in Pacific Northwest

    • June 29, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    ABRA to expand in Pacific Northwest
    ABRA Auto Body & Glass and its principal owner Hellman & Friedman, LLC, is pleased to announce today a definitive agreement to acquire 23 Kadel’s Auto Body locations in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Details of the agreement were not disclosed. The announcement is a strategic move underscoring ABRA’s ongoing and aggressive growth plan across the [...]
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  • Axalta examines lightweight body design at SURCAR 2015

    • June 29, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Axalta examines lightweight body design at SURCAR 2015
    Dr. Klemens Bartmann, global director technology OEM for Axalta Coating Systems a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, spoke at the 28th International Conference on Automotive Body Finishing (SURCAR) in Cannes, France. Dr Bartmann’s speech concentrated on Axalta’s lightweight multi-substrate body design and low bake coatings, and outlined how Axalta is creating new levels [...]
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  • Japanese carmakers expand Takata airbag recall

    • June 25, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Japanese carmakers expand Takata airbag recall
    BBC reports that Japanese car giants Toyota, Nissan and Mitsubishi have expanded a recall of cars to replace airbags made by Takata. The recalls had initially been issued in North America, but have now been extended to the rest of the world. The carmakers said they were calling back a total of 3.2 million cars [...]
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  • Axalta commissions new waterborne facility

    • June 25, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Axalta commissions new waterborne facility
    Facility engineered to meet demand for high-quality, environmentally-responsible coatings. Axalta Coating Systems a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, commissioned its new waterborne manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany, nine months after ground was broken on the project. The facility further expands Axalta’s substantial operations in Wuppertal and reflects Axalta’s commitment to produce environmentally responsible [...]
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  • US lawmakers have warned of car ‘recall fatigue’

    • June 24, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    US lawmakers have warned of car ‘recall fatigue’
    Policy makers in the US have warned of car ‘recall fatigue’ in a congressional hearing with regulators and carmakers about progress in a major airbag recall. Faulty airbags made by Japan’s Takata have been linked to at least eight deaths, multiple injuries and has prompted the largest recall in US history. The US safety agency [...]
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