Assets in Airbags: Lacero Solutions turns airbags to recyclable materials
Toronto, Ontario — When the Takata airbag crisis first gripped the globe in 2018, Keshav Kochhar and his team saw an opportunity and took to the drawing board to create an innovative solution for safely destroying and recycling end-of-life and defective/recalled airbags. Since then, their company Lacero Solutions has received and deployed 275,000 airbags and […]
Industry Insider: IAA’s new Merchandising Platform provides a 360 buying approach
Toronto, Ontario — This week, Collision Repair’s Industry Insider sat down with Blair Earle, managing director 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 this week’s episode to learn more!
Make Your Own Business: Ontario autoshop offers customers opportunity to destroy their own cars
Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario — This Ontario auto repair business is shaking things up with a new vertical that draws business in on two fronts. To combat pandemic slowdowns, Crash Room Repairs in Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, recently converted a 25,000 sq. ft. warehouse on the property to a designated area for customers to destroy their vehicles with […]
Signals of Strength: Auto recycling sector’s pandemic power attracts investment, say consultants
Toronto, Ontario — As an essential business amid COVID-19, the strength of the North American automotive recycling sector has been thoroughly demonstrated—and investors are taking note. During the first of the Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association’s (OARA) virtual training series, guest speakers Rob Rainwater, Mike Kunkel and Lee Worman from Profit Team Consulting discussed the various lessons […]
OARA Online: Organization to host weekly training series starting next week
Toronto, Ontario — As we charge through the second-straight March without the regularly-scheduled Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association’s (OARA) Convention and Trade Show, the organization has unveiled some exciting virtual training opportunities, with festivities kicking off next Thursday, March 25. The OARA Virtual Training Series will bring industry experts to your desktop (or phone or iPad) […]
Leading Change: IAA CEO signs Action for Diversity, marking first vehicle salvage industry signatory
Westchester, New York — IAA, Inc., which operates in Canada through its subsidiary Impact Auto Auctions, has announced that IAA CEO and President John Kett has signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge, the largest CEO-driven business coalition to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. As the first signatory in the vehicle […]
Closed Circuit: Hyundai partners with Quebec-based Lithion for battery recycling
Markham, Ontario — Like the person who puts the tongs back on the plate at the buffet, Hyundai Canada is striving to make the EV industry better than when they arrived by partnering with Quebec-based Lithion Recycling to handle the automaker’s battery recycling program. This move by Hyundai attempts to complete a more sustainable production […]
Mastering Masses: First Cobalt to study ‘black mass’ material from recycled batteries
Toronto, Ontario — First Cobalt has begun a study of “black mass” material from recycled batteries as a supplemental source of feed for its hydrometallurgical refinery north of Toronto. The company said it believes the refinery could recover cobalt, nickel, copper, and potentially lithium and manganese—in addition to planned cobalt production from primary feed. Discussions […]
Palladium Prowlers: Catalytic converter thefts again on the rise from coast to coast
Ottawa, Ontario — Catalytic converter thefts are again on the rise across Canada, with authorities reporting strings of crimes in New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba in recent weeks. The thieves target the exhaust system part for its precious metal components, which include rhodium, palladium and platinum—rarities that can be sold on the black market for […]
Fixin’ for Festivities: URG announces new dates for 2021 Training Conference
Dallas, Texas — The United Recyclers Group (URG) 2021 Training Conference has been moved to August 5 through August 7, the company announced Feb. 22. “The dates may have changed, but it is still the premier event of the year for the auto recycling industry,” said DJ Harrington in URG’s announcement video. “Same great speakers, […]
