ANOTHER USE FOR USED
Scrap cars and life-saving training By Allison Rogers Standard Auto Wreckers has formed a special relationship with some local heroes. The company’s Scarborough, Ontario-based yard welcomes the Markham firefighters’ auto extraction team every Wednesday morning, where the team trains on new scenarios they could very well be faced with a real-life emergency. The crew takes […]
RECYCLERS: KNOWN AGENTS OF CHANGE
By Allison Rogers and Steve Fletcher Automotive recyclers are a pretty cool lot. You’re known to be a passionate and tight-knit group, always seeking to introduce new practices to position themselves ahead of the curve—but never refusing to share your trade secrets in support of the betterment of our industry. That fact did not need […]
News
GONE TOO SOON Tesla has been talking big about its in-house insurance platform recently, and how it is providing insights on potential design improvements, but some recent reporting from Reuters has found that far too many of the electric automaker’s vehicles are turning up as salvage prematurely. In a compilation of 120 Model Y vehicles […]
TIME TO PLUG IN
ARC notes EV gaps for recyclers, key strategies in new report By Steve Fletcher, managing director, Automotive Recyclers of Canada The official Roadmap and Implementation Plan for the Management of End-of-Life (EOL) Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Canada has been prepared by the Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) with the financial support of Natural Resources Canada’s […]
AUTO RECYCLING ACROSS CANADA
Suivi de l’activité des organisations provinciales en 2022 When this magazine’s editorial team was compiling the 2022 issue of Canadian Auto Recyclers, we heard from more than one party that the year had been one of the best on record for recyclers, where profits were concerned. Naturally, in our interviews for the 2023 edition, we […]
WELCOME TO 2023
Another standout edition of Canadian Auto Recyclers Welcome to the 17th edition of the Canadian Auto Recyclers magazine. The Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC) have collaborated with Media Matters since the inception of the CAR Magazine to bring you the best of the world of auto recycling across Canada. Full of news, industry profiles, and […]
THE JOURNEY AT ERNIE’S
Left, Christopher Ady, general manager, with his father and owner of Ernie’s Auto Parts, Stuart Ady. Stuart Ady, owner; Christopher Ady, general manager, Ernie’s Auto Parts. Stuart Ady is dedicated to a clean industry image By Allison Rogers When Stuart Ady was in his mid-teens, a local auto wrecking business was left abandoned. He heard […]
A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
The Canadian auto recycling industry continues to progress CANADIAN AUTO RECYCLERS2017 EDITION With Dalbert and Tabitha Livingstone, Andrew MacDonald, Cherie Cohen and Natalie Miller “Being featured alongside the up-andcoming leaders of the auto recycling industry in Canada was something I will always remember. I know that we will all be working in close proximity in […]
ONWARD AND UPWARD
Here’s to more thought-provoking conversations in 2023 By/Article de Gloria Mann Another year—my favourite time of year—and another issue of Canadian Auto Recyclers. Rejoice! The year put me back in my element. If you know me, you know I’m a social butterfly! I truly missed connecting with all the hardworking men and women in our […]
A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
CANADIAN AUTO RECYCLERS2016 EDITION With Steve Fletcher “Canadian Auto Recyclers is a pillar of the industry in both Canada and around the world. I was touched to be asked to be on the cover. I followed in the footsteps of industry leaders I have long admired, and to join their number was a tremendous honour.” […]