Purpose, Progress and Partnership: Key takeaways from the 2025 URG/PRP Training Conference
Orlando, Florida – The 2025 URG/PRP Training Conference in Orlando delivered a high-impact week of learning, networking and industry collaboration for auto recyclers from across North America. From April 7 to 14, the event combined hands-on facility tours, strategic board sessions, and targeted training that reinforced the industry’s focus on operational excellence and forward-thinking leadership. […]
TIME TO TRAIN
Hit the books with these recycler-focused courses Young dogs, old dogs, and any dogs in between; they can all learn new tricks. Take a lesson from the beloved domesticated pet; it’s never too late to brush up or gain knowledge somewhere new. We’ve compiled a list of recycler-focused courses for your perusal. Offered online for […]
Another Use for the Used: Standard Auto Wreckers leads Markham firefighters to Miami auto-extrication competition
Miami, Florida — The Markham, Ontario fire crew was in Miami last month to show off the emergency auto extraction skills the team has gained through its regular training sessions at Scarborough, Ont.’s Standard Auto Wreckers. The team trains on-site at the auto recycling yard every week—twice a week when the competitions come close. Training […]
Up to Batt: NAATBatt International to host fifth annual workshop on Lithium Battery Recycling
Ann Arbor, Michigan — NAATBatt International will hold its fifth annual workshop on Lithium Battery Recycling from August 8 to August 9 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This in-person event will be held at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. The workshop will focus on lithium battery recycling and battery lifecycle […]
Meet Your Match: OARA kicks off Spring Webinar series with VINMatchPro, ‘mileage history at your fingertips’
Toronto, Ontario — The Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association (OARA) kicked off its Spring Webinar Training Series last Wednesday with a session featuring J.C. Cahill and Todd Ensworth of VINMatchPro. Cahill has been in the industry since he was “a young man,” he told the OARA audience and has worked in high-level roles for several industry […]
Spring Training: OARA unveils Spring Webinar Training Series lineup
Toronto, Ontario — The Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association (OARA) has unveiled its lineup of webinars featuring new products and business opportunities, set to kick off on May 4. The first hour-long session will be hosted by J.C. Cahill, owner of VIN Match Pro, a company that aids recyclers in sourcing and matching OEM parts. JC […]
Electric Education: Registration opens for ARC EV education event
Toronto, Ontario — With new information on electric vehicles being released by OEMs faster than can be absorbed, along with new investments from different levels of government, battery recyclers, battery re-users, Steve Fletcher and the Automotive Recyclers of Canada have decided to hold a webinar in November to lay it all out for the Canadian […]
A Cut Above: Firefighters compete in Auto-Ex competition at Standard Auto Wreckers
Scarborough, Ontario — It may have been one of October’s chilliest mornings yet, but that did nothing to dampen the vigour of Markham, Ont. and Oakville, Ont.’s firefighter crews, who competed in the annual Auto-Ex Competition at Standard Auto Wreckers last Friday, October 22. David Gold, the owner of Standard Auto Wreckers, was generous enough to […]
New Semester: Car-Part.com releases September webinar schedule
Toronto, Ontario — All you auto recyclers pack up your glitter pens into your Fortnite backpacks, Car-Part.com is sending you back to school this September. Car-Part.com has a swath of new training webinars lined up for the month of September, covering the ins-and-outs of Car-Part’s many pieces of parts sourcing software. September’s webinar schedule from […]
The Deal with Dismantling: OARA’s latest training session covers the keys to the post-buy process
Ottawa, Ontario — Last week’s OARA virtual training session, led once again by the gang from Profit Team Consulting took a turn to a more glossed-over segment of auto recycling training—what happens after the sale and the nitty-gritty of the dismantling process. “We always want to talk about sales,” Lee Worman of Profit Team Consulting […]
