This Month: Modern Shop Management / Powertrain Systems
September: Dealership Parts & Service / Light Truck & 4X4
Articles Written By Gary E. Goms:
Colorado Springs--The 2008 SkillsUSA collision repair contest, held at Pikes Peak Community College on April 11, has added painting and refinishing repairs to its collision repair test series. The primary reason for adding paint and refinishing was to create a test series that parallels those administered at the national SkillsUSA contest, said Richard Turner of PPG Industries, who headed the effort to design a test that would accurately measure student skills in the painting and refinishing category.
Denver -- It should be no secret for anybody working in the independent service sector that the electronics content of an average vehicle has risen from an estimated 10 percent during the 1990s to an estimated 40 percent for vehicles coming on line today.
Las Vegas - The OE Tool Forum, held with the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) on Oct. 31 in Las Vegas and hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Automotive Service Association (ASA), signals a growing trend in aftermarket repairs.