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Ray Smith Roberts returns to the board with David Goldstein of the giant US collision group Caliber an all new addition.

The Australian Collision Industry Alliance will be exhibiting at the Collision Repair Expo in Melbourne and will hold its AGM there on 12 April.

Gary Wilcox from Monit shares his journey from starting out as a panel beater that builds panels for houses (or so he thought) to owning the largest WHS provider to the collision repair industry.

AAAA's Stuart Charity gives us the lowdown on all seminars and technical demos that are free to attend at this year's Collision Repair Expo in Melbourne next month.

EV sales (including both battery EVs and plug-in hybrids) grew by 120%. The total Australian EV fleet surpassed 180,000 electric vehicles

Tom Dohrmann Ford's Assistant Chief Program Engineer – F-150 RHD gives us the lowdown on the conversion process and what technicians need to know to effect safe repairs. 

Street Talk claims that Vais and Milliner are leading a group, dubbed the Firebird syndicate, along with other industry players to buy Capital S.M.A.R.T but have been rebuffed by the board.

"This is a systemic issue for the insurer Suncorp and its associated brands, and one that requires a significant change of business practice."

This new alliance will cut down on the many phone calls associated with accident replacement vehicles.

“Our business has experienced a significant improvement since participating in the Road to Gold training. Far from just scratching the surface of technical information, it provides detailed in-depth content of a constantly evolving industry."

Scott Croaker will assume the top management role at Fix Auto Australia in March.

There are some interesting facts and figures to be mined from this report.

Scott Wiseman has been around the block in this industry. He shares his journey from toga partying student teacher to National Key Account & OEM Manager at Axalta Coating Systems.

In case you missed it, our interview with Car Craft from the January/February issue of the magazine.

New GILC report highlights the global challenges and opportunities for the use of AI in the insurance industry.

VACC reports that Suncorp is offering customers instant assessments at approved repairers or wait six to eight weeks if they want to choose their own non-approved repairer.