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3M have launch an E coat DA disc designed to conbat the hard E coat finishes found today on modern replacement panel parts.Tests have found that this new disc will out proform current products by aleast 12 times and cut process times dramatically.
For more details, please contact your local JCA salesperson.
Story Added - August 2008
Demand for the Standox Standohyd mixing bases have lead the company to re size popular tinters now into 3.5 litre pack sizes.394 Standohyd Fine Silver, 313 Moondust Silver and 390 Silver will now be availble in the larger size. The size reflects the popularity of light, fine silver colours in todays car park.
For more details contact any memeber of the JCA sales or tech team.
Story Added - August 2008
JCA Bugle customer VRS motor bodyworks in Bodmin has recently been awarded the Thatcham BSI kitemark. The 17,000 sq ft bodyshop which went through a refit last year is the first independant shop to gain the award in Cornwall. A spokeman from VRS said,"We pride ourselves on providing our customers with the very best quality products and service" VRS has serveral insurance approvals including Cornish Mutual,Norwich Union and CIS.
Story Added - August 2008
The number of accredited bodyshops has now risen to139; 24 shops being added during June/early July. BSI predicts an approximate 300by the end of 2008. I believe a more realistic figure of 200 to 250 is more likely.
Story Added - July 2008
The new Impreza WRC2008 rally car from Subaru World Rally Team has beenreleased. The car first appeared at this year’s Acropolis Rally of Greece, painted inStandox high performance Standohyd paint materials. The new car is the mostradically different Subaru World Rally Car in 15 years, and marks the 11th year ofSubaru World Rally Team’s close association with Standox.The new car is based on the latest road going Subaru Impreza, introduced in 2007. Itfeatures radically new styling and a dramatic new livery in the familiar shade of bluecreated by Standox colour technicians. The new car keeps the famous Subaruhorizontally-opposed turbocharged engine and all wheel drive.Neville Dickson, Marketing Manager, Standox UK added: “Standox is delighted thatSubaru World Rally Team, like Standox, invests in the latest technology to bringconcrete results. We look forward to the remainder of 2008 with real anticipation.”
Story Added - July 2008
PPG is celebrating its 125th anniversary of its founding as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company this year. PPGs products over the last 125 years include coatings that protect cars from rust, chemicals that strengthen rubber, low VOC paints that resist mildew, and many more.
Story Added - July 2008
R-M™s Hydrofiller has proved very popular with many bodyshops, thanks to its ability to be applied successfully over a wide range of substrates that might otherwise prove difficult for more conventional primers. These tricky substrates can include fully or even poorly cured paintwork and TPA, rub throughs on steel, galvanised steel and even aluminium.
As R-M continues to develop and improve its products, the chemists in R-M research and development have yet again, come up with another winner with Hydrofiller II, a fast drying, easy to sand, dark grey waterborne primer.Hydrofiller II is a single pack product which is simplicity itself to prepare, just add 10% R-M Hydromix and you are ready to spray. Two coats are applied, using a primer specific, HVLP or compliant spray gun set up, allowing 5 minutes flash off between coats.
This provides a film thickness of between 40 and 60 microns, which can be dried in 30 minutes at 60°C, air dried at 20°C in two hours or for the fastest process time, infra red dried in 8 minutes. The dark grey colour providing the perfect substrate shade for all popular topcoat colours.Hydrofiller II can be dry sanded quickly and easily ready for topcoating with any of the R-M compliant car topcoats, so it is perfectly suited to rapid or Express minor repairs.
Story Added - July 2008
The importers of Isuzu vehicles in the UK have chosen Standox to provide technical support to its bodyshop network. This is the first time that Isuzu (UK) Ltd has formed a technical partnership with a refinish paint manufacturer.
The agreement, which covers the UK and Ireland, means all Isuzu approved bodyshops can benefit from the extensive technical and product expertise of Standox personnel.
Speaking for Isuzu (UK) Ltd, Technical Services Director Phil Evans stated: “Isuzu dealers and approved repairs are keen to offer an even higher level services, and I believe the planned course of support from Standox will help us all increase our technical abilities and customer satisfaction.”
Isuzu wishes to improve customer service by presenting common repair and refinish standards in all approved Isuzu accident repair outlets. Standox staff will play a vital part in this process beginning with an audit of all repairers to assess the need for technical and product support. This will be just the first step in a long term programme, as dedicated Standox staff follow up with technical and product support on site and at The Refinish Academy training centre.
Neville Dickson, Marketing Manager, Standox UK said: “I am delighted that Isuzu has chosen Standox to enhance its bodyshop operation. I am sure the Standox team will help all bodyshops repairing Isuzu vehicles to meet the highest standards and produce the best possible returns.”
Story Added - June 2008
Thatcham used their annual Triple Focus event last week to announce the launch of a new category within Thatcham Quality Accreditation (TQA®) - ‘Repair Equipment’.With the demands on repairers to ensure they are utilising the correct tools and equipment and in recognising the potential size of this investment, Thatcham have launched Repair Equipment Accreditation to help bodyshop owners and repair technicians identify robust, quality tools and equipment, suitable to meet their needs and with the build quality to last in daily use within a tough working environment.
Integrated with Thatcham’s established Quality Accreditation Processes, the insurer funded research centre, has initially defined criteria for the accreditation of spot welders, spray guns and hand tools with the option of defining criteria for any further tools and equipment where the need or demand arises. The first three products to satisfy the criteria are Sykes-Pickavant’s Body repair kit, Stanners’ MI100 Spot Welder and Deltalyo’s DL3000WB spraygun. Presenting certification to these organisations during the Triple Focus show, Thatcham’s Accreditation Manager, Dean Lander said “A need has been identified as repairers are unsure which equipment to invest in. With their requirement to have quality equipment, that meets the demands of PAS125 and is suitably robust to last in the harsh environment of a busy bodyshop, this accreditation has been established to help bodyshop owners and managers to make the best choice for their business. The Thatcham Accredited mark is a recognised mark of quality and gives independent recognition of product performance”.
Story Added - June 2008
Four new Kitemarked bodyshops have been added to the BSi Kitemark website since the last list on Friday 30 May taking them up to 119 sites – 76 in groups and 43 single sites.
The four new Kitemarked sites are:
- the first kitemarked site for Just Car Clinics at their Hull site
- Jenkins and Pain Dover
- DK Autos (Aldershot) Ltd
- VRS Motor Body Works Bodmin
Story Added - June 2008
Articles have been reproduced with authorisation from the BodyShop Magazine, Motor Factor, The ABP Club and
The Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre (Thatcham).