ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO July 24, 2012, – GARMAT USA has announced the return of the immensely popular Garmat Sharp Shooter contest for shop owners and paint techs.  This contest which began in 2011, was designed to recognize quality paint techs and shop owners that use Garmat equipment. 

"At tradeshows and site visits paint techs are always telling me how they prefer Garmat paint spray booths, so this is their chance to tell us why", says Johan Huwaert, Garmat USA's general…

Hey fellow collision hubbers, i'm right now in the process of considering a location for my collision shop and i'm worried that the shops location isn't good. The speed limit is 45-50 mph on the road itself, it has a lot of industrial buildings on it but a lot of other stuff as well. Gas stations, parts stores, restaurants ect but i'm not sure what aspects to base my decision on, can anyone help ?

While this may seem like an easy question to answer, the answer is a long one. The BMS currently contains 104 messages each of which performs a different data exchange for a specific business function. The 104 messages address data exchanges between companies to improve the work-flow between and within companies. More messages are added to the BMS with each new Release.

Some of these business functions, covered in the BMS, are:

• Ordering Parts and…

CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts returned to the 48^th Annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference where they helped educate, guide and evaluate the next generation of auto body repair professionals.

SkillsUSA is a national organization of students, teachers…

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The proposed legislation in Massachusetts sets out some basic principles:

1. Repairers should be able to access all the latest vehicle repair information and diagnostic codes.

2. That access is in return for a ‘fair’ subscription price.

3. Diagnostic data would be the same as for manufacturer franchise dealers, and accessible via a common OBD II port.

4. The proposed state law would come into effect from 2015 Model Year cars (mid-2014 onwards).

5. Failure…