The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) announced that the next CIECA Webinar, 3D Printing in Collision Repair, will be held on Thursday, March 27 at 2 p.m. (EDT). The one-hour live broadcast will feature Harold Sears, head of the advisory council for Auto Additive, and Gerry Poirier, a consultant with Vector Squared. During the […]
Uniparts OEM Announces 3D Printed Headlight Repair Tab Supplier Agreement for Canada
Uniparts OEM Canada, in cooperation with Parts Plex Inc. announced its exclusive supplier agreement with Auto Additive for the distribution of 3D printed headlight repair tabs in the Canadian market. As the official and exclusive agent for Parts Plex, the Uniparts team will be bringing the new sustainable technology to the Canadian Collision Industry with […]
Interview: Mario Dimovski and Harold Sears on 3D Printing in Auto Repair Task Force
Dimovski and Sears discuss the task force findings on how the repair industry can realize the potential of additive manufacturing technology. Last spring, IBIS Worldwide in collaboration with its supporting partners announced the formation of a task force to examine the use of 3D printing in automotive repair and the collision industry. The task force, […]
Thatcham Research Joins Collision Repair 3D Printing Task Force
Thatcham Research, the United Kingdom-based nonprofit insurer funded research center, has officially joined the industry-led 3D Printing Task Force for the automotive collision repair industry. The initiative brings together top experts and leaders in 3D printing and automotive manufacturing with the goal of fostering collaboration, idea-sharing, and the development of safe and regulated practices for […]
Würth Additive Group CEO Joins Collision Repair 3D Printing Task Force
AJ Strandquist, CEP of Würth Additive Group, a Würth Industry North America company, will join the groundbreaking, internationally recognized 3D Printing in Auto Collision Task Force, announced today at the International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS) Global Summit 2023 in Milan, Italy. In April 2023, during the International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS) USA 2023 trade conference […]
Taskforce Launched on 3D Printing in Auto and Collision Repair at IBIS USA
IBIS Worldwide, in collaboration with its supporting partners, announced at IBIS USA 2023 in Nashville the formation of a taskforce dedicated to exploring the use of 3D printing in automotive repair and the collision industry. With IBIS as the platform for driving the project, Harold Sears has been named as the task force lead. Sears […]
Volkswagen Plans to Use New 3D printing Process in Vehicle Production
Volkswagen is pressing ahead with the use of 3D printers in car production including components used in the A-pillar of the T-Roc convertible. For the first time, the newest process – known as binder jetting – is being used to manufacture components at the company’s main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Whereas conventional 3D printing uses […]
Nissan Using Dieless Forming for Metal Crash Parts to Expand NISMO Heritage Parts Range in Japan
Nissan today announced it will utilize its new technologies to bring to the Japan market additional parts in the NISMO Heritage Parts program, a series of genuine repair and replacement parts for discontinued vehicles. The new technologies include dual-sided dieless forming for body panels and 3-D printing for resin parts. Nissan unveiled dual-sided dieless forming […]
Interview: Mario Dimovski, TradieBot Industries and Plastfix
Australia-based innovator has developed virtual reality programs to help train entry-level painters, augmented reality technical information systems and a robotic 3-D printing headlight Repairbot. Longtime readers of CollisionWeek are familiar with Australia-based TradieBot Industries. Over the past few years, the company has launched a project to develop a robotic 3-D printing Repairbot to fix damaged […]
Tradiebot Industries Announces Collaboration on 3D Scanning Technology
Tradiebot Industries and Shanghai Digital Manufacturing (SHDM) today launched a collaborative project directed at developing 3D scanning technologies. Australia-based Tradiebot is developing robotic 3D printing technology it hopes will have applications in the collision repair industry. In March, its Repairbot project 3D printed a replacement bracket onto a headlight assembly. The collaboration announced today will […]