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CARSTAR Conference Examines Hiring and Employee Retention

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BALTIMORE, Md. --Willis Ramirez, director of human resources for CARSTAR, explains at CARSTAR's national conference in Baltimore how shops can use online job site for hiring. He also explains the main reasons why workers leave their jobs.

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An uncomfortable truth

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No doubt you're familiar with the name George Avery. Avery is the State Farm representative whose job I find the least enviable in the entire industry. Avery appears at industry events such as the Collision Industry Conference and speaks directly to repairers about State Farm's positions on various issues. In person, all of us who know Avery would say he's one of the nicest people we've ever met. When he's doing his job and fielding questions on some of State Farm's most controversial moves, needless to say, he's not the most popular guy in the room. By far. Avery, of course, understands this better than anyone.

What about our costs?

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In past industry meetings I've attended, someone usually points out that car rentals cost each insurer millions of dollars each day. The initial State Farm Parts Procurement Tests and now "Expanded Tests" are designed to reduce this expense by improving the parts procurement process.

Living in a corporate world

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When I was majoring in English all those many years ago at Kent State University one of the academic terms that really stuck with me was epiphany. An epiphany is a sudden moment of insight when you learn something significant about life such as when you realized your parents weren't wrong about everything or when you discovered that married life was going to be far more complex in a different kind of way than you ever imagined.

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The Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger will offer BorgWarner's new InterActive Torque Management? Transfer Case (ITM? tc) all-wheel-drive (AWD) technology as optional equipment for the 2009 model year. ITM tc offers enhanced response and controllability with reduced noise, vibration and harness (NVH) in a compact, efficient design.

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Metal restoration product touts fuel savings through friction reduction

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CerMet Lab Company has received a U.S. patent for a nano-particle ceramic conditioner product that restores metal and reduces friction in metal-to-metal environments. The process has proven to significantly improve fuel economy in both diesel and gas-powered engines, as well as provide energy savings in other mechanical devices, according to the company.

MIT, Bosch announce energy collaboration

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As part of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), MIT and Bosch have announced a new energy research collaboration aimed at exploring new materials and concepts for efficient energy-conversion and energy-storage systems.

DENSO evaluates biodiesel for industrial air conditioners

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Plug-in Prius prototype put on display

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Toyota recently displayed a prototype plug-in Prius hybrid at Legislative Plaza during a field hearing on electric drive vehicles called for by the Congressional TVA Caucus. The prototype Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) enhances the high fuel economy and ultra-low emissions of the popular Toyota Prius production hybrid model with an expanded Nickel-Metal-Hydride battery pack that can be charged by plugging into a standard household electrical outlet.

Goodyear pushing added ComforTred sizes via TV spots and new POS ad materials

Motor Age

Goodyear has started running a multi-pronged approach to promote the company's Assurance ComforTred tire technology. The centerpiece of the advertising push is a television spot highlighting the top-selling tire.