Monthly Archives: August 2021

Conference Keynote Will Have You Rethinking Your Communication Skills Does your body language speak louder than your words? Do you know how best to present yourself with your peers, customers and supervisors? To help answer these questions, Auto Glass Week™ … Continue reading →

Adhesives SikaTack® MACH-30 XV: High-Velocity Meets Optimized Viscosity Sika Corporation is proud to announce the introduction of SikaTack® MACH-30 XV, a new premium performance, cold-applied, 30-minute Minimum Drive-Away Time (MDAT) Auto Glass Replacement (AGR) adhesive. Formulated with enhanced thixotropic properties … Continue reading →

Top Stories from glassBYTEs.com™ These were the most-read stories on glassBYTEs.com since the last issue of AGRR™ magazine. If you’d like to stay current on all the auto glass industry news, sign up for AGRR magazine’s free business-day e-newsletter at … Continue reading →

UK IIR Issued ADAS Insurance Industry Requirements Auto Windscreens is ready for the introduction of new ‘Insurance Industry Requirements (IIR) for the safe repair of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) equipped vehicles. Thatcham Research, a not for profit insurer-funded research … Continue reading →

Utah, Maryland Deal with Auto Glass Safety By Seth Maiman The highlight of the 2021 state legislative session season thus far has been consideration by the Maryland General Assembly of a bill that would incorporate the Auto Glass Replacement Safety … Continue reading →

Ya Gotta Blow The Whistle! By Lyle R. Hill I was running late. It was my own fault because I had left later than planned and had run into heavier than expected traffic. I didn’t want to arrive late to … Continue reading →

Understanding Rear Vision Safety By Bill Castleberry According to the latest available government statistics, there are about 210 deaths and 15,000 injuries every year from back-over accidents involving light vehicles. Tragically, 31 percent of those fatalities involve children under the … Continue reading →

Insurance: Why Do You Deal? By Tara Taffera The headline in this column is a rhetorical question. But if shops had to answer perhaps the reason would simply be, “Because I have to.” I wrote an article recently about the … Continue reading →

2020 Jeep Gladiator By Alfredo Calva 1 The 2020 Jeep Gladiator looks easy–until you actually start working on it. There is not much space to get a cold knife blade inserted and it’s also quite difficult getting a fiber line … Continue reading →

Features New Software, New Updates A look at the changes and recent upgrades unveiled by software suppliers to make things easier for auto glass shops. Understanding Adhesives Learn how temperature and humidity relates to adhesives, and their corresponding drive away … Continue reading →