The Early Years
In 1979 this type of vehicle changed the future of collision repair and paved the way for I-CAR’s formation.
What is unibody?
ISAC is an acronym that represents what group of committees developed to ensure seamless alignment of I-CAR’s portfolio of educational products, services and related recognition programs with the needs expressed directly by the industry.
What is Industry Segment Advisory Council?
Now known as “CREF,” this foundation began formal operations in 1991.
What is the I-CAR education foundation? (Original name the I-CAR education foundation but will also give points for Collision Repair Education Foundation.)
In 1985 this person—who may be in this room—took over as the 3rd Executive Vice President of I-CAR.
Who is Jeff Silver?
I-CAR’s first unibody program contained this number of sections.
What is nine?
This was the original acronym for the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repairs.
What is IICACR?
The acronym CRIN represents this network formed in 1990.
What is Collision Repair Instructors Network?
This training program was introduced in 1997 to recognize an individual’s training accomplishments.
What is I-CAR Platinum Individual program?
The first unibody program was developed by General Motors and I-CAR, who contracted with this vocational school in Appleton, Wisconsin.
What is Fox Valley Technical College
In 1982, Jim Murphy left this company to become I-CAR’s second Executive Vice President.
What is National Automotive Independent Insurers?
In 1979, this essential safety feature was introduced.
What is an airbag?
These are all the countries that are licensed to deliver training under the I-CAR brand.
What are the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia?
This term was coined by the current I-CAR CEO and president to brand the advancements in vehicle technology.
What is the Technical Tsunami?
The 1979, this chairman of the National Association of Independent Insurers, proposed the original idea for what later became I-CAR.
Who is Arthur Mertz
In the late 1980’s, I-CAR moved from offices within the National Association of Independent Insurers headquarters to a larger facility in this Illinois city.
What is Wood Dale?
In the late 1980’s, I-CAR was brought to this foreign country.
What is New Zealand?
In 2005, this form of training was launched at I-CAR.
What is online training?
This hands-on qualification testing was the first in I-CAR history.
What is welding?
In the early 1980’s, I-CAR hired this individual as its first Executive Vice President.
Who is Jim Tishkowski?
This was a subscription-based CD rom package released in the 1990’s for Collision Repair practices.
What is Uniform Procedures for Collision Repair?
This was I-CAR’s original mission statement.
What is “to bring up-to-date training to technicians and appraisers already in the industry?”
In the late 1980’s this I-CAR technical newsletter premiered.
What is “The Advantage.”
In this year I-CAR moved to its international headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
What is 2005?
This OEM was the creator of I-CAR’s original plastics program.
Who is Ford Motor Company?
The I-CAR Platinum designation originated in this country.
What is Canada?
These individuals were the first 3 regional managers of I-CAR, brought on in the early 1980’s.
Who are:
In 2005, collisionkids.org was designed to attract this group of individuals to the collision repair industry.
What are grade school kids?
This is the year that the Gold Class program was established.
What is 1991?
In 1996 this person followed Jeff Silver as 4th Executive Vice President.
Who is Tom Mack?
These processes were introduced in 2007 to require on-going training for people who want to maintain Gold Class and Platinum status.
What is 5&2 and 10&2?