3M is hoping to help address a workforce crisis in the auto body collision repair industry.

3M has teamed up with General Motors on something that has never been done before in automotive manufacturing: automating paint repair on a moving production line.

The 3M™ PPS™ Disposable Paint Cup System was developed in 1996 in England by 3M engineer Steve Joseph, reinventing how painters in the collision repair industry managed the paint process.

“So, to have somebody new come in [to your shop] in an entry-level position and be seen as the person who just does prep work ...

Mentoring a new generation of collision repair technicians isn’t as simple as teaching procedures and processes; it requires people skills and good communication. That’s according to ...