Crash Management serves a wide range of prestigious government & fleet clients throughout NZ including blue-chip corporate Programmed Property Services. PPS provides commercial building & infrastructure services, and marine maintenance & logistics specialising in the off-shore oil & gas industry. … Read More
Go the TOOL BLACKS
The WorldSkills International Competition is the “Olympics for the Trades” and was held in Brazil this year. Crash Management would like to congratulate the NZ automotive trades competitors – the TOOL BLACKS – for an outstanding achievement in their chosen … Read More
AA INSURANCE collision repair centre – be afraid
Who’s in favour of powerful insurance companies repairing policy holders’ cars themselves? Insurance is a product, collision repair is an entirely separate product – why would insurance companies want to fix the cars they insure? It’s a valid question being … Read More
AA Insurance goes into the Panelbeating business
The panelbeating industry is a tough business these days, and it’s about to get tougher. As car technology and road safety improve, the collision repair industry shrinks. The accident rate has been trending down for decades and while a good … Read More
Car Accident Safety Message
We don’t want our lovely clients on the front page tomorrow – please wear your seat belt this Easter weekend! Cars have never been safer. Cars technology has never been so complex. Panelbeaters have never been so highly trained and … Read More
Panelbeaters v. Insurance Industry – David & Goliath?
The recent Seven Sharp media coverage of the rocky relationship between the panelbeating and insurance industries has put the problem in the (very) public domain. The problem raging is the dominance of the ‘big name’ insurers and the perceived mis-use … Read More
Plastic Cars Bodies – The Future is Here
For over a hundred years cars were made of mild steel and oxy-acetylene gas welding was our friend. No longer. In the never ending search for light-weight stronger design, we’ve seen a range of high-tensile steels, alloys, plastics and aluminium … Read More
Car Body Technology – now too complex to repair?
As the technology in automotive construction becomes more and more sophisticated, we hear more customer concerns about repairability. Customers are aware that their new car “isn’t just made of ordinary steel” and worry that a car accident repair may … Read More
WHO REALLY CONTROLS THE PANELBEATING INDUSTRY & WHO REALLY DELIVERS ‘SERVICE’ WHEN CAR ACCIDENTS HAPPEN?
Crash Management is a facilitator, we co-ordinate services and logistics for customers when car accidents happen. We do not ‘do’ insurance, and we do not ‘do’ collision repairs. We provide a convenient 24/7 one-call solution that acts on the vehicle … Read More
Is Body Filler OK?
In the course of providing accident management services to NZ fleet operators and the public, we often called on to provide technical information and advice. One of the most common questions is regarding the use of body filler, another client … Read More