Advancing Repair-First Outcomes Through the Plastic Repair Alliance
Over the past year, Plasnomic has laid the structural and operational groundwork to enable a standards-driven evolution of automotive plastic repair.
Through the establishment of the Plastic Repair Alliance Council, Plasnomic has focused on aligning governance, industry expertise, technical validation, and digital infrastructure to support repair-first outcomes at scale. The progress achieved during this foundational year positions Plasnomic to move decisively into best-practice definition and scaled industry deployment in 2026.
Building the Foundations
Plasnomic formally established the Plastic Repair Alliance Council, bringing together experienced industry leaders, repair specialists, and strategic partners from across global markets. With a dedicated Head of Council, Mario Dimovski, appointed, the Council now operates with clear governance, strategic oversight, and an industry-led mandate to validate solutions in real repair environments.
Industry engagement has been a critical focus. A formal “Call to Action” invited plastic repair providers and collision repair organizations to participate in shaping future best practices. Founding MSO partners across multiple regions have been established with planned contribution, operational insight and real-world repair data, ensuring Plasnomic initiatives are grounded in practical application rather than theory.
At the same time, Plasnomic has expanded its Strategic Partner ecosystem to include leading brands across materials, equipment, tooling, and services, thus creating a globally-relevant repair network aligned around validation, consistency, and performance.
Technical Validation and Digital Enablement
A core priority for Plasnomic has been the structured evaluation of existing plastic repair processes, products, and equipment. This work has focused on consistency, repeatability, risk identification, and measurable repair outcomes under real-world conditions.
To support this effort, development of Plasnomic’s mobile and web-based digital tools has progressed into active testing. These tools enable digital process documentation, repair traceability, and future certification support providing the technical backbone required for scalable best-practice deployment.
Introducing PRISM
Central to Plasnomic’s digital strategy is PRISM—Plastic Repair Intelligence, Standards, and Marketplace. Now in beta development, PRISM is designed to serve as the digital backbone of plastic repair in the collision industry, supporting technician engagement, product grading, expert-led validation, knowledge sharing and the deployment of standardized training across global markets.
PRISM reflects Plasnomic’s commitment to combining expert knowledge with data-driven validation, ensuring repair standards are both technically sound and practically achievable.
Sustainability and Circular Impact
Sustainability remains a key driver of Plasnomic’s focus, and they have initiated circular waste and plastic diversion programs in collaboration with MSO’s government bodies and OEM partners. These efforts align closely with plastic waste management, landfill diversion objectives and insurer ESG commitments.
By validating plastic repairs that allow components to perform as intended, the Alliance supports meaningful reductions in plastic waste while maintaining safety, quality and cost efficiency.
Laboratory and Independent Testing
To further strengthen technical credibility, Plasnomic has secured a formal agreement with a world-class, automotive OEM-aligned laboratory. Combined laboratory, partner, and in-house testing with investment in commercial grade equipment enables controlled, standards-based evaluation of materials, repair processes, cost performance, ADAS compatibility, and real-world repair outcomes. This layered approach ensures that Plasnomic recommendations are backed by independent validation as well as field-based evidence.
Looking Ahead
From January 2026, Plasnomic will transition from evaluation into publishing formally-governed industry best practices. The initial focus will be on polypropylene bumper repairs, reflecting the most common and highest-impact plastic repair category globally.
Validation will concentrate on the five most prevalent damage types, with results guided by laboratory testing and supported by field-based validation through an expanded network and announcement of the Technical Ambassadors. These ambassadors, plastic repair champions from across the world, will play a critical role in translating technical outcomes into practical, repeatable repair standards.
Progressive rollout of best practices will follow through founding MSO partners and global training bodies, supported by the launch of PRISM’s digital knowledge and repair certification tools.
As Plasnomic expands its collaborative reach and begins validating processes, products, and equipment featured within the PRISM platform, Plasnomic will take a leading role in representing and promoting approved and preferred solutions across its distribution network and MSO partners. These offerings will be positioned as best-in-class options for safe, consistent, and high-quality plastic repair.
Coalition Structure
The updated Plasnomic coalition structure will consist of three distinct layers:
Layer 1: Executive Council (Strategic Leadership)
This top layer forms the strategic foundation of Plasnomic—bringing together key industry influencers and executive leaders to guide direction, priorities, governance, and industry alignment. It will be expanded to include insurer representation and, over time, OEM participation.
Layer 2: Global MSO & Partner Representation (Operational Adoption)
The second layer includes global MSO representation and select partner organizations, focused on real-world implementation. This group validates processes in live repair environments, provides operational feedback, supports rollout planning, and helps measure outcomes such as cycle time, quality consistency, safety, and the measurable benefits of increasing repair versus replace.
Layer 3: Technical Ambassadors (Technical Authority and Training)
The third layer consists of Technical Ambassadors—subject-matter experts responsible for technical validation, training support, and best-practice development.
Best Practice Development: A Three-Layer Validation Approach
As Plasnomic transitions into 2026, the Alliance will move from evaluation into formal best-practice definition using a structured three-layer validation approach designed to ensure rigor, credibility, and real-world applicability.
The first layer is laboratory-based testing, conducted through OEM-aligned and independent facilities. This provides controlled data on material performance, repair integrity, durability, and compatibility with modern vehicle systems, including ADAS considerations.
The second layer incorporates technical feedback and guidance from Technical Ambassadors, who assess laboratory outcomes against real-world repair conditions. This step ensures that proposed methods are practical, repeatable, and aligned with technician capabilities and training realities.
The third layer is real-world validation through MSO collision repair partners, where repair methods are applied at scale in live shop environments. This final layer confirms consistency, efficiency, cost performance, and repair outcomes across different regions and operating models.
Supporting this framework are Plasnomic’s Alliance partners and approved providers, whose materials, equipment, tools, and processes form the building blocks of validated best-practice methods. Together, these elements will move from validated methods into formally governed standards, supporting industry-wide adoption of repair-first plastic repair practices.
Product Grading and Representation
Through collaborative validation with experts, testing, MSO partners, and Technical Ambassadors, products and equipment will be assessed against defined performance and application criteria specific to plastic repair within the PRISM platform.
Based on this evaluation, solutions will be clearly graded and categorized such as approved or preferred reflecting their suitability, reliability, and alignment with verified repair processes. Plasnomic will actively represent and promote these graded solutions and their brands, across its distribution network and MSO partners, positioning them as best-in-class options for plastic repair.
By doing so, Plasnomic helps align product usage with validated standards, supports consistent adoption at scale, and reinforces PRISM as a trusted reference point for technically sound and operationally proven plastic repair solutions.
A Global Reference for Plastic Repair
As Plasnomic enters its next phase, Plasnomic is positioned to become a global reference authority for plastic repair knowledge, validation, and standards, supporting insurers, repairers, OEMs, and training organizations in achieving safer, more sustainable, and more consistent repair outcomes.
Acknowledgement
Plasnomic extends sincere thanks to the Plastic Repair Alliance Council and partners for their leadership, guidance, and commitment throughout this foundational year. The progress achieved reflects the strength of shared vision and the value of rigorous, collaborative industry engagement.
As the Alliance moves into 2026, continued collaboration will be essential in advancing repair-first outcomes and shaping the future of professional plastic repair.
