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Opel invests in €60m parts centre
- 18/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
GM’s Opel division is building a €60m European spare parts distribution centre in Bochum, Germany, which it aims to have operational by next year. The 95,000sqm facility is the biggest single investment in spare parts logistics across Opel’s global business and will stock more than 100,000 different part [...] -
VW still counting the cost
- 18/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Volkswagen may have underestimated the financial impact of the emissions scandal, according to credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s. It has set aside €6.7bn to cover costs, but Standard & Poor’s believes the company’s decision to postpone publishing it’s 2015 results is because it is now [...] -
Aston Martin gets electric buzz
- 18/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Aston Martin has pooled talents with Chinese electronics group LeEco to jointly develop its first electric vehicle. Based on its Rapide S model, with other electric vehicles expected to be developed thereafter, the model will be built in Gaydon, England, and is expected to come to market in 2018. Speaking at a [...] -
AkzoNobel agrees BASF deal
- 17/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
AkzoNobel has agreed to buy BASF's industrial coatings business for €475 million. AkzoNobel, which has in the past indicated it is open to smaller bolt-on acquisitions, said the coatings business was a good fit for its existing units. The companies aim to complete the transaction by the end of the year, BASF [...] -
Irish bodyshops call for independent registration
- 17/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Motor repairers in Ireland have come out in force to show their support for an independent register of their sector. More than 70 bodyshops have already signed an online petition, ‘Irish Motor Repairers For Registration’, since it went live on Monday on the website petitions24.com. The petition, submitted by [...] -
Are you ready for your next customer?
- 17/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
If you’re not active on social media your business is already behind the eight ball. So much trade is now generated through non-traditional media and online word of mouth that we no longer ask when the tipping point will come, we ask when it came. The simple truth is that any company shying away from the digital [...] -
Junair’s multi-solution MultiBooth
- 17/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Junair has introduced a 4-bay MultiBooth which it believes will satisfy customer demands when it comes to car repairs, key to key time, quality and cost. Each MultiBooth cabin is a combination preparation area and a full low-bake spray booth, allowing multiple vehicles to be repaired simultaneously. Overspray is [...] -
Training day with Axalta
- 17/02/2016
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Axalta has introduced training courses for its three global refinish brands – Cromax®, Spies Hecker and Standox. Training will take place at the Axalta Refinish Academy in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, where each brand has its own dedicated training room, mixing area and spray booth. The courses cover [...] -
ERAC seeks 250 management trainees
- 16/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, part of the world’s largest car rental group, has more than 250 vacancies available for graduates on its Management Trainee Programme. With positions vacant across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, the company’s latest recruitment initiative is being driven by another year of [...] -
Passenger car registrations continue rise
- 16/02/2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Passenger car registrations in the European Union have continued to grow during the opening month of 2016, according to the latest data released by ACEA. According to the latest data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), registrations during January have grown by 6.2% year-on-year [...]