Author: Padraic Deane

Hella Gutmann Solutions is running a fantastic promotion called “Big Kick Deal” to coincide with the World Cup.

A grid full of 1,100 horse-powered steel gladiators going wheel-to-wheel on the Mondello Park Racing Circuit is one of the big attractions at the forthcoming Mondello Truck Show 2014 on 5/6 July.

A significant number of complaints have been received in FTA Ireland from operators who have had determinations made against them in the Labour Court under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (OWTA).

The Texa Tour visits Ireland this week with stop-offs in Belfast, Galway and Dublin.

Irish transport firms contributed over €500,000 to Irish to local charities in 2013, it has been revealed.

Team PR Reilly has added TRW Automotive’s steering and suspension programme, to its ever-growing production portfolio which includes TRW’s shock absorber and brake calliper programmes.

Ford was in quiet celebratory mood here last month as it marked the end of what had been referred to internally as ‘the Big Bang project”, writes Declan O’Byrne.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is one of the loudest attractions at the Wörthersee GTI festival in Austria this week after unveiling a unique Amarok Power concept. The one-off model incorporates a power-packed 5,000-watt sound system that’s guaranteed to get visitors to the annual tuning festival rocking.

A host of Ireland’s leading automotive aftermarket parts distributors will be exhibiting at the Auto Trade Expo 2014, which takes place at the Citywest Conference Centre in Dublin, Saturday / Sunday 8/9 November. Leading distributors already confirmed include (in alphabetical order); Autoparts Express, ADE, B&R Howard, BG Ireland, CD Group, East Coast Car Parts, German

Hella TechWorld (www.hella.com/techworld), the free online technical portal from Hella is running an online competition from April to the end of June exclusively for Irish users.

Running a traineeship in the UK is set to become easier for the CV sector as the British government looks to give employers more flexibility over the programme, in its latest proposal.