Category: Brands

We have all enjoyed the sunshine over the last few days, and sun worshipers will be glad to hear from Met Éireann, that the warm and sunny weather is set to continue. There will be sunshine each day and it will stay dry everywhere with temperatures have hit at high as 28°C in some areas.

Volkswagen and Ford have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Both say that they are exploring a strategic alliance designed to strengthen each company’s competitiveness and better serve their customers globally. The companies are exploring potential projects across a number of areas, including developing a range of commercial vehicles together to better

Medicall Ambulance Service, a private ambulance service based in Dublin, has achieved FTA Ireland’s VanSafe standard. This standard gives recognition to van operators for managing and maintaining their commercial fleet to the highest standards as well as providing the necessary training for their drivers. As an emergency services business, the roadworthiness and standards of the

Road marking and haulage specialist, Tim Doody Limited, has taken delivery of the company’s flagship vehicle, the first right hand drive Range T High to be ordered in the UK and Ireland. Liveried in Tim Doody’s distinctive new bright yellow branding, the T520 High 6×2 tractor unit, supplied by Renault Trucks dealer Border Trucks, is

This week saw the final of one of the world’s biggest skills competition for automotive technicians – the Volvo International Service Training Awards (VISTA) – which was held in Curitiba, Brazil. This year’s competition has involved 19,700 participants in teams of four from Volvo Trucks’ and Volvo Buses’ global service networks, but in the end

Premium tyre manufacturer Continental is reorganising the top management of its Tyre Division. Christian Koetz (48) leads the business unit Commercial Vehicle Tires and reports in this function to Nikolai Setzer, Member of the Executive Board of Continental and Head of the Tire Division. Koetz’ former position as Head of the business unit Passenger and

Wendy Williamson, chief executive of the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF), has been re-elected to the Board and made Treasurer of FIGIEFA, the association representing the needs of the European aftermarket to governments and legislators of the European Union. Following her initial appointment as Treasurer and Board member in 2015, Williamson was re-elected at FIGIEFA’s General

NGK customers have enjoyed a right royal day out at the World’s greatest horse racing meeting, the Investec Epsom Derby. The group enjoyed hospitality in a private box in the prestigious Queen’s Stand opposite the finish line from where they witnessed 16-1 outsider Masar win the blue riband flat race. Stewart Neill, NGK Spark Plugs

European premium tyre manufacturer Apollo Vredestein has been announced as a partner to FTA’s Van Excellence scheme, an innovative initiative designed to recognise excellence within the commercial vehicle sector and improve operational standards. Apollo Vredestein’s light commercial product range – which exceeds van fleets’ performance and road safety requirements – matches the FTA’s Van Excellence philosophy of providing operators with appropriate guidelines,

Clamping Washers are used by many manufacturers to hold in place underbody heat shields and sound deadening materials. They are light weight sprung steel washers that push on to and grip a simple, coarsely threaded stud that is permanently attached to the vehicle body. Unfortunately they can be tricky to remove once corroded without breaking

ZF Aftermarket has announced that its UK warehousing and office facility at Crick, Northampton has received certification against the latest environmental management standard: ISO14001:2015 – ahead of the September 2018 deadline. Using this standard will improve resource efficiency, reduce waste and drive down costs. In addition, the 96,000 sq ft site has been recertified for