Autopromotec revamps website ahead of show

Italian aftermarket show Autopromotec has revamped its website to encourage more visitors to the biennial show. The new website at autopromotec.it is designed to make navigation easier and better show off what the Bologna show, next held from May 22 to May 26 in 2013, has to offer.

Trend Tracker report shows SMR value increasing

The value of the service, maintenance and repair (SMR) industry has grown to be worth almost £9 billion in 2011, the latest Castrol Professional Car Servicing and Repair Trend Tracker report has revealed. Data in the report shows that the value of SMR, excluding MOT work and VAT increased by 6.3 percent between 2010 and 2011.

Autodata celebrates 40th birthday

Autodata is celebrating its 40th year of business, having first been registered in 1972. August marks the technical supplier’s 40th birthday, and the brand has taken the opportunity to re-inform technicians of its offering. At the front of Autodata’s package is the Online 3 system, which Autodata says is now used by the majority of its subscribers.

ACDelco rewards Lee Quinney with Directorship

ACDelco’s Lee Quinney has been appointed as Director of the company’s aftermarket activities in the UK and Europe. As a reward for his five and a half years of service to ACDelco, as well as the company’s growth within the UK and European markets, parent company General Motors announced the appointment late last week.

GSF signs national agreement with Autel

GSF is hoping the development of its bodyshop business will be boosted thanks to a new national distribution agreement with Autel. The diagnostic equipment manufacturer has signed an agreement with GSF which will see the distributor offering Autel diagnostic and analyst systems to its UK bodyshop customers. As part of the agreement GSF will be offering free on-site assessments and Autel product demonstrations at customer premises. The assessments will be conducted by a support team of five technicians based at GSF’s Head Office in Birmingham.

CAT garage lives: Frogs Island 4X4

Frogs Island is a workshop with a difference. While the garage still gets its daily bread from servicing and repair work, many of its jobs are on a much larger scale than the average workshop. The 4×4 specialist started out as a one-man band in the early 1990s. Manager Gary Arnold says that the biggest change in the company came in 2008 when it was bought by 4×4 components supplier AllMakes