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Bosch Wins GEA Certificate of Appreciation

Barrie Flemming, Bosch Garage equipment product manager, received the GEA Certificate at the Garage Equipment Association (GEA) Dinner on 16 April. Bosch was presented in appreciation and recognition of valuable contributions to BEN – Motor and Allied Trade.

Bosch supports the charity as a media partner as well as many of their hosted events, throughout the year. These events are vital when increasing the awareness of the tremendous work that BEN provides, ensuring thousands of colleagues and friends receive the help that they need.

8th May 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Ford Announces 10th World Excellence Awards

The Ford Motor Company has held its 10th annual World Excellence Awards, at which the automotive manufacturer acknowledged 47 global suppliers for their efforts towards helping Ford develop higher quality and lower cost vehicles. According to Ford, the awards also recognise suppliers for embracing Ford’s vision of profitable growth, teamwork and a better world, and the list of companies so recognised includes several that fall under the ‘tyres and accessories’ umbrella.

First distributed in 1998, the World Excellence Awards were jointly developed by Ford and its suppliers. There are three levels of awards: Gold, Silver and Recognition of Achievement. The gold and silver awards are presented to Ford’s top production and non-production suppliers that consistently demonstrate superior quality, delivery and cost performance. The third award, Recognition of Achievement, is given to suppliers that improve customer satisfaction.

18th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bosch Closes Deal to Acquire Accu Industries

Robert Bosch LLC has finalised its acquisition of Accu Industries Inc. The closing clears the way for the integration of Accu Industries facilities, operations and associates into the diagnostics business unit of Bosch’s North American Automotive Aftermarket division.

According to Bosch, the integration will strengthen the overall Bosch Diagnostics North American operation and position the division for long-term growth and profitability in the future. (Tire Review/Akron)

3rd April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Automechanika Moscow Organiser Reports Successful Show

The organiser of Automechanika Moscow, held between March 4 and 6, 2008, has reported a successful show. During the three days 5,086 trade visitors attended the fair, and 139 exhibitors from at least 15 countries exhibited their products at the Expocentre in Moscow’s Krasnaya Presnya.

“The automotive parts and equipment industry and the car maintenance sector grow in size and importance every year,” said Eugen Alles, General Manager, Messe Frankfurt, Russia. “This situation is reflected in the high quality to be found at Automechanika Moscow. Three halls, a large number of visitors and wide representation from companies from all over the world set the pace for the whole of the coming year. We are keen to pre-serve the B2B character of the fair and work carefully on acquiring trade visitors. Our exhibitors get a real opportunity to develop and strengthen their business in the Russian market.”

20th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New Supervisory Board Chairman for Amtel-Vredestein

Amtel-Vredestein N.V., Russia’s largest passenger car tyre manufacturer, has announced that Mr. Rafael Nagapetiants (managing director and head of the Corporate Finance Department at Alfa-Bank) has been appointed chairman of the company’s Supervisory Board. Director Hendrik W. ten Bosch has been elected as vice-chairman. Maxim Ignatiev, who served as acting-chairman of Supervisory Board, will continue as a director and member of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee.

31st January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

The FIA Honours Bosch for Contribution to Road Safety

The FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) has awarded Bosch its internationally acclaimed “FIA World Prize for Road Safety, the Environment and Mobility” in recognition of the contribution Bosch has made to global road safety through its ESP safety system. On December 7 FIA President Max Mosley presented the trophy to the CEO of Robert Bosch GmbH, Franz Fehrenbach, at the FIA gala in Monaco.

“Bosch has played a pivotal role in the development and promotion of the most effective car safety system since the invention of the safety belt,” Mosley explained. In his acceptance speech, Fehrenbach replied: “This prize is a distinction for all our associates: for the engineers who developed the system, for the associates in our plants who have been producing this system to the highest quality standards for many years now, and not least for the marketing experts who have never tired of communicating the benefits of this system.” The FIA World Prize is presented every year to a person or an organisation that has made an outstanding contribution in the areas of road safety, the environment or mobility.

11th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Automechanika Returning to Shanghai in December

Automechanika Shanghai – one of China’s leading professional forums for the automotive parts, components and aftermarket industry – will take place from December 5 to 7 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. With over 1,000 exhibitors in six exhibition halls, the 2007 event will be without question the largest Automechanika show ever held in China.

Exhibitors from 24 countries & regions will be in attendance, including those from Belgium, Brazil, China, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the UK and the USA. The fair will also feature the Automechanika Academy and the Match-Making Forum, as in previous years.

20th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Oudshoorn Rejoins Amtel-Vredestein Board

Vredestein Banden B.V. CEO Robert H. Oudshoorn is to return to Amtel-Vredestein’s Board after a 6-month absence to join new Amtel-Vredestein CEO and Executive Board Chairman, Petr Zolotarev and CFO Vadim Pesochinsky, who joined the Company in July 2007.

Amtel-Vredestein has increased the size of its Executive Board from a maximum of four to six and has nominated four new members. The election of the nominees will be included among the agenda items at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) scheduled for 2 October 2007 in Enschede, The Netherlands.

Other new members are Vredestein Consulting Managing Director, Kornelis (Kees) Hettema; Amtel-Vredestein Deputy General Director of Sales and Operations, Ilya Ivanov; and Vredestein Banden Director of Corporate Marketing & Sales, Marc Luyten.

18th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Bosch Worldwide Chief Visits Euro Car Parts

Euro Car Parts recently welcomed Mr Robert Hanser, Automotive Aftermarket President, Robert Bosch GmbH, to their Wembley HQ.

Already one of Bosch’s largest UK distributors, Euro Car Parts is expanding rapidly, with eight new branches opened so far in 2007.

Mr Hanser, who was very impressed by the successful development of Euro Car Parts since his previous visit eight years ago, said “I am convinced that ECP will have a bright future in the British Automotive Aftermarket offering the BIS and BCS programs and being very committed to face the challenges of this sector very professionally.”

10th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

TecCom Reports 35 per cent Increase in Aftermarket Orders

In the last 12 months the number of queries and orders submitted to the TecCom automotive aftermarket platform was up by around 35 per cent, reaching almost 5.5 million transactions every month. In the same period of time the number of registered dealers around the world increased from 7,200 to more than 8,300. “The most significant increases were recorded in new markets such as Turkey, Russia and China. In some cases growth even topped 100 per cent on the back of new partnerships being established”, explains Jürgen Buchert, CEO of TecCom GmbH.

TecCom recorded gains of more than 30 per cent in France and the Netherlands. Growth in the Netherlands was mainly attributable to the acquisition of the local platform Auto-XS, while French gains can be traced back to good cooperation with GOLDA. In the G/S/A (Germany, Switzerland/Austria) region TecCom saw the number of registered dealers and business relations head north by about 20 percent. David Winter, TecCom’s Sales Manager International, is satisfied: “We made considerable gains in all markets last year. We are particularly happy to have generated growth on the back of cooperations with key buying organisations in Great Britain – IFA (Independent Motor Factors Association), GAU (Group Auto Union) and UKPA (UK Parts Alliance). The developments seen in the past months have shown that there is only one direction for our growth to head: up.”

5th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Top Technician 2007 Announced

Clive Atthowe has been crowned the UK’s best mechanic after winning the Top Technician 2007 competition. Clive took first prize in the nationwide contest during an awards ceremony at the GEA/Aftermarket Technical Workshop conference on 11 June at the Motor Heritage Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Atthowe, who runs the Clive Atthowe Tuning garage in Norwich, was joined on the winner’s podium by joint runners-up Elliot Waters and David Wagstaff.

Atthowe scooped £2,000 tax free and a range of prizes from sponsors Bosch and Vauxhall Trade Club along with the prestigious title as part of his prize. He hopes the publicity from his win will give his garage a major business boost and help raise awareness among the public of the skills, knowledge and expertise within the motor trade. He achieved the highest score in the competition’s live finals, held as part of the Automotive Trade Show at the NEC in Birmingham, where he competed against 12 of the country’s best technicians in a series of practical tests.

20th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

The Magic Touch(less)

In recent times the name Beissbarth has become all but synonymous with their new Touchless wheel alignment system, and if the company’s presence at Brityrex was anything to go by, they don’t mind this at all. The aligner, often referred to using the words ‘revolutionary’ and ‘breakthrough’, took centre stage at the Beissbarth stand.

“This is the biggest advance in wheel aligner technology that I have ever witnessed in more than 30 years in the industry,” said Beissbarth UK managing director Philip Hodges. “Aside from pinpoint accuracy, there are enormous time savings per vehicle on the current process, which will build both capacity and turnover in all busy workshops.”

The Touchless system, previously reported by Tyres & Accessories on several occasions, is touted by Beissbarth to offer the fastest wheel alignment ever. The non-contact aligner will, they say, save up to 20 minutes on preparation time per vehicle. “There’s no wheel clamps to mess about with,” a Beissbarth representative commented to Tyres & Accessories. “The vehicle is just driven into position and the results can be seen on screen in seconds.”

25th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Bosch to Acquire Beissbarth and Sicam

The Bosch Group has unveiled plans to further consolidate its foothold in the workshop equipment market through the acquisition of Munich-based Beissbarth GmbH, and Italy’s Sicam s.r.l., companies that both belong to parent company Beissbarth Automotive Group GmbH. An agreement between Bosch and Beissbarth Automotive was signed on February 14.

19th February 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Maha and Bosch Agree European Partnership

Bosch, a leader in the supply of diagnostic and emissions test equipment and Maha, the world’s largest manufacturer of safety and service test lanes for both the car and truck workshops, have decided to enter into a European partnership. The Maha/Bosch team can offer complete workshop design and planning using AutoCAD, obtain any approvals required and supply and install the equipment including two and four post lifts, full test lanes, emission analysers, diagnostic systems and oil monitoring systems, with “state of the art” equipment. Bosch and Maha made the following joint statement: “We have every confidence that this new partnership will ensure that we can offer our present and future customers a quality product range that will meet all of their needs with low whole life costs.”

10th November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pioneers for Nearly Eighty Years

Bosch has been a major player in the automotive battery sector ever since the company began its pioneering work as far back as 1927. Things are very different nowadays from nearly eight decades ago; the addition of electric windows, sunroofs, ABS, air conditioning, other in-car equipment such as DVD players and satellite navigation has resulted in increasing demand on the modern power supply and a reduced battery life. However, continuing investment in research and development ensures that Bosch batteries continue to consistently meet market requirements, with little or no increase in overall size or weight.

4th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors