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June 2000
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New Managing Director at Arvin Replacement Products Europe
Jay Sanchez joins the company after serving 17 years as the Managing Director of Gabriel de Venezuela, and Arvin joint-venture with Sivensa, where he was responsible for the Gabriel shock absorber replacement business as well as Arvin's original equipment exhaust business. Arvin Replacement Products Europe manufactures exhausts, shock absorbers and filters in seven production plants and three technical centres across Europe. Exide to Acquire GNB From Pacific Dunlop Ltd The Exide Corporation, parent company of Exide Europe, has entered into an agreement to acquire the global battery business of Australian-based Pacific Dunlop Ltd, including its US subsidiary, GNB Technologies, for around $368 million. GNB, based in Atlanta, is a leading US and Pacific Rim manufacturer of automotive and industrial batteries, with annual sales of almost $1 billion The acquisition,
which is expected to be completed by the autumn, is subject to due
diligence, regulatory review and financing. Daewoo Opens Aftersales Centres Numbers 7 and 8 Daewoo Cars opened its seventh and eighth UK dedicated service centres in Glasgow and Enfield at the end of April as part of its strategy to enhance the quality and availability of its aftersales support. The Glasgow facility, located at Yorkhill Quay, Clydeside Expressway, alongside the Daewoo Motor Show will carry out approximately 20 services a day and includes one MoT and nine service bays. Located at Haslemere Industrial Estate in Lincoln Way, the 21,600sq ft Enfield facility has created 13 new jobs. The converted warehouse, in which Bosal has invested £200,000 has one MoT and six service bays and is expected to service around 30 cars a day. Both centres have fully equipped workshops, which including tyre and four-wheel alignment kits, parts and storage facilities, dry and wet valeting bays and a customer waiting room with free refreshments. The expansion
of the company's aftersales facility was partly in response to a growth
in sales of 39% between 1997 and 1998 and the consequent increase
in demand for aftersales care. Bosal Appoint New Aftermarket Sales Team
The team comprises:
Tony Lewis as Director of Aftermarket Sales; Peter Redgate as UK Field
Sales Manager; John Miller in Scotland and Northern Ireland; Tony
Shaffer in the North West of England, North, East and West Yorkshire;
Steve Goodale in the East of England, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire
and Nottinghamshire; Angela Clarke in the Midlands and Wales; Sean
Monaghan in the South West and South East; and Rob Harvey in Greater
London. Workshop To Explain Global Aftermarket Diagonal Reports will be conducting a Global Automotive Service Aftermarket Workshop this July in Brussels, Belgium. It is designed for manufacturers of aftermarket parts and is particularly recommended for market research, global business, marketing and sales units. According to Diagonal Reports, the workshop will be a practical and intensive seminar on opportunities and trends in the global aftermarket. Each presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. In order to guarantee sufficient time and attention to each person the number of attendees is limited to sixteen. The seminar will
be conducted by the company's Research Director and is based on the
findings of Diagonal Reports own field research conducted in the largest
markets worldwide. Topics covered in the programme include rates of
replacement, aftermarket channel performance, usage of services, companies/brands
and purchasing criteria as well as emerging aftermarkets.
For the first time, Mintex will be promoting directly to the consumer with its special offer of a free A5 atlas with each pad fitting during May and June. The company reports
that its new promotion has been communicated to all UK MOT centres.
It claims that this is the first campaign to link the manufacturer
with the garage and support the garage in marketing direct to its
own consumer base. New Auto Factors Centre At Cheadle Auto Factors of Station Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, are expanding their business to include exhaust parts with the opening of a new 10,000 sq ft parts, exhaust and catalyst centre on the Demmings Road Industrial Estate, Cheadle.
The Managing Director
of Auto Factors, Alastair Chalmers, said that the Demmings Road centre
offers increased storage capacity and better access to the South Manchester
area's customer base. As a result the company's premises at Reddish
and Stockport will be closed down and the business moved to the new
centre. Online Press Centre To Publish Autopart Company News LawsonClarke, PR company to Castrol, Monroe, Walker and Tenneco Automotive, has launched its own online Press Centre at its website. This is designed to give journalists 24-hour access to the latest news and images from the company's clients. To ensure that only accredited journalists have access to this information, the Press Centre is password protected, with pre-registration required. |
Arvin
Replacement Products Group, a division of Arvin Industries, has announced
the appointment of Jesus (Jay) Sanchez as Managing Director of Arvin
Replacement Products Europe. Taking the place of Dan Daniel, who became
President of Arvin Replacement Products at the end of 1999, Jay Sanchez
will be responsible for all Arvin Replacement Products' business activities
throughout Europe. The new Managing Director will report directly
to Dan Daniel and will be based at the division's European head offices
in Nanterre, Paris.
Bosal
has announced the appointment of a new-look aftermarket sales team
as part of the company's drive to strengthen its presence in the UK.
The team includes both new and old faces who will be working to raise
awareness and increase sales of Bosal's range of exhaust systems,
towbars, roof racks and leisure accessories.
Mintex
Announces Atlas Promotion
The
new centre will carry almost the full range of Arvin Replacement (Timax)
exhausts, mountings and fittings, as well as Arvin Metal'Cat metallic
and Arvin EuroCat budget catalytic converter products.