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27.04.2006 Golf Classic In Aid of Spinal Injuries Ireland Time is running out to register your team for Acoat’s fund raising Golf Classic, which takes places on Friday 12th May, at the magnificent Heritage Golf Club in Killenard Co Laois. More...

27.04.2006 Standox Unveils Genius + Standox has launched its latest, improved hand-held colour spectrophotometer. Called Genius +, it gives fast, reliable and efficient identification. More...

27.04.2006 Kicking The Grit Grit particles picked up on a sponge or wash mitt used whilst washing a car can damage a car’s paintwork with fine scratches or swirl marks that spoil the overall effect of a paint finish. More...

27.04.2006 Classic Volvo 121 Amazon Estate Rstored To Take Its Place In Police Car History A 39-year-old Volvo 121 Amazon estate police car, which first came into service with the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary in May 1966 has been lovingly restored by Steve Woodward, a Traffic Officer with Hampshire Police. More...

25.04.2006 National Autoparts Ireland Selects Activant For New Ecommerce Website National Autoparts, has chosen Activant Solutions, a leading automotive aftermarket business solutions provider, to develop its new ecommerce web site, www.nationalautoparts.ie More...

25.04.2006 Zidane & Ronaldo Get Glasurit Makeover The unveiling of aspectacular sculpture at the "Walk of Ideas" in Berlin will take place in the run up to this year’s World Cup. More...

25.04.2006 BASF Coatings Japan Exhibits A "Passion for Coatings" At the "Tokyo Paint Show", the largest exhibit of the coatings industry in Japan (total number of visitors: 124,110), BASF Coatings had a strong presence at the recent Tokyo Paint Show, where it exhibited all its brands under the banner, BASF Coatings Japan Ltd., which was established last year. More...

25.04.2006 MVRA plans repairer roadshows The Motor Vehicle Repairers Association (MVRA) is embarking on a number of roadshows to meet and connect with repairers across the UK. More...

20.04.2006 Team PR Reilly Seminars Team PR Reilly is holding a series of seminars to help the industry make the switch to water based paints. More...

20.04.2006 Music Matters Body shops in Northern Ireland that play music on their premises without the appropriate licence, could face prosecution, the Performing Rights Society (PRS) has warned. More...

20.04.2006 Akzo Nobel Poised to Purchase Canadian Coatings Company Akzo Nobel, the world’s largest coatings manufacturer, has made an offer of Canadian $20 per share to acquire Sico Inc, Canada’s leading coatings company. More...

20.04.2006 PPG Industries Wins PACE Award For Powder Primer PPG Industries has earned a fifth PACE Award in six years for its collaboration with General Motors on development of an environmentally friendly, colour-specific powder primer. More...

20.04.2006 Electric Orange Focus ST The Focus ST is Ford’s top model in the Focus series and in order to meet the carmaker’s high standards, the exclusive-ness of the sports car needed to be expressed by a unique appearance in addition to its excellent engine performance. More...

18.04.2006 Standox Special Line Changes Colour Standox UK is offering a new exclusive colour shade called Miami Mint. More...

18.04.2006 Peugeot / Citroen Approval For Standox Peugeot and Citroën have granted technical approval for the use of Standox's Standocryl VOC Platinumclearcoat on their cars. More...

18.04.2006 Sika Joins Forces With SIA Sika, the sealants and adhesives specialists has joined forces with Sia Abrasives (GB) Ltd to form the Sia Sika Alliance. More...

13.04.2006 Vehicle Repairers Appoint Debt Recovery Specialist The MVRA, the UK repairer trade body, has appointed CBC International, a credit management / debt recovery specialist, to handle all debt recovery issues for its members. More...

13.04.2006 Vehicle Recovery Show Comes To Ireland A major recovery operators’ exhibition will take place in Dublin in September after the British organisation, AVRO (Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators), confirmed it is to stage its annual AVROEx show outside of the UK for the first time in its 28-year history. More...

13.04.2006 Automotive Trade Show Diary Date Visitors to this year’s Automotive Trade Show (ATS), which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from 25-27 April, will see the first of a series of changes aimed at providing extra value to workshop managers. More...

13.04.2006 Automechanika Diary Date Automechanika, one of Europe’s leading trade fairs for the automotive and aftermarket sectors takes place this year in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 12-17 September. More...

12.04.2006 What's it all about? The legislation regarding solvent emissions from our bodyshops has probably generated more print, speech and upset than any other issue in the industry that I can remember. We have the situation where the EPA know exactly what is required, the paint makers as well as the spray booth and spray equipment manufacturers know exactly what is required and any bodyshop owners and manager who has been tuned in for the past three years knows what is required. More...

11.04.2006 SIMI Waits On Decopaints Directive Proposals The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has canvassed the Department of Environment to include a provision in the forthcoming Decopaints Directive that would effectively exclude vehicle refinishers from the Solvent Emissions Directive (SED). More...

11.04.2006 Minor Repairs in Portlaoise Downey’s Auto Body Shop, one of the leading bodyshops in the midlands, is renowned for the quality of its repair work, but bodyshop manager Mark Lewens and his team will have to call on all their skill and expertise to complete their latest assignment. More...

11.04.2006 Multi-Talented Surfacers From Spies Hecker Spies Hecker says ist Permasolid SpectroFlex 5400 is a highly efficient coloured surfacer system. More...

07.04.2006 Bodyshops At Fault For Missed VOC Reduction Deadline The fact that the vast majority of bodyshops in the Republic failed to register for the VOC Reduction Scheme ahead of last years’ October 31 deadline is the fault of the sector and not the regulatory authorities, according to Dr. Gerry Byrne of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). More...

07.04.2006 First And Foremost www.bodyshop.ie is currently searching for the first bodyshop in the Republic to have received the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds Certificate of Compliance. More...

05.04.2006 Department Expresses Surprise At VOC Reduction Scheme Registrations The Department of Environment has expresses its surprise that some local authorities are still accepting registrations for the VOC Reduction Scheme a full six months after the October 31, 2005 deadline. More...

05.04.2006 SIMI Trade Exhibition The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has announced details of a series of regional trade shows to be held in May 2006. More...

05.04.2006 Irish Abrasives Acquisition And Appointments Following its acquisition of Bailycare, the Automotive Division of J.R. Bailey, including the brands Farecla, Sia, Hystik and Dreumex, Irish Abrasives has appointed two new sales representatives and a demonstrator. More...

30.03.2006 Team PR Reilly Seminars Team PR Reilly is holding a series of seminars to help the industry make the switch to water based paints. More...

30.03.2006 BASF Gets In On World Cup Fever World Cup fever has hit BASF Coatings and what better way for the multinational paint specialist to express itself than with an original, creative paint job? More...

30.03.2006 Osram Cabinet Unveiled The new OSRAM stockist cabinet is now available in a 12V version. More...

28.03.2006 Bodyshops Need RMI Help - McMeel The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) must come to the aid of Northern Ireland’s ailing body repair sector, according to the RMI’s regional chairman Malachy McMeel. More...

28.03.2006 Vehicle Recovery Show Comes To Ireland A major recovery operators’ exhibition will take place in Dublin later this year after the British organisation, AVRO (Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators), confirmed it is to stage its annual AVROEx show outside of the UK for the first time in its 28-year history. More...

28.03.2006 Wave Goodbye To Solvents Sikkens has produced a “wave goodbye to solvents” brochure to educate bodyshops on the impact the 2007 legislation. More...

28.03.2006 Standox Is Ready For 2007 Regulations The 2007 EU Paint and Products Directive, is good new for the industry and will bring a “whole host of new product and financial benefits” to bodyshops, according to Standox sales David Dempsey. More...

24.03.2006 KIA Concept Gets Bespoke Paint Job The Kia cee’d concept car that appeared at the recent Geneva Motor Show was finished in ‘English Pewter’ bespoke exterior paint, blended to give the external surfaces a unique lustre that is echoed by the interior. More...

24.03.2006 Golf Classic In Aid of Spinal Injuries Ireland The Acoat Select Partner Vehicle Body Repairers Network will host a fund raising Golf Classic in the magnificent Heritage Golf Club in Killenard Co Laois on Friday 12th May in aid of Spinal Injuries Ireland. More...

24.03.2006 Elcometer Expands Manchester Premises Elcometer, a leading manufacturer of high quality coating inspection equipment has undertaken a 3,240 square metre expansion of its production facilities in Manchester. More...

24.03.2006 Lesonal Creates Paint For Rinspeed Concept Working in close cooperation with the renowned Swiss car tuner Rinspeed, paint manufacturer Lesonal created the colour design for the Rinspeed concept car, which made its debut at the recent Geneva Motor Show. More...

20.03.2006 Focus On Disabled Driver Roadshow Ford Ireland recently commenced a unique roadshow, aimed at the thousands of disabled drivers who require modifications to their cars. More...

20.03.2006 PPG Confirms Participation At CV Show PPG Industries Commercial Transport Coatings and Fleetwatch has confirmed its participation at the Commercial Vehicle Show, at the NEC in Birmingham, which runs from 25-27 April. More...

16.03.2006 Cambridgeshire Coatings Appoints New Managing Director Camridgeshire Coatings has appointed Mike Fowler as its new Managing Director. More...

16.03.2006 Fix Auto’s Fortis Contract Fix Auto, the Canadian-based crash repair franchise, now building a network in the UK, is confident that winning the Fortis Insurance contract at eight of its 13 bodyshops, will be the first of many successes. More...

13.03.2006 EPA Sponsors HAZRED Programme Small businesses undertaking maintenance and repair within the retail motor trade are being invited to take part in a new EU-funded project, established to help companies reduce the amount of hazardous waste they produce - and save money. More...

13.03.2006 Demand Grows for Sikkens Autoclear LV Ultra Fast Sikkens has seen a surge in demand for Autoclear LV Ultra Fast, a new fully VOC compliant solvent borne clearcoat. One of the fastest curing systems in the market, the clearcoat also offers material savings of around 30 per cent when compared to medium solid clearcoats. More...