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Hella bespoke lighting solutions

HELLA Shapeline is an exciting lighting innovation for fleet managers and commercial vehicle body builders, which gives them the complete design solution for the front, side and rear lights of their vehicles, both truck and trailer. Traditionally, it has been a challenge for vehicle developers to design light signatures on new models, but this new

38,787 people killed on Irish roads since records began

Following the ‘World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims’ yesterday, where road safety groups called on road-users throughout the island of Ireland to remember those who have tragically died on the road and to also think of their families, the numbers being killed continues to rise. A total of 38,787 people have been recorded

Get well soon Stuart

The team at Bodyshop.ie would like to wish Stuart Alexander, General Manager, at Car-O-Liner, a speedy recovery, following his recent Stroke. Bodyshop.ie spoke with Stuart last week, and he is recovering at home, where he is on course to make a full recovery. Stuart told Bodyshop.ie that he is working his way back to full

Car-O-Liner sponsor Autobody Repair Competition at the Skills Show

Car-O-Liner is once again sponsoring the Autobody Repair Competition at the Skills Show, at the NEC in Birmingham, November 17-19. Car-O-Liner is demonstrating the very latest in Jig Re-Alignment, Computerized Measuring, Inverter Spot Welding and Mig Brazing Equipment in the hope of inspiring the next generation of autobody repair technicians along with the expected 75,000

Iconic racing helmets

helmets are vital in Formula OneTM. The regulations require them to be designed to withstand high stresses and temperatures of up to 900°C. But ensuring that they also look great is the job of the driver and their helmet designer. Jens Munser works with the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula OneTM driver Nico Rosberg to design

Axalta Coating Systems to build new manufacturing plant in China

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings is set to build a new manufacturing plant for high-performance automobile, commercial vehicle and industrial coatings in Nanjing, China. The facility will be built on more than 170,000m2 of land located at Nanjing’s National Chemical Industrial Park (NCIP). The plant is