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Lechler Refinish product packaging receives a redesign

Lechler Refinish, represented in Ireland by Team PR Reilly has embarked on a new brand identity programme that is aimed at increasing customer awareness and appeal. Traditionally, Lechler has represented its business and products with a series of evocative images. A new evolution of its imagery captures colour, in the form of energy, released at

Standox calendar 2017: A meeting of generations

Generations of Colour is the new Standox wall calendar for 2017. The 12 images are like a meeting of automotive generations, with classic cars shown alongside current models. It’s a portrayal of shapes and colours that will appeal not just to car enthusiasts. Contrasting classic models with today’s reincarnations has a certain appeal – it

Automotive passion down to the last detail

Fast, powerful and unique: In its Hobbies 2017 calendar, Spies Hecker presents lovingly-restored and refinished vehicles from 12 of its customers’ bodyshops in eight countries. Every calendar page reveals the professional and the personal enthusiasm of the refinishers. The 2017 Spies Hecker calendar features, amongst others, an Opel Kapitän PL 2600 from 1960 in Denmark,

Commission outlines plans for safer cars, vans and lorries

The European Commission has published a list of 19 lifesaving safety technologies that could be made mandatory on new vehicles in the next update of EU vehicle safety rules expected next year.  The European Transport Safety Council has welcomed the announcement but says several critical areas for action are missing, and the proposed timescale is

Peugeot Aftersales award winners 2016 announced

The 2016 Peugeot Dealer Aftersales award were held at Croke Park last month, hosted by Gowan Distributors Limited, Peugeot importers in Ireland. The Service Dealer of the Year was presented to Windsor Airside, Swords; the Parts Dealer of the Year was awarded to Holcroft Motors, Drogheda; Accessory Dealer of the Year went to Slattery’s Garage

Automated driving’s most complexreal-world demonstration at CES

As the pace of automated driving technology shifts into overdrive, Delphi Automotive Plc  and Mobileye will conduct the most complex automated drive ever publicly demonstrated on an urban and highway combined route in Las Vegas for CES 2017. The 6.3-mile drive will showcase Delphi and Mobileye’s Centralized Sensing Localization and Planning (CSLP) automated driving system, which will