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Auto Trade EXPO 2026 visitor registration now open

Registrations for trade visitors wishing to attend the 2026 Auto Trade EXPO and CV Workshop EXPO has officially opened. (more…)
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LR Paints adds Sagola 4600 HEX Gravity Spray Gun to range

LR Paints has added the Sagola 4600 HEX Gravity Spray Gun to its ever-increasing portfolio of bodyshop equipment and consumables....
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New SERMI rules coming soon

Independent workshops and technicians will soon have to come to grips with new EU rules governing professionals working on vehicle...
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Battery electric car registrations up over 40 per cent this year

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) today released its official 261 new vehicle registration statistics for March, which...
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MG launches Europe’s first semi-solid-state battery

Solid-state batteries have long been viewed as the pinnacle of electric vehicle technology, with claims that a full charge can...
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Volkswagen recalling 100,000 EVs over battery fire risk

The Volkswagen Group is recalling almost 100,000 of its electric vehicles due to issues linked to battery modules. (more…)
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New flowable filler from Teroson

Henkel’s Plastic Padding and Teroson ranges already provide a one stop shop for bodywork repair but the choice is now even greater with the addition of a new flowable polyester filler, Teroson UP 270. It allows the application of thin layers to achieve the perfect finish before painting and is particularly good for skimming large

Montracon celebrates 40 years

Trailer manufacturer Montracon, which has a manufacturing facility in Mallusk, Northern Ireland is celebrating 40 years in business this year. To mark the occasion the company held an Open Day at its Carr Hill, Doncaster plant in South Yorkshire, England. The Open Day gave customers and suppliers a great opportunity to view the products and the

Cromax adds digital colour matching testimonial

Cromax has added a new video to its Straight from the Heart image campaign, whose titles encapsulates the idea behind the online Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) initiative. It centres on video interviews of refinishers from the region who use Cromax. The newest video in the campaign focuses on a refinisher’s experience with digital

New Glasurit Mat Clear System

More and more car manufacturers are offering mat OEM finishes as exclusive special editions. This means that body shops now need to be able to reproduce different gloss levels during refinishing – no easy feat. To offer spray painters a simple solution for this task, BASF’s premium paint brand Glasurit has overhauled its Mat Clear

Standox dishes the DiRT

Enthusiasts of rally-themed racing video games can spot the Standox brand name in multiple areas when they play DiRT® 4™, the latest instalment of the DiRT series from British games developer, Codemasters, which was launched in June 2017. The easily-recognisable white-on-blue “bowtie” logo from Standox, one of the premium global refinish brands from Axalta Coating