• Axalta appoints Terrence Hahn

    • July 31, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Axalta Coating Systems announced that its board of directors has appointed Terrence Hahn as chief executive officer. Effective September 4, 2018, Terrence will succeed Charlie Shaver, who served as Axalta’s chairman and chief executive officer since 2013. Terrence will also serve on Axalta’s board of directors, expanding the board’s size from eight to nine directors. Terrence was most recently [...]
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  • IBIS Global Summit 2019: Passion for Progress

    • July 27, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    On the 10–12 June 2019, the IBIS Global Summit will bring together the collision repair industry’s leading founders, CEO’s and senior executives from around the globe to share views, exchange ideas and create opportunities through innovation. Vehicle manufacturers, Insurers, vehicle repairers and the supply chain will network and collaborate passionately on progressing this multi-billion-dollar sector for [...]
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  • Mitsubishi appoints new design director

    • July 26, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that Alessandro Dambrosio is to join MMC as executive design director of advanced design. He will lead teams at three design studios – Okazaki, Tokyo in Japan, and Frankfurt in Germany. He will report directly to Tsunehiro Kunimoto, corporate vice president of design division. ‘Alessandro is a very experienced and [...]
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  • Cities ranked by EV infrastructure

    • July 26, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Recent analysis of 89 global cities by Spotahome has revealed London is the best for electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. Spotahome has standardised the latest data available for EV charging points to rank each city out of 10. London has been awarded the highest index score of 10. As of July 2018, the UK had 162,000 [...]
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  • Ford creates autonomous organisation

    • July 25, 2018
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Ford Motor Company announced it has created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, a new organisation charged with accelerating its AV business to capitalise on market opportunities. The company also detailed key organisational changes designed to improve its operational fitness and drive profitable growth. The company is organising its self-driving business into Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, which [...]
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