Volvo Car Group trebled its operating profit for 2015 whilst reporting an all-time sales record of 503,127 cars, the first time it has sold more than half a million cars in its 89-year history. Volvo Cars expects to make record sales in 2016 for the third consecutive year, Håkan Samuelsson, Volvo Cars’ president and chief [...]

I-CAR has been appointed by BMW to oversee its collision repair training programme across Australia. IBIS media partner, Australasian Panel and Paint reports that the programme incorporates Body Level 2, Body Level 3, fundamentals of steel and fundamentals of aluminium modules. ‘As a leading vehicle manufacturer, BMW has continued to develop and implement a range of [...]

The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) has appointed Jason Moseley as executive director with the responsibility for the National Association of Bodyshops (NAB) and the Vehicle Builders Repairers Association (VBRA). IBIS board member, Jason will provide strategic direction and input to NAB and VBRA, leveraging an improved set of innovative services that delivers membership growth. [...]

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has given its backing to Google’s self-driving car technology. In a letter to the technology giant the NHTSA, which until now has maintained any car without a human driver would not be considered roadworthy, explained its new perspective. NHTSA chief counsel, Paul Hemmersbaugh wrote: ‘NHTSA will interpret [...]

Zurich has announced plans to withdraw 8,000 roles by the end of 2018 after announcing a 37% reduction in profits for 2015. The roles include the 440 job cuts made last year in the UK and hundreds of roles being made redundant in Germany. Speaking to Post, Zurich’s interim CEO, Tom de Swaan, said, ‘We [...]