Road safety in the Middle East is an ongoing concern for the industry, but in Saudi Arabia an organisation has been set up to try to improve standards among repairs to ensure cars are returned to the driver in their pre-accident condition. Set up in 2015 as a regulatory body, Taqeem is now well down [...]

IBIS ME 2018 invited leading industry experts from the region to take part in an open and insightful panel debate on the state and future of the automotive aftermarket. Thomas Faerber, general manager, project and logistics, Al Nabooda Automobiles, Mark Hayes, group aftersales director, Audi Volkswagen Middle East, and Zia-Ul Jaweed, claims director, RSA joined [...]

Speaking at IBIS ME 2018 today, Eric Devos, president and CEO of GiPA Group, said that the urbanisation of the world is having a significant impact on the aftermarket industry, and would have an even more significant impact in the coming years. GiPA has been researching the sector for more than three decades, gathering and [...]

Thomas Edelmann, founder and managing director of RoadSafetyUAE, used his keynote speech at IBIS ME 2018 to highlight how his organisation is working with all stakeholders in the automotive industry to reduce road deaths in the region. Supported by lead partners AkzoNobel and Audatex, and partners 3M AutoMillennium Group, Spanesi and Symach, IBIS ME 2018’s [...]

The fifth IBIS ME 2018 got underway at Le Meridien Dubai Hotel and Conference Centre this morning, with IBIS CEO Jason Moseley extolling the virtues of safety, skills and standards within the automotive aftermarket. Supported by lead partners AkzoNobel and Audatex, and partners 3M AutoMillennium Group, Spanesi and Symach, IBIS ME 2018’s theme is ‘A [...]