America-based 3D Auto Body’s seventh site has celebrated a year of success with the support of Symach technology and equipment. Dave Niestroy said, ‘This technology gives us something that none of our competitors have—we can dry body filler, primer, sealer, waterborne base coat and clear coat in minutes not hours. I know it sounds crazy, [...]

MAPFRE’s net profit for 2016 increased by 9.4% to €775m, in a year marked by good performances in its three main markets (Spain, Brazil and the United States) and the results of MAPFRE RE. MAPFRE points out that excluding extraordinary items for both periods (2016 and 2015), its net profit would have grown by 41%. [...]

The International Aftermarket Meeting 2017 (IAM17) will take place during Autopromotec on Thursday 25 May. This year’s topic will be Mobile Solutions: Opportunities and challenges for the Automotive Aftermarket. In the words of Josef Frank (former senior advisor aftermarket and former director aftermarket at CLEPA), chairman of the event, ‘By the year 2020, an entire [...]

The PSA Group and URYSIA have signed a contract to assemble Peugeot brand vehicles in Kenya. The assembly project will begin in June 2017 with an annual volume of over 1,000 units in order to meet the expectations of the Kenyan market. Production will start with the Peugeot 508, followed by the new Peugeot 3008 [...]

Reuters reports that Volkswagen is facing its first legal challenge in Germany from a big corporate client over the diesel emissions scandal. Deutsche See, which leases 500 vehicles from VW, said it had been unable to reach an out-of-court settlement and according to German media has filed a complaint for ‘malicious deception’. In a statement, [...]