Ingenie founder and former chief executive Richard King has announced he will launch Ticker, a new telematics insurer, according to Insurance Times. Ticker will launch in 2019 with a managing general agent arrangement with Munich Re’s Digital Partners (DP). With investors including Gary Lineker, Munich Re / HSB Ventures, and Theo Paphitis, Robert has been [...]

Axalta has announced the opening of its new South African central office in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, which is dedicated to automotive refinish coatings technology. Hannes Kloppers, country business leader for Axalta in South Africa, said, ‘This is an exciting time for Axalta in South Africa and marks a huge milestone not only for us and our [...]

OEConnection (OEC) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bluegrasscoms (BGC). The union of OEC and BGC will allow OEC to provide a collision platform to current and prospective European OEM customers, with the goal of growing their collision and aftersales business. OEC is known for its data management, ecommerce, pricing, supply chain, [...]

For the first time in about 20 years, Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant has begun production of the SEAT Tarraco. In Wolfsburg, the Spanish model will roll off the production line together with the Volkswagen models Tiguan and Touran. The step towards multi-brand production will boost the capacity deployment of Volkswagen’s main plant. The production of the [...]

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced two major milestones in the expansion of its China business. GAC Mitsubishi Motors (GMMC), the joint venture business in China between MMC, the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) and Mitsubishi Corporation has begun production of 4B4 and 4J1 engines. There was also a ground-breaking ceremony for the research and development [...]