• Automechanika joins IBIS Middle East 2019

    • March 8, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Categories: IBIS News, Partners
    IBIS Middle East 2019 is pleased to announce Automechanika as a new partner. Automechanika is the largest international trade show for the automotive service industry in the Middle East and Africa region. It covers a full range of products and services available in the automotive aftermarket industry. With its industry knowledge, experience and global activity, [...]
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  • VWG to share MEB platform

    • March 7, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The Volkswagen Group is opening its Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB) to other manufacturers. The purpose is to achieve a significant reduction in the cost of e-mobility through the widest possible deployment of the MEB and the associated economies of scale. The Volkswagen Group is currently projecting a first wave of some 15 million pure electric [...]
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  • Industry interview

    • March 7, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    Changing the pace at IBIS USA, Jason Moseley, IBIS CEO, sat down with Steve Grimshaw, CEO, Calibre Collision Centres for a wide-ranging discussion about the They began by talking about Calibre’s merger with Abra. Steve said, ‘’We will operate as one company and one culture. Calibre is a well-known, household brand, while Abra is still [...]
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  • Diversity and skills

    • March 7, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    The second session of day two at IBIS USA 2019 was panel session formed by Carl Brabander, head of global franchise development, Fix Network World; Stacey Bartnik, industry relations manager for Intertek transportation technology; Ty Gammill, senior vice president of talent development for Caliber Collision Centres and Selvi Rizk, Owner and operator of two Fix [...]
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  • The shifting global economic and political landscape

    • March 7, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    Understanding the current environment is one thing; understanding how it happened is something else. Delegates at IBIS USA were exposed to a thought-provoking history lesson by Professor Michael Cox, director of LSE Ideas and Emeritus professor of international relations at London School of Economics, who helped shed a light on the major socio-economic events of [...]
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