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Graduation day for apprentices
- November 17, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Service King Collision Repair Centers recently celebrated its latest Apprentice Development graduating class. The group included 42 apprentice technicians who each completed the 52-week hands-on training programme hosted inside Service King locations across the country. The 2017 graduating class comprised technicians from nine different states across the US, as the programme continues to grow exponentially. [...] -
Carglass visits Symach
- November 15, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Carglass executives have visited Symach’s operations in Bologna, Italy to learn more about the Italian equipment, which has recently been installed in five branches in Belgium. The visit saw new Carglass CEO, Guido De Paepe, accompany its top customers to tour the state-of-the-art facility and provide them with a detailed presentation of the operation. De [...] -
New calls for vehicle safety
- November 15, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Members of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament have adopted a non-binding resolution asking for new vehicles to include a range of life-saving technologies. Automated Emergency Braking, Intelligent Speed Assistance and Intelligent Seatbelt Reminders are included in the plan designed to get ‘more effective measures’ to reach the goal of ‘no fatalities’. Almost 26,000 [...] -
Castrol and Volvo extend partnership
- November 15, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Castrol and the Volvo Car Group have renewed their global partnership. The agreement which covers engine oils, gear oils and greases in all new vehicles in Volvo’s global manufacturing facilities will also see the supply of lubricants to Volvo dealers across the globe. The partnership will see the two companies work together on improving fuel [...] -
Lyft makes international move
- November 14, 2017
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Ride hailing company, Lyft is set to launch in Toronto, Canada in December in what will be its first international expansion outside the US. The move comes after aggressive expansion in the US which has resulted in the app now being available to 95% of the US population, up from 54% at the start of [...]



