• Change at the top for Kia

    • June 23, 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Cooke
    • Category: Industry News
    Kia Europe has appointed Steffen Cost as its new vice president of operations. He will be based at Kia’s European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and responsible for sustaining Kia Europe’s sales growth as well as overseeing oversee the roll-out of 11 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) by 2026. Meanwhile, Emilio Herrera has been appointed as the new [...]
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  • Volvo invests in fossil-free steel

    • June 23, 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Cooke
    • Category: Industry News
    Volvo is exploring the development of a fossil-free, high quality steel which is hopes to use in car construction. It is teaming up with Swedish steel maker SSAB on its HYBRIT initiative, which aims to replace coking coal, traditionally needed for iron ore-based steelmaking, with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. The result is expected to be [...]
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  • Bentley names new UK director

    • June 23, 2021
    • Posted by: Louise Cooke
    • Category: Industry News
    Bentley has named Richard Leopold as regional director for UK, Middle East, Africa and India. He will replace Sarah Simpson, who moved to Porsche GB, on 1 September. Alain Favey, Bentley’s member of the board for sales, marketing and aftersales, said: “Richard has an innate understanding of the Bentley brand and the regional activities around [...]
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  • Eric Kenar, Manager technician environment and service technical college. Dealer service and warranty operations, General Motors

    • June 17, 2021
    • Posted by: Salih Tahir
    • Category: Content Updates
    Eric Kenar, Manager technician environment and service technical college. Dealer service and warranty operations, General Motors
    Eric has over 30 years of automotive aftersales experience with General Motors and has held numerous field technical, service development and management positions in several business segments in the USA.  He joined the technical training team in 2018 and serves as the technical training and technician environment manager for General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales.  [...]
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  • Leanne Jefferies, Vice President, Assured Performance Network/Certified Collision Care & Director, Skills Canada Collision Repair Program

    • June 17, 2021
    • Posted by: Salih Tahir
    • Category: Content Updates
    Leanne Jefferies, Vice President, Assured Performance Network/Certified Collision Care & Director, Skills Canada Collision Repair Program
    Over the past 25 years Leanne has worked with stakeholders to collaborate and develop solutions to create a better, more sustainable future for the collision repair industry.    Today, as vice president, Assured Performance Network/Certified Collision Care, she is part of the management team responsible for North American operations of Assured Performance in the US and [...]
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