• Ghosn flees to Lebanon

    • January 2, 2020
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan to Lebanon. The former boss of Nissan was under house arrest while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan. He said: “I am now in Lebanon and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is [...]
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  • IBIS Middle East welcomes Audi VW Middle East partnership

    • December 19, 2019
    • Posted by: Salih Tahir
    • Categories: IBIS News, Partners
    IBIS Middle East welcomes Audi VW Middle East partnership
    Audi Volkswagen Middle East has signed a sponsorship deal to partner with IBIS on IBIS Middle East (IBIS ME) 2020. The one-day conference will take place at Le Méridien Hotel & Conference Centre in Dubai on 12 February 2020. Stephen Samples, Group Parts Operations Senior Manager for Audi Volkswagen Middle East expressed: “We are glad [...]
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  • McLaren welcomes Kiwi interns

    • December 19, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Two young engineers from New Zealand have arrived in England to begin an internship established in honour of McLaren’s Kiwi founder, Bruce McLaren. University of Auckland students Elizabeth Grant and Harvey Merton are both following in the footsteps of Bruce McLaren who arrived in England in 1958 on a scholarship before going on to establish [...]
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  • Tom Wolf – Business Development Director, PPG

    • December 18, 2019
    • Posted by: Salih Tahir
    • Category: Content Updates
    Tom Wolf – Business Development Director, PPG
    Tom Wolf has worked in the Collision Industry since 1985. Tom started his career as a refinish technician in the Bay Area of California working for Jim’s Auto Body, one of the first 3 store MSO’s in the country. Tom hired on with PPG Automotive refinish in 1994 where he remains today. His various roles [...]
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  • Groupe PSA and FCA agree merger

    • December 18, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Peugeot S.A. (Groupe PSA) have signed a binding combination agreement providing for a 50/50 merger of its businesses to create the fourth largest global automotive OEM by volume and third largest by revenue. With its combined financial strength and skills, the merged entity will be placed to provide innovative, clean and sustainable [...]
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