• Åse Brekke Roe – WorldSkills Champion, WorldSkills Sao Paulo 2015

    • May 30, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Content Updates
    Åse Brekke Roe – WorldSkills Champion, WorldSkills Sao Paulo 2015
    The 24-year-old from Norway has always liked cars and regards her role as a paint technician as a passion more than a job. After being encouraged to enter WorldSkills by her teacher, she won the regional competition to qualify as the first female ever to take part in the nationals. A year later she finished [...]
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  • Breakthrough sensors see way ahead

    • May 30, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    A technology start-up developing sensors adept in adverse weather and at night has completed a $17m series A funding round. Israeli company TriEye has innovated Short-Wave-Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology. It has secured funding from Intel Capital, with other investors including Marius Nacht, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies, and TriEye’s existing investor Grove Ventures. Its [...]
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  • bodyshop magazine teams with Remit Group to deliver upgraded bodyshop awards for 2019

    • May 30, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    Britain’s most influential bodyshop industry media brand, bodyshop magazine, has teamed with leading national training provider and automotive specialist, Remit Group, to host the assessments for entrants to the UK’s only independent car bodyshop awards: bodyshop Live!. Jason Moseley, CEO of bodyshop and IBIS described the partnership as exciting, ‘Our industry is changing at a rapid pace. So it’s [...]
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  • Growth of the car industry worldwide

    • May 30, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    In 2000 global vehicle production stood at 58,374,162, but by 2018 this had risen to 91,538,640 – that’s a massive 157% increase. But which countries dominate the automotive industry, and has their share of the global car market changed over the years? And what about Brexit – could it affect the automotive industry? Quotezone.co.uk explores [...]
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  • Renault considers FCA merger

    • May 28, 2019
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Renault is considering a proposal received from FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) to merge 50/50. Its board of directors has decided to study the opportunity of such a business combination. A further communication will be issued in due course to inform the market of the results of these discussions, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. [...]
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