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Out with the new and in with the old as Ray Smith-Roberts takes over from Mat Cooper. MTAQ CEO Rod Camm temporarily replaces Matt Hobbs as MTAA CEO. Forget a clip on every claim and that could add up to $15600 over a year for a 20 cars per week shop. Australia's automotive aftermarket has reached a significant mileston
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Changing fleet creates new challenges for vehicle recovery - Australasian Paint & Panel
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (400+ words) Analysis by Underground Towing & Salvage highlights the contrast between the vehicles already operating on Australian roads and those now entering the national fleet. Almost half, or 49.3 per cent, of registered Australian vehicles were manufactured in 2014 or earlier, while the average…...
RME named national audit partner for new Hyundai program - Australasian Paint & Panel
15+ hour, 36+ min ago (185+ words) The appointment will see RME work with OEC and participating repairers to help ensure the quality of the repairer network and support safe, compliant and high-quality collision repairs across Australia. Hyundai Motor Company Australia’s Wayne Pickering announced the commencement of…...
Surventis adds LightAssist to improve digital colour matching - Australasian Paint & Panel
16+ hour, 6+ min ago (285+ words) The new functionality adds an intuitive visualisation mode to ImagePLUS, enhancing the visibility of differences in colour, texture and effect when potential matches are displayed on screen. It is expected to be particularly useful when working with black and dark…...
Cost pressures force Victorians to delay servicing - Australasian Paint & Panel
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (379+ words) A new Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) survey found almost one-quarter of Victorian motorists could not afford to service their vehicle when it was due. That figure increased to 33 per cent among drivers aged under 35 and households earning less…...
Sharpline workshop redesign puts productivity into full flow - Australasian Paint & Panel
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (213+ words) The former IAG Motorsserve site offered the access, space and potential he had been searching for. But after Sharpline had outgrown two previous premises in little more than a decade, simply moving into a larger building wasn’t enough. This time,…...
Surventis backs future refinishing skills at WorldSkills - Australasian Paint & Panel
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (288+ words) The former BASF Coatings business is partnering with WorldSkills International as a Global Industry Partner and Silver Partner for the competition, which will be held in Shanghai, China, from September 22-27. Ahead of WorldSkills Shanghai, competitors and WorldSkills Experts have access…...