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• Patrick Twemlow, 50, joins Automotive Development Centre, the engineering
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design and test centre at Luton established by the David J B Brown organisation, as general manager. Twemlow's experience ranges from detail diesel engine design, through computer systems development, to management in design and manufacturing. Before moving to the Luton operation he was managing diector of power generator manufacturer Dawson Keith. Automotive Development Centre operates from the former General Motors truck and bus engineering centre in Osborne Road.
• David Cunningham joins Coopers Filters as general manager, aftertnarket sales, from its sister company Fram where he managed the original equipment sales department. His one of a series of changes announced for the 1990s. Ken Williams is promoted Coopers UK sales manager from special sales manager and Martin Howlett, marketing manager, takes on additional responsibility for customer service.
• Paul Ryder, 42, since 1985 managing director of the Automotive Group of AB Electronics, joins Lucas Automotive as managing director — engine management systems, succeeding Mike Stacey, now managing director of Lucas Aerospace UK.
• Mark Hulse, 28, joins Hawker Siddeley subsidiary Tungstone Batteries as original equipment accounts manager for automotive batteries from Mann Egerton, where he was sales manager of a large car dealership. • Wing Commander Bob McCartney, director-general of the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association, told an ICI Autocolour conference in Bimiingham: "There is a growing concern over the need for the proper dispersal of bodyshop waste products." McCartney believes that safety in the bodyshop cannot rest with the bodyshop alone. Manufacturers must have the safety of their end user in mind, he says, and tool and equipment designers should consult with users.
• Chris Beckett becomes Mintex Don commercial vehicle products manager, responsible for marketing the Don an Mintex brands of brake linings for trucks and buses. Beckett trained as a motor engineer and spent a period as marketing co-ordinator for the Automotive Products Autela Division.
• Jim Smith, with Bass for five years, responsible for the maintenance of 4,500 vehicles, is to head the expanded Bass Vehicle Inspectorate which is "to expand into outside companies".
• Clive Ainsley has relinquished his position as deputy director of the Motor Agents Association on his appointment as director-general of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association.
• David Smith, 35, for two years southern regional manager for Dunlop Adhesives, now heads the industrial sales force of the Birmingham-based company. Ten sales representatives reporting to him include new appointees David Shaw, 25 (five counties in central England) and Steve Wright, 29 (Wilts, Avon and SW).