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• This month's news pages contain warnings about suspect or defective components — and it is proper that they should. If a haulier buys the wrong truck for the job he may •go broke. If a defective part is fitted to a truck someone may get killed, Hardened maintenance men know this but pressure is increasing an workshop managers and fitters to save money. And that can lead to the wrong decisions being made. The FISE has started prosecuting tompanics under the COSHH regulations: large companies are demanding that their subcontractors have B55750 and we all wait for the first product liability case to come to court.
Life is not easy, even the likes of BRS Engineering found it hard going last year, and it may get harder still.
Despite this, there is still room for workshops to make a profit Workshop will do its best to help and keep maintenance managers and fitters informed about the regulations, vehicles, products and business trends that affect the industry.
In the coming months we will look at issues like spurious parts, preparing for 1992, accident repairs and health and safety. They will all he of interest to professional workshops. And if you think there are other areas worth looking at, let us know.