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Furrows' Gamble Is Paying Off
• Furrows of Oswestry, the Ford car arm of the Telford-hased Iveco Ford dealer, has spent £70,000 on a new commercial vehicle workshop. The two-bay workshop at Furrows' Salop......
Shocking News
▪ Monroe, the shock absor ber manufacturer, is investing Lim in an anti-rust paint plant at its York factory, acquired from Armstrong last year: 0E5m has already been spent on......
Priority Cover • Hereford-based Renault And Seddon...
Motor Group has gone into receivership. The company are having "urgent discussions" with both manufacturers. Renault says: "Our priority is to provide cover for operators in the......
Workshop Winners
Peter Cresswell, proprietor of P C Transport, Leeds, has won three axle sets of visualisers in the Workshop/ Schrader Special Products competition. Transport manager Peter......
Vans Service Freezers Faster
• Transfleet has introduced mobile workshops to speed up servicing and breakdown response on its ASDA contract covering 333 tractive units and trailers running out of six......
Telma Training
• Telma is launching a series of one-day training courses in the use and maintenance of its retarders. The courses are held at the company's Milton Keynes headquarters, and are......
Joint Venture
• Automotive component manufacturer T&N is forming a joint venture company with Japan Brake Industrial. The friction specialist Nuturn, will be based in Tennessee in the USA and......
Paint Course
• Sikkens paint manufacturer Akzo has introduced a new development programme for bodyshop managers called 'Planning for Profitable Growth'. Each three-day course combines......
Green Paint
• IDAC, the joint ICl/Du Pont paint company, has calculated that about a million cars have been sprayed with waterborne base coats, saving about 2,000 tonnes of solvent from......
Foden Service • John Owen (aggregates) Has Been Appointed As
a Foden Service dealer for Shef, field under Pelican Engineering, the Leeds-based main dealer. Owen will offer 24hour roadside recovery with a full repair and parts service, and......
Running Quality
• Rubery Owen-Rockwell has been awarded BS5750 Part 1 and believes it is the first European running gear manufacturer to earn the quality assurance mark.......
Top Tuners
• Efforts to improve the standards of mobile engine tuning have led to the founding of the Confederation of Mobile Engine Tuners (COMET). All COMET members will undergo......