Author: Eoin Cuttle

Standard Motor Products Europe (SMPE), one of the UK’s largest independently owned automotive parts manufacturers and suppliers, shows no let-up in its growth plans, with its announcement that its customers are set to further benefit from another expansion of its engine management programme.

GS Yuasa Battery Europe Ltd, the world’s leading battery manufacturer, has introduced seven new Yuasa automotive batteries to its market-leading, Original Equipment (OE) quality YBX range. The new additions provide a significant increase in coverage of the European vehicle parc. Now available to the aftermarket, the seven new batteries expand Yuasa’s YBX3000, YBX5000 and YBX7000

Shell says it has officially renewed its status as BMW AG’s only recommended supplier for aftermarket engine oils in Ireland for a further three years till end 2022 for all BMW Group brands; BMW, BMW i, BMW M, MINI, BMW Motorrad and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) says that online training provider, Our Virtual Academy (OVA) has become the latest company to join the industry body’s growing membership roster.

Increasing numbers of vehicles are using automatic stop-start systems, to help lower emissions and fuel consumption, but these can put enormous strain on the battery. The new OptiMate 5 start-stop battery optimizer is designed to provide completely safe charging and maintenance for the 12V EFB and AGM batteries fitted to modern cars & vans.

One of the primary problems encountered with most solar chargers has always been that once the sun goes down, you have no idea what the battery status is and no answer to the all-important question…“is that battery charged or not?”

Autoelectro, one of the UK’s largest independent remanufacturers of rotating electrics, has unveiled its new website.

Sogefi filter technologies, the automotive component company of the CIR Group, is the original equipment (OE) supplier of the oil filter module mounted on the Ferrari 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine. Ferrari receives fourth award at the 2018 International Engine of the Year Awards.

Electro Maintenance is set to showcase its Original Equipment (OE) two-year warranty offering for Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs), Heavy Good Vehicles (HGVs), Marine, Agricultural, and Mining applicationsat the Auto Trade EXPO, at Citywest Exhibition Centre, Dublin, October 20-21.