Author: John Loughran

German motor oil specialists Liqui Moly is set to sponsor Moto3 world champion Sandro Corteste, when he lines up this year in the higher performance, Moto2 class.

TTC, the truck and trailer component distribution arm of the Unipart Group, has launched a Price Watch programme, a process that continuously monitors TTC’s fastest moving parts prices, to ensure they remain competitive.

Top Part, with branches nationwide, has launched a Winter Specials promotion, with a 16-page brochure, that is included in the current edition of the Auto Trade Journal.

The Auto Trade Journal, Ireland’s leading magazine for the motor trade, is out on Friday and reports that its business as usual at QH Ireland, following its acquistion by the CD Group.

Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems (BMTS) has developed a new turbocharger specifically to be used in engines for electric power generation, i.e., genset engines. The exhaust gas turbocharger is coupled with a “Series 1600,” 14-liter V8 engine from MTU, and is suitable for both 50 Hz and 60 Hz applications.

Cooling components from First Line provide factors and their workshop customers with arguably the largest and most accessible range of matching original equipment products in the country. The latest additions include 15 temperature housing units and almost 30 temperature sender units, which will provide the solution for most vehicles entering the workshop.

Mechanics and tehnicians throughout the country are being advised that TechTalk.ie, the Top Technical Tips magazine is now available free of charge at Motor Factors nationwide.

Textar, Mintex, Don – TMD Friction’s major brands of brakes for more than 100 years, are a part of the world’s largest manufacturer of friction products, the Nisshinbo Group. Spanning the globe, production is carried out in 14 countries with a million brake parts a day being manufactured.

Leading automotive parts group, Sogefi, has appointed a new Country Area Manager, Nigel Duffield, who is responsible for driving the company’s growth in the UK and Ireland.