Category: News

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has taken full ownership of Federal-Mogul for approximately $300 million. Icahn Enterprises LP, through his indirect wholly-owned subsidiary IEH FM Holdings LLC already owned 82 per cent of the Federal-Mogul shares. Federal-Mogul had previously cancelled its plan announced in January 2015 to split the company into two separate public entities – the aftermarket parts and powertrain divisions. The reason given for this

Filter specialists Sogefi has appointed Jonathan Brooke to the position of Field Sales Manager UK & Ireland. Jonathan joined Sogefi in November 2015 a Key Account Manager and was responsible for several buying groups. He now takes on the Commercial responsibilities for all UK and Ireland customers / buying groups along with supporting the Sales

Ignition specialist NGK Spark Plugs (UK) Ltd attracted legions of motorsport fans and famous faces to its stand at the Autosport International show. The company has a long and illustrious history in motorsport, sponsoring some of the most successful Formula One, Rally and other four-wheel teams and competitors, helping them to achieve numerous world titles,

Two of the World’s leading rally drivers have signed-up to drive for the NGK-sponsored M-Sport WRC team in the forthcoming 2017 FIA World Rally Championship. Sebastien Ogier and Ott Tänak will lead the team, each driving the all-new Ecoboost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC which took centre-stage on the M-Sport stand on day one of the Autosport

As a business, maintaining a legislatively compliant fleet of commercial vehicles is the cornerstone of a successful logistics operation. Type-approval is the automotive EU directive that governs this compliance across the continent and partially, the UK. Type-approval is especially important for emissions components that are installed on a vehicle, guaranteeing product quality, performance and compliant

Repair professionals benefit from new solutions to cover an ever growing range of repair requirements Drive shafts are subject to exceptionally high load levels during operation. To help workshops meet their customers’ quality requirements, Meyle has added another 100 new drive shaft units to its existing range. Customers place exceptionally high demands on the quality

HBA Distributors is set to take to the roads on an an exciting Roadshow which will take them right around the country in just five days! The Shows will kick-off in Claremorris on Monday evening, January 23, followed by the Hibernian in Mallow on the Tuesday,the New Park in Kilkenny on the Wednesday, finishing up

Variable valve timing adjusters (VVT) allow the engine to operate in a fuel-efficient way and dynamically change the engine timing to give optimum power/performance when needed. This is achieved by pressure feeding engine oil into the VVT rotor chamber, which either advances or retards the engine timing by moving the camshaft by a few degrees

Gunson has unveiled a fully featured but compact auto range digital multimeter for measuring DC and AC voltage, resistance, capacitance, frequency, duty cycle, diode and continuity – the Gunson 77038. Measurements are displayed on the bright LCD screen and a useful LED spotlight is also included for working in dark areas. The multimeter is powered