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First Line strengthens product offering

First Line strengthens product offering

First Line Ltd has strengthened its product offering with the introduction of 64 new-to-range parts. This ...

First Line Ltd has strengthened its product offering with the introduction of 64 new-to-range parts. This latest expansion includes additions in steering and suspension, driveshafts, cooling, and more ...

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WAI expands rotating electrics portfolio

WAI expands rotating electrics portfolio

WAI Europe has added eight new alternators and two new starter motors to its rotating electrics portfolio ...

WAI Europe has added eight new alternators and two new starter motors to its rotating electrics portfolio. Key references in WAI’s new alternators range include 21007N to fit the Porsche Macan, Cayenn ...

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Exide makes AGM auxiliary battery additions

Exide makes AGM auxiliary battery additions

Exide Technologies has launched EK013, which follows the recent unveiling of EK454 and EK457. The latter ...

Exide Technologies has launched EK013, which follows the recent unveiling of EK454 and EK457. The latter two are equipped with standard and thin taper terminals according to European Norm (EN) and Jap ...

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LKQ enters joint venture with SYNETIQ

LKQ enters joint venture with SYNETIQ

LKQ Europe has entered into a joint venture with SYNETIQ Ltd a UK vehicle parts, dismantling and vehicle- ...

LKQ Europe has entered into a joint venture with SYNETIQ Ltd a UK vehicle parts, dismantling and vehicle-recycling specialist. LKQ SYNETIQ, as the joint venture will be known, will combine SYNETIQ’s d ...

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Understanding suspension bush failures

Understanding suspension bush failures

Suspension bushes may be small components, but their impact on vehicle performance, safety and ride quali ...

Suspension bushes may be small components, but their impact on vehicle performance, safety and ride quality is immense, according to Polybush’s Ellis Blackman. He claims that understanding common susp ...

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Bilstein evaluates ball joints and stabiliser bars

Bilstein evaluates ball joints and stabiliser bars

Bilstein Group UK Technical Marketing Manager, Charles Figgins, provides a detailed, informative overview ...

Bilstein Group UK Technical Marketing Manager, Charles Figgins, provides a detailed, informative overview of ball joints and stabiliser bars. The ball joint is an important part of a vehicle’s suspens ...

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FAI assesses changes in steering and suspension

FAI assesses changes in steering and suspension

FAI Head of Product Development, Nick Smith, has his say on the variants that have triggered steering and ...

FAI Head of Product Development, Nick Smith, has his say on the variants that have triggered steering and suspension product evolution over the last two decades and how the company is keeping pace. St ...

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How is an exhaust gas temperature sensor made?

How is an exhaust gas temperature sensor made?

Here is an opportunity to learn how an exhaust gas temperature sensor (EGTS) is manufactured and the prin ...

Here is an opportunity to learn how an exhaust gas temperature sensor (EGTS) is manufactured and the principles of how it works, thanks to DENSO. According to Sales and Marketing Manager, Kevin Peacoc ...

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Dayco argues traditional vehicles still dominate

Dayco argues traditional vehicles still dominate

With the rise of electrical propulsion systems, it may seem that the days of the internal combustion engi ...

With the rise of electrical propulsion systems, it may seem that the days of the internal combustion engine (ICE) are drawing to a close; however, Dayco National Sales Manager, Ann-Marie Dean, argues ...

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A deep dive into DPFs

A deep dive into DPFs

European Exhaust and Catalyst Technical Trainer, Stuart Still, provides an educational piece on the diese ...

European Exhaust and Catalyst Technical Trainer, Stuart Still, provides an educational piece on the diesel particulate filter (DPF), its continued role in the aftermarket and why and how they fail. As ...

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