Author: Haitham Razagui

MAJOR compressor manufacturer Sanden has secured co-branding rights for VASA’s 25th Anniversary Wire & Gas convention by joining the event as a major sponsor.All three Platinum sponsorship positions were also quickly snapped up by Adrad, JAS Oceania and Ashdown-Ingram. A-Gas, Unicla, Burgaflex and Opteon have taken up Gold sponsorships and Refrigerants Australia is a Silver … Continue reading Wire & Gas attracts big-name sponsors

AUTOCARE 2018 Convention, organised by the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA), has completely sold out of sponsorship and trade show space well before the event’s doors open on May 4 and 5, 2018 at the new International Convention Centre next to Darling Harbour in Sydney. The AAAA hailed this result as “an overwhelming vote of … Continue reading See you at Autocare Sydney next weekend!

IN APRIL five free HFC phase-down information sessions run by the Department of the Environment and Energy will take place, starting on Thursday 5th in Newcastle NSW, followed by Chatswood NSW and Sydney Airport on Friday April 6 before moving to Melbourne on Thursday 19 and Geelong on Friday 20. These sessions will discuss what … Continue reading Extra dates added for government-run HFC phase-down info sessions

UP TO $11,000 in subsidies and reimbursements are offered to businesses that employ retrenched car manufacturing workers in Victoria under the State Government’s Back to Work scheme. An incentive of up to $7000 is offered for hiring eligible retrenched auto workers in an ongoing full-time or part-time role, with up to $4000 extra available when … Continue reading Hiring in Victoria? Government incentives for taking on retrenched car factory workers

AUTOCARE 2018 Convention will include a seminar revealing some eye-opening results of research into workshop customers that could help you win new business and improve profitability. Simon Edwards, a managing partner of market research firm TKP that conducted the study on behalf the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association, will present findings about how customers decide which … Continue reading Video: Eye-opening study into workshop customers to be revealed at Autocare Sydney

TICKET sales for Wire & Gas are off to a flying start, with the VASA member-exclusive early bird discount attracting new people and businesses to the association. Wire & Gas 2018 is Asia-Pacific’s premier event for those working in automotive thermal management and electrical who want to future-proof their knowledge and skills in ways that … Continue reading Early-bird tickets to Wire & Gas proving popular!

ATTENDEES to Autocare 2018 Convention will learn about worldwide efforts to support consumer choice and fair competition in the automotive aftermarket, and be provided with some tactics for dealing with anti-competitive behaviour. The Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association’s government relations manager, Lesley Yates, will be joined by United States Autocare Association senior vice-president of regulatory and … Continue reading Video: Sneak preview of Autocare Sydney 2018

COMPRESSOR manufacturers Sanden International and Unicla International have forged a strategic alliance under which Unicla’s heavy-duty compressors in 200cc-675cc range will be co-branded with Sanden, which will use its comprehensive distribution network to meet the expected high demand for more powerful compressors from the rapidly expanding public road transport sector as well as other heavy-duty … Continue reading Sanden and Unicla join forces

AUDI has finally shed light on the R744 situation for Australia, confirming it will not bring its A8 flagship limousine Down Under fitted with air-conditioning systems using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant. The company’s spokesman for government affairs and emissions Bernd Bante told SightGlass eNews in a statement that for the Australian market “there are … Continue reading R744 Audis not coming to Australia