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LKQ Collision & Coatings names UK boss
- 25/11/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Collision & Coatings has announced a raft of senior appointments that will strengthen its relationships with LKQ Euro Car Parts and LKQ Europe. Justin Elliot is now heading up LKQ’s Collision & Coatings business across the whole of Europe, a role in which he will oversee the strategy of the UK and [...] -
LKQ accelerates EV training
- 13/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has taken delivery of three brand new hybrid vehicles to help it reach its target of training more than 1,500 technicians in hybrid and EV repair this year through its AutoEducation Academy. Courses are available at levels two, three and four, and all are part of the IMI’s Tech Safe [...] -
LKQ continues EV shift
- 09/04/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has launched an electric vehicle (EV) trial on the Isle of Wight. The trial will see an electric Vauxhall Vivaro and an electric Renault Kangoo join the island’s fleet for six months, with two charge points installed to power them. Vehicles on the island typically cover approximately 70 [...] -
LKQ training goes online
- 12/03/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has enhanced its training offering for garages, with the addition of a new e-learning suite. The courses from AutoEducation Academy cover everything from MOTs and diagnostics to hybrids and EVs, as well as specific components like brakes, electrics, air conditioning, and steering and [...] -
LKQ joins eFuel Alliance
- 21/12/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Europe has joined the Berlin-based eFuel Alliance, which supports the use of climate-neutral fuels to achieve climate targets in Europe. Arnd Franz, CEO of LKQ Europe, said: "Synthetic fuels are a meaningful addition to electromobility to achieve an immediate reduction in vehicle fleet CO2 emissions. These [...] -
LKQ extends supply partnerships
- 30/10/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has extended its supply partnerships with Liftmaster and Milwaukee. Through its decade-long partnership with Liftmaster, LKQ Euro Car Parts’ Workshop Solutions division has become the UK’s main distributor of BendPak lifts. Adam White, Workshop Solutions sirector at LKQ Euro Car Parts, [...] -
LKQ Europe names new CEO
- 09/09/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Europe has announced that Andras Lorincz will become CEO of the company’s central and eastern European business from November. He will be based in Prague, Czech Republic. Arnd Franz, CEO of LKQ Europe, said: “Andras is rejoining us with an impressive combination of regional and global experience. He has [...] -
LKQ suspends senior advisor
- 06/04/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ has announced it has suspended Harmut Roehl as senior advisor due a potential conflict of interest, just days after his appointment. A statement said: “Both sides were not aware of the strong presumption that has been expressed that this appointment would lead to a conflict of interest. “The mission [...] -
LKQ names senior adviser for regulatory affairs
- 01/04/2020
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
LKQ Europe, a subsidiary of LKQ Corporation, has appointed Hartmut Roehl as a senior adviser for government affairs. Roehl (pictured) will advise the European market leader in independent vehicle parts distribution on regulatory and political matters on a European level, as well as supporting national [...] -
LKQ cashes in Czech interests
- 09/01/2020
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Corporation is selling its equity interests in two Czech distributors to Swiss Automotive Group AG. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In May 2018, the European Commission cleared LKQ’s acquisition of STAHLGRUBER GmbH, with the exception of Stahlgruber’s two wholesale businesses in the Czech [...]