SMPE secures agreement to supply iconic Lucas brand

Company to supply and develop brand’s engine management programme.

Standard Motor Products Europe (SMPE), one of the UK's largest independently owned automotive parts manufacturers and suppliers, has secured the rights to supply its engine management programme under the iconic Lucas brand.

Under the new licence agreement, SMPE will develop and grow the Lucas brand in all mainland European countries, as well as non-aligned Scandinavian and Balkan states. The Lucas brand will also reach the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Russia.

The new-look Lucas product line-up will feature key engine management ranges including ignition coils, cam/crank sensors, air mass meters, lead sets, coolant temp sensors and oil pressure switches, engineered by SMPE in the UK.

From its East Midlands home, SMPE has successfully established a thriving export business and so the addition of the Lucas brand, built on an impressive heritage of over 125 years in the automotive industry, will fully complement its strategy of widening its reach on a global scale.

SMPE were also the principal suppliers of Lucas branded engine management during the 1990s, which included caps, rotor arms, contact sets and condensers.