The team of professionals at First Line has been strengthened with the addition of Nick Smith, who has joined as the new product manager for the Borg & Beck clutch programme.

Nick was an assistant branch manager with the Advance Motor Supplies before the company sold out to the growing Partco group, first under GKN and then Unipart following the change of ownership. It was during this time that Nick decided to cross the supply chain and join Quinton Hazell for 20 years. Over the intervening years Nick has had experience across all the product groups and was latterly the product analyst for steering components.

At Borg & Beck Nick will be able to bring that wealth of aftermarket product knowledge to bear on one of the UK’s most prominent clutch brands. “My role is to look after all the day-to-day management of the range, to crunch the data and find the opportunities that will take the brand to the next level,” said Nick.

General Manager Malcolm White added: “Nick brings some core strengths to the team, which will certainly help us to continue to improve the programme. We already have a market leading position in terms of the depth of our range of flywheel replacement kits and CSC kits and Nick will ensure we maintain and develop this market leading position.”