The Commercial Vehicle Show 2008 has come to its conclusion after three busy days at the NEC Birmingham.



UAN suppliers present at the event included EBS, PBL, Elta Lighting, Manbat and Roadink International.



The show covered a combined area of over 90,000 square metres, with exhibitors using the event to launch new products and services. Read More..

UAN has approved V-Tech as a supplier of diagnostics, training & garage equipment to the group. V-Tech UK has become a leading supplier to the aftermarket industry, bringing popular equipment at exceptional value to the market, such as the V-Tech Emissions Combi, Multiscan, CMT, Win-Star & many more. The company offers an extensive product range from affordable handheld service light reset tools to comprehensive brand specific specialist diagnostic solutions. Read More..

UAN supplier First Line is reacting to the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide legislation with the launch of an awareness campaign highlighting the risks of supplying non-OE matching parts. Under the new legislation, motor factors that supply spurious quality parts could face prosecution if the vehicle the part is fitted to is involved in an accident, resulting in a fatality. Jeff Earl, First Line, Marketing Services Manager, said: "It's a big possibility that if you are uncertain of the origin or integrity of the part you are supplying or fitting, you could be liable if that part proves to be defective and someone dies as a result. Read More..

UAN suppliers Pearl Automotive and Sovereign are the latest suppliers to install MAM Software's Autonet electronic trading solution to power their e-commerce initiatives. Their participation takes the total number of Autonet-enabled suppliers to almost 70. Autonet B2B Seller will integrate with each supplier's existing MAM Autopart systems and allow them to trade electronically with their individual motor factor customers. Read More..

With figures still coming into UAN, January 2008 looks on course to become a record month for the group and signal a positive to start to the year for UAN distributors and suppliers. UAN believes this growth will continue following the launch of its 2008 incentive trip to Phuket, Thailand at its recently held conference in Prague. UAN BDMS have been working around the clock this week to finalise distributor targets and will announce those at forthcoming meetings. Read More..

First Line is aiming to make its 25th year its best ever and has kick started the year with the launch of a number of promotions and incentives for UAN distributors. The company has also received a major boost by winning the UAN car multi-product supplier of the year for 2007, voted for by UAN distributors and presented at the recent UAN conference in Prague (pictured right). In 2008, the company is also proactively launching new ranges to its programme, along with new catalogues for existing product groups. Read More..

The UAN 2008 Conference featured the group's 2007 supplier of the year awards ceremony. UAN distributor members present at the conference placed votes for their favoured car and commercial vehicle supplier and the winners were as follows: Car single product supplier of the year: Winner TMD Friction Highly Commended Apec Braking ; Car multi-product supplier of the year: Winner First Line, Highly Commended FPS ; CV supplier of the year: Winner FPS, Highly Commended TMD Friction.. Read More..

United Aftermarket Network (UAN) is celebrating after successfully holding its largest ever distributor and supplier conference in Prague, Czech Republic. More than 160 delegates took part in 600 distributor , supplier meetings in one afternoon during the conference at the Hilton Hotel Prague in early February. The event once again comprised UAN's bespoke 'workshop meetings matrix' format, offering distributors set meetings with the group's approved suppliers. Read More..

United Aftermarket Network (UAN) has pledged its support to the Right to Repair Campaign (R2RC), which is aimed at making vehicle manufacturer (VM) technical information freely available to the independent aftermarket. UAN has made an initial financial contribution to R2RC and is communicating with its 100-strong distributorship on the objectives of the campaign through its quarterly newsletter UNITED and website www.unitedaftermarket. Read More..