Auto Care Association and FIGIEFA co-host aftermarket associations from six continents; Insurance Europe among the participants and Malaysia joins for the first time. Automotive aftermarket associations from six continents met during Automechanika Frankfurt for the Right to Repair Global meeting, where delegates said the fight over independent vehicle repair has moved beyond access to service […]
Robotic Painting Workshops Sell Out at Automechanika Frankfurt
Hands-on training sessions on AI-supported robotic painting ran fully booked at Automechanika Frankfurt 2026, which drew more than 112,000 trade visitors from 173 countries to the five-day aftermarket fair that closed Sept. 12. Glass repair workshops drew comparable demand, organizer Messe Frankfurt said. Automated refinish application has advanced through a run of vendor investments and […]
Surventis Introduces LightAssist Color Matching Visualization in Refinity
Surventis has added a visualization mode called LightAssist to the color module of Refinity, its cloud-based digital platform, aimed at the match decisions painters find hardest to make on screen: black and dark effect colors. The company announced the feature Sept. 9 and introduced it at Automechanika Frankfurt, which ran Sept. 8-12 in Frankfurt, Germany. […]
Axalta Names Deep Ruby Red ‘Redefined’ as its Global Automotive Color of the Year
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA) unveiled Redefined, a saturated ruby red, as its 2027 Global Automotive Color of the Year, introducing the finish Sept. 8 at Automechanika Frankfurt. Axalta said the finish catches and reflects light with a subtle sparkle, producing depth and dimension the company characterizes as jewel-like. It described the color as a […]
PPG Wins Innovation Award for PPG LINQ at Automechanika Frankfurt
PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that the PPG LINQ digital ecosystem has received the Innovation Award at Automechanika Frankfurt 2024, the world’s leading trade fair the automotive aftermarket. The Innovation Award recognizes outstanding technological developments with significant market relevance in the automotive supplier industry, automotive workshop and services sector, or original equipment manufacturers. “The PPG […]
IBIS to Premiere at Automechanika Frankfurt 2022
The International Bodyshop Industry Symposium (IBIS), the collision repair industry knowledge platform, will bring an exclusive taste of its high-level conference content to Automechanika Frankfurt on September 13-17. On Tuesday, September 13, IBIS CEO Jason Moseley will host an in-depth debate involving global collision industry leaders and influencers Jim Muse, vice-president of Axalta Refinish EMEA; […]
Automechanika Frankfurt Will Take Place as In-Person Event in September
Trade fair to take place with a new online program including livestream of in-person Collision Talk event. This year’s Automechanika Frankfurt is taking place as a hybrid event for the first time on September 14-18 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The primary focus will be on the physical event and all the advantages it offers. […]
Automechanika Buenos Aires Rescheduled to September 2022
In accordance with the health regulations, recommendations and requirements related to the ongoing coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic issued by the Argentina national government and the City of Buenos Aires, we as organizers of Automechanika Buenos Aires are forced to postpone Argentina’s international trade fair for the automotive service industry. The event, originally scheduled for November this […]
Automechanika to Launch Digital Training and Networking Tools in September
Automechanika will start offering new digital networking opportunities for everyone who had been looking forward to coming to Frankfurt this September. Starting on September 10, there will be a series of online training courses for repair facilities available online. Visitors to the website will also find updated company profiles for exhibitors, while users of the […]
Automechanika Dubai Rescheduled to June 2021
Messe Frankfurt Middle East confirmed Automechanika Dubai’s 18th edition, which was originally postponed to run in October 2020, will instead take place from June 7-9, 2021 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The three-day event in 2019 featured 1,880 exhibitors from 63 countries, while drawing in 32,750 trade visitors from 146 countries, underlining its international […]