AutoZum 2023: Tour 1st part

AutoZum 2023: Tour 1st part

At the Alldata stand, Marketing Manager Julia Marra (pictured in the middle) and her team presented a comprehensive range of repair data for independent workshops. The automotive repair software currently covers 32 brands and more than 91,950 unique vehicle combinations, covering over 95% of all vehicles on the road.

At the AVL DiTest stand, product manager Klaus Schulte (picture) presents a brand new OBD interface through which the OBFCM data can be read out. The compact device transmits the data from the vehicle directly to the workshop PC, where it is then forwarded via EBV or Workshop-Net to the central assessment database ZBD.

At the Axalta stand, the paint specialist's team presented, among other things, the robust Raptor paint from the U-Pol brand. A video provided a preview of the fully automatic “Irus” mixing plant, which is coming to Austria this year. According to Andreas Auer, Marketing & Business Development Manager Axalta Refinish (far left in the picture), this is the fastest fully automatic paint mixing machine in the world.

As usual, there was a wide range of products on display at the Berner stand, including intelligent storage and ordering solutions as well as innovative chemicals for the workshop. Sales director Alfred Rieder, trainee Annika Lachhammer and e-commerce manager Lukas Zirsky (pictured from left) advised the visitors and gave practical application examples.

At the Bilstein stand, Emilie Goury, Marketing Team Leader (l.) and Christian Baier, Head of Group Sales Automotive DACH (r.) presented, among other things, the new brake calipers from the febi brand, which is part of the group. The range already includes over 500 part numbers and only contains brand new parts with a three-year manufacturer's guarantee.

At the Bosch stand, Martin Körner, Product Manager Battery (pictured), presented an innovative repair solution for vehicle batteries for the Toyota Prius electric model, which is particularly popular with taxi drivers. Automotive technicians with HV3 qualification can use the Bosch repair set to replace old and low-performance pouch cell modules with new round cells and thus significantly extend the useful life of the robust vehicles at a relatively low cost.

At the stand of the Car Rep professional team there was, among other things, a clear demonstration of how to repair hail damage. Federal Guild Master Deputy Manfred Kubik (l.) and committee member Franz Josef Ofer (r.) stopped by managing director Dominik Denk (pictured in the middle) for an industry talk.

At the stand of the car wash specialist Christ, CEO Otto Christ (5th from right) and his team presented a wide range of car wash systems and accessory products, which have recently been presented in a new, modern design. Christ emphasized that his company has had the issue of sustainability on its agenda for many years and that its modern car washes now use around 30 percent less electricity and water than ten years ago.

At the stand of the specialist for car dealership supplies EasyFix, general manager Franz Hroch (pictured in the middle) presented, among other things, the popular marten repellent products from the brands “behro” and “Go Marder Go”. In the price labeling segment, Hroch presented his cooperation with the German omnichannel platform dicoso.de, which has established itself as the market leader for electronic price tags in car dealerships. CEO Peter Berrendorf (r.) runs the company together with his son Robin Berrendorf (l.)

At the stand of the marten repellent specialist K&K, Carolin Sauerzapf (l.) and Marketing Manager Sophia Niedermayer (r.) presented, among other things, the new “sleeping” marten repellent device M9900. Activation sensors only trigger the multi-contact high-voltage brush in a fraction of a second when the marten brushes against it. This extends the battery life enormously.

At the stand of the Linz-based paint specialist Lack & Technik, managing director Andreas Weismann (r.) and his father Rudolf presented the latest innovations from Cromax. These include, for example, the “Ultra Performance Energy System”, which enables drying at a room temperature of 20 degrees in record time and a 70 percent reduction in energy consumption compared to conventional painting processes.

At the stand of the lubricant specialist Liqui Moly, Blanka Gabric, Philipp Grosser, marketing manager Tobias Gerstlauer and Daniel Wiest (from left) presented a new online marketing initiative for partner companies. They can network with their customers in the regional area via a “socialPALS” account and provide them with information about upcoming campaigns via Google, Facebook and Instagram. Tobias Gerstlauer was pleased with the positive feedback and the measurable response to the campaign.