Aftermarket February 2023

NEWS 6 AFTERMARKET FEBRUARY 2023 www.aftermarketonline.net Two more major names have signed up to support Top Technician and Top Garage 2023. TechMan has returned once again as a Full Event Partner, as has Snap-on, which is continuing its long-running and enthusiastic association with the competitions. Commenting on their Full Event Partnership, TechMan Director Terry Dorney said: “TechMan are enormously thrilled to be back once more as a Full Event Partner for the Top Technician and Top Garage competitions for 2023. Having been part of Top Technician and Top Garage since 2019, the esteem in which technicians and garages hold both competitions is why we want to continue supporting them. For TechMan, this is our way of helping the finest professionals in the industry to advance their business aspirations or technical goals. Best of luck to all who enter, and we look forward to seeing you along the way.” Mark Ost, General Manager at Snap-on Diagnostics and Garage Equipment, observed: “Snap-on has been supporting Top Technician and Top Garage since the start, and we are proud again to be working with the team as sponsors for 2023. Each year we are astounded at the number of talented technicians this competition showcases and Snap-on are proud to be in association and play such an integral role in this prestigious event. Snap-on values innovation and training in order to keep the automotive industry at the top of its game with rapidly changing technology, legislation, and laws. The Top Technician and Top Garage competition show the importance of developing these skills and celebrating success and aligns itself with Snap-on’s own Makers and Fixers programme, which recognises skilled men and women who work with their hands in essential industries to keep us all moving.” Mark added: “At Snap-on we are committed to ongoing enhancements and innovations to our Diagnostic and Equipment ranges in order to be at the forefront of new developments and technologies to support the garage and technician. We can’t wait for this competition to get started and merge sophisticated technology and the skilful and talented minds of the technicians and garages from across the UK.” Top Technician and Top Garage 2023 come to you in association with the Garage Equipment Association (GEA), the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) and the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI). Full Event Partners: Snap-on, TOPDON and TechMan. For more on Top Technician and Top Garage, turn to page 20. Snap-on and TechMan sign up as Top Technician/Top Garage Full Event Partners LIQUI MOLY mourns media spokesman LIQUI MOLY’s Head of Media Relations, Dr. Peter Szarafinski, died suddenly shortly before Christmas, the company has announced. He was 47. “The terrible news reached us just before Christmas Eve,” said Managing Director Günter Hiermaier. “Unfathomable; The great loss of a valued and extremely popular colleague.” Peter joined the company in 2010 in what was the newly created role of Head of Media Relations International, based at the company’s HQ in in Ulm. Günter Hiermaier continued: “During the past 13 years, he had greatly developed and advanced the public relations work in our foreign markets. With his knowledge, dedication and high work ethic, he has played a decisive role in the positive impact of our company. His sudden death is also such a huge loss because he was such a likable and popular colleague.” Alongside his role at LIQUI MOLY, Peter completed his doctorate with the historical research book ‘Rüstung und politisches System’ (Armaments and Political System). Also a keen sailor and paragliding pilot, in 2016, Peter flew a round-trip from the Allgäu region to the North Cape of Norway with a friend from the Füssen air sports club. Günter Hiermaier added: “Our thoughts are with his family and partner.” Full Event Partners: