TPS 16 www.aftermarketonline.net JULY/AUGUST 2025 TPS has launched ‘Brands at TPS’, boosting its parts offering and leading to the biggest range of products ever made available to its customers. ‘Brands at TPS’ will expand the range of products available through TPS’s 83 UK Centres by partnering with industryleading third-party brands renowned for producing high-quality mechanical parts. In the initial phase, ‘Brands at TPS’ will offer six well-known aftermarket brands into the TPS product family. O Mahle - specialists in cleaner engines, it will supply parts for filtration O SKF - the world’s largest bearings manufacturer will supply wheel bearings, engine belts as well as steering and suspension O ZF - a global leader of tier one quality products, bringing braking, shock absorbers, steering and suspension through their sub brands: Sachs, TRW and LEMFÖRDER O Bosch - a household name that will bring engine belts, filtration and braking products O Hella - global experts in electronics, bringing engine electrics products O Valeo – TPS’s current Group-wide supplier of wiper blades, bringing even more of their range of fly wheels, clutch kits and hydraulics The Mahle and SKF brands are available to customers now, with product ranges from the four additional Phase One suppliers on board by the end of July. For the initial launch, TPS will offer around 2,000 third-party parts, with plans to increase this to over 10,000 as the ‘Brands at TPS’ range develops with new third-party brands being added to the portfolio as well. Alan Povey, Mahle Quality and Technical Manager, said: “We have our full range of air, oil, fuel, and cabin filters available to TPS customers. “For quality assurance, our products are developed and tested to rigorous standards and manufactured with high quality and durable materials. “There is also technical support available, which includes brand specific QR codes on our products, which verify them as ours and give information about each product, plus tips and advice on how to best fit them.” Gavin Dixon, SKF Vehicle Aftermarket Sales Manager, said: “The range of products being made available to TPS customers are already proving popular with garages. “The chain kits are a big seller to garages. We know how difficult it is when you’re trying to just sell a loose chain with all the guides, oil seals and the tensions that go with it. As part of our range, we offer a kit with all the components in it. “We also do a full kit with the oil seals in as well. There is also everything related to the wheel bearing up to the suspension, wishbone arms, stabiliser links. We’ve now moved into coil springs and braking parts, which will be available from TPS going forward.” ‘Brands at TPS’ will expand TPS’s current parts offering and increase its coverage of the UK car parc, with a focus on older vehicles. The latest Motorparc data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) shows the average age of a car on UK roads is now 9.5 years old and with nearly one in four cars on UK roads a Volkswagen Group vehicle, it’s a timely launch. TPS is already the UK’s leading supplier of Volkswagen Group Approved Genuine Parts and with the new ‘Brands at TPS’ parts offering, customers will have even greater choice of quality parts to fit their Audi, SEAT, Škoda, Cupra, Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles models. Catherine Baker, Head of TPS, said: “We are proud to launch ‘Brands at TPS’ and in doing so boost our parts offering to our customers. “We’ve always been Genuine first and that doesn’t change. We remain dedicated to Genuine as our primary offer, but we can now offer a one-stopshop for our mechanical customers’ needs, including a wide-ranging selection of third-party branded parts. “So, whether it’s Genuine Parts for a five-year-old car or reliable, affordable parts for a 10-year-old one, we aim to become the trusted one-stop-shop for keeping vehicles on the road – quickly, efficiently, and with unmatched expertise.” She added: “We also offer Quantum Oils and Consumables which are hugely successful and well loved by our customers. “This new development means a wider range delivered through our existing network and helps to make TPS the parts supplier the aftermarket trade can trust for pretty much everything they require.” The new ‘Brands at TPS’ range will also be supported by the technical knowledge and advice of the staff teams at TPS centres, who know Volkswagen Group vehicles better than any other parts supplier. TPS customers can also count on up to five deliveries a day, Monday to Saturday, helping to ensure that parts can be dispatched when they are required. ‘Brands at TPS’ launches WR RᎭ HU ELJJHVW HYHU UDQJH RI SDUWV Catherine Baker
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