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CONTENTS
JOURNAL
IAEA | 1932-2024
CELEBRATING 92 YEARS
NEWS
6
SPRING 2024
NEWS
Updates from across the automotive claims industry
12
VM NEWS
The latest vehicle manufacturer model launches and
updates
FEATURES
14
MASTERING TECHNICAL PROWESS:
6
ITAS enhances engineers' pro昀椀ciency in Toyota & Lexus
technology
18
TAKING STOCK: TIME TO LOOK AT
ELECTRIFICATION
Andrew Marsh reports
20
THE CHALLENGE FROM CHINA
A Thatcham Research technical piece from Dean Lander,
Head of Repair Sector Services
24
TALKING TECH WITH MALCOLM BANNER
14
18
National Accident Repair Group’s Managing Director
on how tech is positively impacting the automotive repair
– and automotive engineering – sector
26
TRAINING, UPSKILLING AND DATA ACCESS:
CRUCIAL FOR BODYSHOPS
Dave Shepherd, for ALLDATA Europe, on the evolution
of the sector and how this is driving the need for data and
repair information
28
MATERIALS: WHAT MEGA CASTING MEANS
FOR REPAIR
20
Darren Bright, Principal Engineer – Automotive Repair at
Thatcham Research, reports
MEMBERS
16
FIEA BOARD MEETING: BARCELONA REPORT
By Alan Watling, IAEA Representative to the FIEA,
reports from Barcelona, Spain
22
INNOVATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER
ASSESSING INDUSTRY
22
28
A recap of the IAEA Ireland’s Dublin and Belfast CPD
Lectures with Christopher Gibb, CEO, Ironcode.io
30
FIEA BOARD MEETING, TECHNICAL DAY AND
GENERAL MEETING
By Alan Watling, IAEA Representative to the FIEA, reports
from Mons, Belgium
34
DIARY DATES
Key industry events
30
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