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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedCarmakers, suppliers rush to recruit repairers; Block exemption changes leave shops with new options.(News)
Automotive News Europe, November, 2003 by Weernink, Wim Oude
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Byline: Wim Oude Weernink
Car repair networks are expanding in Europe as a result of new block exemption rules.
Bosch and Auto Distribution International are recruiting repair shops - many of which did not get a contract from carmakers when the rules changed October 1 - to get a larger piece of the spare parts market, which is worth more than [euro]25 billion.
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Carmakers are also trying to win back sub-dealers they lost due to block exemption changes. For instance, French brands Citroen and Renault aim to build so-called secondary networks to increase their repairer ...
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