A combination of research programs and world-leading field experience ishelping Delphi ensure that its fuel systems customers are ready for rapid growth in the use of biofuels in every region

LUXEMBOURG – Delphi Corporation has stepped-up its global research into the many engineering challenges underlying the rapid growth in biofuel usage. The intension is to ensure that all Delphi fuel injection and fuel handling technologies meet the requirements of vehicle manufacturers for compatibility with high biofuel ratios ahead of market and legislative demand. The company has already supplied ethanol-compatible components for approximately 2.5 million vehicles worldwide and has uprated its diesel injection systems to be compatible with a five percent bio mix.

All-makes parts programme introduced to generate new revenue

Independent garages in the Peterborough area will have access to a wide range of vehicle parts for all makes of cars from a single source, as Marshall Motor Group expands its parts business. The dealership has been without an all-makes parts capability for several years, but recently decided to re-introduce an offering alongside its OE parts business. Under the XPart All-Makes scheme, Marshall Motor Group will have access to more than 32,000 parts covering all of the main product groups such as brakes, rotating electrics, filters, exhausts and many other products.

Wire in Composite (WiC) receives prestigious Innovation of the Show award at the UK’s major motorsport exhibition

BERU F1 Systems’ novel system for the protection of wiring harnesses in harsh environments has won Innovation of the Show at Autosport International 2007.  The award, judged by the editorial panel of leading motorsport engineering title Racecar Engineering, was presented to the Norfolk company for its Wire in Composite product, a technology that featured on Jaguar’s C-XF car at this month’s Detroit Auto Show.

6-8th March 2007 Le Montreux Palace, Montreux, Switzerland 

Raffles Le Montreux Palace, Montreux, Switzerland plays host to the fifth annual Automotive Logistics Europe Conference.

The conference, which immediately precedes the Geneva International Motor Show, is the biggest automotive logistics event in Europe. Speakers include Egon Christ, Senior Manager, Transport Logistics Vehicles at DaimlerChrysler, Elliott Swiss, Director, Supply Chain Logistics, General Motors Europe and Michael Bomann, General Manager, Logistics Worldwide Distribution, BMW.

The future of car making in Europe will be the central topic of discussion when automotive manufacturing’s senior executives meet in February.

The role Eastern Europe will play in this future will also be debated at the Automotive Manufacturing Solutions Europe conference. With the rapidly increasing sophistication of manufacturing in India and China, the Eastern European factories that initially competed on low labour costs will find themselves competing as hard as those further west.

Delphi further enhances its service offering to aftermarket customers by launching a new European website 

New site provides real time access to the latest product and service news

New site is available in 7 languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Polish)

Paris, France – Delphi is further enhancing its service offering to its aftermarket customers by launching a new European website with a new look and feel and user-friendly interfaces. The site, which is accessible without any password at www.delphi.com/am, is specifically designed to ensure users always have access to the very latest company information.  

A new type of oil condition sensor for diesel engines will substantially increase service intervals, help increase engine reliability, reduce warranty issues and bring further cost reductions for vehicle operators

Luxembourg - A new type of diesel oil condition sensor, developed by Delphi Corporation at its technical centre in Mexico, will help increase engine reliability, reduce warranty issues and bring further cost reductions for vehicle operators. Compared with today’s diesel oil sensing technologies, the Delphi system will further extend oil and filter change intervals, reduce the quantity of oil for disposal and help maximise the time vehicles spend on the road. The new system is now available for integration with vehicle development programmes.

Aftermarket businesses looking for a new revenue stream can find out about the benefits of introducing SMART repair to their business by visiting a new website from Bradleys, Europe’s leading manufacturer of SMART repair equipment and consumables. The website explains how companies such as franchise dealer groups, independent garages, bodyshops and mobile repairers can increase profitability and customer satisfaction by adding this service to their portfolio.

Advanced pricing solution enables Mazda to offer most competitive service parts prices to dealers

Servigistics, the leading strategic service management solution provider, announced today that it will provide the Servigistics Service Parts Pricing solution for Mazda’s North American Operations service business.

Serving more than 900 dealers throughout North America, Canada and Mexico, Mazda will use the Servigistics Pricing solution to manage and optimize service parts prices, enabling the company to offer even more competitive prices to its dealer network. Operating interactively from a Web browser, Servigistics Pricing uses historical part data, part characteristics, and market information to analyze and implement competitive pricing strategies, while ensuring consistent and accurate application of pricing policies across the service enterprise.