The one-day DPF Doctor event, which took place on Friday 12 May at Newcastle Airport, had a truly international flavour this year. Joining the stellar line-up of 75 DPF Doctors were DPF Doctors from around the globe via the livestream link and JLM International Sales Manager Jeroen Schutz too. Meanwhile, DPF Doctors A&J Fleetcare, the worthy winners of Aftermarket’s Top Garage 2022 in the one-to-three staff members class also played a headline part. As Mike Schlup, Managing Director of Kalimex, the sponsors of the event, and the sole UK distributor of the JLM Lubricants’ product range, explained, his team had a tough act to follow given the popularity of the 2022 event: “Last year we helped to organise the first DPF Doctor event which was held at Darren’s workshop and training centre in Ashington. Over several years, we have met many of the DPF Doctors and of course we work closely with Darren, the founder of the DPF Doctor Network. So, organising a special get-together gave us the opportunity to put names to faces. “The feedback from last year’s event was incredibly positive with the resounding verdict from the doctors being to make this an annual event. This meant going back to 18 AFTERMARKET JULY/AUGUST 2023 BUSINESS www.aftermarketonline.net May’s DPF Doctor event brought the network together and was hailed by attendees as huge success the drawing board to see what we could do this year that was special and different. We pulled together a packed programme focused on helping the members to develop and grow their business with plenty of time set aside for networking and socialising in the evening. I was delighted that Dee Blick could join us again because last year her marketing tips were very well received, so much so that in the evening she spent most of her time answering marketing questions and chatting to many doctors about how they could advance their businesses on the marketing front. Dee has worked with Kalimex as our retained marketer for 18 years but in THE DPF DOCTOR IS The atmosphere throughout the day was buzzing ”
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