May 2019

MAY 2019 AFTERMARKET 37 www.aftermarketonline.net IGA The Independent Garage Association (IGA) will on Stand S175, meeting members to help with any issues around running a garage business, and talking to non-members about the benefits of being part of the representative trade body for independent garages. The organisation will also be issuing signage for members of Trust My Garage, the IGA’s CTSI-approved consumer code scheme, which is seeing a significant boost as a result of its TV advertising campaign. The organisation is urging garages that are looking for support in any area of their business to pay them visit so they can talk through how the IGA can help a business keep running at the top of its game. Sigmavision Ltd/Hofmann Megaplan Sigmavision Ltd is partnering with Hoffman Megaplan on Stand T140. Visitors will be able to see demonstrations of the TreadReader Tyre scanner, the 3D tread depth and tyre wear device. Sue Pryce, Marketing Director at Sigmavision Ltd comments: “By producing accurate 3D scans of tread depth and tyre wear, TreadReader enables tyre replacement at the optimum time to maximise tyre safety, whilst presenting new tyre and alignment revenue opportunities. The 3D images and tread depth data can be imported into eVHC and workshop systems, or Sigmavision’s TreadManager cloud-based Tyre Sales Management service. By logging in to the TreadManager Portal, workshops can view professionally presented data and reports of tread depth and tyre wear for all vehicles, which have been scanned using the TreadReader Hand Held scanner or Drive Over ramp.” Sue adds: “Visitors to the stand will be able to watch demonstrations of TreadReader and TreadManager, then and then try the TreadReader device for themselves.” NGK stand sparking lots of interest