Automechanika is to offer new digital networking opportunities to anyone who had been looking forward to going to Frankfurt this September for the biannual aftermarket exhibition.

Starting on 10 September, there will be a series of online training courses for workshops available at sneak-preview.automechanika-frankfurt.com. Visitors to the website will also find updated company profiles for exhibitors, while users of the new ‘Connect’ tool in the Automechanika app will be able to contact other automotive professionals directly.

Thomas Fischer, Chairman of AAMPACT e.V., the International Independent Aftermarket Association said, “This digital alternative presents the industry with an opportunity to showcase their latest products and services even in the year of the Coronavirus while allowing them to stay in touch with their customers. Even so, our members are very much looking forward to seeing one another in person again and everyone has already announced that they will be back next year.”

‘Collision talk’, the Automechanika Frankfurt event that draws more visitors than any other, will be held as a web TV show this year. Taking place on 10 September from 5:00 p.m., the event brings together leading decision-makers from the accident repair market and marks the start of Automechanika Frankfurt’s online event series. The discussion will revolve around the pandemic’s impact on the accident repair market.

‘Collision talk’ will be followed by some twenty free online events planned from September to November 2020 that are being organised by Automechanika in conjunction with leading trade publishers and industry partners. These include live workshops, coaching sessions, video tutorials, podcasts and expert talks on topics including: classic car repairs, radar and camera-based driver assistance systems for commercial vehicles, digital company workshops, accident repairs, paintwork and finishing for repairs, bodywork dent removal techniques, joining and separation techniques, and DAT damage cost calculation and digital communication. There are also additional live workshops and videos on the topics of AML, the installation of auxiliary lights, ADAS calibration, headlight adjustment, and on-board electronic diagnostics with reading out the fault memory planned, as well as an exploration of hydrogen and fuel cell technology using a Toyota Mirai as an example.

Connect will be a new tool in the free Automechanika app and offers all registered users the ability to target their networking activities online. Users create their own personal profiles listing their interests. The filtered search function not only makes it possible for users to find new and relevant business contacts quickly, but also for the users themselves to be found by others, and the chat function allows users to get into contact with other automotive professionals and providers. The app and its new functionality should be available for download in popular app stores from September.

Visitors to the website sneak-preview.automechanika-frankfurt.com can also discover numerous new products and solutions in exhibitors’ updated company profiles. Olaf Mußhoff, Director of Automechanika Frankfurt, commented, “Particularly in these challenging times, the industry needs a showcase that allows for the attractive presentation of new products online, especially in the form of videos. Now we are offering our customers around the globe the chance to do just that with the new, updated exhibitor and product search function.”

Further information visit: sneak-preview.automechanika-frankfurt.com