Automechanika 2024: Repair and Damage Management of E-cars
Automechanika Frankfurt is organizing, together with the Central Association of Bodywork and Vehicle Technology (ZKF) and Eurogarant AutoService AG, a one-day program on September 12th, aimed at fleet managers and decision-makers in car insurance. The goal is to advance the professional exchange on repair, damage control, and management topics. Interested industry visitors can register now.
Peter Boerner, CEO of Eurogarant AutoService AG, explains: “We provide insights into current trends, tools, paints, materials, calculation systems, and repair instructions in accident repair, by bringing together fleet managers with leading players in the field of repair and damage management.”
Lectures on E-Mobility
The highlight of the program will be two lectures by renowned experts who will address the repair of electric vehicles. Henning Hamann will focus on E-Mobility: If the repair causes additional costs (quarantine and quarantine space, assembly times, analysis, tests, rest period, etc.), who covers the costs in the case of comprehensive and liability insurance? Helge Kiebach's lecture will deal with the topic "Technical Challenges in Repairing High Voltage Drive Vehicles."
The program will be complemented by a compact, practice-oriented expert talk from Schaden.news. It will focus on success factors for bodywork and paint shops in changing times, with a focus on customer structure, processes, and strategies against skilled labor shortages. This will be followed by a two-hour “Live Workshop” tour, where accident repair can be experienced practically and technical questions can be personally clarified. In the late morning, the ZKF invites attendees to the Insurance Forum.
Exchange and Networking
Thomas Aukamm, Managing Director of the Central Association for Bodywork and Vehicle Technology, explains the background of the event: "The goal is to inform the damage managers of insurers about new topics in a practical manner, which workshops encounter in their daily work. The challenges are often significant here, as technological development within vehicle manufacturers is usually rapid and immediately impacts operations during repairs. However, the manufacturers' repair recommendations rarely cover all the work necessary for proper and professional repairs. This quickly leads to misunderstandings between insurers, claim controllers, and workshops. Consequently, friction losses in the form of valuable work time are pre-programmed, and all parties face time-consuming communication and clarification needs."
Visits to companies like Bosch and Maha, as well as to associations such as the Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel (GVA) and the Central Association of the German Motor Vehicle Trade (ZDK), which is also involved in the special area "Workshop of the Future", provide additional impulses. Exchange and networking are also not neglected: Starting at 4 PM, Eurogarant AutoService AG invites all participants to a get-together. At 6 PM, the Happy Hour with live music and free drinks follows in the open area Agora.
Those who want to participate in the program on September 12th should send an email to marketing@eurogarant.de, and for the insurance forum to versicherungsforum@zkf.de.
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