There is a quiet pressure building in the automotive aftermarket. It is not coming from electrification, regulation or even competition. It is coming from something far more immediate and far more tangible: cost.

Valeo Service UK has announced the appointment of Bastian Mertens as Director of Marketing Aftermarket Northern Europe, signalling the next stage of the supplier’s development across the region.

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA (“FORVIA HELLA”) has published its full financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026. As announced on 23 April already, currency-adjusted sales were stable at €2.0 billion year-on-year; taking negative exchange rate effects into account, sales decreased by 2.9 percent to €1.9 billion (prior year: €2.0 billion). Over