The meetings bring together repairers, suppliers and other industry stakeholders, to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the repair market in Ireland. It is a mixture of presentations from key speakers, together with an opportunity to browse product and service supplier stands, while also providing an important social gathering.  

 

Speaking about his company’s continued sponsorship of the events John McGowan, PPG Industries Ireland Business Manager commented, "We are absolutely delighted to be aligning the PPG and NEXA AUTOCOLOR brands as the headline sponsor to the Ireland National Meetings and Expo for the third consecutive year. The event has proven to be a fantastic networking opportunity for bodyshops and the industry as a whole and we look forward to working with ABP to deliver another fantastic event for the Ireland repair industry.”

 

David Cresswell, Chairman of ABP Club adds, "We were overwhelmed by the positive response and success of the Ireland meetings in previous years. The range of supplier’s exhibiting at the meetings helped to raise their profile and having PPG and Nexa Autocolor as our headline partners really gave us that added gravitas to attract repairers from across Ireland.”

 

The National Meetings will take place on Tuesday 8th September in Croke Park, Dublin at 9:30 – 1pm, followed by the second meeting taking place on Wednesday 9th September at the Europa Hotel in Belfast from 4:30pm – 8pm.

 

The Ireland National Meetings are open to all bodyshops, ABP Club member and non-members alike and it's free to attend.