The newspapers may be full of talk
about the UK
going to the polls on May 7, but the
poll we are all waiting for is the ‘ABP green parts poll’.
ABP (Auto Body Professionals) surveyed over 1,500 bodyshops (ABP
members and non-members) of all sizes, franchised and non-franchised, single
site and multi-site.
An on-line survey with 10 multiple
choice questions was sent to them earlier this month to assess the attitude of
the body repair industry to recycled parts.
The questions asked in the poll were:
Q1 How frequently have you fitted green parts in
your bodyshop in the last year?
Q2 If you do use some green parts, why don’t you
use more green parts?
Q3 If you have fitted green parts in the last
year, what was the reason?
Q4 If you have fitted green parts in the last
year, how did you obtain them?
Q5 Do any of your current insurance work
providers request the use of green parts on their repairs?
Q6 Given a choice of parts to repair a vehicle,
would you fit green parts as a preference over aftermarket (non-OE) parts?
Q7 Would
you like the opportunity to have a ‘one stop shop’ single contact option
available when ordering your crash repair parts that would provide new OE or
green OE or non-OEA items?
Q8 Would
a straight forward easy to understand national grading standard for green parts
help with your decision to use green parts in your bodyshop?
Q9 Do you have a comment on what the
green parts industry need to do to gain greater acceptance within the crash
repair industry?
Q10 If you
believe that you would never be interested in using green parts in your
bodyshop, could you state your reasons
The questions were compiled in
association with FAB Recycling
and the responses will be unveiled during the Green Parts panel debate in the
seminar area at Expo on Wed 25 March at 12 noon.
The 5 panellists at Expo will be:
- Chas Ambrose, MVDA
- Ali Campbell, AVIVA
- Jason Cross, Fab Recycling
- Terry Gilbert, Fix Auto Stevenage
- Andy Latham, RecoAuto
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