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RYCO GROUP RECOGNISED IN BEST PLACE TO WORK AWARDS The news comes as RYCO continues to innovate and release new products The 2021 Australian Financial Review Best Places to Work awards has recognised the RYCO Group amongst the Top 10 workplaces in the Manufacturing and Consumer Goods category. Against some of the best names in the business, RYCO Group placed seventh in the category, a position RYCO Group Executive General Manager, Stuart Chandler, says is an enormous achievement. “I’m proud to report that RYCO ranked in the Top 10 in the AFR Best Places to Work competition,” Stuart said. “This is a fantastic achievement, and when you look at some of the other finalists, it highlights the magnitude of this award.” The award recognises the RYCO wellbeing program which prioritises mental health within the workplace, promoting sustainable working norms and encouraging smarter working practices. The wellbeing program reportedly demonstrates RYCO’s commitment to its team and the trajectory it will continue to take as a business.
Representing the automotive aftermarket industry at the awards allowed RYCO the opportunity to showcase its commitment to the continual improvement of the workplace, Stuart said, adding that the award recognises the hard work of RYCO’s valued employees who continually strive to produce the best automotive filtration systems on the market. The news comes as RYCO continues to innovate and release new products supporting passenger, light commercial, heavy vehicles, and the booming 4x4 and recreational off-road arena. The range of existing filtration products joins the growing line-up of catch-cans, fuel / water separators, and vehicle-specific mounting brackets, all engineered right here in Australia. The often critical, preventative maintenance products coincide with the country’s passion to go and explore our own backyard. RYCO says its design and engineering team have kept pace, and with the end-of-an-era that is the
V8 diesel-powered Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series, releasing its near-factory-fit catch-can and fuel / water separator kit. With the 4x4 market becoming very investmentcentric with customers really wanting to protect their purchase, RYCO says “there is simply no better way to do that than by installing a catchcan and fuel / water separator kit.” The RYCO Group has been protecting cars, trucks, four-wheel drives – and its employees – since 1936. For more information, visit www.rycofilters.com.au
CENTURY YUASA LAUNCHES THE AUTO ELECTRICIANS CLUB The company is putting its support into the Auto Electrical industry with the launch of the new AEC The automotive industry has seen huge changes over the last decade, with consumer demand moving more towards stop/start, hybrid, and even fully-electric vehicles much more quickly than expected. These new technologies mean that vehicles are also becoming progressively more complicated, especially when you factor in the additional electrical components required for modern safety features like radar cruise control, blind spot monitoring, autonomous emergency braking and self-parking systems. As you’d expect, all of this means that requirements for auto electrical work is at an alltime high. But for independent auto electrical businesses, there’s the struggle of keeping up to date with the latest technological advancements considering little to no training is provided by vehicle manufacturers. To make matters worse, small independent workshops also don’t have any official industry representation, and often find it challenging to stay competitive in a market which is becoming increasingly dominated by larger automotive workshop groups. Century Yuasa – Australia’s largest battery manufacturer and distributor – says it recognises the importance of independent auto electrical 18
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businesses, and recently launched a brand-new initiative called The Auto Electricians Club (AEC). Century Yuasa explains that the AEC is one of Australia’s largest connected networks of independent auto electrical businesses, dedicated to supporting some of the nation’s best independent electrical experts and helping to future proof their businesses in the rapidly changing automotive marketplace. Free to join for auto electricians, AEC members still retain their business identity and structure, whist also enjoying the benefits of receiving the latest in technical and product information, along with training programs to help keep their businesses up to date on the latest industry advancements. AEC is designed to support its members with the latest in marketing initiatives and tools and networking opportunities – allowing like-minded auto electrical specialists to share knowledge to further advance the industry. “For too long now the Australian Auto Electrical industry (AEI) has been grouped within the Auto Mechanical industry and especially in areas of training,” Century Yuasa General Manager, Stu Stanners, said. “Today the AEI has evolved into an extremely specialised sector of the auto industry with the technical development of the motor vehicle.
“Century Yuasa Batteries has created AEC to assist in training, marketing and more importantly creating networking opportunities for our specialist Automotive Electrical customers.” AEC members are also invited to participate in the annual national conference, which offers open discussion between members regarding future issues facing the industry, professional business coaching, product and technical training, and networking opportunities to share ideas and initiatives that will help grow their businesses. Century Yuasa says it is dedicated to its local AEC partners, expanding its member’s skills alongside the expanding industry. For more information on the Auto Electricians Club, call 1300 362 287 or email info@cyb.com.au
