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Comprehensive range of durable MEYLE engine mounts

. Quality-tested materials ensure extended service life of safety-critical parts

. Video demonstrates benefits of MEYLE engine mounts

Hamburg, 15 March 2016. Committed to supplying independent workshops with high-quality repair solutions for every repair need, Hamburg based manufacturer Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG is further expanding its already comprehensive product portfolio. With the most recent addition of over 100 new MEYLE engine mounts, the Hamburg manufacturer's product range now caters for more than 3,000 applications in this segment. This will enable independent workshops across Europe to service over 173 million vehicles.

MEYLE workshop advice: MEYLE engineers recommend that engine mounts always be checked when doing a routine vehicle inspection. Signs of a defective engine mount are fissures in the rubber material, metal peeling or, where hydraulic engine mounts are installed, leakage. If a mount is diagnosed as being defective and replaced accordingly, customers will instantly experience the difference: the vehicle's roadholding behaviour and driving comfort are significantly improved.

High engine loads, excessive vibration and frequent temperature changes from ambient air to operating temperatures often result in early part failure, manifesting itself through unresponsive steering and reduced driving comfort. The new additions to the Wulf Gaertner Autoparts range of MEYLE engine mounts will enable workshops across Europe to cater for 173 million of the vehicles on Europe's roads. Material quality is the key to ensuring long part life despite the high static, dynamic and thermal stresses to which the parts are exposed, and is therefore a prime concern of the company's engineers. All the materials employed are specially chosen to match the respective vehicle and undergo rigorous quality control procedures from design to final product.

On the company's "MEYLE TV" channel workshops will find a new video spotlighting the exceptional quality and durability of MEYLE engine mounts to help repair professionals communicate the benefits of MEYLE parts to their customers. The video explains in detail the loads acting on the part and their consequences. It also demonstrates the superb MEYLE quality by showing the parts' behaviour under test conditions, including a static settling test under heat exposure and a dynamic test.

This is the link to the video: https://youtu.be/eBgwt2-CU2k

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Contact: 1. Public Relations von Hoyningen-Huene, Marc von Bandemer, phone: +49 40 416208-17, e-mail: [email protected] 2. Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG, Annika Fuchs, phone: +49 40 67506-519, E-Mail: [email protected]

About the Company

Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG develops, produces and sells top-quality and quality-certified spare parts for cars, vans and trucks for the independent aftermarket under the brands of MEYLE and MEYLE-HD. The Hamburg manufacturer’s portfolio currently includes more than 21,000 articles, covering practically every requirement on the market. Engineers at the company also focus on products and services which can improve processes within the workshop. The MEYLE engineers have developed around 750 parts for thousands of different vehicle models and have technically optimised such parts compared to those made by the original equipment manufacturers. These MEYLE-HD products are extremely resilient and have a long service life. There is a four-year guarantee on the unique feature of technically improved MEYLE-HD parts.

Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The company operates in 120 countries. In addition to its state-of-the-art logistics centre in Hamburg, the company also operates subsidiaries and production sites worldwide.