Thousands of automotive technicians from retail centres across the UK are being urged to embrace the pressure and enter Autogem’s new Tyre Pressure Monitoring System talent competition, with premium prizes and prestigious awards up for grabs for a second year.

Following on from the huge success of Autogem’s inaugural TPMS Expert contest last year, the company has changed up a gear with its Under Pressure ’23 event, featuring qualifying rounds between April 19 and 21 and a grand finale to be held on June 28, at a top secret location, to be announced the coming weeks.

Autogem can already confirm Autotech Training and CAM as official sponsors and categories will include Large Tyre Retailer, Small Tyre Retailer and a Young TPMS Expert element for the first time.

Under Pressure ’23 is the aftermarket’s only dedicated campaign to celebrate excellence in TPMS system diagnosis, consumer engagement and technical resolution. It’s a further commitment from Autogem to position the technology as a stand-alone category on a par with brakes, batteries, tyres or any other aspect of motoring care.

A panel of independent judges – featuring some high profile industry figures - will assess finalists’ ability to diagnose TPMS problems, the way they are communicated thereafter and the action taken to provide a quick and effective solution. All activity will be against the clock in conditions similar to a typical workshop using Autogem’s exclusive equipment.

Autogem’s Managing Director Prashant Chopra said that Under Pressure ’23 was going to be an even bigger and better event to last year’s inaugural TPMS Expert contest, which was a two-year concept in the making, featuring some of the biggest names in the automotive retail sector.

“We created something extremely special with TPMS Expert and we knew that we had to make the event even more memorable this year. I have absolutely no doubt that Under Pressure ’23 will do this, and we’ll see thousands more talented technicians taking passion in their work and demonstrating their TPMS ability.

“We wanted to raise standards and remind the aftermarket about the importance of TPMS as a vital safety feature. We always said that last year was just the beginning and our promise will be brought to life in style over the coming months as we raise our game yet further.”

The competition is open to all UK tyre technicians using Autogem’s patented i-sensor® technology – the UK’s leading TPMS equipment used by the largest and most respected tyre retailers and specialist tyre-related workshops.

Autotech Training was the first company to put their name alongside Under Pressure ’23 as an official sponsor following on from their support in 2022. Dave Walker, Business Development Director, has also offered his services to reprise his role as one of the judges, which Autogem were keen to accept.

CAM have also chosen to support the event for the second year too. Chris Allen, General Manager of CAM said: “We’re thrilled to partner with Autogem for a second successive year, in what is one of the most innovative standard-raising competitions anywhere in the aftermarket.

“We share Autogem’s passion for recognising excellence in the industry and their passion towards a critical safety aspect that benefits millions of cars on our roads.”

For more information about Under Pressure ’23 and to enter the competition, visit https://bit.ly/AutogemUP2023

CAM is continuing its sponsorship of pool player Richard Gifford in 2023, commencing the season with the Ultimate Pool Challenger Series, which breaks on 20 January.

Richard finished very strongly in the last two events of 2022, ending as a quarter-finalist in the World Masters (losing 8-6 to Yannick Beaufils, the French international and World Black Ball Pool Champion), and ranking 57 out of 305 in the Ultimate Pool Challenger Series, where he was positioned among the last 32.

This result secures an excellent base for Richard to begin his 2023 campaign.  He will be playing for Wales in the World Championships in May, which, for the first time, will be held outside the UK and Ireland, in Morocco.

Chris Allen, head of product and people at CAM, says, “We’re delighted to sponsor Richard again for the 2023 pool season.  With the new format of international rules now being played in all competitions this should play to Richard’s strengths, as it will benefit the more aggressive, positive players with the best potting ability.”

With 40 years’ of experience keeping the tyre industry moving, CAM is the tyre solutions provider chosen by 19 of the UK’s top 25 tyre wholesalers and 17 of the top 25 tyre retailers. Thanks to continued growth and the acquisition of new clients, CAM is now recruiting for a new position - Junior Infrastructure Engineer.

Ideally suited to someone experienced within a 3rd line desktop support position or similar, this position would suit someone who is looking to expand into an infrastructure role. The role will include supporting our client environments across a mixed estate of physical, virtualised and cloud-based infrastructure. Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with engineering, leadership, and inter-departmental team members to meet business goals.

• Execute and improve the infrastructure deployment process.

• Act as a point of escalation for the support services team.

• Responsible for execution of assigned tasks in project implementation 

• Ensure, and maintain high standards

• Work in tandem with various teams to identify and implement the most optimal solutions.

• The position demands direct interaction with the other technical teams and end users.

• Ensure the efficient operation of the infrastructure, aid capacity planning, and aid system designs.

• Provision, setup, configuration, and deployment of Cloud services

• Provision, setup, configuration, and deployment of hardware to order for customers and internal resources.

• Maintain asset register for internally deployed hardware/tech.

• Internal stock control management.

Download the full job specification.

If you are interested in this role, please forward your CV to recruitment@cam-systems.co.uk. 

Deadline for applications: Friday 20th January 2023.