Appointment of Thierry Coton as Chair of the EGEA

EGEA, the European association for garage and vehicle inspection equipment, of which FIEV and the EQUIP AUTO trade fair are members, appointed the members of its board of directors on 3 November for the next two years. The FIEV, the trade association for automotive equipment manufacturers and solution providers automotive in France, welcomes with great satisfaction the appointment of its member, Thierry Coton, as president of the European association, and extends its warmest congratulations to him.

An engineer by training who has spent his entire career in garage and vehicle inspection equipment, Thierry Coton (aged 49) has been at the helm of Capelec since 2005, a family-run SME founded in Montpellier by his father over 30 years ago.

His entrepreneurial spirit very quickly led this married man, a father of two, to commit himself to promoting and defending the interests of his profession. As a member of the FIEV, Thierry Coton is heavily involved in the trade association’s working group comprising manufacturers of garage and vehicle inspection equipment, the GIEG, the French equivalent of the EGEA (European Garage and Test Equipment Association). He has served as its vice-chairman since 2014.

A GIEG representative on the EGEA Executive Committee since 2008, he has now been appointed president of the European association for the next two years.

“ It is an honour for the GIEG and for me to take on the presidency of the EGEA, which over time has successfully built and established a strong representative presence amongst European institutions and other associations. We will continue and strengthen this approach in order to defend the interests of our profession by being a proactive force. There are many areas of focus, and the ongoing technological developments must not be overlooked. EGEA’s primary mission is, and will remain, to secure from manufacturers – through a genuine collective effort – clear and sustainable visibility regarding access to vehicle data via the OBD port, in accordance with regulations and taking cybersecurity issues into account. Furthermore, now more than ever – and in the face of uncertainties linked to the health and economic crisis, as well as those arising from the mobility revolution – the EGEA must take action to support the entire sector, foster its resilience and prepare for its future, which I wholeheartedly hope will be much brighter ”, says Thierry Coton, President of the European Garage and Test Equipment Association (EGEA).

“Thierry Coton is a highly accomplished professional whom we are proud to count amongst the members of the FIEV. The appointment as president of the EGEA of this leading ambassador for our trade association and our trade fair, EQUIP AUTO, is excellent news for garage equipment suppliers in France and across Europe ”, concludes Claude Cham, president of the FIEV.

Source https://www.fiev.fr/jcms/prod_33527/fr/press-release-thierry-coton-new-president-of-the-egea