A cell alloy wheel restore and refurbishment service operated by Snows Motor Group has created new jobs throughout its very first yr.

The brand new operation – referred to as Kerbasaurus – relies at Snows’ Accident Restore Centre (SARC) in Southampton, from the place a fleet of brightly-coloured vans service prospects all through the south of England.

Their mission is to restore and restore wheels broken in minor accidents, with a sister ‘Chipasaurus’ operation fixing windscreen defects. The 2-pronged operation is a part of Snows’ SMART restore providing – SMART being a motor commerce acronym for Small and Medium Space Restore Know-how.

Daniel Bush, head of bodyshop operations at SARC, stated:”The Kerbasaurus stats are definitely spectacular. Because the begin of the yr, 5,500 wheels have undergone beauty restore in one of many cell workshops; whereas 1,120 diamond reduce wheels have been absolutely restored at SARC in Southampton, the place they’re refurbished utilizing laser precision equipment to re-create their unique shimmer.”

Cellular technicians be sure that the broken wheels are eliminated accurately, that are then handed to educated colleagues who get to work on the imperfect surfaces. Short-term wheels are fitted to automobiles whereas this takes place, in the identical manner {that a} spare is used within the occasion of a puncture.

Named after the velociraptors within the 2015 movie Jurassic World, three Kerbasaurus vans are on the street pushed by expert technicians with a fourth on order.

Many of the work undertaken entails making ready used automobiles on the market at Snows Group dealerships, of which there are greater than 50 throughout southern England. However because the service expands, the purpose might be to enterprise into retail gross sales and encourage particular person automobile homeowners to become involved.

‘‘The Kerbasaurus staff have been busy because the very first day,’’ added Bart Sieprawski, SMART operations supervisor. ‘‘We had excessive hopes that the service would show in style however the degree of demand has taken us without warning. It’s doable that our SMART restore service would possibly even overtake the bodyshop by way of scale in years to come back.

‘‘We now have 5 members of employees on the staff in the mean time – there’s one individual in every van and two on the static operation. The most important problem we face because the service expands is to search out sufficient expert employees.’’

The SMART restore operation is now central to the work undertaken at Snows’ Southampton Accident Restore Centre, which itself is working at full capability. The staff are in a position to undertake all method of automobile repairs, from minor paintwork scratches to main bodywork rebuilds, utilizing state-of-the-art instruments, factory-trained technicians and manufacturer-matched paint.

‘‘All our work relies on buyer suggestions,’’ defined Bush. ‘‘We provide a lifetime assure on all the things we do and our prospects know their automobile has been repaired by manufacturer-trained technicians.”