ATF Professional has announced ARA Executive Director Vince Edivan as a speaker for Auto Recycling Intelligence 2026. His session will compare the UK and US auto recycling markets, giving ATFs and dismantlers practical insight into regulation, reuse, recovery and where both sectors are beginning to converge.
ATF Professional has announced that Vince Edivan, Executive Director of theAutomotive Recyclers Association (ARA), will join the speaker line-up forAuto Recycling Intelligence 2026, bringing a transatlantic perspective from the trade body that has represented professional auto recyclers across the United States and beyond for more than 80 years.
TheATF Professional Vehicle Recycling Conference 2026 takes place on 11 June 2026 at the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire, bringing together ATFs, dismantlers, insurers, repair networks, OEMs, technology providers, policymakers, and suppliers from across the vehicle recycling sector and the wider automotive aftermarket.
Edivan will present a session titled “A Tale of Two Markets: Auto Recycling in the UK and the USA”, examining how the two industries operate, regulate and recover value from end-of-life vehicles, and where they are increasingly converging. As Executive Director of the ARA, he leads the foremost US trade association for professional auto recyclers, an organisation whose members employ more than 140,000 people across over 9,000 locations and act as the international voice for around 4,000 auto recyclers worldwide. His background spans the recycling, salvage and remarketing sector, including experience with Manheim, Copart and the Military Order of the Purple Heart’s vehicle donation programme before joining ARA in 2019.
Vince Edivan joins an agenda packed with senior voices from policy, OEM, insurance, finance, battery, technology and circular economy sectors.
Mary Creagh CBE MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Defra, speaker at Auto Recycling Intelligence 2026.
Leon van der Merwe
Mary Creagh CBE MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Defra, will join the conference, giving delegates the opportunity to hear directly from a senior government representative at a crucial time for the circular economy and vehicle recycling sectors. Leon van der Merwe, Vice President at Toyota Motor Europe, will set out the OEM view of end-of-life and how circularity is reshaping vehicle design, dismantling and data flows.
Hans Eric Melin
Alan Colledge
Battery handling, the sector’s most pressing operational issue, will be tackled by Hans Eric Melin of CES Research and Consulting, who will examine the battery end-of-life chain, and Alan Colledge of Lithium Battery Recycling Solutions (SUEZ), who will cover safe handling and the road ahead for UK capacity.
Paul Sell
Mark Main
Andrew Marsh
Claims and finance will be addressed by Paul Sell of Trend Tracker, who will explore repair-versus-write-off decisions and insurer behaviour, and by Mark Main of EY, who will examine how Total Cost of Ownership models must now factor in end-of-life risk and battery uncertainty. Andrew Marsh of AutoBody Bible Ltd will set out the win-or-lose implications of “The China Effect” for UK ATFs, while Conrad Caine of Machines Like Me will demystify AI and its practical applications for recyclers. Hugues Delval, CEO of Autocirc, completes the international circular economy angle with a session on scalable, traceable reuse of pre-owned OEM parts.
Conrad Caine
Hugues Delval
Haydn Davies, Editor of ATF Professional, said:
Haydn Davies
“Welcoming Vince to the line-up continues a tradition we’ve had at every ATF Professional conference, making sure US voices are in the room alongside our UK and European speakers. We’ve been fortunate to host representatives from the ARA and the US at past events. Having the Executive Director of the ARA join us in Warwickshire will bring a valuable US perspective to the discussions taking place on 11 June.” He added: “With a stellar line-up in the room on 11 June, time is running out; tickets must be secured before 3 June.”
Tickets for Auto Recycling Intelligence 2026 must be secured before 3 June 2026. Registration opens at 9 am on the day, with the programme beginning at 9.45 am.
