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Hankook returning as Supercar Fest tyre partner
21st March 2025Hankook Tyre UK has confirmed its continued partnership as the official tyre partner for Supercar Fest 2025, marking the sixth consecutive year of collaboration. As a flagship supercar event on the UK calendar, Supercar Fest promises thrilling experiences for automotive enthusiasts, featuring plenty of action-filled spectacles and photo opportunities throughout the day.
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Continental confirms Frankfurt HQ for independent Automotive business
20th March 2025Germany’s Continental AG, a firm we know best for the tyres it produces under its own and half dozen other brand names, will soon say auf wiedersehen to its Automotive group sector. The company’s Supervisory Board approved the Automotive spin-off last week and has confirmed that the independent business will set up its headquarters at a current Automotive site in Frankfurt am Main.
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ATS Euromaster branch closures provide opportunities for independent tyre retailers
The news that one of the UK’s largest tyre retailers is shutting roughly a third of its traditional garages in favour of a more diversified and mobile-integrated model, simultaneously provides opportunities for independent tyre retailers and other garages. The opportunities are two-fold. Firstly, franchise opportunities under the ATS Euromaster banner. And secondly, opportunities to fill […]
Continue ReadingRetreading, recycling and the sustainable future
End-of-life tyres (ELT) represent a growing waste management challenge worldwide, with over 1 billion tyres reaching the end of their useful life annually (WBCSD, 2019). In the past, landfill was the primary method of waste tyre disposal. Since this disposal method causes significant environmental and economic damage, considerable effort has been made over the past decades to divert disposal of scrap tyres in landfill. Nevertheless, despite the many attempts at reusing waste tyres in various way
Continue ReadingGoodyear wins, comes last in SUV tyre test
SUVs and 4x4s are popular in the UK, and even though most spend their entire lives on sealed roads, a sizeable number of drivers demand tyres that will see them good should they ever encounter gravel, sand or grass. Auto Bild Allrad has compared ten SUV tyres in size 255/55 R18. Nine brands in total, with Goodyear represented twice – although it probably thinks once would have been enough.
Continue ReadingIs Yokohama considering Romania for its new European tyre factory?
Yokohama is in the process of buying Romanian off-highway tyre manufacturing business Euro Tires Manufacturing SRL. Euro Tires Manufacturing reportedly went bankrupt at the end of January 2025 after almost 7 years of an insolvency and reorganisation process that began back in 2018. Yokohama Rubber sent a letter of intent regarding the acquisition of assets belonging to Euro Tires Manufacturing at the end of 2024, according to various Romanian news sources. The big question is: do these developme
Continue ReadingSet for future success – Kenda introduces automated steel wheel tech at Croatia plant
About a year ago, Kenda shared news of a 4.5-million-euro investment for its steel wheel factory in Beli Manastir, Croatia. The Kenda team tell us that this investment in automated technology and renewable energy is now complete, making the factory “perfectly poised to deliver even more responsibly produced products in higher volumes.” This augmentation will make itself known throughout the course of this year and into 2026 and deliver the added benefit of “highly improved” working condi
Continue ReadingATS Euromaster branch closures provide opportunities for independent tyre retailers
The news that one of the UK’s largest tyre retailers is shutting roughly a third of its traditional garages in favour of a more diversified and mobile-integrated model, simultaneously provides opportunities for independent tyre retailers and other garages. The opportunities are two-fold. Firstly, franchise opportunities under the ATS Euromaster banner. And secondly, opportunities to fill […]
Continue ReadingRetreading, recycling and the sustainable future
End-of-life tyres (ELT) represent a growing waste management challenge worldwide, with over 1 billion tyres reaching the end of their useful life annually (WBCSD, 2019). In the past, landfill was the primary method of waste tyre disposal. Since this disposal method causes significant environmental and economic damage, considerable effort has been made over the past decades to divert disposal of scrap tyres in landfill. Nevertheless, despite the many attempts at reusing waste tyres in various way
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