Rema Tip Top signs Corghi distribution agreement

Rema Tip Top Automotive UK has secured a new distribution agreement with Corghi SpA covering England, Wales and Scotland. According to the company, the deal pairs the international Corghi range of workshop equipment with Rema Tip Top’s portfolio of consumables and workshop tools for the first time.

This combination represents a new purchasing platform for Rema Tip Top customers who now have access to the all the key premium market leading products from one source. The Corghi range features a comprehensive collection of premium, mid-range and economy tyre changers, wheel balancers, wheel alignment machines and vehicle lifts.

Cliff Jones, managing director of Rema Tip Top Automotive UK Limited, commented:  “This new business relationship represents a key moment in the history of our company. We have maintained a long held admiration of the Corghi brand and always felt that it could add real value to the service provision at Rema Tip Top automotive UK.

“Our knowledgeable customers seek the most technologically advanced products on the market – with quality and innovation at the core. This is why we have responded by securing one of our most comprehensive distribution agreements to date. The quality and diversity of the range is staggering and its great to be associated with the worlds leading automotive garage equipment manufacturer.”

Corghi recently received its sixth edition of the ‘Italian Mechatronic Prize’. The accolade this time was for its R.E.M.O. (Robotic Equipment for Measuring by Optics), the world’s first wheel alignment system using artificial vision and 3D wheel scanning technology to measure toe without any input from the operator and without clamps of any type (“clampless” technology). Two small robots equipped with lasers and cameras move in parallel with the vehicle, acquire images and, in less than two minutes, determine the angles and spatial coordinates of the wheel to a precision of one hundredth of a millimetre.