Goodyear launches Eagle Enforcer All Weather for US police and first responders
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has launched the new Eagle Enforcer All Weather police tyre during its 2018 Customer Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.
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TechMan to sponsor February garage awards event
TechMan, the garage management system built by an independent garage, has been announced as an award sponsor for next week’s WhoCanFixMyCar.com garage awards.
The event, being held on the evening of Thursday 1 February at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens, will acknowledge the achievements of some of the brightest and best businesses amongst the online work provider’s national network of nearly 11,000 UK garages.
O’Green Tire exhibiting at Tyre & Rubber Indonesia 2018
Shandong O’Green Group has announced plans to exhibit at Tyre & Rubber Indonesia 2018.
Established in July 2006, O’Green is located in Guangrao, Dongying, Shandong. The company, covering an area of 360,000 square meters, has a capital of 2 billion yuan and annual output of 3 billion yuan as well as over 2000 staff including 260 technicians.
Hankook partners with Royal College of Art in tyre design project
Hankook has announced the launch of its 2018 Design Innovation project. Held every two years, the Design Innovation project realises the infinite possibilities of a tyre through designing creative and realistic alternatives to driving.
CST launches two new ATV tyres in UK
CST is expanding its UK ATV tyre portfolio with the addition of the Stag and Behemoth.
The launch of the Stag and Behemoth ranges coincides with the hopeful anticipation of warmer, dryer weather conditions bought about by the British summer. Whilst the Stag is an all-weather, all-conditions tyre that offers fantastic year-round performance, the Behemoth has been designed with dryer conditions in mind and is classed as an intermediate ATV tyre, designed to conquer any trail in woodlands or desert environments.
Audi most expensive German car brand to own
It won’t be a surprise to learn that Germany’s premium car brands are the most expensive to run long-term. However, when you put Audi, BMW and Mercedes alongside each other, less of us may have guessed that Audi would be most expensive.
Recent research conducted by whocanfixmycar.com analysed more than 180,000 data points relating to the brands, and has found that Audi is 24 per cent more expensive to repair than BMW and Mercedes models and nearly 10 per cent more expensive than BMW.
Automotive aftermarket forays into e-commerce to boost sales
The global e-commerce automotive aftermarket is largely consolidated with the presence of a few key companies that hold majority of the market share, according to report published in January by Transparency Market Research. This being the case, the automotive aftermarket’s forays into e-commerce are expected to boost sales in the years to come.
TRM signs Shamrock to market Latitude retreading equipment in the US
Italian retread equipment manufacturer TRM has developed a new line of automated retreading equipment for the US market and signed an agreement with Shamrock Marketing, Inc. of Louisville Kentucky to be the authorized dealer. The new line, called “Latitude”, is built around a robotic style buffing machine that is designed to minimize process time, cut labour, and increase consistency in buff texture. The equipment line will be officially launched in March 2018 during the Mid-American-Truck-Show in Louisville, KY with live demonstrations at Shamrock’s facility.
Apollo Tyres one of ‘best workplaces in manufacturing’
Great Place to Work Institute has identified Apollo Tyres, India’s leading tyre maker, as one of India’s Best Workplaces in Manufacturing – 2018. The company is ranked among the top 10 workplaces in the manufacturing segment in India. Apollo Tyres has been rated highly for its transparency in performance management process, especially the variable pay, and the employee development programmes.
FineLine Technologies acquires Ferm RFID Solutions B.V.
FineLine Technologies has acquired Ferm RFID Solutions B.V., a Netherlands-based provider of RFID solutions for the automotive and aviation tyre industry.
As part of FineLine’s strategy to meet the unique item identification needs of today’s global supply chains, this acquisition enables the business to offer a complete range of barcode and RFID enabled tyre labelling solutions to the automotive and aviation industries.
Universal buys three Tyrework branches from KRT
Universal Tyres recently bought three Tyrework tyre retail branches from Kings Road Tyre Group (KRT). The branches based in Heathrow, Gatwick and Aylesford, were officially acquired on 6 January 2018 and bring the total number of Universal retail centres to 18 points of sale.
Vipal praises Select Tyres
Many companies in Europe are managing to reduce electricity costs in the tyre retreading process, bringing an even greater return to the business and the environment. One example is Select Tyres, located Chelmsford, which currently produces 800 tyres per month and distributes retreaded tyres throughout the UK.
Michelin previews Acorus in Detroit
Michelin previewed the Maxion Flexible Wheel with its Acorus technology for the first time in North America at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit (13 – 29 January).
Univergomma reports significant sales growth in 2017
Univergomma Spa, the apparent number two in the Italian tyres replacement market, has reported significant sales improvement in 2017. The firm specifically reported a turnover figure north of 135 million euros. This figure includes international sales, with particular success reported in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
Micheldever welcomes DfT’s MOT change u-turn
Micheldever Group has welcomed the Department for Transport’s decision to maintain the existing ‘3-1-1’ MOT regime. The conclusion follows last year’s consultation on extending the date of the first MOT test from three to four years.
