Omni United wins Enterprise 50 Award for fifth straight year
Omni United has received the Enterprise 50 Award for the fifth consecutive year at the Enterprise 50 awards ceremony that was held in Singapore. In winning the award, the company was ranked among the top 50 Singapore-based, privately-held companies.
Continue ReadingPro-Align partners TEXA to solve workshops’ ADAS challenges
Pro-Align will offer TEXA ADAS diagnostic and calibration tools, alongside support in the form of a series of technical seminars, in a move that it states will help workshops overcome one of the biggest challenges in servicing modern cars. The leading automotive aftermarket companies have joined forces to help supply workshops with everything they need to reset Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). In addition to communicating information on the subject, Pro-Align, most renowned for its distribution of Hunter wheel alignment, balancing and tyre fitting equipment, has added TEXA’s range to its product portfolio.
Continue ReadingTechMan points out two big wins with automated ‘reminders’
TechMan, the garage management system built by an independent garage, acknowledges that streamlining customer reminder processes may not be the most exciting job for most garages but they argue it can be one of the most profitable. The TechMan management system is designed to make it simple to quickly automate the customer ‘reminder’ systems that drive in repeat business.
Continue ReadingCarbon Clean launches new product at Mechanex Sandown
The Carbon Clean engine decarbonising system has concluded 2017’s successful run of Mechanex shows with a new product launch for its affordable ‘DCS-16’ DPF cleaning system. The new system was introduced amongst a wealth of industry-renowned suppliers in attendance at the Sandown Park event.
Continue ReadingLaunch UK introduces new X431 Euro Tab
Launch UK, the supplier of automotive diagnostics equipment, has introduced its latest addition to the acclaimed X-431 range of OE level diagnostic tools, the X-431 Euro Tab.
Continue ReadingWorkshop heater options from GSF Car Parts
GSF Car Parts and ZM Heaters prepared for this season with a programme of visits to help key staff members within The Parts Alliance businesses understand the workshop heating options.
Continue ReadingGoodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure named ‘Tyre of the Year 2017’
Neumáticos y Mecánica Rápida magazine has named the Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure the best 4x4/SUV tyre of 2017.
Continue ReadingPhilips Youtube channel guide to replacing headlight bulbs
Philips Automotive Lighting, one of the worlds largest suppliers of car headlight bulbs to the automotive industry and aftermarket, has uploaded a number of useful step-by-step lighting fitment videos for technicians on its own YouTube channel.
Continue ReadingNokian presents concept tyre for agricultural diversification
A concept displayed by Nokian Heavy Tyres at Agritechnica suggests what form tomorrow’s tractor tyre may take. With this tyre, known simply as the Concept Tyre, Nokian has aimed to address declining of specialisation amongst small scale-farmers and a growing tendency to diversify activities, such as farmers who earn a portion of their income through carrying out contracting services.
Continue ReadingFirst large agri radial for Europe: Carlstar Group in talks with OEMs
When it comes to market share, 75 per cent is a very respectable figure indeed. This is, according to Hubert Plouchart, EMEA region director of sales at the Carlstar Group, the share the company’s Carlisle tyre brand holds in the US small tyre market. This isn’t the case here in Europe, however the Carlisle brand is well-known for its lawn and garden, ATV and UTV tyres. What it isn’t yet known for is its tractor tyres, and at Agritechnica the Carlstar Group set out to change that.
Continue ReadingSTARCO launches two new tyre & wheel solutions
Amongst the products shown by the 2,900 or so exhibitors at this year’s Agritechnica fair were two new tyre and wheel combinations from STARCO. Introducing the HT Pro solution for hay tedders and the HS Flotation for agricultural implements, the company’s segment director for Agricultural Implement, Frédéric Ivancich, commented that while wheels and tyres are often not considered when looking at ways to optimise the performance of an agricultural vehicle, machine or implement, STARCO and its customers “know their true potential.”
Continue ReadingNew Kraiburg K704 pattern
Kraiburg Austria has brought out a new design, the K704. According to the company, this pattern is a variant of the apparently “highly successful” K225, with closed shoulders and lower tread depth.
Continue ReadingMichelin Vision concept tyre a Time ’25 Best’ invention
US-based publication Time has chosen the Vision concept tyre from Michelin as one of its ’25 Best inventions of 2017’. In addition to admiring the tyre’s airless structure and use of recycled materials, Time considered the Vision’s “most impressive feature” to be its 3D printed treads, which can be swapped to accommodate varied road conditions without changing the tyre itself. The Vision “certainly makes a compelling case” for how future tyre technology may look, the publication opined.
Continue ReadingDunlop SportSmart TT – one tyre for road and track day use
A fourth product will enter the Dunlop hypersport tyre portfolio early next year. This is the SportSmart TT, a tyre derived from Dunlop’s road-focused SportSmart Range. Developed to “meet the needs of riders with the very latest sports bikes and performance roadsters who want to use the same tyre on track and for road riding,” the SportSmart TT completes Dunlop’s 2016-announced new approach to the segment, which involves a redefinition of its range around the goal of a ‘tyre for every rider’.
Continue ReadingPirelli – returning to a field near you
Prometeon Tyre Group isn’t maintaining a presence at this year’s Agritechnica, however that doesn’t mean the new Pirelli agricultural line is entirely absent from the show. Heuver Tyrewholesale is displaying the Pirelli PHP at its stand in its capacity as distributor of the Pirelli agricultural range in several European markets, including Benelux and Germany. A Heuver Tyrewholesale representative commented that negotiations to determine UK distribution rights were “still ongoing” at the time Agritechnica commenced.
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