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Clarke LCD Inspection Camera with 9mm Lens
Machine Mart has added the Clarke CIC2410 Inspection Camera to its range. The camera is a versatile tool which can be used for viewing objects in inaccessible areas. Common applications for this tool include work on cars, ceilings, drains, machinery, cavity walls, ventilation shafts and more.
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Growing demand fuels BBC Superfactors move
The Parts Alliance member BBC Superfactors has moved premises just a year after first opening in Preston. The new building boasts double the footprint at 10,000 square feet and has a full mezzanine too, boosting storage capacity to around 20,000 square feet.
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Mahle extending filter offering
Mahle Aftermarket has introduced five new filters including three air filters, a cabin filter, and a spin-on oil filter. The new air filter, LX3015/14, covers Opel Astra and Vauxhall Astra (2015), while the two new panel air filters, LX2624 and LX3608 cover MG MG6 (2011-12) and MG M3 (2013). Meanwhile, the cabin filter, LA747, also covers MG M6 (2011-12) and the spin-on oil filter, OC1288, offers coverage for Toyota GT (2012).
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WAI adds to rotating electrics range
WAIglobal has added one new-to-range starter motor and five OE quality alternators to its extensive portfolio of rotating electrics. The additional starter motor, part number ST033, offers vehicle coverage covering Audi A1 and A3 (2012-); Seat Leon, Mii and Toledo (2012-); and VW Beetle, Golf, and Polo (2012-). Meanwhile the alternators are also applicable for a number of popular makes and model with part number SB619 covering Seat Leon (2013-); Skoda Octavia (2013-); and VW Beetle and Scirocco (2012-).
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Autopromotec: Cemb showing Argos touchless wheel aligner
The latest generation touchless wheel aligner from Cemb will be on display at the Autopromotec show in Bologna later this month. The Italian manufacturer is presenting the Argos, a product it says is the “result of years of studies, field tests and highly advanced technology entirely developed within our company.” The Argos is able to, Cemb claims, reliably measure wheel geometry in just five seconds. The aligner can be viewed at the Cemb booth (19 B72) between 24 and 28 May.
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Apollo Tyres opens €475 million greenfield Hungarian plant
The opening of Apollo Tyres’ Gyöngyöshalász plant, 100km east of Budapest, marks a significant event for both the company’s global aspirations and the Indian tyre industry – the 72 hectare greenfield factory, begun in April 2015, is the first inaugurated by an Indian tyre company to come online outside the domestic market. The importance was reflected in the event itself, with some of the plant’s cavernous warehousing housing around 1,300 guests, among whose number was the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, who declared Apollo’s sixth global tyre manufacturing plant – its second in Europe after the existing Netherlands facility acquired alongside Vredestein – open on 7 April.
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Avon launches Spirit ST sport touring tyre
A new Avon sport touring tyre, the Spirit ST, has arrived. This successor to the Avon Storm 3D range is available in eight front wheel and 11 rear wheel sizes, and Avon Tyres says its engineers “have enhanced the performance of their flagship sport-touring tyre so much so that the new Spirit ST is designated as a hypersport touring tyre – offering supreme stability and grip in all riding conditions.”
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Race debut for new ATS rims this weekend
All cars competing in the DTM in 2017, starting at Hockenheim this coming weekend, won’t just ride on a new Hankook tyre. As of this year, the entire field will race on ATS forged aluminium rims. Wheel manufacturer Uniwheels developed the 12x18 front and 13x18 rear rims specifically for the German touring car championship, and with this supply arrangement, ATS becomes an official DTM series industry partner.
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Victory for Continental in Swedish SUV tyre test
A comparative test conducted by Swedish magazine Vi Bilägare (issue 5/2017) has resulted in another win for the new Continental PremiumContact 6, the tyre recently named victor in the Auto Bild test of 51 summer tyres. This time it was a SUV size that delivered Continental the goods; the Vi Bilägare testers fitted five brands of size 235/50 R18 to a VW Tiguan 2.0 TSI for evaluation. Testing was conducted last December Continental proving ground in Uvalde, USA.
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Apollo truck tyre range ‘fully retreadable’
When Apollo Tyres launched its European truck tyre range at the CV Show last week, the company did so with a pre-planned retreading strategy in mind as well as the headlining “disruptive” digital media strategy.
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Mahle introduces new cabin filter
Mahle Aftermarket has launched its new CareMetix cabin filter, featuring a five layer cabin filter specially designed to improve passenger health and wellbeing by removing nasty odours and harmful contaminants from vehicle cabins.
Continue ReadingRoadlink shortlisted for major local award
Roadlink International has made the final of the “manufacturing champion” award at the prestigious Express and Star Business Awards 2017. Held at Wolverhampton Racecourse on Thursday 8 June, Roadlink International will go up against two other successful manufacturers in the hope of securing the top spot after undergoing a judging process whereby the organisers will visit the Roadlink facilities.
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Cemb SM1100 to complete range of tyre changes at Autopromotec
Conceived for oversized car and van wheels, SM1100 is a new generation universal leverless tyre changer with central locking system for rims from 12 to 30-inches in diameter, available in both manual or pneumatic versions.
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New technical bulletins from Brake Engineering
Brake Engineering has released a number of new technical bulletins offering specialist advice on a wide range of the brand’s calipers and wheel cylinders, including information on product identification and the intricate differences of each part number.
Continue ReadingAutodata connecting with the aftermarket at Automechanika
Over 75 per cent of UK workshops trust Autodata, according to the data supply company. The UK’s leading provider of automotive technical information will be exhibiting at the Automechanika Birmingham from 6-8th June 2017. Autodata will also be sharing insights of how the aftermarket can keep up with a data-driven automotive industry by becoming smarter and more connected.
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