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Calibre Launches New Nevada 4×4 Wheel
Leading UK wheel house, Calibre has extended its portfolio by adding another dedicated 4x4 wheel to its range. The new design is called the Nevada and boasts a mix of subtle design and quality.
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GKN has developed the world’s first Disconnect All-Wheel Drive System for A-, B- and C-segment vehicle platforms, which improves fuel economy during steady state cruising by up to 4 per cent. The innovative Disconnect function enables vehicles to combine the enhanced traction, dynamics and stability of all-wheel drive with improved on-highway fuel efficiency.
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Valeo launches new lighting catalogue
Valeo Service UK has unveiled a new lighting & signalling catalogue featuring more than 302 new part numbers. New additions include: 76 Halogen head lamps, 64 Xenon head lamps, 4 LED head lamps, one Ballast, 23 front lamps including 13 daytime running lights (DRL), 31 fog lamps and, 74 rear lamps including 15 lamps for LED versions.
Continue ReadingGoodyear expands mixed-service line in USA
Goodyear has broadened its G741 mixed-service tyre line with a new size and retread for applications requiring an extreme traction drive tyre.
Continue ReadingErlau launches new Sideflex product
Tyre protection chain manufacturer Erlau has release a new product designed to protect sidewalls. According to the company, Sideflex is one of Erlau’s latest innovations and helps avoid sidewall damage to expensive and valuable dump-truck tyres for construction and mining equipment in particular earthmoving machines.
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Sailun, DistriCash demonstrate UHP tyre performance gains in France
Tyre manufacturer Sailun showed its commitment to the US market by bringing online its tariff-beating Vietnam plant earlier in the year. Now, at an event co-hosted by distributor DistriCash in the picturesque Brittany village, Lohéac, France, the manufacturer has demonstrated its growing response to European markets’ performance demands with its latest ultra-high performance tyre, the Atrezzo ZSR.
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Klarius increases Peugeot 207 exhausts to reduce 2008 model noise
Klarius has announced an increase in its stock of exhausts required to solve a suspected design issue with Peugeot 207s manufactured during early 2008. The problem, highlighted again by a recent TecRMI report, is with the rear silencer and generally presents as excess noise from the rear of the car, particularly with the 1.4 models.
Continue ReadingBritain’s only motorcycle tyre manufacturer exhibiting at Intermot
Avon Tyres, the only motorcycle tyre maker in Britain, is exhibiting at Europes biggest motorcycle show. Intermot is being staged at Cologne’s Kölnmesse – the venue set to host a new BRV-backed rival to Messe Essen’s Reifen, and one of Europe’s largest exhibition centres. Intermot started on 1 October, and will run until the fifth, with Avon exhibiting a full range of sport-touring, race, road, and classic motorcycle tyres from stand A038 in hall 6.1.
Continue ReadingAustralian expert warns of false economy
A new habit in cost cutting measures by major transport companies in Australia is likely to come back to haunt them, according to independent industry expert, Brad Bearman, who says the revamping of tyre purchasing and management dynamics to save costs is highly likely to emerge further down the track as a higher expense. “In general, a sizeable percentage of the larger transport companies are dropping links with the better-known tyre companies such as Michelin, Bridgestone and Beaurepaires for their supply and servicing,” said Mr Bearman. “Instead, they are purchasing tyres directly from non-traditional Asia-based producers and appointing inexperienced in-house tyre fitters in the false belief they will get better results. This is good in principle, but the real problems will emerge a little further down the track,” added Mr Bearman, developer of the world’s only software based Bears Tyre Tracker.
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Kenda highlights awards and European know-how in Automechanika presentation
As winner of the Taiwan Excellence Award, Kenda presented its latest products at a press conference 2014 together with other award winners at Automechanika on 17 September. Trade delegates from Taiwan as well as a high-ranking representative from Taipei were in attendance at the Frankfurt show. These included: Agnes Hwa-Yue Chen, Representative of Taipei in Germany, Chin-ling Yu, Director of the Taiwan Trade Center (TAITRA) in Düsseldorf, and Patty Lin, Project Manager at TAITRA.
Continue Reading![Hankook introduces truck tyre trio at IAA](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/hankook-tl20.jpg)
Hankook introduces truck tyre trio at IAA
In addition to announcing significant original equipment deals, Hankook Tire is presenting several new commercial vehicles tyres at the IAA show in Germany – the drive axle DM09, the winter AW02 and the e-cube Blue TL20 trailer tyre.
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Bridgestone extends ‘Total Tyre Care’ programme
A focus for Bridgestone at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show has been the extensive additions to its “already highly successful ‘Total Tyre Care’ programme.” Michaël Codron, managing director of Bridgestone Europe’s Commercial business unit, shares that “three new customised tyre management and service” packages have joined the programme. Each of these, he adds, is “tailored to customer needs”. Under this “new and comprehensive fleet management strategy” that Bridgestone is presenting at the IAA, fleet operators receive effective solutions to manage tyre-related costs, maximise their value and thereby reduce the total cost of ownership of their tyres throughout their entire lifetime through the “Advanced Tyre Monitoring Programme”, “Premium Tyre Maintenance Programme” and “Elite Tyre Management Programme.”
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Milltek launches Fiesta 1.0T EcoBoost performance exhaust system
Ford’s new EcoBoost Fiesta can deliver impressive power outputs from a tiny displacement motor, giving it a good base for tuning. Exhaust supplier Milltek has worked with Ford tuners in the UK to create a range of exhausts to increase power.
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Ultra Racing releases Nissan Skyline (R34) front strut brace
Ultra Racing has released a new strut brace for all R34 Nissan Skyline models. Intended for owners wanting to increase the torsional rigidity of their cars, or to make the chassis more efficient for fast road or track driving, the strut is formed using a ‘one-piece’ steel construction, making it more rigid than ‘flexible’ or […]
Continue ReadingAutoparts hosts garage equipment show
Autoparts hosted what was billed as the midlands’ largest garage equipment trade show on Thursday 25 September at GTG Wolverhampton. The Autoparts A Night at the Track themed trade show has been designed to provide visiting mechanics and garage owners with both an informative and entertaining experience. There was the opportunity to take part in a fully hosted ‘track racing’ themed night and, the chance to win a share of more than £20,000 worth of products throughout the evening.
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