ELTA to sponsor ‘Large Garage of the Year’ award at Automechanika Birmingham
Electrical and vision related component supplier ELTA Automotive will mark its 25th anniversary and the launch of its VisionPro and VXPro brands by sponsoring the Large Garage award at the forthcoming Garage of the Year ceremony, held during Automechanika Birmingham in June.
Continue ReadingGratomic and Perpetuus partner in graphene tyre project
Canada-based Gratomic Inc. has signed a letter of collaboration with Perpetuus Carbon Technologies Limited to develop and market graphite-derived graphenes and graphene hybrids for tyre elastomers. According Gratomic, a number of end-user customers (which in this case means tyre manufacturers) are already road-testing tyres based on this material. Bicycle tyres, motorbike tyres, military tyres and race tyres are said to be key areas of interest.
Continue ReadingTyres & Accessories at the heart of the tyre industry
At last count, around 600 companies and brands were signed up as exhibitors at the inaugural The Tire Cologne, with many poised to unveil their latest products and innovations at the show. This meeting of the tyre world’s ‘Who’s Who’ is of course too good an opportunity for Tyres & Accessories/Tyrepress.com to miss, and our team will be present and reporting the latest news from the fair. We’ll also be there as an exhibitor in our own right together with our international partner titles, and we welcome visitors to pay us a visit.
Continue ReadingTyre-related deaths and injuries preventable: Highways England and Bridgestone
Simple checks could prevent almost three-quarters of motorway incidents related to tyre failure. This is one of the conclusions of an 18-month study conducted by Bridgestone and Highways England. More than 30 people were killed or seriously injured in motorway accidents in 2016 due to illegal or faulty tyres.
Continue ReadingPCL to show tyre inflation range in Cologne
Pneumatic Components (PCL) is exhibiting at the inaugural ‘The Tire’ event in Cologne (29 May - 1 June 2018). PCL will showcase its market-leading tyre inflation products including the MK4 series and brand-new innovations, the N72 mobile nitrogen cart, and QUBE Series 2.
Continue ReadingETRMA joins aftermarket coalition to call for access to in-vehicle data
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association has joined a broad industry coalition of independent aftermarket service providers, drivers, insurers to call on the EU to ensure a genuine digital level playing field for remote access to in-vehicle data.
Continue ReadingPCL appoints key account manager
Pneumatic Components (PCL) has appointed Ken Holford to the newly-created role of UK Key account manager. Holford will be the main point of contact for the established and future development of PCL’s growing account base. He brings a wealth of experience to the role, having held sales positions spanning industrial consumables, capital equipment and tooling within the automotive and engineering sectors.
Continue ReadingModuron GP Motors becomes first Servicesure Autocentre of the Year
Moduron GP Motors has been named Servicesure Autocentre of the Year at the network’s inaugural awards evening, held on Thursday 12 April at the Nuthurst Grange Country House Hotel in Warwickshire. Servicesure Autocentres – The Parts Alliance’s garage programme – established the competition to shine a light on individual excellence from within the Servicesure network.
Continue ReadingAvon Tyres announced as official tyre supplier to Series Elite
Avon Tyres has been named the official tyre supplier to the newly launched Series Elite, unveiled this week. Series Elite is a new one-make racing series that has been designed to allow amateur and more experienced drivers to compete on a level playing field.
Continue ReadingAbsolute Alignment outlines ADAS best practice
Absolute Alignment, suppliers of OEM-approved Bluetooth and 3D wheel alignment equipment, champions Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) best practice – recommending that four wheel alignment checks should now be part of the standard MOT for any ADAS-equipped vehicle.
Continue ReadingFresh talent for 2018: Firestone Live itinerary announced
The Firestone tyre brand is hitting the road again on a journey it says will bring musicians and music lovers together. Here in the UK we only have a month to wait before the show begins.
Continue ReadingJon Cottrell joins Vredestein UK
Apollo Vredestein’s UK office has just appointed Jon Cottrell as the Off-Highway Tyre Specialist for the UK Agricultural & Industrial sectors, to manage that ever-growing side of the marque’s product range. Jon Cottrell joins Apollo Vredestein UK with immediate effect, bringing with him over 30 years of tyre industry experience, from warehouse to sales management positions.
Continue ReadingTyreSafe Awards entries deadline extended
TyreSafe has announced it is extending the deadline for TyreSafe award entry submissions until 5pm on Tuesday 8 May, the day after the first May bank holiday. The deadline has been moved back following requests from stakeholders and supporters to allow extra time to finalise entries, but the charity is encouraging those who wish to enter to do so as soon as possible.
Continue ReadingGoodyear Tyres warns drivers: ‘Donut Ignore the Signs’
Confusion over what to look and feel for when checking tyres is not unfamiliar. But Goodyear’s new campaign has recruited an unlikely ally to boost tyre safety knowledge amongst drivers.
Continue ReadingNew driverless cars milestone achieved as Driven shows vehicles interacting
On Wednesday 18 April the Driven consortium demonstrated publicly for the first time the capabilities of its fleet of autonomous vehicles to interact and ‘talk’ to each other. From its headquarters at the RACE Building at the Culham Science Centre in Abingdon, Driven set two of its vehicles, a white and blue 2014 Ford Fusion Titanium hybrid and a 2017 Ford Mondeo hybrid on the roads to show assembled media the latest milestone in the project.
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