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Enjoy: Rotalla tyres carry CB and CC label ratings
Contract manufacturer Enjoy Tyre, specialises in importing Rotalla and Routeway branded tyres into the UK and Europe. For its part, Rotalla is represented by 15 exclusive distributors responsible for 20 markets throughout Europe. The latest news is that the recently introduced Rotalla Setula E-Pace RH01 and RU01 patterns, which carry improved EU label ratings of CB and CC respectively, are now available. RH01 has 36 sizes with H/V options and diameters from 14 up to 16 inches.
Continue ReadingLloyds Bank boost for UK automotive sector
Businesses in the automotive supply chain that need to invest in bespoke tools to complete contracts are to get specialist support, thanks to the launch of a new Tooling Finance product by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Continue ReadingFast Parts Rainbow Rally surpasses Ty Hafan target
Automotive parts distributor, Fast Parts Wales, has exceeded its original target of £11,000 towards Ty Hafan’s ‘Pay for a Day’ initiative, raising more than £16,000 pounds from the Fast Parts Ty Hafan Rainbow Rally hosted on the bank holiday weekend from Sunday 1 May to Monday 2 May.
Continue ReadingTerraclean helps NHS fleet clean up
Advanced vehicle engine cleaning brand, TerraClean, is helping vehicle fleets save serious money off their fuel bills and reduce vehicle emissions output. TerraClean products have proven exceptionally important to public sector fleets, namely: The TerraClean Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) and Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) cleaning tool and, diesel engine cleaning machine.
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Landsail: LS588 offers ‘premium performance at competitive price’
The Landsail LS588 UHP – and indeed all Landsail car tyres - have enjoyed rapid and consistent growth during the last few years. Despite the parent Sentury Tire factory having only being founded in 2009, seven-digit UK volumes demonstrate the brand is a force to be reckoned with in this European market at least. In the competitive UK ultra high performance sector, Landsail offers the LS588, which company representatives say offers “premium performance at competitive price”.
Continue Reading![Insurance worries over driverless cars](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JohnQuail.jpg)
Insurance worries over driverless cars
We hear a lot in the news about the advent of driverless cars, with Volvo announcing recently that it would trial such vehicles next year in the UK. Obviously, producing driverless vehicles presents formidable technical challenges, but technology is by no means the only potential problem.
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Roadlink to distribute AL-KO shock absorbers
Roadlink International is pleased to announce that it has added the AL-KO shock absorber range to its product portfolio of commercial vehicle brake and suspension components.
Continue Reading![DriveRight Data’s “brand new” logo](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DriveRight-Logo.jpg)
DriveRight Data’s “brand new” logo
As DriveRight embarked on its fitment data business back in 2001, the DriveRight logo gained recognition in the wheel and tyre industry. 15 years on, the company has decided it needs “a small brand adjustment” to more accurately reflect what we the firm does – to tell a bit more of the story, so to speak.
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MIRA first to offer Tempest-accredited testing in the UK
Horiba MIRA is strengthening its cyber security capabilities by offering full vehicle Tempest testing, as a result of its partnership with Secure Systems and Technologies (SST), a CPTAS accredited body. The Tempest standard enables First of Type Platform tests to be carried out at MIRA for military manufacturers looking to understand the susceptibility of computer and telecommunications devices in their vehicles to hacking. These devices include computers, cables, telephones, radio signals and operating systems, which all emit electromagnetic radiation (EMR) that can be used by dishonest interceptors to reconstruct intelligible data.
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Davanti’s DX640 leads brand’s high performance offering
The launch of the Davanti brand took place at Autopromotec in Bologna in May last year. 12 months later, company representatives are celebrating the brand’s growth, saying the Davanti brand has “literally taken the UK and European tyre market by storm”. As far as the high performance sector is concered, the brand’s growth has been supported by a series new products led by the Davanti DX640 Ultra High Performance pattern.
Continue Reading![First Line unveils management changes, new sales structure](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/first-line-directors.jpg)
First Line unveils management changes, new sales structure
First Line has announced a new level of sales management. The firm opted to add a new tier of top level management within the company’s sales division to support the current board of directors and global sales teams. The company adds that the new level is being implemented to strengthen the business, offering greater autonomy and direction to grow and develop as the company continues to expand.
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Brembo celebrates 100 millionth brake disc
Brembo’s board of directors, which is chaired by Alberto Bombassei, met at the firm’s Polish factory in Dabrowa Gornicza on Tuesday 10 May to celebrate the production of the firm’s one-hundred-millionth disc. At the same time Brembo’s board approved the groups quarterly results from 31 March 2016. Brembo Group’s net consolidated revenues amounted to 563.6 million euros in the first quarter of 2016, up 9.6 per cent compared to the first quarter of 2015. On a like-for-like exchange rate basis, revenues increased by 10.5 per cent.
Continue Reading![Rema Tip Top UK hosts annual customer golf day at Rudding Park, Harrogate](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rtt-golfday.jpg)
Rema Tip Top UK hosts annual customer golf day at Rudding Park, Harrogate
Rema Tip Top UK’s corporate golf day was bigger and better following the success of the 2015 event, the parts and equipment supplier stated. Employees and their automotive and industrial customers played two rounds of golf and enjoyed a three course meal at Rudding Park in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
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Volvo launches driverless vehicle trial in the UK
On 3 May Volvo Cars announced that it is planning an autonomous driving (AD) trial in the UK next year. The company said it is pioneering the development of AD systems globally as part of its commitment that no one will be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo by the year 2020.
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Bridgestone ensures its messages stick at the CV Show
Bridgestone reports over 300 potential business opportunities were recorded over the recent CV Show in Birmingham. In doing so the company claimed that Bridgestone had “the most impressive stand by a tyre manufacturer at the NEC, with its comprehensive packages of fleet support playing as prominent a role as its ranges of tyres”.
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