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American Racing to Focus on Auto, Racing Wheels

(Akron/Tire Review) Wheel maker American Racing Equipment to dropping its lines of motorcycle wheels to focus entirely on automotive and racing wheels. America Racing owns and markets such brands as TIS, Weld, Bod Coddington, Motegi, Dropstars, Dale Earnhart Jr. and American Racing.

“The exclusive focus of American Racing and its family of brands will be on market leadership in the automotive wheel aftermarket and professional racing wheel market,” said Steve Tooker, ARE’s CEO. “The decision was extremely difficult, but the move will allow us to focus our operations on pursuing our goal of serving as a market leader in both the automotive aftermarket and in professional racing.”

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JK Tyre Aiming to Increase Turnover by More than 50%

It is hoped that JK Tyre and Industry’s Rs 11 billion (£135 million) capital expenditure and capacity increase from 9 million to 12 million units will help towards the company achieving a turnover of Rs 50 billion (£610 million) within three years, claims chief financial officer A K Kinra. Mumbai based publication DNA has reported Kinra as stating “We are aiming to grow by 20 per cent annually over the next 3-4 years. We hope to be a Rs 5,000 crore (£610 million) company by 2010.” Currently JK Tyre has an annual turnover of Rs 30 billion (£366 million).

Kinra added that the current slowdown in India’s car industry was not of concern to JK Tyre as OE contracts only make up about 10 per cent of the tyremaker’s business, with the rest coming from the replacement and export markets. “The slowdown has only a marginal impact on us. In the aftermarket space, we see a robust demand,” he said.

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Bosch Worldwide Chief Visits Euro Car Parts

Euro Car Parts recently welcomed Mr Robert Hanser, Automotive Aftermarket President, Robert Bosch GmbH, to their Wembley HQ.

Already one of Bosch’s largest UK distributors, Euro Car Parts is expanding rapidly, with eight new branches opened so far in 2007.

Mr Hanser, who was very impressed by the successful development of Euro Car Parts since his previous visit eight years ago, said “I am convinced that ECP will have a bright future in the British Automotive Aftermarket offering the BIS and BCS programs and being very committed to face the challenges of this sector very professionally.”

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Trax Supplies Weights for New Ford Mondeo

UK based TRAX JH Ltd has won the contract to supply the new Ford Mondeo, Galaxy and S Max with a new adhesive balance weight. Replacing zinc, the weight is made from steel and was reportedly chosen for its superior balance capability (steel is 20 per cent more dense than zinc), lower cost and increased environmental attraction. The small 5g and 10g segments enable the weight to be fitted over a wide range of wheel diameters.

An aftermarket version of this new weight (series 610C) is now available from Trax distributors. The Original Equipment weight (series 611C) is also available at a higher cost with corrosion protection to typically last up to 6 years.

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A Weight off Your Mind

Randstad Ltd, a national distributor of vehicle parts, accessories and consumables into the UK aftermarket, has added a large range of wheel balance weights to its product portfolio. The Cramlington-based company now lists wheel balance weights alongside other popular product groups that include wiper blades, auto bulbs, workshop essentials, accessories and maintenance products.

Randstad’s new wheel balance weights range includes stick-on and clip-on applications, with denominations of weight ranging from 5 grams to 50 grams.Product packs are available in quantities of 50 or 100.

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Profitable Vibration Problems Overlooked

Vibration problems are one of the most difficult problems to solve and because of this, they often gets the ‘head in the sand’ treatment. The NTDA has recognised this and has highlighted the vibration issue in their recent Service Bulletin 06/07 (copies are available from the NTDA offices)

In the past, to solve a vibration problem that balancing alone does not fix, it has been done through a process of elimination/ trial and error. This can be very time consuming and more often than not a vibration problem still persists.

Pro-Align suggest that the Hunter Road Force Balancer puts an end to guess work and can not only save you time and money, but can also provide an additional profitable service for your business.

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TIA Commits to Right to Repair Efforts

(Akron/Tire Review) Fresh off the annual Automotive Aftermarket Legislative Summit (June 12-14), TIA has committed to gathering co-sponsors for the newly reintroduced Motor Vehicle Owner’s Right to Repair Act (HR 2694). Both National Automobile Dealers Association and ASA have reportedly increased their pressure on Congress to reject Right to Repair legislation efforts.

“The introduction of Right to Repair legislation in the states may be beginning to pay off,” according to Roy Littlefield, TIA executive vice president. “Members and staff were getting very favorable responses from the congressional offices we visited during the Summit. There were good signals that we’ll be getting a Senate bill as well this year.”

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NGK Names New National Sales Manager

(Akron/Tire Review) NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Inc. has named Darrel Reuss as its new national sales manager. Reuss, a 23-year veteran in the automotive aftermarket industry, was previously with Delphi Corp. Reuss will oversee NGK’s automotive aftermarket sales efforts in the U.S., and will report to Mike Schwab, general manager of NGK Spark Plugs’ Aftermarket Division.

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Delphi Release New Brake Catalogue

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Delphi has launched a new catalogue for 2007 covering its full range of brake pads, shoes, discs, drums and fitting accessories for the independent aftermarket. The catalogue contains details of more than 3600 part numbers including 400 parts which are new to range. Delphi’s extensive offering provides coverage of over 95 per cent of the European vehicle parc.

Following customer feedback into the design of the catalogue, the latest version boasts a number of new features designed to make it easier for customers to identify the right part first time. In the main vehicle application section of the catalogue, thumbnail sized illustrations of both pads and shoes are shown at the end of each double page spread. Full size illustrations of pads have been retained within the catalogue and appear towards the rear.

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Michelin Foot-Pump Wins Auto Express Product Honour

Auto Express, Britain’s largest circulation motoring weekly, has recognised the outstanding quality and value for money of the Michelin Twin-Barrel foot pump with one of its twenty annual Product Honour awards. The Michelin Twin-Barrel pump scored a maximum 5-star Best Buy rating in a multi-brand product test carried out by Auto Express to check the accuracy, pumping power and ease of use.

Whilst the Twin-Barrel foot pump takes the important Product Honour, the Michelin Single-Barrel foot pump took the “Recommended” award in the same group test making it an impressive one-two for Michelin auto accessories range.

The Auto Express Product Honours list is respected throughout the aftermarket industry with retailers and consumers recognising the relevance of the distinctive labels. Tests on the pumps included assessments on how many psi each pump delivered after 30 pumps, the accuracy of the gauge calibration, footplate grip and stability.

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Champion Spark Plugs Celebrating 100 Years

(Akron/Tire Review) Federal-Mogul Corp.’s Champion spark plug brand is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and plans a year-long global “Always a Champion” centennial celebration. The brand was established in 1907, and, according to Federal-Mogul, Champion is “celebrating its performance-driven heritage by looking forward to the next generation of innovative products.” Part of that will be an extensive marketing campaign, the company said.

“Champion has a rich heritage of innovation, quality and race-winning performance, yet it has always maintained a clear focus on developing breakthrough technology and powering the next racing championship,” said Garth Cole, Federal-Mogul’s director of aftermarket marketing. “That’s why we’re celebrating the Champion brand’s 100th anniversary by setting the stage for a new century of innovation on behalf of racing teams, professional technicians, and do-it-yourselfers.”

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NTDA Joins Right to Repair Strategy Group

Following on from the Right to Repair Seminar organised by the NTDA at Brityrex in Manchester earlier this month, the NTDA have been invited to join the powerful R2RC Strategy Group which will run the UK end of the Europe wide campaign. The Strategy Group is made up of representatives from the SMMT Aftermarket Section, the Automotive Distributive Federation and the Independent Garage section of the Retail Motor Industry Federation and other members of the Automotive Aftermarket Liaison Group

The main task of the group will be to manage the UK end of the campaign which will include lobbying of MPs in Westminster and MEP’ in Brussels.

Representing the NTDA will be the newly elected Vice Chairman of the NTDA David White of Kwik-fit who commented: “This issue is one of the most challenging for our sector and I look forward to representing the Tyre and Fast fit interests within this group which has a lot of work to do over the next few years”.

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New European Head for Hankook

On May 2 Hankook Tire announced the appointment of Mr. Seung Do Jin, currently executive vice president of the company’s Korea Headquarters in Seoul, to the position of head of Europe Headquarters. Mr. Seung Do Jin, who has been credited with improving and expanding Hankook’s distribution channels within his home country, officially took over the position on May 8. Mr. Seung Do Jin takes over the role from Mr. Seung Hwa Suh who recently became the company’s global CEO.

Mr. Seung Do Jin played an important role in expanding Hankook’s distribution channels through the establishment of more than a hundred automotive aftermarket service shops, known as T-Stations, and in March 2006 he assumed the role of executive vice president at the company’s Korean headquarters. He also served as the managing director of Hankook Tyre UK between 1997 and 2004.

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Siemens to Spin Off VDO on June 1

(Akron/Tire Review) Siemens AG will spin off its automotive supplier division VDO into a separate unit on June 1 instead of the original date of May 1, because it still has details it needs to work out with Germany’s labor council, according to Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

A company spokeswoman confirmed to the newspaper the new date would be June 1. She said a one-month delay will not have any impact on plans to float VDO.

Continental AG had expressed strong interest in purchasing the unit, which, among other products, produces TPMS for OE and aftermarket applications.

The newspaper, citing sources, said management and the works council have yet to hash out details for the period covering the transition to the new unit.

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Alcoa Adds Dura-Bright to LT/SUV Lines

(Akron/Tire Review) Alcoa Forged Specialty Wheels has added the company’s Dura-Bright wheel technology to its line of aftermarket light truck/SUV wheels. Dura-Bright, already available on Alcoa aluminum medium truck wheels, is a surface treatment that helps maintain a wheel’s bright, like-new appearance.

According to Alcoa, the proprietary surface treatment penetrates and reacts with the aluminum thus becoming an integral part of the wheel, and resists peeling, cracking and corrosion.

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