The euro has lost approximately 19 per cent of its value against the US dollar in the past year, and to compensate for this “unfavourable exchange rate” Alliance Tire Europe has announced price increases of up to five per cent for its products. Increases will apply as of 1 September 2015 and affect all product categories manufactured and sold by the company under Alliance, Galaxy and Primex brand names.
One of the leading UK wholesalers of OTR tyres in the UK, Kirkby Tyres claims to be the country’s largest stockholder in the OTR and construction tyre industry. The company expanded its facilities during 2014, with its Speke, near Liverpool, headquarters now measuring nearly 10 acres. Kirkby has grown with the support of its suppliers – in the OTR tyre segment, these brands include increasingly large players from Asia, Alliance, BKT and Double Coin. Kirkby says it has in recent years “progressively expanded” its range of OTR tyres and wheels, now offering an enormous and varied selection of radial and bias tyres for earthmovers and construction vehicles.
Alliance Tire Group’s Alliance Tire Americas division is recalling certain Alliance 396 agricultural equipment tyres due to a deflation risk. The tyres in question, which are size 445/65 R22.5, were manufactured between 22 April 2013 to 23 November 2014. Some other 600/50 R22.5 products, which were manufactured between 27 May 2013 and 2 November 2014 […]
Heuver Tyrewholesale has commented on its “above-average results for 2014”. The Hardenberg, Netherlands-based wholesaler said its investments in people and resources, while also focusing on procurement and delivery conditions, had helped it outstrip market conditions. “Customer contact was our primary focus in 2014”, says Bertus Heuver, director of Heuver Tyrewholesale. “You can only retain customers if you pay particular attention to them and meet their specific needs. And our country-based approach to the market played a very important role. This required us to invest in new and experienced people – 17 new colleagues in total – as well as new resources.
ATG (Alliance Tire Group) has appointed former Hilti Deutschland management board member Peter Baur as president of its European operations. Baur started on 9 February 2015.
At its press conference at the SIMA agricultural show in Paris on Friday, ATG (Alliance Tire Group) will present, amongst other new additions for 2015, its new 380 VF very high flexion radial tyre. ATG says it decided to introduce VF technology into its 380 pattern as logistics are becoming ever more important in modern agriculture, and agricultural sector operators seek tyres suited to low soil compaction field work and on-road use.
Liverpool wholesaler Kirkby Tyres, a market leader in the UK agricultural tyre sector, has recently expanded, purchasing a further three acres adjacent to its site for the expansion of warehousing and logistics. The company now has nearly 10 acres at its HQ; the latest development represented significant growth. “Support from our key suppliers is enabling Kirkby to expand in the OE and aftermarket within the UK and Ireland,” MD Dave Dorrity told Tyres & Accessories. The wholesaler supplies Alliance, BKT and Malhotra brand tyres to the segment, as well as becoming the exclusive Trelleborg wholesaler for the UK last year. Ahead of LAMMA, Dorrity gave T&A a rundown of current activities with its major brands, as well as detailing a new deal with Linglong.
The founder and CEO of the Alliance Tire Group has been honoured in Forbes India’s Leadership Awards 2014. Yogesh Mahansaria was one of nine Indian entrepreneurs selected by the publication as being outstanding in a particular field. Forbes India gave Mahansaria the ‘NextGen Entrepreneur’ award for “harnessing the competitive advantages of Indian and Israeli assets, and scaling up a niche B2B business globally by paying close attention to end users across geographies.”
Liverpool-based wholesaler Kirkby Tyres & Wheels has expanded to become one of the biggest – if not the biggest – wholesalers of agricultural tyres and wheels in the UK and Ireland during its 60-plus year history. The distributor now boasts a range of more than 6,000 different product lines, with sole distributorship deals on Alliance, Double Coin, Longmarch, Malhotra and Sailun brands within certain segments. It was also appointed as the wholesale distributor for Trelleborg’s premium agricultural tyre products, alongside Trelleborg Wheel Systems’ direct tyre dealer network.
Speke-based wholesaler Kirkby Tyres continues to supply the latest speciality tyres from Indian manufacturer BKT and exclusive brand Alliance to the UK. The latest fitments from both ranges include a number of port tyres, solid forklift tyres and an E rated high speed crane tyre from BKT, while Kirkby will now supply a new tyre […]
ATG used Reifen 2014 as a platform for presenting itself as a company and for presenting its goals. At a press conference during the Essen show, CEO Yogesh Mahansaria led top management, including chief of marketing and sales Angelo Noronha and head of research and development Dr. George Ronai in a talk about products and plans.
Kirkby Tyres has announced the availability of a number of new agricultural tyre sizes. Indian manufacturer BKT is supplying eight new fitments of tractor and trailer tyres to the Liverpool based wholesaler, while Kirkby UK exclusive brand Alliance has three new sizes of its 320 Value Plus tyre for small trailers, balers and agricultural tillage implements.
Manny Cicero, president of Alliance Tire Group’s North American operation, will leave the company at the end of this month. Alliance Tire Group says the decision on Cicero’s departure was “mutually agreed upon”, and he will remain through to the end of 2014 as an advisor to the ATG board of directors. A successor has not yet been named.
Council chiefs have warned that the country is facing a roads crisis that is escalating at an “alarming pace” after new research put the cost of bringing highways up to a decent standard at over £12bn.
The Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey from the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) shows that councils fixed just over 2m potholes in England and Wales last year, yet record rainfall meant the overall conditions of local roads deteriorated again.
A two-year experiment by the Danish road directorate shows accidents have fallen on single-carriageway rural roads where the speed limit was raised. Accidents have also fallen on motorways where the speed limit has been increased.
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