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Viking International in "Efficiency Drive"; 24hr Facility to Open

Viking International’s group managing director Kevin Parker says that the company has “embarked on a period of change within Viking that is unparalleled in its history” during the last 12 months. Parker has implemented a number of initiatives designed to streamline efficiency and improve customer service. He is also the head of Viking’s sister company National Fleet and he believes the best way to drive the business forward includes the partnership of these companies, providing a more complete service to customers; this would include wholesale tyres and automotive parts alongside fleet solutions for dealers and independent partners.

12th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

New Sensor ‘Significantly’ Reduces TRW TPMS Costs

TRW Automotive Holdings reports the use of its new design LCCI (Low Cost Clamp-In) sensor for tyre pressure monitoring systems results in “significantly lowered costs for the system.” TPMS units featuring the LCCI are scheduled to be introduced in 2011 model year vehicles in the US.

12th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Controversial’ Conti Board Member Stepping Down

Rolf Koerfer, the top legal advisor to Schaeffler and the Schaeffler family, has agreed to step down from his post on the Continental AG advisory board.

7th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Stand Taller with Pirelli’s Latest PZero

If you’ve ever envied your car’s tyres and wished your own feet could also be so beautifully shod, you may wish to read further…Pirelli has transferred its flair for automotive panache into a new footwear range. Part of Pirelli’s PZero industrial design project, the ‘Gum Appeal’ collection of high heel shoes includes dual-tone rain boots, low-cut shoes, passe-partout boots and 8cm high lace-up half-boots.

7th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

New Director for Automechanika Frankfurt

On October 1, Olaf Musshoff took over as director of Automechanika Frankfurt, assuming responsibility for the automotive industry exhibition’s operative control. In announcing his appointment, show organiser Messe Frankfurt described Musshoff as an experienced fair and exhibition specialist with many years’ experience together with Messe Frankfurt. Prior positions within the company include head of Exhibitor Services and head of Project Controlling. Before joining Messe Frankfurt, Musshoff was project controller and, subsequently, commercial project manager with Deutsche Bahn Immobiliengesellschaft mbH, the German railways’ real-estate management company.

6th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Guangrao County Delegation Visits Brityrex

International News, News, UK News

Brityrex 2010 attracted a group of visitors from Shandong Province’s Guangrao County, which met with Tyres & Accessories on the Tuesday evening in Manchester’s Renaissance Hotel off Deansgate. The delegation included the president of Deruibotire (also known as Shandong Deribao Tire Co Ltd) Yuan Tingshu; Guangrao Shandong vice county magistrate Li Jianjun; and Bureau of Commerce of Guangrao County director and party secretary Zhu Hanqing. The delegation gave a presentation on the strengths of Guangrao County – a location described by Li as “an economic powerhouse within Shandong Province” and one of China’s major tyre and automotive accessory producing regions, as well as the host of China (Guangrao) International Rubber Tire & Auto Accessory Exhibition (ChinaGRTAE), which is due to be staged for the second time in 2011. Along with Tyres & Accessories and other representatives of the UK tyre trade, the delegation met with the NTDA’s Richard Edy and Peter Gaster, also of UK wholesaler Kings Road Tyres.

6th October 2010/by Andrew

Brityrex 2010 Gets Underway

The long-awaited Brityrex 2010 exhibition got underway today, with a significant increase in visitor footfall compared to the same point in the last show back in 2007. Apaseal’s Bruce Somerville, who is exhibiting at the show, described it as “the best start to Brityrex for many years.” Official figures have not yet been released, however exhibition organiser ECI International is expected to confirm these observations when it releases initial show figures tomorrow.

5th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Axeon, Ricardo Combine Efforts on ‘Headline Grabbing’ Project

An unnamed European vehicle manufacturer is said to have sought the expertise of UK-based lithium-ion energy systems supplier, Axeon, and automotive technology, innovation and systems integration provider, Ricardo, to supply and integrate an advanced, lightweight battery pack for a pioneering plug-in hybrid vehicle, which both companies say “is guaranteed to grab worldwide headlines” when it is launched.

5th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Flagship’ Aylesbury HiQ Centre Opens

The latest addition to the HiQ network is a newly opened automotive centre in Aylesbury. The purpose-built centre, opened by local businessman Oliver Pearson with a £100,000 investment, is described by HiQ as catering “for every motorists' needs, offering state-of-the-art vehicle diagnostic equipment and a dedicated MOT testing bay.” The fast-fit network is already heralding the new Aylesbury centre as a ‘flagship’ site amongst HiQ's network of 150 centres up and down the UK.

4th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Butt’s of Bawtry to Show New Compressor, Oil Heaters and Signage at Brityrex

Garage Equipment Supply Specialist Butt’s of Bawtry has announced plans to exhibit its recently launched air operated coil spring compressor its line of waste oil heaters and a new range of signage products when it appears on stand 3 at Brityrex in Manchester next week (5 – 7 October, Manchester Central, formerly known as the GMEX centre). According to sales director Mark Bean there are already over 650 of its air operated coil spring compressor units in tyre fitters across the UK, but the company obviously wants to make the most of the exhibition by presently the technology to new and existing customers.

1st October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Klarius Chairman Named Entrepreneur of the Year

Tony Wilson Chairman and COO of the Klarius Group has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by a panel of judges acting on behalf of EN magazine, which bills itself as ‘the magazine for Entrepreneurs.” Wilson is credited with purchasing and swiftly returning to profitability the emissions control division of Arvin Meritor in 2007. He then repeated the move with the larger £300 million turnover Quinton Hazell buyout in February of this year, and reportedly returned that part of the business to profitability within three months.

22nd September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Canadian Tire Shakes Things Up, Warns Employees

Top management of Canadian Tire is not at all happy, so its president and CEO has turned the company on its ear and has warned employees to shape up, says Tire Review. Stephen Wetmore, head of the massive retailer for less than 24 months, has reshuffled the top exec deck and realigned the company’s divisions under one umbrella in a move to improve the bottom line, enhance customer service and cut duplication and costs.

16th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

A123 Systems Opens Lithium Ion Auto Battery Plant

Nanophosphate lithium ion battery and systems developer and manufacturer A123 Systems has announced the opening of what it claims to be North America’s largest lithium ion automotive battery production facility. The grand opening of the plant in Livonia, Michigan was held on September 13, and A123 Systems says that when the facility is fully operational it will expand the company’s manufacturing capabilities by up to 600MW hours per year. The Livonia factory’s opening comes just over one year after A123 Systems was awarded a US$249 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help the company execute its strategy to ramp up US manufacturing capabilities to meet increasing, market-driven demand for innovative technologies.

13th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bosch Automotive Aftermarket Appoints New Marketing Manager

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Robert Bosch has appointed Abhijit Kallianpur as marketing manager for the Automotive Aftermarket division based in Denham. Abhijit has worked at Bosch in India for 15 years, working in Diesel Systems for much of that time. He joined the Automotive Aftermarket division in 2005 in Product Marketing, Germany. He moved back to Bosch India in 2007, taking over responsibilities for Product Marketing, as well as Purchasing and Quality Management of traded products.

10th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Ruia in Talks to Purchase German Auto Parts Maker

India’s Ruia Group is reportedly “close” to purchasing a German automotive component company, and may route any agreed transaction through its listed Falcon Tyres subsidiary. Group chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia states that Falcon Tyres will raise around Rs 8 billion (£111.6 million) by way of fresh shares through a rights issue, equity convertible warrant or other means to fund its expansion programme of overseas acquisitions and capacity expansion at home.

10th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors