Passenger car tyre retreading will have its own exhibition area at October’s Brityrex International show, with the announcement of a dedicated Retreading Pavilion. The Pavilion’s aim is to showcase the latest and best in car retreading, which has declined in terms of both UK manufacturing and market share in recent years.
Infinity Tyres is promising something special at Brityrex; at the main entrance to the Show in Event City, Acorn Motorsports, sponsored by Infinity, will be unveiling its latest 2013 season drift car.
In the British Drift Championship, Infinity has successfully partnered the Acorn Motorsports Division team, and as part of this very close relationship, AMD will be delighted to demonstrate to Brityrex visitors the success and benefits of running on Infinity tyres.
Beijing based Best Choice International Trade Co., Ltd. launched the Mazzini radial truck tyre brand in August. Labelling tests have already taken place and the 315/80 R22.5 MZ266 product is said to be rated C in fuel efficiency and D in wet grip.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd. first introduced its Green-Max passenger car tyre range in 2011, and said the new line-up met with wide acclaim. During 2012, the company has continued to expand the range, and at present a total of 69 Green-Max dimensions are available for 13 to 20-inch diameters. Recent additions include more high performance dimensions, including the increasingly popular 245/45WR17.
Visitors to the Kings Road Tyres (KRT) stand at Brityrex will be able to view a broad range of brands covering applications for truck, bus, agricultural, OTR and industrial fitments – a portfolio the company has built up on the back of four decades’ involvement in the wholesale sector and productive, long-term distribution relationships developed with some of the world’s leading tyre makers. KRT says it will use Brityrex as a focus to promote a number of its exclusive brands, including Matador and Aeolus truck tyres, the Taurus agricultural range and the latest AT/3 and S/T MAXX patterns in its Cooper 4×4 line-up. During the show the company will also launch a new, as yet undisclosed, agricultural tyre that will supplement its already extensive portfolio in this sector.
Supertracker has been present as an exhibitor at Brityrex for a number of years now and this year – the Southampton-based firm’s 25th anniversary year – will be no different. Supertracker says it believes Brityrex to be an important stage for the company to further establish its presence in the UK as one of the most progressive and successful alignment experts in the market. Managing director Trevor Lovesy views Brityrex 2012 as representing a perfect opportunity to meet up with the company's growing customer base and look towards opening additional business opportunities with potential new customers.
With its Kingstone private brand and the well known Aeolus moniker, leading wholesaler Kings Road Tyres (KRT) brings two exclusive tyre brands to the OTR tyre market.
According to the company, the fast-growing Aeolus brand was established in 1965 and is one of the largest tyre producers in China. Its extensive OTR range reflects the huge domestic demand for off-road and construction machinery experienced in China in recent years.
CES (UK) has announced new investment in order to expand more rapidly. According to the companies involved, this strategic move will “accelerate plans to increase The Parts Alliance network and further strengthen [its] position in the UK automotive aftermarket.” CES (UK) remains a key member of The Parts Alliance.
In 2012 Guizhou Tyre Company Ltd returns as a Brityrex exhibitor. This year at its stand – stand 71 – the Chinese tyre maker will display its Advance range of radial and cross-ply OTR tyres, radial truck tyres, agricultural tyres and industrial/forklift tyres.
The start of this year’s Brityrex International is still more than two months’ away, yet organiser ECI International Ltd reports the show is heading for a sell-out and the amount of exhibitor floorspace still available at Manchester’s EventCity has dropped to under ten per cent.
Michelin Training Centre (MTC) has confirmed that it will make its first appearance at a Brityrex exhibition in Manchester this October. For more than 25 years the Stoke-on-Trent based organisation has been considered the reference point for tyre industry training in the UK and Ireland and the decision to attend October’s Brityrex event at Event City in Manchester is being seen as a boost to the tyre exhibition.
Leading garage suppliers including Apaseal/Pang, DQN, Haweka UK, Hofmann Megaplan, Rema Tip Top Automotive and Supertracker will be demonstrating their latest technology at Brityrex in October.
Label results, especially good ones, were a conversation topic throughout Reifen 2012. One company at the centre of this label attention was Inter-Sprint, who displayed the Sentaida Group-produced Landsail brand – including the labelled LS988 range. One particular LS988 size, 225/45ZR18 95WXL, featured a ‘B/B/70dB’ label result.
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The makers of a patented exhaust system that aims to ‘revolutionise’ aftermarket sales is among the latest exhibitors to sign-up for October’s Brityrex International show in Manchester.
Nominations for the 2012 TAFF awards subject to public vote are now closed, but according to the NTDA all trade supplier are being invited to nominate a product or service for inclusion in the 2012 TAFF Innovation Awards. The current holder is Rema Tip Top for their Ram Rod tyre cage.
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