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Tyrexpo Asia Can Help Beat Credit Crunch, Says ECI

Seeing the positive in the current global economic doom and gloom, the organiser of next March’s Tyrexpo Asia says the exhibition is ready to act as an international tyre forum that will serve to help businesses weather the credit-crunch by introducing cash-conscious buyers to volume-chasing suppliers and manufacturers.

With tyre and equipment businesses under pressure around the world from falling automotive sales and low consumer confidence, ECI International believes the stage is set for the exhibition to deliver much-needed vitality and innovation into the global market. “Every business is looking at its costs and margins, so the opportunity to meet new suppliers and distributors who can help achieve efficiencies has never been more important,” said ECI’s Paul Farrant.

1st December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

MAM Launches Network Solutions

In order to meet the growing demand from its customer base, MAM Software has launched a new range of network solutions for company-wide data communications.

MAM Network Solutions (MNS) offers customers a streamlined infrastructure on which to operate their multi-branch Autopart ERP software. Supported directly by MAM Software, MNS utilises the latest MPLS telecommunications technology to connect sites in a fast, reliable and secure company-wide virtual private network (VPN).

21st November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Grouptyre Launches New Website

Grouptyre has launched a new website, which is designed to reflect its new corporate identity. “While it’s important to ensure our website promotes the new-look Grouptyre, we have also taken the opportunity to develop certain aspects of the site to provide greater functionality and are now confident it will prove a useful resource for all our customer groups,” said director of commercial operations Karl Naylor.

The website has now added profiles of all Grouptyre’s suppliers – including all the premium brands, a wide range of budget brands and some carefully selected exclusive brands – plus links to the manufacturers’ own websites. There is also information on, and a link to, the Grouptyre ‘virtual warehouse’ Grouplink, which gives independent tyre retailers and garages desktop access to a wealth of product and stockholding information.

12th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Budget Tyre Imports Prove too Much for Australian Remoulder

Increased competition from budget imported tyres has led Australian tyre remoulder Motorway Tyres to close its doors. Staff at the company’s facility in Stawell, Victoria, were told on August 1 that the company’s facilities would cease operating, effective immediately. The decision affects 34 staff in Stawell, along with a further eight in Melbourne.

In a statement released on August 2, the company cited difficult trading conditions for the closure. Tyre imports, along with increased materials and distribution costs, were named as key factors. “Over the past three years, management has injected several million dollars into the business, to improve efficiencies in the production and distribution of remoulded tyres and truck treads,” said company director John Bresnehen. “During this time there were also significant efforts made by staff to improve the efficiency of the business.

5th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Test 63-Inch Tyre on World’s Largest Bull Wheel

Following the construction of a bull wheel measuring 24 feet in height – the largest of its kind in the world – Titan Tire has begun testing its 63-inch tyre. Built in February 2008, the tyre required an equally imposing piece of testing machinery; a prerequisite more than adequately matched by the corporation’s newest piece of bespoke engineering. The bull wheel is used to run the tyres at varying speeds and loads, allowing the performance of the tyre to be measured in controlled conditions.

The tyre, weighing in at 12,500 pounds (easily exceeding five and a half tons) and measuring 13.5 feet – or just over four metres – is the first of its dimensions manufactured at the firm’s Quincy, Illinois plant. In testing the tyre, the gargantuan bull wheel is loaded with weights approaching 500,000 pounds and used at speeds ascending to 45 mph. The company compares the bull wheel to NASA’s device for testing its handling gear for space shuttles, claiming their wheel is much larger.

30th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New F1 Feeder Series May Launch Another ‘Tyre War’

The FIA is inviting will tenders for a new feeder series for Formula One. This championship, called Formula Two, will be launched in 2009 and used as an inexpensive platform to develop emerging driver talent for Formula One. It is hoped this can be achieved within a budget of around 200,000 euros a car per season.

Formula Two, in its previous incarnation, was eliminated in 1984 and replaced by the unsuccessful Formula 3000 championship. If Formula Two is re-introduced, a question mark would hang over the fate of the current GP2 series, which is solely supplied by Bridgestone; some believe that a new feeder series would be the death of GP2, and the possibility exists of a new tyre war emerging.

26th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Snap-on Tools Updates Franchisee Vans

Snap-on Tools has unveiled a new design for its 420 UK Franchisee vans. According to the company, the update is aimed at giving its trade customers “a better shopping experience.” Terry Barcham, Managing Director of Snap-on, approached several contract hire and leasing specialists to come up with a new design concept for the very successful Snap-on Franchisee vans which would transform them into hi-tech sales outlets. The winning proposal came from Pendragon Contracts, part of Pendragon plc, the largest multi-franchise motor group in Europe.

14th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental Releases Conti Motion

Cambrian Tyres, the UK importer for Continental motorcycle and bicycle tyres, describes the Continental range as the fastest growing motorcycle tyre brand in the top seven. New for 2008 in the Continental range is the Conti Motion (pictured). Available from March 2008, the Motion is dubbed as the “world’s first entry level sports touring radial tyre.”

The tyre is built for year-round use and is said to provide “great value for money” as it offers a high service life yet costs less than other tyres in its sector. The longer mileage is reportedly achieved by using new formulated polymers in the compound along with a modern, force orientated tread pattern.

5th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Question of the Month: The Right Type

Recently there has been talk of how new EU laws favour low rolling resistance tyres. The concern is that the legislation would favour premium, energy saving tyres, but effectively outlaw budget products. While low rolling resistance tyres use less fuel, such a move would also limit consumer choice. So, is the concept of low rolling resistance type approval a good idea? Let your opinion count by voting online here.

24th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Question of the Month: The Right Type

Recently there has been talk of how new EU laws favour low rolling resistance tyres. The concern is that the legislation would favour premium, energy saving tyres, but effectively outlaw budget products. While low rolling resistance tyres use less fuel, such a move would also limit consumer choice. So, is the concept of low rolling resistance type approval a good idea? Let your opinion count by voting online here.

22nd January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Deldo Offers UK Customers 20 Years of Local Sales Experience

As Pavle Krstic and Bart Kinneging approach four years of working together as Deldo’s UK sales team, the leading Belgian wholesaler is highlighting the pair’s “very successfully” performance selling tyres in Great Britain and Ireland. With almost 20 years of experience in the UK market they can support and customised advice.

The main tool they have in the very competitive (budget) market is of course the Wanli and Sunny brands. Currently Wanli offers more than 200 car, van, SUV, 4×4 and truck sizes. The new Wanli S1063 is already described as a best seller in the UK and Ireland. In addition the company can offer a wide range of premium names thanks to its unique stock of 2.5 million tyres, with weekly deliveries.

31st October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

FPB Accuses Chancellor of Failing Small Businesses

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has accused the Chancellor of the Exchequer of failing to address the issues of smaller businesses in his first Pre-Budget Report. Alistair Darling delivered his speech to the Commons (9 October 2007) but omitted any reduction in the tax burden for those companies that most need it.

10th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

US Tyre Recall Saga Could Be Over

Foreign Tire Sales Inc.’s quarter-million US recall of Hangzhou Zhongce-produced tyres will end on 25 October, according to US news sources. At the same time US and Chinese regulators are expected to sign a cooperation agreement that could help resolve disputes like this. However, according to media reports, this is not the first time such an approach has been taken. The Consumer Product Safety Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with its Chinese counterpart three years ago.

This week’s Sino-U.S. Consumer Product Safety Summit brings together the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and China’s General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, as well as representatives of American companies that import toys, fireworks and cigarette lighters from China. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has a $63 million budget and a full-time staff of about 400 people to monitor billions of dollars’ worth of goods. Legislation is in the works to strengthen the agency.

10th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Increases Production at Romania Plant

Continental intends to boost production capacity at its Timisoara plant in Romania by around 8 per cent, to over 13.5 million tyres per annum. Capacity in 2006 stood at 12.5 million units, and the German tyremaker will utilise a 15 million euro investment budget to bring about the planned increase.

During the past seven years 50 million tyres have been produced at the Timisoara facility, with production capacity on average increasing by a million tyres per year. “Less than seven years after production started in Timisoara, in the wake of over 170 million-euro investments, we now produce up to 40,000 tyres a day,” stated Martin Kleinbrod, general manager of Continental Automotive Products.

Continental opened its new Timisoara facility, the manufacturer’s most modern in Europe, in 2000, and since that time the company has opened three tyre and automotive component factories in western Romania.

5th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Top Brands and Genuine Discounts

With more than 25 years in the motor trade, Motorsport Wheels are confident that their alloy wheel and performance catalogue and depots around Britain and Northern Ireland position them as a UK market leader. The company is the sole importer of several well known alloy wheel brands, including OZ Racing, BBS, RS and Fox Racing, and large stocks of both alloy wheels and performance tyres to suit every budget are kept at each of their depots, alloying for a prompt delivery service throughout the UK.

A new development for Motorsport Wheels is that, for the first time ever, they are able to offer recently superseded product lines direct to the public at a sizeable discount. Motorsport Wheels are proud of their constantly updated product range, but when a new style is introduced they are sometimes left with excess stock of the old style. By offering these wheels direct to the public, cutting out the middleman, Motorsport Wheels believe they can provide “genuine brands at fake prices!”

4th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors