AWS to co-develop Bridgestone digital platforms
Bridgestone Corporation has selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) as its strategic cloud provider. In this capacity, AWS will support Bridgestone’s sustainable mobility solutions.
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Continental launches ContiConnect Live
ContinentalContinental is launching ContiConnect Live, a digital tyre pressure monitoring solution designed to complement ContiPressureCheck and ContiConnect Yard. With ContiConnect Live, the collected data on tyre pressure and temperature are sent in real time to the cloud using a central telematics unit. In addition, the unit transmits the vehicle’s location using GPS and records the operating hours of the tyres. Fleet managers have a quicker and more comfortable overview of the condition of the vehicles regardless of their location. By evaluating the information, the fleet benefits from reduced downtime, lower maintenance costs and an extended operating time.
Pro-Align: Quick Check Drive is ‘a wheel servicing revolution’
Pro AlignThe development of modern car technology has accelerated as fast as ever before and manufacturers producing the systems that allow workshops to service these vehicles effectively have also developed at a fast rate. In some cases, the development has been a technological necessity needed to keep pace with vehicle development, but in other cases, the development is driven by the vision to provide a better, more efficient servicing solution.
Linglong Tire working with Tencent Cloud, Huazhi Group on digital platform & manufacturing system
On 21 December, Linglong Tire signed a tripartite strategic agreement with Tencent Cloud and Shenzhen Huazhi Technology Group. The tyre maker hopes that this deal, signed by the three parties at Tencent’s global headquarters, will help it build a “global industrial service platform and intelligent retail platform.”
Feel the strain – Bridgestone’s tyre sensor tech for fleets & autonomous vehicles
Bridgestone Corporation has developed a technology that estimates axle load and tyre wear via a sensor affixed inside a tyre. This newly-developed sensor measures the change in strain that occurs when a moving tyre comes into contact with the road. Bridgestone claims its Smart Strain Sensor technology is unique and the “first of its kind in the world.”
Sigmavision to launch cloud-based proactive tyre sales management service
Sigmavision has announced its plans to launch TreadManager, a new cloud-based tyre sales management service developed for the tyre aftermarket. The company states that TreadManager will help tyre providers to increase sales revenue and boost turnover from tyre-related services. Registered users will be provided with tyre measurement data and management information for all vehicles scanned using TreadReader tyre measurement devices. The full range of TreadReader products, including the Hand Held scanner and all specifications of the Drive Over ramp, whether flush-fit or surface-mounted, will be compatible with TreadManager.
S Tyres Ltd goes hosted with CAM Cloud
Cork-based S Tyres Ltd. is investing in CAM Cloud to host its Cameo POS, stock, billing and ledgers system. According to the company, hosted Cameo will provide the Republic of Ireland’s premier Bandag agent with a managed service that ensures quality, hassle-free maintenance of its server and backup solution. It will enable S Tyres to connect directly with key partners such as Bridgestone.
RL Automotive promoting TyreWatch Predictive Tyre Management at CV Show
RL Automotive has announced plans to outline its TyreWatch PTM (Predictive Tyre Management) technology at the CV Show.
ZC Rubber shares double digit output growth plans at African dealer meeting
ZC Rubber’s first dealer conference of 2017 saw tyre dealers from Africa invited to meet in Dubai. The conference focused on introducing new goal and development strategy in 2017.
NIRA Dynamics expands its cloud solutions
NIRA Dynamics, a firm known best in the tyre industry for its indirect TPMS systems, has announced plans to expands its cloud solution in order to “create new possibilities for tomorrow’s autonomous cars”. For an autonomous car to know what distance it must keep to the car in front of it, it needs information about the current road conditions. If the vehicle is also aware of the road surface quality, risks are reduced even further. That’s where NIRA Dynamics and the firm’s Road Surface Information software come in. This software combined with NIRA’s Cloud cloud-based solution are said to enable just that. And now, in cooperation with Infocar, the company is taking the next step in the rollout of the solution.
Kingsway Tyres first dealer to register with CAM’s e-jobsheet.com
Kingsway Tyres has become the first tyre dealer to register with e-jobsheet.com, CAM’s open-access mobile data platform for digital tablet technology in the truck, bus and van service arena. Signing up at the CV Show in April, director and general manager of Kingsway Tyres, Martin O’Brien, says, “We were persuaded to register by the many benefits associated by taking greater control of our truck tyre service work which will continue to improve our processes, drive efficiencies and reduce costs.”
DriveRight goes up into the cloud
The DriveRight group has migrated to a cloud platform in order to future proof services. The leading independent provider of international wheel and tyre data reports that it can now offer services for tyre, wheels and vehicle data as a cloud-based solution. Within the past six months DriveRight has gradually transferred its IT infrastructure to […]
MAM cloud-based solutions adopted by more than 1,000 UK users
More than 1,000 end users from the tyre, automotive parts and vertical distribution industries are now utilising MAM Software Group’s cloud-hosted business management solutions, the company reports. Growth has been particularly strong of late, and MAM says that over the last 12 months, 75 per cent of new customers in the United Kingdom have chosen the Software as a Service (SaaS) option over the traditional licensing and delivery model; key reasons given for choosing cloud hosting are simplified IT maintenance, security and scalability.
