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Commercial truck body designers order 100th set of xlite wheels

UK distributor of the xlite wheel brand Motor Wheel Service has reported a milestone with its customers Montracon and Wilcox, both commercial vehicle body designers. MWS has received an order for the companies’ hundredth set of xlite forged aluminium truck wheels for use on their tipper and walking floor trailers. The two companies work together on the production of the trailers, with Montracon providing chassis and Wilcox supplying aluminium tipper body requirements.

16th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapleton’s Confirms NETE Purchase

Company News, News, UK News

Stapleton’s Tyre Services has officially confirmed that on 28 February 2011 it acquired all the shares of North Eastern Tyre & Exhaust Limited (NETE). However, an official statement issued by the company reported that NETE will continue to trade as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stapleton’s Tyre Services. Stapleton’s representatives said the company intends to complement NETE’s “professional approach to the market and their excellent customer service in order to ensure the future success of both companies.” No further details of the price or the terms have yet been released.

14th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Federal the official sponsor of Australian tuning show

Summernats 2011 in Canberra, Australia has become Federal Tyres’ first name-sponsored automotive show, alongside distributor National Tyre Wholesalers. The precision driving event at Canberra Showgrounds is a motorkhana style grass event where courses are set up with varying degrees of difficulty. It tests different aspects of both the car and driver to see who can better accelerate, turn, brake and manoeuvre their way through the course in the quickest way possible.

4th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Malaysia: Car tyre sales worth US$78 Million in Q4 2010

International News

The latest market data released by GfK suggests Malaysia's passenger car tyre business recorded sales of over US$78 million during the fourth quarter of 2010. The analysts also reported increased popularity of American and European tyres in the market.

"It is not unusual for quarter four to register stronger demands as major festivities like Hari Raya, Christmas and school holidays all take place during the last few months of the year," commented Jennifer Chan, general manager of GfK Malaysia. "In preparation for heavier usage of their cars for visitations and long drives, car owners tend to send their vehicles for their due servicing which includes replacing their worn out tyres, around this period of time."

28th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Eurotire says “Romanian OTR plant is complete”

New York based mining tyre company Eurotire – not to be confused with European distributor Eurotyre – has announced the completion of its OTR manufacturing plant at Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, which was first announced in 2007. The company says US$300m was invested, with “nearly 1,000,000 sq ft of high-tech manufacturing and product development space” available at the facility. Information on the capacity of the plant, the product lines manufactured there and the markets products from the plant will be shipped to has not yet been passed to tyrepress.com.

22nd February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Micheldever signs General Tire exclusivity deal with Continental Tyre Group

Micheldever Tyre Services and Continental Tyre Group have signed an exclusive agreement for the sales of the General Tire brand in the UK. Formalised on 8 December 2010, the news follows 16 years that have seen the leading wholesaler develop the prestigious General 4×4 brand in the UK market and subsequently introducing the passenger and van range to the UK in 2010.

18th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Peter McMartin 1932 – 2011

With great sadness Maxxis International (UK) PLC has announced the loss of Peter McMartin the company’s founder and chairman. Peter McMartin passed away peacefully with family at his side, late in the evening of Monday 14 February, following a short battle with cancer.

Born in Falkirk, in 1932, Peter McMartin’s entrepreneurial career took off in the early 1970s when he began importing car and motorcycle parts from Japan. He then went on to focus exclusively on motorcycle parts before merging his company with distributor Bickers Anglia (Accessories) Limited in 1986. In 1998 Peter successfully completed the purchase of the company and went on to develop the business with the support of his directors and committed, loyal workforce. The company converted into PLC status for a short time before a new joint venture company was formed in March 2005, Maxxis International UK plc. Maxxis still uses the Bickers name to continue trading in the motorcycle industry, while using the Maxxis brand to trade in the automotive tyre sector. Peter had remained active as chairman until just a few weeks prior to his death, always maintaining a positive hands-on approach to the company he loved.

17th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Federal Tires’ prices to go up from 1 March

Federal Tires has announced that it is raising prices the prices of its passenger car and light truck tyres by up to 12 per cent with “in-line adjustments for all onward orders and remaining back orders.” According to a statement issued 14 February, the price increases take effect on 1 March 2011. The company said all customers will be included in the increase and the percentage increase will vary by product line and continents “contingent upon the overall market conditions.”

14th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Eurotire opens Kazakhstan location

International News, News

Eurotire has opened up a new location in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Karaganda is located in Kazakhstan’s northeast mining region, an area rich in both coal and hard rock mining. Seeing as Eurotire’s focus is on providing the world’s emerging mining markets with OTR bias and radial tyres/OTR tyre services, the company obviously saw the value of the latest move.

9th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Motovan to partner Ride-On Canada in distributing two-wheel and ATV balancer/sealant

In the US Inovex Industries, Inc., the manufacturers of the Ride-On tyre protection system (TPS), have partnered with Motovan (Canada's largest distributor of motorcycle accessories) to distribute the company’s balancer/sealant product.

2nd February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti, Sava to raise two-wheel prices

UK two-wheel tyre distributor Bike Tyrestore has announced a new round of price increases from manufacturers Continental and Sava. Continental motorcycle and scooter product prices are to increase by a figure reported to be around 5 per cent. Sava, continues Bike Tyrestore, will implement its price increase selectively on the back of the continuing rise of raw materials costs. Both brands will sell at the increased prices from 1 February, 2011.

28th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin launches Ladoux Technology Center upgrade

Michelin has launched a major upgrade of its global research and development centre in Ladoux, near Clermont-Ferrand. The French tyre giant said the top-to-bottom upgrade is designed to “strengthen its innovation capabilities and shorten new tyre time-to-market.” 3,300 people are employed at the centre, which will be built by 2017. It will consolidate all Michelin R&D teams and laboratories on the same site, a move Michelin says will enable the introduction of new, faster and more efficient work processes. The entire project represents an investment of more than €100 million, Michelin says.

28th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama extends tyre safety commitment with full TyreSafe membership

The UK distributor of Yokohama tyres, Yokohama HPT has extended its commitment to tyre safety by becoming a full member of tyre industry safety body TyreSafe. Yokohama was previously an associate member of the group but will now take a more active role as full members, which includes a seat on the TyreSafe board. David Seward, managing director of Yokohama HPT said the company was “proud to have become a full member” of TyreSafe, mentioning its “enviable reputation” as a communicator of tyre safety information to a wide audience.

27th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama HPT Introduces A005 Radial Tyre for UK’s Sports2000 Series

The UK distributor for Yokohama tyres, Yokohama HPT, has announced the introduction of a new specification race tyre to the UK. The A005, developed for the Sports2000 race series, replaces the now discontinued bias tyre used by the series. Sports2000 has exclusively used Yokohama tyres, supplied by George Polley Motorsport, for 25 years, up to and including 2010. The series is based on sports prototype-style single seaters, using either the Ford Pinto or Duratec engine and its value and fun-conscious approach means huge grids every season.

26th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pro-Align Releases Hunter Software Upgrades

Wheel alignment specialist Pro-Align has released two further information technology upgrades, which enhance the powerful capabilities of its wheel alignment systems. WinAlign 11 is the latest operating software for its Hunter WA series aligner console. The UK distributor says the latest version gives workshops greater functionality and levels of integration, helping to further simplify and reduce the time taken to perform complex wheel alignment work. Pro-Align has also launched ‘TouchRemote’, a free iPhone App that allows users to operate WinAlign alignment systems.

24th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors