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Ireland’s Tyre Industry Marks Passing of Tom Tierney

It is with deep regret that Irish based tyre distributor Again & Again has announced the death of Founder Director Tom Tierney. Tom, 72, formed Again & Again over 25 years ago with his son John, and from very modest premises in Cavan led the business through a steady growth pattern to its present position as one of Ireland’s leading independent tyre distributors. Today Again & Again offers a professional service in both multi- A brands and other quality PCR tyres, along with Aris tubes, to the Irish market.

11th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Two Tech International Appointments

Tyre repair and service products specialist Tech International has made two senior-level appointments.

Tim McLaughlin will serve as a consultant focused on sales and marketshare growth in North America. McLaughlin owns and operates industrial products distributor T. Carson and Co. in Monument, Colorado. Anil Khanna takes over as head of operations for Tech International Canada, overseeing both Tech brand and Truflex/Pang brand sales in Canada. (Tire Review/Akron)

7th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Sealey Gets Ready For Winter

Like it or not, winter is fast approaching and Sealey has come up with a promotion to help keep those winter blues at bay. Launching on the 1st September 2008 with offers valid until the end of February 2009, Sealey’s 64 page ‘Winter Lines’ promotion will see you right through the chill with discounts on many must-have items.

6th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Obituary – Tony Ryan

We were saddened to learn of the death of Tony Ryan, who was Managing Director of Apaseal before retiring due to ill health in 2000.

Tony Ryan – a Chartered Account – joined Apaseal from Wilkinson Sword in 1972 and handled the difficult financial environment of the 70s, enabling Apaseal to remain a key player in the tyre maintenance market. On his appointment in 1983 to managing director he,alongside a dedicated group of management, set about the task to enhance the company’s main objective to provide a complete service for the tyre distributor with the strategy “everything to do with the wheel other than the tyre and rim.”

6th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Deldo Gearing Up for Winter with New Catalogue

Deldo Autobanden is a European specialist in winter tyres. For many years the company has focused on this fast growing market and now offers over 25 brands in Car, Van, 4×4 and SUV tyres. Alongside Deldo’s understandable – considering their commercial viability for cold weather products – focus on the traditional ‘winter’ countries like Germany, Austria, and Switzerland the company is also ramping up its product range, thanks to the ‘studdable’ tyres from Wanli and Fortuna, for the Scandinavian market.

While both of these markets – the Germanic and Scandinavian – are familiar to the company on the basis of winter tradition, Deldo has also found great opportunities for both budget and branded winter tyres in Eastern Europe and the Russian republics. Winter tyres are becoming more important in other countries too, with significant growth in the Benelux, France and Italy. As a consequence, winter tyres are playing an increasingly important role in Deldo’s complete product range.

5th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Reports Strong Customer Satisfaction Survey Results

Kumho Tires reports that its Solus KR21 tyre, aimed at the North American market, has come out on top in category in the 2008 half-yearly consumer satisfaction survey carried out by the country’s largest on-line tyre distributor. The Tire Rack survey, which can be found at tirerack.com/survey/index.jsp, included a total of 27 tyres in the standard touring all-season tyre category, and the Kumho product was declared joint winner along with the Yokohama Avid TRZ.

The Kumho KR21 received high scores in all 12 survey categories, including intention to re-purchase, ride comfort, steering responsiveness, wet traction, ice traction, deep snow traction, light snow and deep snow traction. Particularly high scores were received in the areas of ride comfort, tread wear, and traction on roads. Tire Rack also posted its own test results of the Kumho tyre on its website, commenting that this standard touring all-season tyre meets the needs of drivers of coupes, sedans, and minivans by providing excellent ride comfort and a low noise level. The online distributor assessed the tyre to be durable, resistant to abrasion, low-noise, and high-performance, providing excellent steering and cornering performance to drivers.

5th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Rudd Joins UK Batteries

UK Batteries has appointed Keith Rudd as its new product manager. As the fastest-growing independent battery distributor in today’s market, the Manchester-based company reports that it is always striving to make sure its product offering meets the needs of its customers and Rudd’s appointment is key to meeting that objective. Rudd’s appointment follows Bob Price’s recent decision to leave Exide and head to UK Batteries as its deputy managing director.

4th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Address the Question: Who in the UK Needs Winter Tyres?

Kumho Tyres has been an established supplier of winter tyres for the Scandinavian and Central European markets and therefore has a wide range of treads to cope with all the varieties of adverse weather conditions that characterise the season in these parts of the world. For these markets, the weather is the overbearing reason for the comparative strength of the cold weather tyre market; they are the traditional stronghold for companies marketing products capable of dealing with the icy climate.

However, the UK – with its expanding, though still essentially low-key winter market – represents something of a challenge, even to an experienced marketer of the product such as Kumho. The company addresses this issue by immediately posing the question: Who needs cold weather tyres in the UK?

1st August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Vacu-Lug Raises £560 in Transaid eBay Auction

Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Limited recent staged a online charity auction in aid of Transaid Week 2008, believed to be the transport industry’s first ever eBay charity sale. The virtual auction raised a total of £560 and the winning bidder was Nigel Moore, proprietor of independent tyre distributor Tyre Zone Limited of Sittingbourne, Kent.

“We decided to support Transaid Week and were keen to do something a little different in order to catch the imagination and thereby raise as much money as possible,” says Dave Alsop, Vacu-Lug’s Fleet Sales Director. “In the event, our eBay auction was a tremendous success. It attracted a great deal of interest and we saw the price pushed upwards by a lively rush of bidding towards the end – we were delighted with the sum raised!”

1st August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Win Online with Yokohama

Yokohama HPT says it is ‘win-time’, with the UK distributor for the Japanese performance tyre brand holding a series of competitions through its yokohama.co.uk website. Winners will have the chance to visit the UK round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, a series for which Yokohama supplies its flagship Advan products as control tyre. Furthermore, contestants visiting the site can pit their skills against ‘drivers’ from across Europe to win a Speed Racer Go!!! slot car racing set and a set of Yokohama tyres.

The 2008 racing season is the third of four in which the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) runs on Yokohama control tyres, and Yokohama comment that the ADVAN A005 and A006 dry slick and wet-weather tyres have drawn critical acclaim from the drivers and teams alike, praised for their grip, performance and consistency in the widely varying conditions that make up the championship.

21st July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tire World Takes On Mighty Franchise

Tire World, a five-store tire retailer based in Colorado Springs, Colo., has become a Mighty Auto Parts distributor.

In April 2008, Tire World formed a separate entity to establish the franchised distribution business. Mighty Auto Parts of Southern Colorado operates from approximately 3,000 square feet of warehouse space strictly as a wholesale distributor of Mighty-branded products to the affiliated Tire World stores as well as other non-affiliated tire centers, quick lubes, car dealerships and general repair shops within the new franchise territory.

Tire World President Bill Prentice said, “We operate our Mighty business separate from our tire business. Tire World just happens to be one of our important customers. However, our Mighty franchise offers the same products, services and pricing to all of our customers. We’re very anxious to watch our Mighty business grow.” (Tire Review/Akron)

16th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Hofmann Megaplan Enlarges Field Support

Hofmann Megaplan has recently made two additions to its field support team.

Rob Tomkins has joined in the capacity of Training & Technical Support, carrying out installation and training to customers to an advanced level. He has spent nine years in the tyre industry, having previously been a tyre fitter and progressing to Branch Manager with Just Tyres.

14th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Handlopex Looking to International Future

Handlopex of Poland has developed rapidly in its 19 year history under the leadership of CEO, Weislaw Ptaszek, who says of the company’s growth, “The success of Handlopex has been largely achieved by the hard work and professional attitude of our personnel, the customer orientated policy we have adopted and the continuous expansion of our product range.” In pursuing these steps, the company has made itself the leading tyre wholesaler in the country.

The company is able to supply all types of product, encompassing passenger, 4×4, motorcycle, and truck through to OTR, earthmover, industrial, agricultural and even aviation tyres. Steel wheels and tubes also have places in the company’s product portfolio.

9th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Mastercraft Tires Appoint Silverline as UK Distributors

Mastercraft Tires, an associate brand of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company that offers a full range of products including passenger, light truck and medium truck tyres, has appointed Warwick-based Silverline International as its official UK distributor. The brand targets after market sales through wide compatibility and affordable pricing.

Silverline International has been in business for over 20 years, specialising in the supply of UHP and SUV wheels and tyres. The distributor’s concentration on this area of the market is particularly fitting to Mastercraft, as the brand itself possess a highly-acclaimed 4×4 range. Mastercraft sales manager, Andy Harris, said: “Silverline International is one of the leading independent tyre businesses in the country and we’re delighted that they are representing the Mastercraft brand.”

8th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

BCIT Seeking European Partners for Sunew, Yellow Sea Brands

Beijing based Best Choice International Trade Co. has a presence in more than a hundred countries, and in its 13 years of business has grown into a company with an annual turnover exceeding US$40 million. At the Reifen Essen show T&A met with BCIT’s European representative, Andro Yan.

“One of the major events for us at the Reifen show is promoting our new Sunew brand,” he commented. The Sunew line-up, manufactured by the Qingdao Rubber (Group) Co., Ltd and first released last year, has initially been made available as a UHP range; 29 sizes for rim diameters between 16 and 21-inch have to date been released. According to Mr. Yan, this line-up will soon be joined by 4×4 and winter tyre ranges, and BCIT is eager to increase the brand’s profile in this part of the world. At present the company is looking for European partners, in all regions, for the Sunew product. “An introduction date for the new brand is dependent on partners, but a 2008 launch is possible,” he says.

4th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors