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Bike Tyrestore Sees Increase in Online Ordering

Increasingly, observes Birmingham-based wholesaler, Bike Tyrestore, customers are registering for access to their online enquiry and order service, at ‘YOUR Online Warehouse’, where pricing and stock can be viewed, and orders placed at any time. “With 75 per cent of BTS customers now using this facility, they reckon it is certainly the way forward!” says BTS joint-MD Peter Smith. The company also offers a freephone number, over which the customer service team is on hand to provide support, and take orders, for next day delivery, up to 17:45 on Monday to Friday.

1st October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin, Goodyear Top Online Brands in 2009

Online Brand Equity

The latest Tyres & Accessories online brand equity survey analysis shows that, for the fifth straight year, Michelin is the most prominent online tyre brand by a significant margin. Michelin also came top in the sentiment index, which deducts negative mentions from the overall total. Despite it being the third year running that Michelin has attained the position of being both the most positively-referenced brand and the most prominent brand overall, it is worth noting that the margin of its lead has somewhat decreased compared with 2008. The top six most prominent brands remain the same as observed in the past four years, though with Dunlop dropping from third place in 2008 to fifth place in 2009. There remains a significant drop in relative prominence between the top six brands and the remainder, with the rankings of the bottom three brands remaining unchanged.

1st October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

BMTR Celebrates 90 Years, But is it the Oldest Tyre Dealer in the UK?

Although recent years have been challenging for the UK automotive industry, Birmingham remains a city steeped in automotive heritage. And, in the midst of some high profile casualties in recent years, BMTR says it is going from strength to strength and this year celebrates its 90th anniversary. The company clearly has some history, but is it the oldest in Britain? In order to find out, and in celebration of BMTR’s 90th anniversary, Pirelli Tyres UK exclusively through Tyres & Accessories is offering a case (that’s 12 bottles) of fine wine to any tyre dealer or wholesaler that can prove they are the oldest in the business.

25th September 2009/by Chris

Transense Technologies to Supply Goodyear With Inspection Tools

Transense has entered into a supply agreement with Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK for its tyre tread depth and pressure field inspection kit. According to the company, this represents “a significant order for Translogik”, the company's sales subsdiary. Goodyear will now deploy these kits as part of its new fleet management system. The system will provide its customer fleets with real-time mobile data capture and transmission capabilities. The announcement follows the success of the recent pilot programme, a full UK launch is scheduled to commence later this year, followed by a Europe wide deployment throughout 2010.

25th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Looks for Centenary Info

Next year Birmingham-based Dunlop Aircraft Tyres will celebrate its centenary and, with this in mind the company, it’s looking for help to bring back memories of its history. Dunlop Aircraft Tyres will celebrate its centenary with the publication of a book about the great history of the company. “Our book will be one of the focal points of our centenary celebrations,” said Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ chairman, Ian Edmondson.

“To make sure that we capture everything from our great history, we are looking for people to help with memories, information or contacts and photographs that we can include – either about the firm itself or its place historically within the larger Dunlop/BTR organisation.

24th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan to Purchase Goodyear European Agri Assets

Titan International has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Goodyear Tire & Rubber to purchase certain farm tyre assets, including the Goodyear Dunlop Tires France (GDTF) Amiens North factory. The agreement is subject to the French Goodyear operation’s “satisfactory completion” of a social plan related to consumer tyre activity at the Amiens North facility, along with completion of due diligence, a definitive acquisition agreement and other standard acquisition approval requirements.

24th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

TIF ‘Question Time’ Prefaces NTDA Dinner and TAFF Awards

The TIF’s first Seminar, including representatives from every section of the UK tyre industry, is taking place today, as Tyrepress.com posts this very story. Present on the panel, which will be taking questions from the floor, for the event will be:

23rd September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandvulc Aims to Double Fulda’s UK Truck Tyre Share

Bandvulc Group, the Devon-based retreading and fleet servicing operation, is aiming to significantly increase Fulda brand truck tyre sales in the UK. Speaking at the company’s Fulda-brand launch event at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground yesterday (17 September), Bandvulc managing director Patrick O’Connell explained that the company has already equalled the Goodyear Dunlop group brand’s 2008 UK sales volume. Starting as they mean to go on, the company reported that it has already transferred the Tesco fleet's doubledeck OE onto Fulda new tyres.

18th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Auto Express Publishes Annual Top Tyre Sellers Test

This week’s Auto Express contains the results of the automotive weekly’s annual product test for 12 of the United Kingdom’s top-selling tyres. With less than 2 percentage points separating the top seven products in the overall rankings, it is fair to say that standards were high when tests were carried out at Continental’s Uvalde, Texas testing facility, but it was Conti’s PremiumContact 2 (speed rated H) and Goodyear’s OptiGrip (V) that led the way in first and second place. However, Auto Express mentions several times throughout the article, which appears on pages 39-48 of the 9-15 September, 2009 issue, that each tyre had its strengths in different categories, presenting percentage-based rankings for each category.

9th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Pioneers BTCC RFID First

All tyres on HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) cars are now automatically scanned as the cars drive into the pit lane, in what tyremaker Dunlop says is a world first. This technology ensures that each car is using the correct and allocated tyres at all times.

The scanning is achieved by a miniature Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag embedded inside every tyre allocated to every car. The tag – just one centimetre in length – enables officials from computer systems firm Datalinx, which has been central to the development of the technology, to track every tyre from production and allocation to each team right back to their return to Dunlop for recycling.

4th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Zimbabwe Fast Fit Chain to Reopen Branches

International News

In September Zimbabwe’s National Tyre Services will reopen the outlets and a factory that had closed due to business conditions. At the company’s Annual General Meeting, CEO Cleophas Makoni told shareholders that the 35.05 per cent Apollo Tyres South Africa owned company will "roll out and revitalise our branch network. We have enough stock and we are in a position to meet the demand."

21st August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Todd Hershberger Named Hankook Sales VP

Hankook Tire has appointed Todd Hershberger as its new vice president of sales and marketing in the USA.

13th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Ruia Group Toys with European Acquisitions

The lights may still be out and the machinery standing idle at Dunlop India’s Sahaganj factory, but this isn’t stopping parent company the Ruia Group from eyeing up new acquisitions further afield. The Indian conglomerate is reportedly in “an advanced stage of talks” regarding the purchase of a European sealing systems company.

6th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

10mm of Toe Out Could Cost £200 a Farm Tyre

In order to witness the benefits of wheel alignment in action, Goodyear recently invited Tyres & Accessories to see a demonstration of tractor wheel alignment technology at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire. Over the years Goodyear Dunlop has developed a long-term partnership with Harper Adams and is therefore able to use this leading agricultural educational establishment’s specialist facilities (which include an off-road test track and specialised covered and open test ploughing fields) from time to time with which the company.

During the demonstration Jason Hoare, part of the technical support/sales team within Goodyear UK’s agricultural tyre department, stressed that being just 14 millimetres out of alignment (a measurement that is dwarfed by the size of your average tractor – and that has been known to be found on brand new vehicles) can reduce tyre life by 33 per cent and absorb nearly six horse power when travelling at 50 km/h.

29th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Superbrands Survey Acknowledges Top Industry Marques

Product News, UK News

Superbrands has released its 2009 Superbrands and Business Superbrands survey results, and several familiar names appear in the respective top 500 lists this year. Tyre manufacturer Michelin appears in the 88th spot and Pirelli at number 154. The trio of tyre Superbrands is rounded off by Dunlop, occupying the 265th position this year.

Business Superbrands – which began in 1995 – lists the UK’s strongest business-to-business brands as voted for by independent experts on the Business Superbrands Council and more than 1,500 individual business professionals from across the country. Our three tyre Superbrands were also present in this category – Michelin in eighth spot, Pirelli at number 20 and Dunlop at 53. They are joined by Bridgestone in the 54th spot and Snap-on Tools at 193.

28th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors