The next International Tyre Club event will be held at the ultra-modern Warsaw Inter Continental Hotel between 29 – 31 March 2006. Recent ITC events have been held in Prague, Budapest and most recently, in Lisbon.
Bridgestone Sports has become an official sponsor of the World Golf Championships for 2005. The agreement will allow Bridgestone to advertise and benefit from on-site relationship building around each of the three remaining 2005 World Golf Championships events.
Additionally, Bridgestone gains the right to promote its official sponsor status in all of its advertising.
“We are pleased to announce Bridgestone’s new role as an official sponsor of the World Golf Championships,” said PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem on behalf of the International Federation of PGA Tours. “We look forward to a long-term relationship with Bridgestone and hope that it will grow over time.”
Hisashi Kawano, the president of Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd, commented: “We are honored to enter into this relationship with the World Golf Championships. The World Golf Championships is a highly regarded international series of events that fits perfectly with the international nature of the Bridgestone family of brands.”
National BEN Week raised over £18,000 for our less fortunate colleagues last year, thanks to the ‘£99 for 99 years’ campaign that the charity adopted. Hundreds of industry members took part by holding their own fundraising activities ranging from raffles and dress down days to cycle rides and other sponsored events. This year, to celebrate a century of care and support for the automotive and related industries, BEN will be bringing back the campaign but re branding it as ‘£100 for 100 years’ for National BEN Week, which runs from 18-24th July (inclusive of BEN’s actual birthday, 19th July).
BEN wants even more industry members to get behind the campaign this year and raise a minimum of £100, either by holding a fundraising event or simply by sending in a donation, so that we can reach our target of £100,000 for BEN’s 100th birthday. However, as fundraising can be quite daunting, BEN has put together a fundraising pack, a comprehensive guide to planning and putting on events, sponsored activities and other fundraisers. Included in the pack are items such as the A-Z of fundraising, which is full of interesting ways to raise money, legal information and even posters and press release templates.
The date for this year’s BRMA Rubber Industry Dinner has been released. It will again be held at the Hanover International Hotel, Hinckley, Leicestershire on 14 October.
This year’s event will have a ‘Vegas’ feel, which will include live cabaret, a raffle, dancing, and casino tables.
The BRMA warn that there are only a limited number of events available for sponsorship this year and encourage companies to come forward and support the event.
The NTDA has announced that it will be staging several events alongside the Brityrex exhibition.
As well as holding its Update Conference the day before the show the association has organised a dinner on the night of the conference which will be attended by conference delegates and many of the Brityrex exhibitors. A guest speaker is due to be announced in the coming weeks.
One of the biggest events in the agricultural community’s calendar is the Smithfield show. The exhibition’s organisers say that the show aims to respond to the needs of the ever evolving farming industry, by providing a number of new and exciting initiatives designed to advise and enlighten those involved. This year’s show attracted a farming audience of nearly 44,000. Tyres & Accessories was also present amongst the livestock and the potato sorting machinery, reporting on developments in the world of agricultural tyres.
A number of competitions took place at the show including the Smithfield New Machinery Award, which was won by Richard Larrington of Boston, Lincolnshire, for his ingenious Potato loading machine. Michelin also won an award. This year the French tyre manufacturer picked up the gold award for consistent commitment to agricultural machinery. According to the company, this one will be added to the silver RASE award it won for the CargoXbib at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh.
Following a successful second day the UK team, Emmie Gribble and Richard Jackson, were involved in a car accident on the Alaska Highway. Travelling back to their base in Whitehorse from the Kanu-Downhill Carcross Desert, their Toyota RAV4 was involved in a collision with another vehicle. After being taken to hospital Richard Jackson was released after a check up. Emmie Gribble however was less fortunate. She remains in hospital with a broken arm and rib, and a lacerated lung. Doctors say she is doing fine.
More than 110 exhibitors have confirmed their participation in the 2005 Tire Technology Expo. The exhibition, running from 22 – 24 February in Cologne, will feature session from leading industry experts. According to show organisers UKIP, the show is largest event of its kind in Europe and will bring together over 100 experts from internationally recognised research institutes and centres of excellence to present on a range of “hot topics.”
Subject matter will include materials, the intelligent tyre, modelling and simulation techniques and the latest developments in polymer technology. Speakers include Frank Feher of Goodyear Chemicals, Bridgestone’s Shoji Oida and John Bullas from the University of Southampton.
“This years show is the biggest in the event’s history, with more high quality exhibitors and visitors registered than ever before,” says Tony Robinson CEO of UKIP Media & Events. “Professional visitors from around the world will be able to see the newest technologies on display and exchange the latest information and opinions on the significant changes within tire technology at the intensive three-day conference. We’re looking forward to a really stimulating and fantastic show.”
The search continues to find the top British garage technician of the automotive aftermarket. There is less than one month left to nominate candidates for the award and judges are looking for a technician with the right skills, knowledge and attitude to approach any job.
Citroën’s 2004 World Rally Championship winner, Sébastien Loeb achieved a record equalling 6th rally victory, in Australia this weekend, in what was the year’s final event.
The original record, which was established by Loeb’s fellow Frenchman, Didier Auriol, has stood for 10 years. Sébastien took control of the Telstra Rally Australia, on day two of the three day event. With a total of 13 stage wins, more than double any other competitor, Sébastien Loeb and the Citroën team showed their determination to finish the season as they had started – at the top of the podium.
The SMMT is describing Automechanika 2004 as “another success for British exhibitors.
Taking what the company describes as a “brand new approach,” Goodyear commissioned the UK’s first HydraZorbs to mark the launch of its HydraGrip tyre.
Plans for a new UK based European trade show have been announced by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT); the UK’s trade association for the bus, coach and light rail industry. Euro Bus Expo is scheduled to take place for the first time on 7-9 November 2006, at the NEC Birmingham.
Expo Management, will support the organisation of the trade event, which the company says is designed to build on the success of the Coach & Bus show brand, the existing biennial event for the UK industry.
As the third largest market for road based public transport vehicles in Europe, the events UK location should work well to attract international exhibitors and visitors.
SmarTire Systems has embarked on a new marketing programme that will see it participating in leading industry trade shows in North America and Europe. The company intends to showcase its product line of tyre monitoring systems in conjunction with its distributors and dealers at various international events.
The company has already made its exhibition debut at an event sponsored by the Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA). The 72nd International Convention was held in Redmond, Oregon and attracted 20,000 attendees in more than 4,500 motor homes from the North American recreational vehicle market.
John Taylor-Wilson, VP Sales and Marketing, SmarTire Systems Inc, said: “SmarTire is exhibiting its innovative tyre monitoring products at the most successful trade shows in North America and Europe this fall. These trade fairs have evolved into international marketing events that play an invaluable role in expanding new product awareness and achieving sales performance.”
Next on the company’s list are Intermot and Automechanika, both scheduled to be held mid September in Germany.
The internationally renowned exhibition, Automechanika, will take place in Shanghai for the first time this year. Companies from 18 countries have already booked floor-space in the Shanghai New International Expo Center, where Automechanika will be held on 2-4 December 2004. According to the organisers the exhibition will be supported by an abundant schedule of events and seminars. The Automechanika Shanghai is regarded as a “strong international meeting point for the automobile industry,” say the organisers from Messe Frankfurt.
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