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Klarius Buys Quinton Hazell

On the 2 February 2010, automotive aftermarket manufacturing and distribution business Klarius completed the purchase of the Quinton Hazell automotive group (QH) from US-based Affinia. Quinton Hazell is headquartered in Leicester, England, with strong manufacturing and distribution assets in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The purchase brings a wide range of well known automotive aftermarket and OEM brands together, combining extensive manufacturing resources from both companies with global sales and distribution networks, boosting the group’s annual turnover to over £350 million. According to Klarius, further acquisitions, which should the group’s turnover pass half a billion euros, are planned.

3rd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

NETE Driver "Student of the Year"

Sixty drivers for North Eastern Tyre and Exhausts (NETE) are celebrating achieving top marks in an accredited qualification. As part of its commitment to staff development, senior management at NETE invited the group to complete an NVQ Level 2 in Delivery and Carrying Goods. And, with a 100 per cent pass rate, every one of the 60 drivers who took part in the course, has good reason to celebrate – but perhaps none more so than Steve Martin, who, at an award ceremony recognising the achievements of Gateshead College students completing NVQs, was awarded Student of the Year in his category.

“Student of the Year”

2nd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ Opens £2 million Tyre Centre in Leeds

HiQ franchisee North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts opened a new £2 million fast fit centre in Leeds at the end of 2009. HiQ representatives called the one-acre development “the best of its kind in Europe.” Stocking 20,000 tyres, featuring 12 bays and boasting some of the most modern vehicle diagnostic equipment in the country, the HiQ centre in Gelderd Road aims to alter age-old perceptions of fast fit centres and remove the fear associated with visiting them. The new site will create eight jobs.

1st February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

First Stop Dealers Rewarded for Customer Service in 2009

Several First Stop tyre centres have been rewarded with everything from free laptops to a trip to the Ferrari F1 factory as part of group’s business development programme (BDP). First Stop, Bridgestone’s tyre service network, worked with its centres throughout 2009 to monitor standards of service and identify how each one could improve: “We’ve looked at everything from general helpfulness to efficiency in dealing with enquiries to ensure every First Stop member is up to standard and support is offered where required,” company representatives told T&A.

18th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyrespot Picks MAM

Tyrespot Ltd. is now using its Autopart management software to control its multi-branch tyre wholesale and retail autocentre operations. Tyrespot is a long established, well respected name among UK tyre independents. It is one of the country's leading regional distribution companies, with ten locations across northeast England. Its wholesale operation supplies tyres from a stock of over 60,000 as well as batteries and exhausts, via an express delivery service.

Alan Tippin, Director and General Manager at Tyrespot, says: "Our original aim was to convert our existing tyre trade system to a full on-line solution to give us better business control. This changed once we were invited to look at MAM's Autopart software. We were immediately impressed by the strength and depth of the fully-integrated Windows software and were reassured by MAM's pedigree and its experience in the wider automotive aftermarket."

14th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

FPS Adds Klarius Exhausts and CATs to New Glasgow Site

Parts distribution company FPS has opened a new warehouse branch at the Blochairn Industrial Estate in Glasgow to serve Scotland. The new FPS facility officially opened its doors on the 28 September, although the full stocking process took another month to complete. This included the addition of Klarius type-approved exhaust and CAT systems, including over 2,500 exhaust references and 600 CAT references. The additional warehousing has allowed FPS to add these popular, but typically bulky products to the same-day delivery service offered throughout the UK.

13th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

National Opened 6 Branches in 2009, Next Opening: January 2010

National Tyres and Autocare finished 2009 on a positive note with a string of new branch openings and looks to the year ahead with plans for further acquisition and investment as part of the company’s expansion strategy. Despite a tough year all round for the market, National launched a number of new branches throughout the year, including sites in Livingston, Grimsby, Norwich, Selby and Leicester. Further branch openings are on National’s agenda for 2010 with the first, in Wrexham, due to launch at the end of January.

8th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Kwik-Fit Fleet Awarded for Focus on Vehicle Mileage Reduction

Kwik-Fit Fleet has provided a wide range of fast-fit services to the Legal & General company car fleet for more than a decade, and recently the fast-fitter was selected from a number of competing Legal & General suppliers to win the company’s 2009 Supply Chain ‘Make a Difference’ (MAD) Awards. Legal & General also donated £1,000 to Kwik-Fit Fleet’s nominated charity, Rays of Sunshine, which grants wishes to children in the UK between the ages of three and 18 who are living with serious or life-threatening illnesses.

17th December 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Scorpion Launches Audi S3 2.0T Exhaust System

Scorpion has released its latest exhaust design, a cat-back system for the Audi S3 2.0t Quattro model introduced in 2007. While the S3 is already fast car in its original guise, Scorpion believes that the addition of its latest system will noticeably improve mid-range grunt and throttle response, plus give the car the sound that punters want.

30th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts to Turnover £52 million in 2009

After achieving sales of £43 million in full-year 2008 results, North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts (NETE) is on track to achieve a £52 million turnover in 2009. A significant part of this growth can be put down the company’s purchase of 15 HiQ centres late last year in a move that saw the company’s retail footprint grow from eight to 23 depots overnight.

The NETE-owned HiQ stores are now benefiting from a two-year programme of investment, refurbishment and development, with a £2 million rebuild of the Leeds store. Local news reports said the Leeds HiQ store will now “set the new industry standard for Fast Fit centres with a state of the art workshop and customer waiting environment” when it opens its doors to the public on 1 December.

15th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Viking International Making Operational Improvements

Viking International says that it has made a number of positive developments over the last year to streamline efficiency and improve customer service. Kevin Parker was appointed as Group managing director at the start of the year, and has been entrusted with heading the Viking brand as well as retaining responsibility for sister company, National Fleet. Parker believes that the companies have the potential to deliver a fruitful collaborative effort, providing an increased service offering to customers, from wholesale tyres and automotive parts, right the way though to fleet solutions for its dealers.

5th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Etyres Reports Increased Sales Despite Recession

There may be a recession on, but without giving any specific figures away, etyres is reporting year-on-year sales growth in the last 12 months. Combining mobile fitting with a successful website, etyres describes itself as the UK’s first online tyre company. But it’s not just the company that speaks highly of itself, the most recent Plimsoll report into the UK Tyres, Exhausts & Batteries industry said etyres’ sales growth and profit margins “are better than the industry’s largest player.”

Managing director Tony Bowman, commented: “We have put down deep roots in the Internet tyres industry and this has enabled us to grow stronger and faster than our rivals. We began operating as Fleet Mobile Tyres back in 1992, but later recognised the potential to sell to the public through the exciting new market place – the Internet. Everything, from our use of familiar faces, like Eamonn Holmes and Vicki Butler-Henderson, in our videos, to our tyre price comparison chart, is aimed at showing the customer they are in the hands of experts.

1st October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Scorpion Unleashes VW Scirocco Exhaust System

Another recent release from Scorpion is the latest system for the VW Scirocco Tdi. The Midlands based manufacturer chose to produce this particular Scirocco system first due to the strong sales enjoyed by the diesel version of the Volkswagen coupe.

28th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Scorpion Releases Megane 225 System

Thanks to Renaultsport’s involvement, the Renault Megane range contains a number of desirable models. Although they’re all snappy performers ‘out of the box’, Scorpion Exhausts has given owners of the oft-admired 225 models, sold from 2004 onwards, a little more at their disposal when they bring out the ‘heavy foot’.

25th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli to Build Emissions Filter Plant in China

International News, News

In mid-September Pirelli demonstrated its commitment to reducing vehicle emissions in China through the signing of two agreements. On September 15 the Italian firm, along with the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea and China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection signed a protocol agreement on the distribution of diesel vehicle emission reduction technologies in China. Pirelli also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hixih Group to set up a filter manufacturing plant in Shandong Province.

25th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors