Garage Tools
With the advancements in technology accelerating fast, the market can expect several new and revolutionary products to be available in the near future, all these developments are aimed at improving and making workshops more efficient, more profitable, whilst making all the equipment interact and be simpler to operate.
Chicago Pneumatic has announced plans to premier new range of cordless tools for the vehicle service industry at SEMA 2014. Visitors to the booth will be able to try the tools and see first-hand just how powerful and easy to use they are. The company is also previewing its workshop equipment range, which will be available in 2015, as well as showcasing new tools in its pneumatic range of impact wrenches.
Netherlands-based Techno Marketing Group (TMG) has moved to new premises. Earlier this year TMG relocated its base and associated distribution centre to a new ‘all purpose’ site in Roosendaal. According to the company, the new site incorporates a carefully planned and spacious office area with an adjacent product showroom specially designed to also act as a customer training centre.
It is now over two decades since US-based Gaither Tool Company launched a European division. Back in the 1990’s Gaither offered just two products whilst currently there are up to 30 pieces of equipment available in the company’s brand portfolio, underlining the growth of the company’s product portfolio.
Netherlands based Gaither Europe will exhibit its new 38-litre bead booster at this year’s Automechanika Show in Frankfurt (Hall 8 D04). Known as the ‘Bazooka Big Booster’, the model extends the Bead Bazooka range’s capabilities to even larger tyres, including the agricultural market.
Gaither Tool’s new corporate imagery made its European debut at Reifen 2014, with the Jacksonville, Illinois company’s European office also showcasing the all-new XL Smart Cart and extended Bazooka product range.
Gaither Europe will exhibit its latest garage tools from Reifen 2014’s Hall 1 Stand 1C25. While previous years have featured the eye and ear-catching presence of new models of the Bead Bazooka, Gaither will come to Reifen having just launched its latest assistive mounting system.
Lisburn, Northern Ireland based Tech Europe will showcase its current product range, as well as new products and innovations from Hall 11, Stand C15 in its . The company says it will include developments in TPMS, including the T-Pro programmable sensor and the new VT56 Diagnostic tool from ATEQ, as well as a TPMS e-commerce solution, retreading and OTR repairing materials, an online portfolio of Tech tyre repairs and wheel service solutions, the Pang Industrial range, RFID technology, and a new range of mounting pastes and hand-cleaners.
Commercial and OTR tyre service equipment manufacturer Esco has launched a new tyre runout gauge.
Garage equipment specialist Trade Garage Equipment Limited has been appointed exclusive distributor for Europe’s leading extraction and de-polluting system manufacturers SACATEC.
Based in France, SACATEC has designed and manufactured a comprehensive range of systems for more than 50 years; Thomas Galtie of SACATEC explains how the association with ‘Trade’ developed.
The Vehicle Operator Services Agency’s (VOSA) revelation that the number of MOT tests peak in March and September should be no surprise to many Tyrepress readers. These months coincide with the introduction of new vehicle registration letters. The agency has also taken the opportunity to note the parts of a car most likely to attract MOT failures, while advising on how the new 2013 regulations, introduced on 20 March, are affecting test results six months on.
Autoparts has announced two new appointments: Paul Rooney is its new product manager and Graham Montgomerie will take charge of the Kilmarnock branch. The former was promoted from roles within the company, while Montgomerie takes up his new role having moved from Arnold Clark.
Bosch Automotive Service Solutions has entered into a US market distribution partnership with Myers Tire Supply. Under the agreement, Myers Tire Supply will carry the Bosch Wheel Service equipment range, including a full line of wheel balancers, tyre changers and brake lathes, through its national distribution network.
Chicago Pneumatic has introduced the CP7769 series air impact wrench, billed as “the most powerful impact wrench in its class and the only ¾” impact wrench to offer the side-to-side (S2S) single-hand forward/reverse switching.” It is designed for heavy vehicle mechanical repair and Maintenance Repair Operations (M.R.O.).
The world's largest transit agency has awarded a vehicle lift contract for 570 mobile columns to Rotary Lift. The manufacturer delivered the first set of lifts and provided training this week.
The American based transit agency conducted an exhaustive trial of the Rotary Lift mobile column lift side by side with two of its toughest competitors over 90 days, with testing taking place under real-world conditions at two different transit facilities that operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At the end of the gruelling test period, the Rotary column lifts came out on top and was chosen for its easy operation, superior performance, low user cost and low maintenance costs over time.
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