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Thorite opens West Midlands branch

Thorite has expanded its sales territory into the West Midlands with the opening of a new sales and service centre in Brierley Hill, near Dudley. Trading under the name LL Fluid Power – a wholly owned division of Thorite, the new centre reportedly provides full service and support facilities. Thorite prides itself on being the UK’s only complete compressed air, pneumatics and process specialist and is an official distributor for well over 200 major fluid power manufacturers, including Norgren, SMC, Festo, Parker, Burkert, Aro and Piab, the bulk of whose products are available on next day delivery.

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Thorite downloadable publication

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Compressed air products and process systems distributor Thorite, has launched the Winter 2011-12 copy of its popular Air Power publication, featuring top quality products at the lowest prices – and it is now available to download from the Thorite website.

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BeeBee joins Trade Garage Equipment Group

BeeBee Garage Equipment are the latest recruits to the expanding Trade Garage Equipment Group. BeeBee is aiming to become the key player in the garage and MOT equipment market in the Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex areas. Sales & Service Manager of BeeBee Garage Equipment Nigel Clarke, explained the reason for joining the group. "We at BeeBee have been impressed by the way the Trade Garage Equipment Group have grown and established themselves as the leading players in the UK garage equipment market. We like the way they operate with national coverage but with a local service; this fits in perfectly with the way we do business and we see a great opportunity to benefit from the wide experience and expertise of the group members.

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CES classic car rally brings crowds to Chester

Car parts distributor CES (UK) has held a classic car event on the streets of its hometown Chester. Car enthusiasts and shoppers were able to view a spectacular display of cars from the CES-sponsored Winter Challenge Rally lining the city centre. More than 70 cars were on show ahead of the four day rally to Monte Carlo, while their drivers, dressed in period costume, answered questions from the gathered crowds. CES says the rally was a great opportunity to showcase its brand and give a little boost to the local economy.

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Raw Tyres wins £8,995 alignment prize

HiQ branch Raw Tyres in Pontefract has won a Hunter HawkEye ‘Special’ imaging aligner worth £8,995 in a competition organised by wheel alignment specialists Pro-Align. The winning workshop was one of 251 from across the UK that entered Pro-Align’s online competition as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations.

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Solideal UK celebrates 20th anniversary

Solideal UK has marked its 20th year anniversary by opening a service centre in Birmingham, the company’s 15th outlet. Hoping to tap into a wealth of opportunity in the area, Solideal UK, which specialises in tyres for fork lift trucks, has recently signed a three-year lease for a 1,626 square foot unit on SEGRO’s Kings Norton Business Centre (KNBC).

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SIP launches ‘Big Winter Sale’ event

Leicestershire based tool and equipment distributor SIP Industrial Products Limited recently launched its 'Big Winter Sale Event' which incorporates significant discounts on over 400 SIP branded products for many market sectors including the automotive sector.

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New HQ and support team for Trade Group

With sales exceeding forecast this year, The Trade Group has opened a new warehouse and headquarters building at Shepshed near Loughborough and in support, a new Trade Garage Equipment Limited sales, technical, administration and warehouse team will be in installed from the 1st October to meet the increased demand.

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H2 acquiring controlling stake in Unipart

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H2 Equity Partners has announced plans to acquire a controlling stake in Unipart Automotive, the UK’s largest independent supplier of car parts, workshop consumables and garage equipment. Unipart Automotive is currently owned by Unipart Group. The agreement, which is expected to be concluded shortly, sees H2 Equity Partners taking majority ownership in the UK operation. Unipart Group will hold onto 49.9 per cent. Patrick Kalverboer, managing partner at H2, will become executive chairman of the new company.

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Ayce Systems embarks on a UK roadshow

Yorkshire-based Ayce Systems, a leading manufacturer and supplier of SMART Repair Systems, has taken to the road with a new demonstration vehicle which is now available to showcase the company’s products anywhere in the country.

The VW Crafter long wheel base, high top van is fully kitted out with the very latest Ayce Alloy Wheel Refurbishment equipment including their quick cure UV Oven, the WheelRite all-in-one alloy wheel refurbishment machine which incorporates everything needed to repair and polish kerbed, scratched and corroded alloy wheels in one single unit and the WheelRite Paint Booth with four stage filtration. The van also carries their high quality smart repair systems for paint, bumpers, interiors and glass repair.

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Ramrod launches new safety cage

Ramrod-manufacturing, the UK based manufacturer of CV Tyre tools and safety equipment has launched the new Tire-safe safety inflation cage and the re-launch and re-brand of its range of associated workshop tools and safety devices.

The Tire-safe cage represents the newest product in the evolving Ramrod portfolio of truck and CV tyre equipment, which also includes the All-rim bead breaker and adaptor bar, the Hub-lift safe jacking point and the Wheel-riter rim and tyre lifting aid.

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Tyre & Aftermarket Equipment Supplier of the Year

Two new companies – Autogem Motor Concepts and Euro Car Parts join three regular finalists in this category, with those three being Apaseal, Harvie Tyres and Rema Tip Top Automotive. This category has seen a number of different winners over the years – will there be another new name for 2011?

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Trade Group golf day goes with a swing

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The Directors of Trade Garage Equipment Limited, the garage equipment specialists, recently hosted their 2011 Golf Day at the superbly appointed Lingdale Golf Club, near Loughborough. Joining The Trade Group in celebrating a successful year's business together were their key supply partners including Rotary Lift, Maha, Permex, SPX, Alentec Orion and Hofmann Megaplan, amongst many others.

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RL Automotive markets TAC-Scan at CV Show

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With the cost of fuel only going one way, how tyres are managed is becoming increasingly more important. That’s why RL Automotive was showing its TAC-Scan laser-based tyre wear diagnostic equipment at April’s CV Show. According to the company, tyre wear diagnostic equipment has been left behind in the tide of new technology as it is largely still done manually, which not only effects accuracy but also makes readings subjective.

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