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25-Year Colleagues Open New Gloucester Tyre Retailer

Former Ebley Tyre and ProTyre colleagues John Price and Chris Mullins have resumed a working relationship spanning almost 25 years by joining forces to open a new tyre retail centre in the heart of Gloucester’s busy commercial centre. The new venture, Chris Mullins Tyres, is a £250,000 investment in a 5000 sq ft centre specialising in car, motorcycle, 4×4 and van tyres on the city’s Bristol Road, a few hundred yards from the ProTyre centre which Mullins managed for 10 years.

The pair first met while working for the west country independent group Ebley Tyres in 1985 and their career paths ran in parallel when both moved on to ProTyre in the late 1990s. Price owned and managed centres in Gloucester, Bristol and Alcester before selling his interests in the company in early 2006, while Mullins looked after the flagship centre in Gloucester until late last year.

2nd June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapleton’s Boast Own Brand HP Tyre and Nexen Exclusivity

Stapleton’s offers a substantial range of high performance tyres including its own brand Prestivo and tyres from the manufacturer Nexen, from whom it holds distribution exclusivity. Prestivo, Stapleton’s own brand range of tyres, is positioned as a quality mid-range tyre. The brand will be available in new sizes and tread patterns later in the year. The range is available exclusively to members of Stapleton’s Prestivo Partners scheme and ensures all retailers receive the backing and support they need to maximise sales of Prestivo tyres. Stapleton’s other exclusive high performance brand is Nexen. The range is available in more than 140 patterns and sizes, ranging from family to high performance cars.

Describing the Prestivo 2000, Stapleton’s trading director, Steve Parker, said, ”The Prestivo 2000 gives a sense of assurance. This performance tyre provides a smooth and comfortable ride. It offers confidence across all road conditions with longevity.” On the Sport iteration of the series, he commented: “The Prestivo Sport offers true driving pleasure. You can feel reliable acceleration, braking and cornering in everyday driving. Aggregated and advanced technology gives this tyre sport and comfort performance.”

11th May 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

BITS Presents Regal and Roadstone Private Brands

Tyre wholesaler BITS ships its private brands Regal – manufactured in South Africa by Dunlop Tyres at its plants in Durban and Ladysmith – and Roadstone – made in Korea by the Nexen Tyre Corporation – from the company’s seven depots across the UK. Each brand contains a wide range of patterns for a number of applications: Regal has a UHP product, a TR-rated passenger tyre and a van tyre, while the Roadstone range features many off-road options, in addition to its road-going tyres.

Dunlop Tyres in South Africa, manufacturer of the Regal brand, is part of the Apollo Group, the Indian Manufacturer. BITS says that the whole range meets the E-Marking, DOT and INMETRO ratings. The flagship of the range is the Premium Comfort, which aims for quiet performance alongside superior handling. The Regal stable also includes a van tyre manufactured with a “Shield” breaker, which provides improved puncture resistance and offers long tread life. The range is completed by the RST 220 manufactured in TR rating and offering excellent wet and dry handling and long mileage. Regal can be ordered exclusively from the sole UK distributor, BITS.

1st April 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapleton’s Exclusive and Private Brands ‘Lead the Way’

As one of the largest distributors of passenger car tyres in the UK, Stapleton’s claims to be “leading the way” when it comes to private brands. The company offers a range of private and exclusive brands and offers dealer support packages that reward customer loyalty.

Prestivo, Stapleton’s own brand range of tyres, is positioned as a quality mid-range tyre and. According to company representatives, new sizes and tread patterns are scheduled for release later in the year. The range is available exclusively to members of Stapleton’s Prestivo Partners scheme, which offers dealer support including: exclusivity, attractive rebates, branded clothing, not to mention posters, POS material and other branded support items.

23rd March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen Adds Touring Tyre

Nexen Tire USA has added the CP672 to its passenger tyre line-up. Nexen said the touring tyre “was designed for mainstream drivers with comfort and performance in mind.” The all-season CP672 will be available in 14- to 17-inch sizes covering 50-65 series. The non-directional tread tyre has a UTQG of 500AA. (Tire Review/Akron)

5th March 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapleton’s Supplying 4×4 Tyres to Suit Every Pocket

As one of the largest distributors of passenger car tyres in the UK, Stapleton’s says it attempts to ensure it has a tyre suitable for every retailer and in every price bracket. In the 4×4 and SUV tyre segment the company accommodates retailer requirements by stocking all major brands.

Of late, 4x4s have found themselves on the wrong end of new tax policy, and this combined with the credit crunch and high fuel prices, has affected the already above average running costs associated with this type of vehicle. Some consumers now feel the need to more closely monitor their spending and make savings of their purchases. To make sure it can help tyre retailers faced with this situation, Stapleton’s says that its wide 4×4 rage includes both premium and more price oriented products.

13th February 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen Unveils 15 Series Tyre

Nexen Tire has released details of its new 15 series UHP N3000 tyre following the company’s development of Nano technology and 20 series tyres in previous years. The company believes that its new technology will provide an ideal tyre option for current sports cars. The tyre equals the record for the lowest profile tyre on the market, a feat set by Kumho with its Ecsta SPT.

12th December 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Analysts: Slowdown May Cause Russian Tyremaker Growth

Following several years of consistent sales increases, full year 2008 figures may hit show a drop in Russian passenger car tyre sales by value. The profitable premium segment, which is dominated by non-Russian premium manufacturers, is expected to be the first to feel the pinch. On the other hand, the share of the market occupied by budget products is likely to increase, and some sources predict that Chinese and Korean tyre sales will be replaced by domestic Russian tyre makers’ products.

19th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Deldo Offers “Interesting” Private Brands Winter Range

One of Europe’s leading distributors of winter tyres, Belgian wholesaler Deldo is offering a catalogue of 25 brands, detailing its complete product range of premium and private labels. The company already delivers to around 10,000 clients throughout Europe, and will this winter hope to increase that number by offering what the company calls an “interesting mix” in its budget label line-up.

Thanks to experience gained over many years importing tyres from Asia, Deldo is able to offer several attractive product lines. Minerva is a long-established brand name, and was introduced in 1992 as a private label. From this year Minerva is being produced by two new manufacturers, offering approximately 15 new sizes. With Rockstone (Deldo’s new exclusive brand for Europe) the budget segment has been further extended. Thanks to the introduction of the new CP-661 Roadstone (Nexen) pattern, 15 new sizes have been added to Nexen’s (already) large size range.

27th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapleton’s Leads Way With Private Brands

Prestivo, Stapleton’s own brand range of tyres, plays a leading role in the UK private brand segment, according company representatives. Positioned as a quality mid-range tyre, Prestivo is said to offer high performance characteristics and comes in two tread patterns, Prestivo 2000 and Prestivo Sport.

The Prestivo 2000 range offers 35 tyre sizes and the Sport range is available in 21. Both ranges are available exclusively to members of Stapleton’s Prestivo Partners scheme which ensures all retailers receive the backing and support they need to maximise sales of Prestivo Tyres. The scheme offers exclusivity, attractive rebates, branded clothing, in-store support including posters, POS materials and other branded support items.

11th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen “Providing Safety, Stable Driving All Around Europe”

Nexen Tyre, a company at the forefront of the Korean winter tyre market, believes that it has the overseas reputation not only for the company’s popular non-winter tyres, but also for its winter tyres.

The Korean company is attempting to penetrate Europe’s winter tyre market with its Euro-Win, Winguard, Winguard-SUV and Winguard 231 lines. The firm is also announcing for this season its brand new ultra-high performance winter tyre called the Winguard Sport, which, the company claims, “is ready to be the first runner of the premium UHP winter tyre both in the domestic and overseas tyre markets.”

4th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Remoulding Truck Tyres with Insa Turbo

Hall Six’s Booth 307 at Reifen 2008 housed Industrias del Neumatico, S.A.U. from Aspe (Alicante) Spain, who were presenting their new Insa Turbo hot remoulded truck tyres, 4X4 off road tyres and winter car tyres. Also this year, the company exhibited their own private brand Rodatec, which is available in sizes between 15” and 19” and is manufactured by Nexen tyres.

The Spanish company’s focus for the future will be trained on Insa Turbo off road tyres and truck tyres to a large extent, with many new models due for release soon. The firm owns 70 workshops and their wholesale distribution covers all of Spain. However, over 60 percent of tyre production is exported to over 30 countries throughout the world.

9th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen Goes Nano

International News, Product News

On 1 May, Nexen Tire Corporation opened a branch office in Germany (Nexen Tyre Europe GmbH) and is reportedly in the process of scouting tyre specialists with more than 20 years experience to enhance the company’s marketing in Germany. In addition to the company’s existing UK branch, Nexen plans to open more offices in Spain, Italy, and France to expand its European sales network. Nexen Tyre Europe GmbH is being described as “the centre of Europe” for the Korean manufacturer. From here the company plans to execute localised marketing strategies in order to support European customer service.

3rd July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen Driver top Drifter 2008

James Deane, the Nexen-sponsored Prodrift driver has reached the top spot in the 2008 Prodrift European Series standings following a win at Mondello Park in Ireland in April. The first Prodrift meeting of the series, James’s win makes it a double success for sponsor Nexen as last year’s sponsored driver Eric O’Sullivan won the 2007 event in Ireland. Stapleton’s is supporting the Prodrift team by supplying tyres from the Nexen N3000 range and will continue to support the drivers throughout the programme as it progresses through Europe.

27th May 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Half of Tyrexpo Asia’09 Stand Space Already Sold

Exhibitors have snapped up more 50 per cent of the floor space at next year’s Tyrexpo Asia show despite there being 11 months to go before the event opens its doors at the Singapore Expo Centre, between 24-26 March 2009. As well as the early commitment to taking space, ECI also report that companies are generally taking larger stands to promote their products and services than at previous shows.

According to organisers ECI International, the strong demand for space has justified the decision to bring the show forward from its traditional scheduling in September. Sales director Rowena Suthers said: “We have been delighted by the response which has already seen dozens of companies commit themselves to the event. We brought the show forward by six months to create more space in the calendar for our exhibitors and the reaction so far has backed this decision decisively.”

14th May 2008/by Tyrepress Editors