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Wheelwright to launch refreshed e-Commerce website

UK wheel firm, Wheelwright has announced a change to its website, on which it will offer “direct from manufacturer” purchasing for the end-user. Transactions made through the site will be fulfilled by Wheelwright dealers, either via post, or in person at the dealer’s premises. The Kent-based firm has spent the last 12 months developing a digital sales solution in conjunction with Shopatron, the US-based software company, making Wheelwright one of the first e-Tailers to use the company’s services. The new system is due to go live on 1 March.

2nd February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Injunction appeal – Bob Jane achieves “moderate” victory

The name Bob Jane has been one of the most recognisable in the Australian tyre trade for several decades. Now the 82 year old former racing driver and founder of the Bob Jane T-Marts fast fit chain faces restrictions on using the name he was born with.

2nd February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Cam offers intelligent dashboard tools

Cam Systems has entered into a preferred partnership agreement with Leeds-based software provider panintelligence to offer its customers the opportunity to integrate state-of-the-art dashboard tools into the new wholesale, retail or commercial application platforms developed by the software provider based upon Microsoft’s SQL Server. The new offering will enable business owners to view and monitor the status of their operations at a glance from one central console to enhance their sales profitability, reduce their costs and operational risks and ultimately, to take quick, corrective action if required.

25th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

The Guide goes online – Michelin’s answer to shrinking circulation

Although highly regarded, the Michelin Guides have sunk in circulation over the past decade. Media reports peg the decline from 2000 to 2010 as being from more than 400,000 copies to just 107,000. To counter this bleak trend, it seems the Guide concept will shortly undergo a transformation.

23rd January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Deldo webshop goes live

Deldo’s new online webshop, a year in preparation, has now been launched. This online facility – deldo-online.com – gives Deldo’s partners direct access to some 2,000,000 budget and premium tyres and enables tyres to be searched for and selected by vehicle and orders to be arranged and tracked in real time. Partners can also order in a range of currencies and access account and invoice information.

16th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

MAM appoints ex-Goodyear man

MAM Software Ltd has appointed Malcolm Hazard as senior sales manager – tyres, responsible for the management of MAM's tyre industry solutions. The appointment sees MAM further expand its team of industry experts to meet the growing demand for its innovative software applications.

12th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

No new future talks, workers angry at USW

Despite numerous reports that both sides were headed to a meeting with a federal mediator next week, it appears now that there will be no further negotiations between Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and locked out USW workers at the tyre-maker’s Findlay, Ohio, plant, Tire Review reports. After both sides clearly stated that they would return to the bargaining table after the holidays and that a session with the mediator had been scheduled for 12 January, that supposed meeting was suddenly called off yesterday, with Cooper claiming that no such meeting was even scheduled.

6th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyres & Accessories November 2011

Catching up on the back log after the Christmas and New Year breaks, subscribers can now view the November issue of Tyres & Accessories online. The read the news, features and reviews contained with this editions pages (which this month focus on motorsport and the fleet business), simply click more now.

5th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama releases English-language CSR report

The English language version of Yokohama Rubber’s 32-page CSR Report 2011 is now available. Two versions of the company’s corporate and social responsibility document are available – a print version, which is available to download as a pdf, and a digital version. This second option contains more detailed information than the print version, the company shares. Both versions were first published in Japanese in August 2011.

3rd January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Locked out Cooper workers still await union strike fund aid

Even as a few hundred residents of Findlay, Ohio and locked-out Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. workers held a “community rally” this past weekend, Tire Review opines there may be some cracks appearing in the stalemate between the USW union and the tyre maker.

20th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Tecdoc updates Tyredata

TecDoc launched the Tyredata option to its Catalog parts identification system in May 2011 and it has reportedly been well received by many of its Web Shop customers. However, TecDoc has now added extra functionality so users can search by tyre size as well as by the vehicle.

Tyredata was originally developed to provide fast fits, workshops, factors and car dealers with a single source electronic catalogue that would efficiently identify the original equipment (OE) tyre fitment for a specific vehicle. As with many of the replacement parts supplied throughout the aftermarket, individual tyre manufacturers produce their own catalogues for their specific brands, which although they may contain some cross-reference information, don’t directly identify the OE tyre.

20th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

USW takes Cooper Findlay fight online

Contract negotiations at Cooper Tire & Rubber’s Findlay, Ohio plant are still ongoing, and US publication Tire Review reports the United Steel Workers union has launched a website to garner support for Local 207L members by signing a petition to send to Cooper Tire executives. The site, stopcoopertire.usw.org, also includes a video featuring locked-out workers and it encourages visitors to make a monetary donation, though it doesn't say what the money goes toward.

19th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

DriveRight kick starts tyre labelling body

Recognising that the integration of the information required for next year’s tyre labelling legislation will be something of a challenge for tyre business, tyre and wheel data provider DriveRight has announced that it has formed EC1222.com. According to DriveRight, EC1222.com will run as an independent body providing “a seamless system to provide labels to all factions within the tyre retailing and manufacturing industry.”

14th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

NDI introduces key domain web page

Danish firm NDI has announced the introduction of its new corporate homepage. The page represents a centralised directory of links to all of its daughter companies in Europe, making it easy to access each national homepage. NDI said that it invites all its customers and co-operative partners to log on to its new web access point at www.ndi.eu.

14th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

DriveRight expands to Germany

DriveRight, independent global providers of wheel and tyre fitment data has established an office in Germany. DriveRight DE GmbH was formed to provide specialist B2B data and ecommerce solutions for integration within the automotive industry.

8th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors