Fast-fit network Hi-Q saddled up with Goodyear recently to ensure visitors to this year’s Blenheim International Horse Trials were as safe on four wheels as they were on four legs. Goodyear is the official British Eventing Safety and Innovation Partner and fast-fit expert, Hi-Q supported the partnership by offering vouchers to visitors and participants at the leading equestrian event which took place at the beginning of September 2006.
Inovex, the maker of Ride-On Tire Sealants for truck, bus, motorbike, military and private vehicles was recently chosen to participate in the Commonwealth of Virginia’s AIM export Program. In addition to valuable capital funding, market research and strategic counselling, the AIM programme gives Virginia companies the opportunity to leverage private-sector professional service providers and VEDP-developed relationships around the world.
Stapleton’s has launched Prestivo, a brand new range of tyres available exclusively in the UK through Stapleton’s. Positioned as a quality mid-range production company representatives say Prestivo is a high performance tyre that allows the driver to enjoy the thrills of driving with a comfortable ride. The range is available in two tread patterns, the Prestivo 2000, available now, and the Prestivo Sport, available later this year.
Moving fresh vegetables from the field to the supermarket shelf in just 12 hours makes for a very tight schedule and requires a totally reliable logistics system. Deliveries are at risk from the weather, road conditions and transport breakdowns; to minimise part of these risks, the biggest greens grower in Europe relies exclusively on Michelin tyres.
Marshalls of Butterwick grows many varieties of cabbages, cauliflowers and organic vegetables on its 6,200 acres of fenland soil to supply the major supermarkets in the UK. Marshalls also grows crops in Cornwall, Spain and Italy to deliver fresh vegetables all year round to British shoppers. It is this complexity that adds further pressure to the reliability requirements of the transport of these perishable foodstuffs.
MAM Software has given its full support to the ‘Partnership for Aftermarket Connectivity Technologies’ (PACT), recently launched by TecCom UK Ltd and ABS eparts. This ground-breaking initiative by the two former competitors aims to connect their exchanges and make electronic trading easier for all in the automotive aftermarket.
Kwik-Fit has named Chris Bosworth as business development and marketing director. Reporting to CEO Ian Fraser, in this newly created role Chris Bosworth will be responsible for all Kwik-Fit’s brand development strategy as well as all external and internal communications, including its high profile TV advertising campaigns. Prior to joining Kwik-Fit Bosworth was customer delivery planning director at Orange UK. Reporting directly to the COO, he was responsible for a £600 million subscriber acquisition and retention budget as well as channel strategy and web-channel development.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is asking US state official for millions of tax dollars to modernize its Fayetteville plant that is at risk of closing. State Rep. Rick Glazier, a Democrat from Fayetteville, confirmedt that local and company officials are discussing options to help upgrade the 37-year-old plant. With about 2,600 employees, the factory is the third-largest private employer in the county, the Fayetteville Observer reported. The move is widely seen as a hint that Goodyear is considering closing the factory.
In order to better predict the critical performance of tyres in vehicle dynamics, Mechanical Simulation Corporation has created a partnership with Netherlands-based TNO Automotive. Mechanical Simulation’s CarSim software will now link with TNO’s Delft-Tyre using Simulink.
Many engineers in design, development, testing and planning activities use CarSim, Mechanical Simulation’s software package for simulating the dynamic vehicle behavior of cars, light trucks and utility vehicles. CarSim animates simulated tests and generates about 600 output variables that can be plotted and analysed, or transferred to other software for processing using the same methods used for measured test data.
Bandengroothandel Mast B.V. is a well established industrial tyre wholesaler/distributor that has enjoyed a very successful trading reputation throughout Europe over the past few decades. At the same time the company has in recent years been able to attract the attention of the UK tyre sector with its selection of quality forklift industrial tyres in both pneumatic and solid options through its well respected exclusive brands – CargoMaster and LiftGuard.
Marangoni has embarked on its second advertising campaign for 2006, continuing the ‘intelligence’ theme which has become synonymous with the brand. The campaign features high quality imagery of ‘intelligent’ animals, with their key abilities reflecting the attributes of the Marangoni Mythos UHP tread pattern.
Britain’s largest and fastest-growing contract hire and leasing company, Lex, has extended its solus fast-fit contract with Kwik-Fit Fleet for a further three years. Lex now operates a fleet of more than 180,000 company cars and light commercial vehicles, which means the contract involves fitting more than 2 million tyres over the next three years.
Renault Vans and Penny Hydraulics have got together to offer fully equipped tyre service vehicles, complete with tools and lifting equipment, available from £377 a month. A demonstration Renault Master highlights the two companies’ capabilities under a “Partners in Success and Safety” theme.
The Autodrom Most, near Prague in the Czech Republic was the venue chosen by Italian manufacturer Marangoni to showcase its performance tyre range to a selection of Eastern European customers and journalists. With the recently-introduced Mythos and Maxó tyres as the feature products, the launch indicates the Marangoni brand’s intent to become a major player across the Eastern European markets in 2006/7. “At Marangoni, partnership is ingrained into the culture of the business. We have developed fantastic relationships with all our customers in Eastern Europe, and the event in ‘Most’ will serve to strengthen the bonds with our customers,” commented Marangoni’s Peter Gabris. “The feedback was extremely positive from trade partners and the press who attended, regarding the organisation of the event and the tyre products, which were the focus of the event.” Concluded Derek Carruthers, Marangoni Global Sales and Marketing Director, “We have held a number of similar events over recent years and its effect on our business has been incredible. The interaction with our customer base has provided not only opportunities to illustrate our products and technologies, but also for feedback from our customers which is vital for future development.”
Retreading specialist, Kraiburg used the Essen show as a launch pad for its new range of earthmover (EM) tyres. According to the company, Kraiburg’s new range covers the entire retreading process of tyres for use in quarries, mines and other similar applications – including for example dump trucks, wheeled loaders, road graders and mobile cranes. “Practical tests conducted in a large open cast mine have already successfully proven the performance and effectiveness of the Kraiburg compounds,” company representatives told Tyres & Accessories.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s virtual design technology, which has facilitated the success of several award-winning new tyres, has earned a 2006 CIO 100 award. The annual award program sponsored by CIO magazine recognises organisations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology.
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