Bike Tyrestore plans to introduce a new Sava range to UK customers at the Motorcycle Trade Expo show in Birmingham in the second half of January. This new product, the Sportforce radial, is aimed at riders of sports, naked and Supermoto motorcycles as well as for riders of sports touring machines who enjoy dynamic rides.
Independent tyre and wheel fitment data provider DriveRight has added a new product to its range. The ‘Tyre Fitment Finder’ is designed to help tyre distributors and manufacturers ensure their advertising and marketing is targeted at the right customers.
MAM Software has appointed Lee Cunningham to the position of senior product manager. In this newly created role, he will provide technical support to MAM's sales department and will be responsible for shaping MAM's product development strategy.
The installation of incorrect tyre pressure monitoring system software has led to the recall of certain Aston Martin models in Australia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has reported the recall of V12 Vantage models sold between 1 August 2009 and 1 October 2012.
The Irish Independent reports Michelin has acquired an interest in Irish firm Async Technologies, Ltd., provider of the TyreCheck range of hardware and software solutions, for 2 million euros. The newspaper writes that new filings with Ireland’s Companies Registration Office show Async Technologies to have recently finalised a 2 million euro investment from the French tyre maker, who received 27,185 Async shares in return. The Irish Independent notes that these shares, valued at 74.57 euros each, give Michelin a “significant stake” in Async Technologies.
Merseyside’s Kirkby Tyres & Wheel has introduced Cam Systems’ Wholesale Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. The software provider says Wholesale CRM will help the independent tyre and wheel wholesaler and distributor improve its customer communications and interactivity.
Commercial tyre specialist AC Tyres is to streamline job sheet processing with its adoption of Cam Systems’ Document Manager. In addition the company will manage the transactional data feed to and from third party systems with the third party integration (3Pi) module from the UniSerV application suite. The module will eliminate double entry at both ends and “save up to a day a week” in administration time and costs according to Cam.
Tyre service products from Bosch, collectively labelled the “Around the Wheel” range, have been updated with the addition of its new FWA 4630. Bosch’s latest generation of wheel alignment equipment acknowledges the importance of time and accuracy to tyre service providers. It says the development of the latest machine was also influenced by the continuing evolution of chassis and suspension technology.
Snap-on has announced the release of the new 12.2 software download for its best selling ‘family’ of hand-held diagnostic tools and now including coverage of the Kia and Suzuki models.
“Continued and committed software development ensures that Snap-on customers’ diagnostic tools remain consistently powerful and productive in the workplace,” says Mark Ost, UK sales director for Snap-on Diagnostics. “Our new 12.2 software download has built yet again on the previous software releases to provide profitable features to help the workshop technician deal with the sophisticated technology used on today’s modern vehicles.
Autodiagnos, the manufacturer of PC Pro, the PC based diagnostic tool, has announced the addition of a range of manufacturers, applications and functions. The PC Pro is designed and manufactured in the UK by a team of dedicated engineers. The heart of the product is the communications module which feeds information through to a PC.
Cam Systems, who specialises in providing software solutions to the independent tyre industry, is joining forces with EDP at Reifen Essen this June to highlight its Fleet Inspection and Fleet Management link into the Call Logging and Document Manager modules on Cam’s UniSerV platform. The integration of EDP’s fleet systems into the UniSerV commercial platform will provide tyre operators with greater visibility of fleet operations.
"Vehicle manufacturers must comply with European legislation and make their technical information available to independent garages" said Stuart James, Independent Garage Association (IGA) Director, speaking to fleet operators at the BVRLA Technical and Operational Management Forum.
Snap-on Diagnostics a leader in diagnostic tools, software and information for the automotive industry, has announced the expansion of its Sun-branded vehicle lift range with the introduction of its new two post lift, the SVL 50.
Cam Systems has told tyrepress.com that it welcomes the decision taken on 2 February by Transport secretary Justine Greening to retain the 3-1-1 MOT system. The software provider to the independent tyre industry calls the move a victory for sanity.
Supertracker has launched a new digital camber/castor gauge. Fresh for 2012 Supertracker redesigned the gauge and reduced the size and shape of the product through machining the body from an aluminium billet.
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