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Michelin Adds Sizes, Boosts Warranty on Tiger Paw Line

(Akron/Tire Review) Michelin North America’s (MNA) Uniroyal brand has added 23 new sizes to its Tiger Paw Touring line, and enhanced the line’s warranty. The new sizes include some V-rated sizes, and will be available to dealers this month, MNA said.

The new warranty program boosts the standard treadwear limited warranty on T-rated sizes to 80,000 miles, which MNA said is the longest mileage warranty ever offered on a Uniroyal tyre. H-rated sizes got a boost to 70,000 miles, as well. The new sizes range from a T and H-rated P185/60/R14 through a V-rated P225/50R16.

7th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Steel Monolith Strengthens Cats

ArvinMeritor have introduced a steel monolith into the construction of their competitively priced range of EuroCat replacement catalytic converters.

ArvinMeritor’s Catalytic Converter Sales Development Manager, Ian Hesp, said “We are responding to the needs of the garage trade who are crying out for a more robust product. It’s become increasingly clear that ordinary catalysts, using a standard ceramic monolith, are fragile.

31st August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Titanium Exhaust for Lotus Owners

QuickSilver Exhaust Systems achieved considerable success with its stainless steel ‘Sports’ exhaust system for the Lotus Elise 111R and the Lotus Exige 2. Now the company has developed a Titanium version of the product.

13th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

£2,000 Battery Management Centre Free with Hella Battery Plan

Trade stockists are being offered a £2,000 incentive to participate in Hella’s 2005 Battery Plan, with qualifying orders receiving a Midtronics GR1 Battery Management Centre and printer completely free of charge. The offer is part of an aggressive campaign which also includes a package of extended credit terms, merchandise and display materials, price stability, rebates for high-achieving distributors and an extended and rationalised product offer.

11th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Amerityre Meets Further Testing Standard

Amerityre has announced that its full-size airless passenger car tyre has passed US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 129. In April, Amerityre announced that non-pneumatic tyres for compact and mid-sized vehicles had passed the same standard. The prototype tyres, made from a proprietary polyurethane compound, have been developed for prospective use as temporary/spare passenger car tyres.

1st July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Another BMW OE Fitment

Bridgestone run-flat tyres are to become standard fitment to BMW’s new 3-Series. The model will join a list of BMW OE fitments for the manufacturer including the new 6-Series, 5-Series, and 1-Series.

“We are delighted BMW has chosen to fit Bridgestone run-flat tyres as original equipment on the new 3-Series,” said Andy Lane, marketing manager at Bridgestone UK.

Both the high-performance Bridgestone Potenza RE050 RFT tyre and the comfort-orientated Bridgestone Turanza ER300 RFT tyre will be used on 3-Series models.

17th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Five New Treads from Kraiburg

Kraiburg Austria is expanding its high-performance standard range with five additional profiles. Two new designs of the Kraiburg brand are now available for the application “Mixed Application/Off-road” – namely the K208 and K212. These are joined by three new designs for special applications –the K213 as a traction tread specifically for use in winter, the K75 as a Unimog tread and the K63 as a forklift truck or gantry crane tread. Altogether, the Kraiburg standard range for 2005 now includes 59 tread designs. For the second half of the year, the company is planning to introduce further tread designs for long distance applications.

As such, the company can offer its retreader partners all the latest products currently in demand in Europe and, with more than 50 years of expertise, Kraiburg can offer the right tread design and the optimum compound for every application.

14th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Still Time for Fulda Challenge Applications

Have you ever considered tackling a 48 kilometre mountain bike ride and a half-marathon in Arctic temperatures? Could you climb a 30m-high ice wall, endure 30 kilometres of cross-country skiing, and navigate a team of huskies through alpine woodland in temperatures as low as –45 degrees celcius? Men and women from around the UK are prepared to give it a go as they apply to be part of the 2006 Fulda Challenge team.

31st May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Raising the Standard

‘Balanced Scorecard’ is a new customer and employee safety policy that has been rolled out by ATS Euromaster. The scheme rewards employees for meeting key performance indicators in all areas of the business operation with priority given to health and safety performance, customer satisfaction levels and operational excellence.

Nick Gregg, ATS Euromaster MD commented on the new scheme: “Balanced Scorecard will completely refocus our business on meeting the needs of our customers through a first class service delivered safely and efficiently. It is our aim to transform ATS Euromaster into the vehicle service sector leader with centres of excellence for customer and employee care across the UK.”

16th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Amerityre Passes FMVSS 129 Testing

Amerityre Corporation has announced that its airless polyurethane tyres has passed FMVSS 129 testing. “This is a major breakthrough in tyre technology,” said Richard Steinke, Amerityre’s president and CEO. “Over the past several years, a lot of companies have attempted to make a non-pneumatic tyre for passenger vehicles. Those attempts fell short, in large part, because they didn’t have the compounds to do it. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first company to have a tyre that completely meets the standard,” he added.

28th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Potenzas Standard on Ferrari F430

(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone Corp. announced that it has begun supplying Potenza RE050 tyres as standard equipment on the Ferrari F430. The 430, with a 4.3-liter eight-cylinder engine, is the successor to Ferrari’s 360 Modena. Bridgestone supplies the Potenza RE050 tyres in the size 225/35ZR19 84Y (front) and 285/35ZR19 99Y (rear). Bridgestone Potenza RE050 tyres for the Ferrari F430 feature an “asymmetrical, nondirectional tread pattern” and an “optimised” inner tread portion for wet-weather driving, the manufacturer said.

21st April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Fire Service Fleet Switches To Bridgestone

Bridgestone UK says that a growing number of fire and rescue services are changing over to Bridgestone tyres to improve the stability and handling of their fire appliance fleets, particularly in the wet.

21st April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Maywood Launches New Catalogue

Maywood Equipment Group is due to launch the latest edition of its price list on 1 May. The new catalogue covers more than 50 different models including the Europa range of two and four post lifts, as well as scissor lifts. A number of OMER brand scissor lifts will be introduced in the updated brochure.

31st March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

New Recruit at Bandvulc

Bandvulc Tyres has appointed Mandi Ingram as office operations manager.

Her responsibilities will include improving the efficiency and effectiveness of systems and procedures within the accounts department and the Bandvulc Tyre Contracts (BTC) fleet division. The role will also require her to deal with personnel issues and the recruitment of office staff.

“I’m determined to drive Bandvulc forward by focusing on operations at the grass roots level, so that it can become the best that it can be,” said the new office operations manager. “It’s been quite a challenge starting with zero tyre knowledge and I’m on a steep learning curve but once the new systems and procedures are in place, my vision for BTC to attain the ISO 9000 quality standard will be realised,” she added.

21st March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

MAHA and Scania Sign Global Agreement

Scania have awarded MAHA the status of Preferred Supplier for the supply of truck testing and service equipment. Scania wanted a uniform standard of service and test equipment for all their workshops throughout the world, to ensure that the very high standards that they require from their dealers are achieved.

15th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors