With sales exceeding forecast this year, The Trade Group has opened a new warehouse and headquarters building at Shepshed near Loughborough and in support, a new Trade Garage Equipment Limited sales, technical, administration and warehouse team will be in installed from the 1st October to meet the increased demand.
Nearly 10 per cent of UK tyre firms could change hands due to the disparity between cash-rich and debt-stricken firms in the market. According to analysts from Plimsoll Publishing, 1 in 9 companies in the UK Tyre Manufacturers & Distributors industry could change ownership as a result of the current economic climate. Their prediction is that, with a surprising number of “cash rich” competitors waiting in the wings, the market could be set for a prolonged period of consolidation.
In what the organisation describes as "a coup", the Trade Garage Equipment Limited has appointed Terry Bullworthy, a guru of the garage equipment world, as their new Trade Group President. Chairman Keith Fairlie said, "We are extremely pleased to announce that Terry Bullworthy has agreed to be our new President, he has an absolute wealth of technical, automotive and garage equipment knowledge and experience and we are looking forward to him helping guide our successful and ever expanding garage equipment business to even greater heights."
Supertracker has told Tyres & Accessories that it has experienced “a very successful twelve months during 2010”, in which it continued “an ongoing and upward trend year-on-year since 1987” when the company was formed. The company said its presence at a number of trade shows was a contributing factor in this, including an appearance at Brityrex 2010. When asked if fully-integrated machines were seeing a rise in interest, Supertracker representatives told T&A that while the company was not seeing increases in sales of these units, “it would be true to say they form a part of Supertracker's sales”. The company then pointed to its new product releases, including the launch of the STR410 and a Steering Angle Reset Tool.
As a regular exhibitor at the Brityrex Show, Southampton based Supertracker will once again be present in Manchester in October, this time introducing a recently launched Steering Angle Reset Tool which was released in May. Sharing details of its Brityrex exhibition stand, the firm said this tool has been developed in direct response to the industry's increasing popularity for steering angle sensors on modern vehicles. This latest Supertracker product allows the user to reset the sensor to the correct wheel alignment settings and ensures that any stability control electronics to operate correctly.
Wheel alignment company Supertracker has announced a new Steering Angle Sensor Reset tool to its product portfolio in order to further enhance the precise operation and technical requirements. Vehicle electronics continue to develop apace, and steering angle sensors are now a common feature on new car models. Supertracker states the tool allows any stability control electronics to operate correctly when the sensor is reset to match the correct wheel alignment settings.
Bristol tyre retailer Autospeed is offering a £5,000 reward for information on a theft that took place at the Nailsea centre at The Vines Industrial Estate, between Saturday evening and Sunday morning of the 7th and 8th July. Workers at the centre arrived to work on Sunday 8th July to find that nearly all of their stock had been stolen overnight. In excess of 500 tyres, batteries, brake components were taken, including a Robinair AC650 air conditioning machine and a set of Supertracker wheel alignment gauges.
Autospeed Divisional Director, Simon King said: “This is a very serious crime and we are urging residents to contact the police if they have any information or saw anything suspicious. Autospeed is offering £5,000 reward for any information leading to the conviction of the people involved in the theft.”
Anyone who has any information please contact DCI Andy Jones on 0845 45 67 000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Snap-on Equipment has appointed Alan Wood as Business Development Manager for its range of Hofmann and John Bean wheel service equipment. Mr. Wood has over 25 years’ experience in the tyre service industry having worked with companies, including Kwik-Fit, Supertracker & Beissbarth UK.
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