In January, Goodyear’s businesses in Australia and New Zealand notified subsidiaries of tyre importer and distributor NTAW Holdings Limited that it was terminating distribution agreements for Dunlop tyres in both countries. Following the signing of several agreements on 8 May 2025, NTAW continues as Dunlop distributor in New Zealand but will relinquish this role in Australia.
Bond International has completed the acquisition of Tyresoft Ltd. The news follows the acquisition of Tyrescope earlier this month and a number of strategic wholesale moves announced last year. Together, the acquisitions demonstrate that the company’s growth strategy is still ongoing. Tyresoft Ltd has become well-known as a “one stop complete management system for the tyre and automotive industry”, according to Bond International. Established in 2011 by Marcus Hathaway, the business has grown a strong customer base with Bond representatives describing it as “a market leader in the tyre industry software market”.
The approximately 250 exhibitors at Tyrexpo Asia 2025 included a handful of firms from Europe, including Netherlands-based wholesaler TS Tyre Supply. Priority for the company – and part of its expansion aspirations – was to showcase the full range of TS products and services within the region.
Bond International has completed the acquisition of 75 per cent of Tyrescope Ltd’s shares. This follows a brace of whole and distribution acquisitions announced last year, which suggests the company remains in the midst of its growth strategy. Tyrescope was set up and developed by Tony Mann, who remains a 25 per cent shareholder and managing director of the business.
Netherlands-based Heuver Tyres has completed the construction of its new warehouse in Hardenberg. With this 16,000 m² expansion, the wholesaler now has a total storage capacity of no less than 61,000 m² at its headquarters site. This enables Heuver to offer its customers an even wider range of stock, in addition to serving customers even faster and more efficiently.
Tire Group International (TGI) recently welcomed over 100 customers to its newly expanded distribution centre in Portland, Oregon. The event marked the official opening of the 95,000 square-foot facility, following TGI’s acquisition of Portland-based Avaun Tire.
Thanks to the recent agreement to transfer of brand rights, Dunlop is a name that’s been mentioned a lot lately. But one company may wish to hear less of it. In a refreshingly honest statement, Australia and New Zealand’s largest independent tyre importer and distributor has described its most recent financial results as “poor and unacceptable,” and while the Dunlop brand isn’t solely responsible for this predicament, it certainly hasn’t helped.
Michelin has sold its 49% stake in the joint venture business Tyre Distribution Africa (TYDIA) to partner CFAO Mobility Kenya Limited. The Nairobi-based vehicle distributor is now solely responsible for the TYDIA operation it set up together with the tyre maker in 2019 and thus takes on full responsibility for distributing Michelin and BFGoodrich tyres in East Africa.
With the opening of two new distribution centres, ETB Wholesale now operates nine locations in the Midlands, Wales and southwest England, and the company believes these additions to the network strengthen its status as “one of the biggest regional tyre operators in the UK.” The locales in Llansamlet and Redditch each stock around 5,000 tyres and will, like all ETB Wholesale sites, offer same-day tyre deliveries, with a ‘rapid response’ on-demand service in selected areas.
As of this year, TireHub is a Pirelli distributor. The US-based tyre wholesale business, which The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Bridgestone Americas jointly established in 2018, will take on the Pirelli range from early 2025. Alongside Toyo Tires, it will be one of only two TireHub tyre brands that do not belong to either of the founding partners.
A year after Tyres & Accessories last spoke with Stapleton’s managing director Andy Fern, we learnt more about how, for those selling tyres as a retailer, the kind of professional distribution partner that can help navigate and mitigate the impact of such challenges is now needed. In short, increasing complexity requires increasing professionalism.
So, how was business during the course of 2024? “Volumes have being pretty healthy, but I would say it’s been challenging with the freight cost this year”, Andy Fern explained, adding: “When I say volumes are decent, I would add that volumes are not as good as we feel they should be…I would say it’s quite a fine balance nowadays because the thing that is not stopping is that costs are increasing.
You can’t keep a good tyre guy down. Following the bankruptcy of Dutch wholesaler Tyre Trading International (TTI), Peter-Alexander van’t Hof has sprung back and returned to the business with Gummistrada, a company based close to Rotterdam in the attractive town of Willemstad. Through Gummistrada, van’t Hof has established several business ventures.
TireHub, the USA-based tyre distributor co-founded by Bridgestone Americas Inc. and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, is opening a third Regional Distribution Center (RDC) early in 2025. This new facility in San Bernardino, California will increase TireHub’s overall capacity to stock and distribute its product range while enhancing service levels.
Uncertainty surrounds the distribution of Dunlop tyres in Australia and New Zealand, with the Goodyear & Dunlop Tyres subsidiaries in both countries (collectively Goodyear ANZ) notifying NTAW Holdings Limited on 8 January that it will terminate the distribution agreements both parties entered into on 20 September 2023. The termination will take effect upon the completion of Goodyear’s Dunlop brand rights sale to Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). NTAW now intends to “engage with Goodyear ANZ and SRI in relation to the future distribution of Dunlop branded tyres in Australia and New Zealand.”
Oak Tyres confirmed is move into a large new warehouse in Warrington, the company’s seventh according to CEO Peter Cross. At the end of 2024, Warrington Borough Council confirmed it had received a planning application seeking advertisement consent for two fascia signs – which, incidentally, will be Davanti brand focused. These are planned for the main northern elevation of the existing warehouse building at plot 9000, Lingley Mere Business Park.
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