Just over half of UK motorists check their tyre pressures at least once per month, according to research commissioned by Apollo Tyres. Of the 1,000 motorists polled, 15 per cent say they check their tyre pressures weekly, 11 per cent say once a fortnight, and 29 per cent once per month.
From 1 October 2023, Carlo Hijzen will be the new general director and secretary to the board of Netherlands-based tyre and wheel association VACO. Hijzen has worked in the business for 20 years and is currently chief commercial officer of DBS Tyre Management Group, a firm active within the tyre retail, wholesale and retreading sectors.
The VACO executive committee has nominated Ron van der Jagt to be the Dutch tyre and wheel industry association’s next chairman. Following approval by VACO members, van der Jagt will be appointed at a general meeting on 10 February and begin in the role on 1 April, taking over from Sybrand van Hulst, who has resigned after 12 years.
Last Friday, friends and colleagues from the industry bade farewell to Ruud Spuijbroek, the “long-time helmsman” of European retreading association BIPAVER and secretary general of Dutch association VACO as he retired from his duties. At a valediction event in the town of Gernsbach, in Germany’s Black Forest, his successor at BIPAVER, Tim van der Rijken, and Hans-Jürgen Drechsler, technical secretary of the European association and managing director of German association BRV, acknowledged one last time Spuijbroek’s contribution to retreading in Europe.
On 31 March, Ruud Spuijbroek stepped down as secretary general of Vaco, the organisation representing the tyre and wheel industry in the Netherlands. Spuijbroek had served as general secretary for close to 20 years, and although he no longer holds the top position at Vaco the 63 year old remains secretary general of European retreading association Bipaver. A successor to Spuijbroek was named at Vaco’s general assembly in December 2014, and on 1 April Tim van der Rijken took over as the association’s secretary general.
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