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Web Upgrade for Bestbuytyres

Tyre supplier BestBuyTyres Ltd has updated its website with a brand new look. The improved site has been designed to make the selection and purchasing process more simple and efficient for consumers. Jolyon Pope, director at BestBuyTyres comments: “Whilst we had been receiving positive feedback from customers regarding the existing website, we are always looking to improve our services. The new look site is easier to navigate and includes accurate real-time price and product updates.” Tyres bought on the website can be fitted and wheels balanced at more than 450 UK centres thanks in part to links with “three leading multi-outlet independent tyre specialists”.

2nd February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Motovan to partner Ride-On Canada in distributing two-wheel and ATV balancer/sealant

In the US Inovex Industries, Inc., the manufacturers of the Ride-On tyre protection system (TPS), have partnered with Motovan (Canada's largest distributor of motorcycle accessories) to distribute the company’s balancer/sealant product.

2nd February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

New HawksHead RV TPMS

On 30 January 2011 HawksHead TPMS launched a new Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) designed “for the serious RVer.” According to the company, the system can monitor tyre pressures and temperatures for motor homes and trucks along with their towed vehicle if needed, the system is also ideal for travel trailers, fifth wheels, enclosed and flatbed trailers. RV are Recreational Vehicle much like large versions of the camper vans commonly found at European camp sites.

1st February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Snap-on Equipment updates wheel alignment guide

Snap-on Equipment has introduced an updated version of its popular wheel alignment guide. The guide aims to simplify the complex subject of wheel alignment, aiming to put jargon, such as “toe-in” and “toe-out” into plain English and introducing the latest alignment technology with detailed information and illustrations.

31st January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti, Sava to raise two-wheel prices

UK two-wheel tyre distributor Bike Tyrestore has announced a new round of price increases from manufacturers Continental and Sava. Continental motorcycle and scooter product prices are to increase by a figure reported to be around 5 per cent. Sava, continues Bike Tyrestore, will implement its price increase selectively on the back of the continuing rise of raw materials costs. Both brands will sell at the increased prices from 1 February, 2011.

28th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg moves North American office

Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc has moved its North American corporate offices in Ohio about 25 miles (40 km) to Fairlawn from Hartville. “We are very pleased with our new location for the business’s industrial and agricultural tyre divisions,” says Ydo Doornbos, managing director. “The city of Fairlawn has been very welcoming.” The Hartville location will remain as a satellite distribution centre. The main Ohio distribution centre is located in Akron, Ohio.

27th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Latest Bridgestone Race Battlax Available in Spring

This coming spring Bridgestone intends to release its latest production motorcycle racing radial, the Battlax Racing R10. Featuring an all-new tread, structure and compound, the R10 is described by the tyre maker as a product that “offers enhanced user-friendliness and better lap times, benefiting production motorcycle racing worldwide as well as users who enjoy riding high-performance super sport bikes on circuits.” Bridgestone adds that the new tyre was developed with European market use in mind and the end product is one that “provides superb dry performance and handling performance.”

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Starco Introduces New Trailer Retread Range

Starco RT Agritread tyres for agricultural trailers, slurry tankers, muck spreaders and more are not just two new members of Starco’s product range; they also represent a new product line, since the RT Agritread ML and RT Agritread SL are high quality retreads. The tyres were designed for a high proportion of road use, in addition to high-speed medium to heavy load applications such as slurry tankers. The RT Agritread ML (Mud & Load) pattern is suitable for field and road usage, providing better traction in field, yielding greater fuel efficiency. The RT Agritread SL (Speed & Load) was designed for a large proportion of road work, with the ribbed pattern providing a smoother, quieter run and longer lifetime. Starco says the tyres are being rebuilt exclusively from premium brand carcasses exclusively to the ECE 109 standard, which makes them “a safe, durable and economical option”.

12th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Rud Promotes Car, Van and Truck Snow Chains

During times of snow such as we have recently been experiencing in the UK and across larges swathes of Europe, chain maker RUD-Erlau is recommending that, as in Scandinavia, all commercial and rescue vehicles should carry a set of traction chains. While snow may be fun for the kids, “the last thing you want to be is either sliding on the stuff or stuck fast with nothing but a thermos for company” the company said in a statement, addressing those of us with both safety concerns and tight schedules to meet.

17th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Interest in Volvo Winter Tyre Programme “Exceeded Expectations”

Car maker Volvo reports sales of more than a thousand winter tyres since its Winter Tyre Programme was launched in the UK in October. “Interest in the Volvo winter tyres has far exceeded our expectations, with Scotland, the North of England and London seeing the greatest number of inquires and sales,” stated Lee Berrell, Aftersales manager for Volvo Car UK. “While some are struggling with supply, we pre-ordered a large number of tyres to ensure all Volvo customers can be catered for, even into the New Year."

9th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ Adds Stockport Franchisee to Network

HiQ fast reports that Stockport entrepreneur Leslie Brady has become the latest franchisee to join its fast fit network. Brady has opened a HiQ forecourt venture, known as Fleet Care Maintenance, in the Conway Centre. The newly re-branded site offers MOT and servicing and in addition to selling and fitting tyres, the centre boasts new wheel diagnostic technology that HiQ says will help vehicles last the harsh and often expensive winter months.

9th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

BF Srl Steps Up to French Fitments

Following investments in “constant research to improve the quality standards of its products and services to all customers” wheel weight manufacturer BF Srl has published a new company slogan – “step up.” And according to the manufacturer, the latest news that the firm has produced a new balancing weight (the Z12) for French Alloy rims with the edge of Citroen, Peugeot and Renault reflects this motto.

8th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Divestment Part of Trelleborg’s Continued Focus on Selected Segments

Some two weeks after it acquired Watts Tyre Group – a purchase that Maurizio Vischi, president of the company’s Trelleborg Wheel Systems business area, described as a “further step in our strategy to continuously strengthen our positions in selected segments,” the Swedish firm has taken a further step towards focusing on its core business areas by entering into an agreement to divest its roofing operations. This part of the Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area will be taken over by Axcel, a Nordic private equity fund with offices in both Copenhagen and Stockholm. The acquisition requires approval of the appropriate authorities, and is expected to be finalised in the first quarter of 2011.

7th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti CSEasy Adaptor wins TecPart Award

The adaptor developed by German firm KTS Kunststoff Technik Schmölln for Continental’s CSEasy industrial tyre has received an innovation award from TecPart, the German technical plastics manufacturers’ association. In reporting the KTS product’s attainment of a TecPart Innovation Prize 2010, Continental comments that the CSEasy adaptor not only enables wheel changes without the need for mounting presses or specialist involvement, thereby greatly reducing forklift downtime and the expense involved in changing the wheel – it also lowers the tyre’s rolling resistance, gives longer mileage, and improves safety and environmental compatibility.

1st December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Trelleborg to Increase Ag, Forestry Tyre, Wheel Prices in 2011

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has announced a price increase on agricultural and forestry tyres and wheels effective 1 January, 2011. The increases will be in the range six to 10 per cent in Europe and North America. The price hike includes all tyres and wheels for agricultural, forestry and light industrial application and is the result of escalating raw material costs, according to the company.

24th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors