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VECO Moves in to Northern Ireland

The VECO range of automotive components is now available in Northern Ireland after Belfast-based SIA Agencies teamed up with GP Automotive, the official distributor of the brand in to the UK aftermarket. Under the new agreement, SIA Agencies has become the exclusive new VECO distributor in Northern Ireland and components are available immediately from the company’s warehouse in Belfast. The VECO label has gone from strength-to-strength since GP took over the brand last September. Its range of braking, clutch, water pump, cables, wheel bearings, and steering and suspension components have proved popular with aftermarket retailers seeking a cost-effective and reliable hard parts programme. The current VECO range exceeds 11,000 part numbers.

27th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

MAK S.p.A. Aiming to Increase Exports

For Italian wheel company MAK S.p.A. the Automechanika show is an important event, attracting as it does so many visitors who are involved in the car components market. MAK says that the Automechanika exhibition provides a unique opportunity to meet other businessmen, investors, brokers and the press and is particularly important when you consider that 75 per cent of the company’s revenue comes from export sales. MAK S.p.A., which has always concentrated its efforts and its business on exports, participates in this show with the aim of establishing new contacts to develop its business.

25th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Amerityre Licenses Korean Firm to Produce Flat-free Products

Amerityre Corporation has announced that it has entered into a manufacturing and distribution license agreement with Joon “James” Won Lee, doing business as Flatfree, Inc., a South Korean corporation (“Flatfree- Korea”). Under the terms of the agreement, Flatfree-Korea will pay an annual license fee, purchase manufacturing equipment and purchase chemical systems.

24th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

“Spirit” Wheels from Breyton Design

Breyton Design has introduced several new sizes of its “Spirit” wheel. The 21″, 22″ and 23″ sizes are designed to complement the appearance of all models in the BMW range. The Spirit wheel comes with silver-effect paint and a stainless steel coating for its drop-base rims, thus ensuring a long service life and good value retention.

The new sizes are 9.0 x 21″, 10.5x 21″ and 10 x 22″ for the 7-series, the X5 and X3 and, last but not least, 11 x 23″ with 315/25 ZR 23 tyres for the X5.

All Breyton wheels are TÜV-tested and are, of course, supplied with TÜV certificates.

20th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Maha Introduces Extended ATL/MOT Lift

Maha has introduced a four-post lift which will be able to test vehicles with a wheel base exceeding 4.4 metres, in both the MOT and ATL configuration. With the introduction of the new range of vans with a wheelbase exceeding 4.4 metres, most class VII lifts will not be able to lift these vehicles when the front wheels are on the turn plates or the shaker plates.

6th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Stamford Tires US to Relocate, Open New DC

(Akron/Tire Review) Stamford Tires & Wheels Inc. is relocating its corporate headquarters from Medley, Florida, to Charlotte, N.C., and is building its second U.S. distribution center in Charlotte. No timetable was given for completion of the planned 80,000-square-foot warehouse and headquarters facility.

6th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

SMC Automotive: New Production and Quality Management System

Together with leading Asian wheel manufacturer the Malaysian BSA group of companies, SMC Automotive has recently introduced a new production and quality management system.

A separate production unit consisting of melting, casting, heat treatment, machining and finishing has been established specially for the production of all SMC wheels. Only machines that are TÜV certified are being used. In order to avoid casting variations only primary aluminium is being used, while permanent quality checks ensure a constant casting quality.

27th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Shanghai Baolong: Getting Down to Brass Tacks

International News, Product News

Many of the conversations on the Shanghai Baolong Industries Company Limited stand at Essen concerned the rising costs of raw materials and the effect that this has had on Shanghai Baolong and its products; notably brass valves and wheel balancing weights.
Since 2003, says the company, the price of copper has risen continually. By March 2006, most people thought that the copper price had reached its peak because it was at an unprecedented level after rising for such a long time. As it was, the price of copper was set to increase way beyond what most people had imagined.

27th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Supply Direct Works With Sir Tom and Cardinal O’Brien

As a part of Supply Direct’s ongoing social responsibility policy, the company recently worked with the Romanian Challenge Appeal to install a range of garage equipment in the small town of Siret in Romania, just beside the Ukrainian border. Kwik Fit and Farmer Autocare founder Sir Tom Farmer was the driving force behind the initiative.

21st June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

DJ Wheel for French Cars

The DJ Wheels range of alloys continues to expand – the latest addition is the DJ127, aimed specifically at drivers of Peugeot 106s and Citroen Saxos. The new wheel has five round-edge spokes, with a three-stud fixing and comes in size 6.5 x 15 inch with a satin-silver finish. It carries a 12-month unconditional guarantee.

20th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Adds Discoverer ATR to Line-Up

Cooper Tires has expanded its Discoverer off-road family of tyres with the addition of the ‘Discoverer ATR’. Designed exclusively for use on 4x4s, light trucks and SUVs, the Discoverer ATR delivers outstanding traction and versatility thanks to a radically new tread pattern, construction and compound, according to Cooper.

As Cooper’s hardest-working all-terrain tyre, the Discoverer ATR arrives with the promise of uncompromising performance regardless of the surface. The rugged five-rib tread pattern extends over the shoulders to enhance off-road traction. Combined with wide and deep saw tooth circumferential grooves, and lateral slots, the Discoverer ATR is said to provide “a solid all-terrain performance advantage and enhanced all-weather traction.”

20th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Raises Forged CV Wheel Prices

Alcoa Wheel Products Europe is to raise its forged CV aluminium wheels prices between 8 and 12 per cent, depending on the product specification. New prices will be implemented for all shipments after 31 July 2006.

16th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Hayes Lemmerz Produces Aluminium Truck Wheels in Bahrain

The world’s largest wheel manufacturer Hayes Lemmerz (producing a total of approximately 60 million units annually), has extended its product spectrum to include aluminium truck wheels. The wheels are called “CentruStyle“ and are manufactured by Aluwheel W.L.L in Manama (Bahrain) in the low pressure casting process. “CentruStyle“ will be marketed using the existing sales team into the original equipment business, to fleets and into the aftermarket. In order to make the wheels the producer will use equipment it acquired from the former Tunaverken (Sweden), which went bankrupt at the beginning of the year. Hayes Lemmerz and its Bahrain-based partner will begin with size 8.25×22.5 and want to increase the production volume gradually depending upon customer interest.

7th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

New Aluminium Casting Plant Inaugurated in Turkey

Together with joint venture partner Inci (40 per cent of the shares), in June Hayes Lemmerz inaugurated a new aluminium wheel casting plant in Manisa (in the Izmir region of Turkey). Production is based on the low-pressure process and operates at the same standard as at all the original equipment manufacturer’s other facilities. 400,000 wheels will be manufactured this year, with some 17-inch products being sold to Toyota. In the next year production will increase to approximately 1 million units with further expansion plans in the offing dependent on the order situation.

7th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Sherbrook International: “Size Matters”

Following detailed analysis of sales trends for the top selling DJ Wheels range, Sherbrook international has found that seemingly size really is important. Explained CEO Peter Whitehouse, “Until recently the most popular wheel size was 15 inch, but increasingly drivers are requesting the ‘Big Wheels’ look and are demanding a 17 inch option. We have responded by ensuring that all nine stunning 2006 DJ Wheels designs are available in the larger size, delivering real choice combined with attention-getting looks.”

5th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors