moveero adds to European sales team
moveero has announced two new additions to its European sales team, with Hans-Christian Hauerslev joining as business development manager and Giuseppe Grazioli appointed sales account manager.
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moveero has announced two new additions to its European sales team, with Hans-Christian Hauerslev joining as business development manager and Giuseppe Grazioli appointed sales account manager.
Italian-based wheelmaker MAK reports that it is showcasing a wide range of innovations relating to both its products and services.
With its roots in motorsport, wheel manufacturer Superior Industries prioritises technology that maximises wheel performance. In line with this legacy, the company has appointed Marco Trautmann its Senior Director of Product Development Europe. Additionally, Sven Fierenkothen has been tasked with reorganising the Aftermarket division and is responsible for this area on an interim basis.
David Geraghty has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) industrial and OTR wheelmaker moveero with immediate effect. Geraghty brings over 25 years’ experience in senior roles with multi-national, multi-billion-dollar organisations to the business, including his most recent position as president of Yokohama Off Highway Tires (YOHT), America, responsible for Aftermarket and OE operations.
A set-to is brewing in Germany’s Black Forest. As our German sister site Reifenpresse.de reports, the new owner of wheel manufacturer BBS, Turkey’s ISH Holding, can’t sell and distribute wheels for aftermarket customers. Brand rights appear to lie at the heart of the matter, and although neither former owner Klaus Wohlfarth (KW Automotive) nor the Turkish investor have officially commented, Reifenpresse.de notes that the rumour mill has been churning for weeks. The company’s works council has now spoken out, making an appeal to the previous owner.
MAK has released the Sturm alloy wheel; for BMW’s range of mid-to-large SUVs. The wheel offers fitments starting with the mid-size X3 up to the imposing XM with a sporty design that is particularly appropriate for the M Competition line of the Bavarian brand.
Until recently, half a dozen companies in China produced counterfeit Yokohama Advan Racing alloy wheels, but their days of fakery are over thanks to the joint efforts of intellectual property rights holder Yokohama Rubber and the authorities in three cities. Yokohama Rubber speaks of a “successful completion of its efforts to eliminate counterfeit versions of the company’s aluminium wheels in China.”
MAK has introduced the new Solar alloy wheel line designed for fitment on Tesla models. The Solar is ECE, NAD and TÜV/KBA approved with the same weight and technical characteristics of the original wheel and with a capacity designed to accommodate the extra load electric cars place on their wheels. The Solar features a “turbine” style design matched to the Tesla Model 3 in the 18” size and the Model Y, a 2023 European bestselling model, in the 19” size.
STARCO is undertaking significant investments in digital and green technologies and materials at its steel wheel factory in Croatia. It launched this project in mid-2023, installing a new automated reciprocater paint system that can simultaneously paint a larger number of wheels, thereby more efficiently using the painting line and ovens. Additional equipment will soon join this unit and commence operations within the first half of 2024.
Three managing directors are parting ways with wheel manufacturer Borbet, and not all are going voluntarily. One is Oliver J. Schneider, who as managing director of Borbet Vertriebs GmbH is in charge of aftermarket business. He is leaving at his own request, and Borbet has yet to name his successor. Two other members of the Borbet GmbH management team also ended their tenures with the company in the past week.
The self-administration order in place during insolvency proceedings for Superior Industries Production Germany GmbH, represented by managing directors Sven Damm and Maximilian Funk, has been cancelled. Insolvency proceedings for the wheel manufacturer opened on 1 December.
An investor has been found for insolvent wheel manufacturer BBS Automotive GmbH. The insolvency administrator handling the case reports that a firm called ISHManagementServices GmbH is planning to extensively invest in the Schiltach, Germany-based business. ISH is backed by İş Global Teknik İnşaat A.S., a family-owned holding group from Turkey.
On Tuesday, Alcoa Wheels Europe broke ground on a plant expansion in Hungary that will meet growing demand for Alcoa Dura-Bright wheels. The start of work at the Howmet-Köfém LLC site follows the recent celebration of Alcoa’s 75th anniversary.
As announced during 20th-anniversary celebrations in August, Dr Andreas Güntner has taken over the management of Borbet Thüringen GmbH, the Borbet subsidiary responsible for operating the company’s Bad Langensalza plant. Güntner brings a quarter-century of experience with leading OEM suppliers and knowledge of the wheel business to his new role.
With the use of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in off-highway applications growing rapidly, the designs of a wide range of components, including both wheels and tyres, are having to change. Indeed, in some sectors, the moveero design team has already responded to their introduction with the development of new, patented wheel technologies to meet the different requirements of these vehicles. Traditional wheel and rim designs simply may not deliver the performance requirements that are demanded by AVs. Rather than being completely new designs though, AVs generally require wheels that deliver increased durability, strength and longevity, with existing designs and processes evolving to provide solutions that meet these demands.
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