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Majorlift Goes for Compac

Majorlift Hydraulic Equipment has a range of lifting equipment, including pit jacks, jacking beams and vertical and floor mounted transmission jacks.
For over five years, the company has also imported and distributed the well-known Compac garage equipment range, which perfectly complements the Majorlift portfolio.

Especially popular is the Compac 3 tonne trolley jack, which features a maximum closed height of 125mm and a maximum extended height of 510mm. It also has an additional foot pump for operator comfort.

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Alcoa Wheels Shown on Major Manufacturers in Detroit

As the automotive world converges in Detroit for the 2006 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Alcoa Wheels Products say that the company is enjoying fitment on many new 2006 models.

Alcoa Wheel Products, a Cleveland-based business unit of Alcoa, has fitments on new production model vehicles including the Nissan Altima SE-R, Chrysler 300C SRT8, Dodge Charger SRT8, Dodge Ram 2500, Dodge Magnum SRT8, Dodge Viper and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. Alcoa wheels are also being shown on Ford F250 trucks, including Ford’s Harley-Davidson Edition and on the GMC Envoy Denali, Hummer H2 and Pontiac Grand Prix GXP.

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MAK Launches first Light Truck and Camper Wheel

MAK Wheels recently announced that it has made the “strategic and commercial choice” to produce a wheel for Van, Light Truck and Campers. The company reports that demand for this type of wheels has “come from society.” The new MAK HD! is intended to be attractive in terms of both its aesthetical and technical features and to be dedicated to this new group of end-users that MAK has decided to address.

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Yokohama HPT Launches Mangels Wheels

Yokohama’s UK distributor, Yokohama HPT, saw the Autosport Show as a great opportunity to launch Mangels Wheels. The addition of the Brazilian brand is designed to complement the company’s existing portfolio, which includes well-known names like TSW and MAK. The range includes designs for the growing performance road car and sport SUV segments. Yokohama HPT will exclusively distribute the new wheels in the UK.

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Dunlop and Jaguar: Performance History

Dunlop has been appointed as the sole supplier of bespoke tyres for the 19 and 20-inch fitments of the new Jaguar XK Coupe and Convertible. According to the company, the Dunlop and Jaguar partnership embraces many of the iconic successes in the history of both brands. Six Le Mans victories were shared between the two companies, with the success story spanning the 1951 Jaguar XK120C through the legendary D-Type era to the Jaguar XJR-9LM that won in 1988.

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Bridgestone Opens Shanghai Retail Store

Reports in the Shanghai Daily say that Bridgestone has opened a 1.6 million Yuan (US$ 198,270) “Car Wing” store in Shanghai. The store covers 789 square metres and is Bridgestone’s largest in China. It is also the first built by the tyre manufacturer, as its other stores were built by dealers.

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Adding Value…Harvie Style

The Harvie name has been associated with tyre repair materials and wheels service accessories for the past four decades, during which time the company has demonstrated rapid response to continuous tyre and rim change processes and the ensuing demands for high quality, technically efficient products plus customer service support within the UK market.

Managing director, Terry Brooks, points out that the company has experienced a 35 per cent sales revenue growth during 2005 along with a high degree of customer satisfaction. The company now presents a product portfolio backed by impressive service levels to both existing loyal customers and prospective customers alike.

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Alcoa Provides Wheels for Honda Ridgeline

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Alcoa Wheel Products announced today that its 17-inch Alcoa cast aluminium wheels are used on the new 2006 Honda Ridgeline pickup truck, recently selected by Motor Trend magazine as the 2006 truck of the year. The Alcoa wheels are featured on Ridgeline’s upgraded EX-L and EX-L Navi trim packages.

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Corvette Production Impacted Due to Wheel Supply Disruption

Production of certain models of Corvette could be delayed as a result of wheel supply interruption. Supplier Amcast went into bankruptcy on 2 December. General Motors is changing all orders that were scheduled to be built after 3 January from polished wheels to silver painted wheels delivered by another supplier. Any substitution of a lower cost wheel will be reflected in a reduced invoice for the dealers. The chrome wheel option will be postponed until “late spring production.” The impact on production of the top version Z06 is still undetermined.

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GPX International

GPX International Tire Corporation has announced that Donna Lynn DiSpirito has joined the company as the new director of quality. As an ASQ certified quality manager, certified six sigma black belt, senior examiner for the MA quality award, and a lead auditor for both ISO 9001 and TS 16949, Ms DiSpirito has extensive experience in integrating quality practices with production demands within a broad range of industries.

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Wicked Wheels Adds Sprinter Fleet

An Essex-based alloy wheels repair business is a polished act when it comes to keeping up appearances and it has just returned to Mercedes-Benz for a new fleet of vans. Wicked Wheels UK, of Toppesfield Road, Great Yeldham, Halstead, started life as a one-man operation with a Mercedes Sprinter van five years ago. As the company has expanded, so its fleet has grown. Today, Wicked Wheels operates more than 40 vehicles across 24 UK locations and has a turnover of nearly £3 million.

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New Ford F-150s Riding on Pirelli

(Akron/Tire Review) Pirelli Scorpion LT/SUV tires have earned an OE position on the 2006 Ford F-150. The new F-150 Harley-Davidson model will have 22-inch wheels with Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico tires in size P275/45R22. And the F-150 FX4, Lariat, and King Ranch models will have an available 20-inch wheel with Pirelli Scorpion ATR tyres in size P275/55R20. Pirelli Tire North America said this was the first OE fitment for the Scorpion ATR.

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Difficult Times For Amcast

Wheel deliveries between Amcast and General Motors have been temporarily restored following the component manufacturer’s second chapter 11 filing this year. The move is said to have averted a shut down at several GM assembly plants. Either way, court documents presented in Amcast’s bankruptcy filing report that it stopped all deliveries of previously ordered wheels to GM on 30 November, the day before Amcast filed for emergency bankruptcy protection. That move came after talks designed to modify business contracts between the two companies broke down.

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How to Successfully Recruit Senior Staff

A company’s success is determined by how good its people are and the more senior the people the greater the effect – good or bad –they can have on a company’s success. So how do you ensure that your next high flyer will be exactly that?

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Stamford Tyres First Half 2006 Net Profit up 114 per cent

Singapore’s Stamford Tyres has published first half 2006 results which show the company is ahead of schedule as far as net profits are concerned. In the six month period ended 31 October the company recorded a 114.3 per cent rise in net profits to S$6.5 million.

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