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Kirkby Announces New Additions to Alliance, BKT and Double Coin EM Range

Speke, UK-based wholesaler Kirkby Tyres has announced the latest additions to its earthmover tyre range, including new, larger and more specialist sizes under the Alliance, Double Coin and BKT brands. Alliance has released a new wide-based radial in the 650 design used on Loaders/Dozers and Graders. It is available in sizes ranging from 20.5R25 to 26.5R25, inclusive. Ilan Goldstone commented: “This tyre has been designed with a compound that has exceptional wear and an all-steel casing for superior durability and puncture resistance – it’s a very popular tyre. As well as the tyres we also have off-the-shelf EM wheels, as well as being able to provide bespoke specifications when necessary.”

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Starco Promotes Growing Wheel Business at Reifen 2010

It’s only about a year since Tyres & Accessories visited Starco Europe’s head office in Denmark, so it came as a surprise to discover how much activity has occurred within the company in the months between our last interview and the Reifen 2010 show in Essen. Starco Europe group marketing manager Brian Lorentzen explained that recent developments are opening up a whole new market segment for Starco, and while it is not turning its back on the traditional business of smaller tyres for manually driven vehicles, the company now offers aftermarket customers much, much more.

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Trax Readies its ‘Universal Solution’

Germany is not just Europe’s largest single tyre market – sales of wheel balancing weights there account for a large proportion of the region’s total sales of this product, so a German market presence is naturally a very good thing indeed. Therefore it has understandably concerned UK manufacturer Trax JH Ltd that it has been unable to sell zinc weights into Germany since European directive 2000/53/EC came into effect on July 1, 2005. All this is set to change, however. Trax is tooling up to begin volume production of an innovative new steel wheel weight, and the company’s sights are firmly set on the German market.

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8th CitExpo Gaining Momentum

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The 8th annual China International Tire Expo – CitExpo – will be held at Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center this September 8-10. According to Wilko Fong, managing director of show operator Reliable International Exhibition Services, the number of registered exhibitors is expected to exceed last year’s CitExpo, with more than 300 exhibitors expected, covering 21,000 square meters of space over three halls.

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Pirelli Ties in With Crackdown 2 Video Game Launch

Pirelli Tire North America has teamed-up with DUB, Ford, Microsoft and Roush Industries for the customized Crackdown 2 version of the 2011 DUB Edition Ford Mustang V6, reports Tire Review. The customized car, tied in with the launch of the XBox 360 Crackdown 2 video game, will be given away in a sweepstakes.

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Dotz Launches ‘Exile’ Rim

The latest wheel design from Dotz is the Exile, a product promoting as one that should “tick all of the boxes for the burgeoning OEM+ crowd.” A press statement accompanying the Exile’s release states that its “stunning design, deeply sculpted centre bowl and perfectly proportioned spokes provide a fresh new take on the classic ‘Y’ spoke genre.”

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TyreSafe Highlights Caravan Tyre Checks Following UK’s Bright Early June

Whether your attitude towards caravans could best be described as “enthusiastic” or “Clarksonesque”, one potential problem for the holiday home on wheels has possibly escaped you: the degradation of its tyres during idle Winter months. With one of the brightest start to Summer since records began, UK safety organisation TyreSafe has taken the opportunity to address the problem, suggesting that caravan owners should pay particular attention to the condition of their tyres before heading off on holiday this year. Since caravans often stand unused for much of the off-season, there is a strong potential for tyre related problems to develop – such as cracking caused by the sun’s UV rays – making them unsafe or dangerous to use. To help owners identify such problems, TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety organisation, has launched a new section on its website at www.tyresafe.org dedicated to caravan tyre safety.

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Pirelli Tyres Fitted to Podium Riders at Isle of Man TT Zero Race

The Isle of Man’s low emissions TT Zero race – for electric motorbikes – saw the majority of riders choose to use Pirelli’s Diablo Superbike ‘slick’ race tyres, with machines shod with the Italian manufacturer’s rubber taking all three podium places. The MotoCzysz machine swept to a dominant win over the testing 37-mile Mountain course at the hands of pilot Mark Miller, travelling at an average speed of 96.82mph. The machine hit 135mph at the Sulby Speed Trap and finished the race in 23 minutes 22 seconds. Pirelli says the Diablo tyre’s low rolling resistance was “essential in this power sapping electric race”.

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Snap-on Equipment Appoints New Area Sales Managers

Snap-on Equipment has taken on a number of Area Sales Managers (ASM) to strengthen its UK-wide distributor support. The appointments are part of the company's ethos of providing highly effective sales support for distributors and include existing motor industry stalwarts, as well as those bringing fresh knowledge from other sectors to the business. Snap-on Equipment's products under the John Bean and Hofmann brands are exclusively available via the company's distributor partners.

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Amazon.com Launches Online Wheel Store

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Amazon.com customers can now choose from a catalogue of over 10,000 wheels after the online retailer, originally known for taking the lead in web-based book and CD sales, announced the launch of its Wheels Store (www.amazon.com/wheels). The site also offers a range of roughly 12,500 mainly motorbike and car tyres.

According the company, the store showcases a vast selection from top brands like American Racing, Dip, Dale Earnhardt Jr., KMC, Mickey Thompson, Sacchi, Konig and Veloche. As in the Amazon.com Automotive Store, customers looking for wheels will discover the Automotive Part Finder, a powerful search tool that helps customers quickly find the wheels guaranteed to fit their specific year, make and model.

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Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists and Ride-On Form Strategic Alliance

In the US Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists, Inc. (AWRS), the world’s largest mobile wheel repair company, and Inovex Industries, Inc, the manufacturer of a high-speed tyre sealant, Ride-On Tire Protection System, have announced their strategic alliance giving AWRS the exclusive rights to introduce Ride-On into the automotive dealership market place. The company will also distribute to the retail tyre, quick lube, and mass merchandiser market segments.

“The automotive retail market place represents an enormous opportunity for sales growth,” says Mark Farkhan, CEO of Inovex, “and due to the vast nature of this marketplace and the resources required to penetrate it, we decided that it was in the best interest of our company to form a strategic alliance with another company that already has sales, marketing, and distribution channels established. We are extremely excited that we were able to form a partnership with a company as committed to providing quality service and cutting edge technology as AWRS to help expand Ride-On’s reach into this $2.4 billion dollar market segment.”

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Challenge Bibendum Gets Underway Sunday

On Sunday May 30 the 10th Michelin Challenge Bibendum gets underway. This year the five-day event is being held in Rio de Janeiro, and Michelin states that during the course of the week it will present future generations of its low fuel consumption tyres, the first prototype tyres for electric vehicles (which can reportedly increase vehicle operating range by almost ten per cent) and motorised wheels plus the Michelin Active Wheel, both products intended to optimise the design of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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European Commission Imposes 20.6% Duty on Chinese Alloy Wheel Imports

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On 12 May the European Commission (EC) imposed a 20.6 per cent duty on aluminium road wheels imported from China. The ruling, which is lower than the 30 per cent some sources predicted, is designed to put the brakes on the decline in European produced aluminium wheel sales. It comes in the form of a “preliminary measure” just over half way through the anti-dumping investigation that began at the behest of EUWA (European Wheel Manufacturers Association) in May 2009. The preliminary measure lasts for the six months necessary for the commission to make its final ruling in November at which point the 12 May ruling leaves the option open for commission to the 20.6 per cent import duty for an extra five years.

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Titan Introduces ‘ACT’ Wheel for the Mining Industry

Titan Wheel Corporation has introduced its Accelerated Change Technology (ACT) wheel, a design it says allows a service technician to change or rotate the rear tyres on a mine haul truck in a fraction of the time. The system, the manufacturer adds, also enhances safety, reduces service technician fatigue and increases profitability by reducing tyre maintenance downtime.

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