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Snap-on launches entry level diagnostic tool

In June Snap-on launched the Ethos Plus, a new entry level diagnostic tool. According to the company the Ethos Plus is a “compact, fast, accurate and versatile tool for solving today's diagnostic problems, designed for either the first time user – or for the experienced technician looking to add to their diagnostic toolbox”. The tool offers broad coverage of 30 manufacturers and functions including engine transmission, ABS, airbag, TPMS, hybrid power, body and climate control.

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Texa exhibiting at Coach and Bus 2013

Texa has announced it will be exhibiting this year at the Coach & Bus Show 2013 and wants to use this opportunity to discuss in detail with operators their current requirements for service and diagnostic tools. As TEXA provide a range of OE diagnostic tools for large coach manufactures, their Multibrand coverage is ideal for workshops maintaining mixed vehicle fleets.

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Supertracker-supported Subaru Legacy completes Help4Heroes rally

Supertracker has given wheel alignment support to West Midlands father and son driving team, Keith and Dylan Evans and their Subaru Legacy Estate in the annual Help4Heroes 4×4 European Rally 2013. The team was awarded Total Off-Road Magazine’s 'Best Non Land Rover performance', having been primed by Supertracker, which set up and adjusted the wheel alignment and sourced special Landsail tyres for the 14-day trip across a number of European countries, visiting numerous battle locations and memorial sites from WW1 and WW2.

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Oman acts against illegal regrooving

Oman’s official news agency reports that the country’s Public Authority for Consumer Protection (PACP) has taken action against an establishment that regrooved end of life passenger car tyres and sold them to consumers as semi-new. In a statement, PACP chairman Dr. Said bin Khamis al-Ka'abi shared that a number of businesses, with links to “some expats”, have sold tyres unfit for use as semi-new; he referred to this as a “serious crime” that has “negative dimensions and effects on the safety of consumers.”

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New chief executive at Bohnenkamp

Germany-based agricultural and off-road tyre specialist Bohnenkamp AG has appointed Gregor Rüth its new chief executive. Rüth begins in this role on 1 August and is now working together with fellow board member Michael Rieken to ensure a smooth takeover.

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Goodyear launches European Road Safety App

Goodyear has launched a free European Road Safety App for Android and iOS platforms. The application, available for use in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch, is designed to help guide tourists through other European country’s road laws and requirements. Users get an overview of 25 European countries, including popular destinations such as Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Portugal and Switzerland, as well as the larger western European markets. It provides such information as speed limits on highways and in the cities, alcohol levels allowed for drivers, tips for a safer drive, how to act in case of an accident, and local emergency phone numbers.

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Supertracker invited to sit in on tyre retailer’s alignment session

Supertracker reports that a growing number of tyre retailers are using the company's concepts to tailor their own in-house training sessions. UK sales manager and principal engineer Jerry Barker was recently invited to sit in on a specialised advanced wheel alignment course by one of the UK's leading tyre and automotive retailers.

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Pro-Align trains competitor bound for World Skills Leipzig

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Pro-Align has trained Team UK Auto Tech’s Alex Knight on the Hunter Elite TD imaging aligner in readiness for World Skills Leipzig 2013. Pro-Align trainer Barry Sumner helped Knight familiarise himself with the Hunter imaging aligner with QuickGrip targets, which will be the featured alignment equipment at World Skills Leipzig, extending his alignment knowledge. Knight commented, “My previous wheel alignment experience has been rather limited, so today was invaluable. The Hunter is so quick, easy to use, and far better than anything else I have used in the past.”

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Tyres & Accessories June 2013

June's issue of Tyres & Accessories is now available online, with all the editorial compiled in our e-paper format. This means that subscribers need only click the more button to start reading straightaway – even before your paper copy has arrived. This month's edition contains special features on high performance tyres, tyre recovery and wheel aglignment as well as all the normal news and reviews. If you are not yet a subscriber simply click the subscribe link above.

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Michelin UHP OE deals continue with AMG, Corvette fitments in 2013

Michelin’s supply of its high and higher than high performance Pilot Sport branded tyres as original equipment has continued to yield new deals moving into 2013. The all new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Black Series will be fitted with the new Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyre, while specially developed Pilot Super Sport ZP tyres will be fitted to the full 2014 range of Chevrolet Corvette Stingray models.

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Bartec releases update for Bartec 400SD tools

Bartec USA, LLC has released the R50 software update, which adds the ability to program popular aftermarket sensor solutions from Alligator and Orange in addition to the Schrader EZ-sensor range to the Tech400SD.

Bartec reports that it first developed and created the process of using a TPMS scan tool to program these sensors. It was also said to have been the Bartec range of TPMS tools that first programmed the Schrader EZ-sensor and according to Scot Holloway, Bartec CEO, “Bartec’s experience and expertise in sensor programming keeps us at the forefront of TPMS innovation; now you can add the Alligator Sens.it and the Orange Electronic ID Clonable sensors to a growing and distinguished list of programmable sensors our tool covers.”

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Dealers: Car buyers rate emissions as important

Dealers are reporting a rise in the number of consumers asking them for CO2 information as part of the used car buying process, according to the latest survey from vehicle information expert, HPI. However, HPI's new research confirms that cost is the driver behind consumer interest in CO2 data and savvy dealers, who are meeting the needs of their customers by providing this information, are securing more deals.

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Supertracker displays STR210R aligner prototype

Wheel alignment specialist Supertracker has unveiled the prototype of its new STR210R aligner. The fully computerised laser wheel aligner will be introduced into the market in the near future, and was on display at the CV Show 2013 for inspection and discussion with a member of Supertracker's national sales team.

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Wegmann launches Perfect Equipment brand

Wegmann Automotive – the world market leader for wheel balancing weights – took the opportunity presented by Autopromotec to launch its Perfect Equipment brand into the European markets. Perfect Equipment brings with it over 75 years of experience and known in the North American market as the largest US brand manufacturer of wheel weights.

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