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Manchester Central Redevelopment Ready for October’s Brityrex Show

ECI International, the organiser of Brityrex, says a new-look venue will greet exhibitors and delegates at October’s show at Manchester Central (formerly known as the G-MEX. The venue has spent £30 million over the past two years completing a major redevelopment programme. The most striking result of the investment can be seen by the addition of the new Charter Foyer and the new and extended Central Foyer, which have added cohesion to the venue’s facilities and offer greater ease of access within the Manchester Central site. The new Central Foyer is much larger than its predecessor and has added additional event space.

28th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Euro Car Parts Launches Garage Solutions Catalogue

Euro Car Parts (ECP), the UK's leading aftermarket parts distributor has launched its first Euro Garage Solutions catalogue. Products include: diagnostics, compressors, lifts and tyre equipment from suppliers such as Brian Bee, Ecotechnics, Bosch, Werther and the latest addition to the EGS range – John Bean tyre equipment.

8th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Al Saeedi Expands into Africa With Tyrexpress Operation

Al Saeedi Group, a leading Middle Eastern tyre distributor, has expanded its operations into Uganda. The UAE based company set up Tyrexpress (U) Ltd. on 13 April 2010. The company was inaugurated by Niraj Srivastava, High Commissioner of India in the presence of company directors, distinguished guests and customers.

19th April 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Wrexham Garage First to Use New Hoffmann Tyre Changer

Snap-on Equipment reports that its first UK customer for the Hofmann Quadriga 1000 automatic tyre changer has taken delivery of the machine. Wrexham-based Minera Tyres & Exhaust has been supplied with the new, state-of-the-art machine, which enables tyres to be automatically demounted and mounted from wheel rims with a diameter of up to 30”. The Quadriga 1000 was supplied by Unipart Garage Equipment Services.

15th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Brityrex Increases Aftermarket Appeal

More exhibitors from across the aftermarket have signed up for October’s Brityrex International exhibition, with familiar names and new brands seeking to capitalise on the potential offered by a post-recession tyre and equipment marketplace. Among the latest names to be confirmed by show organiser ECI International are battery specialist Manbat, Chinese tyre maker Guizhou Tyre Co and a strong hand of garage equipment suppliers in Snap-On Equipment, DQN and JHM Butt & Co.

11th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bigger Tyre Changer Turntables for Increasingly Bigger Wheels

Snap-on Equipment has introduced two new tyre changers under the Hofmann and John Bean brands to meet what the company perceives as a growing need for tyre shops and garages to handle the larger wheel rim diameters fitted to an increasing number of cars on the road: the Hofmann monty 3300-24 and John Bean T4500-24.

4th March 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Brityrex has Sold 70 per cent of Floor Space for 2010 Show

ECI International has confirmed that 70 per cent of stand space for Brityrex International 2010 (5, 6 and 7 October at Manchester Central) has now been sold. Confirming the positive take-up from exhibitors, ECI managing director Paul Farrant said: “We continue to make very good progress with the exhibition and I can put everyone’s mind to rest by confirming that Brityrex will definitely be taking place as planned in Manchester in October. Reaching the 70 per cent milestone at this relatively early stage means we go forward with confidence and in the knowledge that the industry is firmly behind the exhibition.”

21st January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Hofmann Introduces New Truck and Bus Wheel Balancer Design

Hofmann, a brand within Snap-on Equipment, has introduced a new design for the geodyna ‘off-the-vehicle’ 980L and 4800L truck, bus and coach wheel balancers. Both machines now feature a reinforced cabinet, which is, Hofmann claims, stronger yet 30 per cent lighter than before. Other enhancements include a redesigned wheel guard support that enables the guard to be handled more smoothly and conveniently.

21st January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Over 140 Exhibitors Prepare for Bumper Tyrexpo Africa

Visitors to Tyrexpo Africa in Johannesburg in early March will have more than 140 exhibitors to talk business with as they look to take advantage of exclusive brand opportunities with tyre suppliers and improve the efficiency of their businesses with the latest workshop equipment, consumables and services. According to the show’s organisers, the third staging of Tyrexpo Africa (4, 5 and 6 March 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre (SCC), Johannesburg) has experienced a late surge of exhibitor bookings taking the show to near stand space capacity.

14th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Sivik – One Of Russia's Largest Suppliers

For over a decade, the Sivik Engineering and Production Group has been manufacturing professional automotive quality repair equipment. Today the company is one of the largest suppliers in Russia of products such as wheel balancers, lifts and tyre service equipment such as tyre changers, with ISO-9001 compliant factories.

12th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Euro Car Parts Offering Teco Brand Tyre Changers

Euro Car Parts (ECP) says that it will strive to meet motorists demands with its high quality Teco brand tyre changers. It states that with the ever increasing demand for improved workshop safety and the ability to handle bigger and more varied tyre/wheel packages, the demands on tyre changing equipment to meet a number of criteria has never been higher. Euro Garage Solutions (EGS), the Garage Equipment Specialist Division, of Euro Car Parts Ltd is confident that its Teco brand of tyre changers is more than capable of meeting the workshops current and future demands. In consumables, the distributor has announced that it will supply Bosch’s recently launched new range of garage equipment ‘Around the Wheel’ products. The company, which calls itself “the UK’s leading aftermarket parts supplier”, also stocks a comprehensive range of tyre repair materials from Rema Tip Top, launched a new extended range of SNR wheel bearing kits adding nearly 1,000 existing references in September and becomes “the first in the UK to sell the Koyo Hub Bearings in a branded Koyo box”, with its Japanese OEM timing belt tensioner/idler and Wheel Bearing Range extension.

7th December 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Corghi Releases Artiglio 50 Successor

Corghi has released the passenger car tyre changer it hopes will “widen the success of the Artiglio 50,” the Artiglio 500. The new model has been improved on the basis of feedback from the market, resulting in what Corghi hopes will be received as “an even higher performance product.” It will be demonstrated by Apaseal at Brityrex on the 5-7 October, 2010, and will be available from February. The company will continue to provide its “Blue Light” system for wheel balancing.

7th December 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Hofmann Introduces Fusion Wheel Balancer, Tyre Changer

Hofmann, a brand within Snap-on Equipment, has unveiled its new duo of machines under the brand name Fusion. The company says that the wheel balancer and tyre changer both aim to be class leading. They are available as a package for £3,999, including a 24-month parts and labour warranty, delivery, installation and training.

7th December 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Rema Tip Top Introduces Promaxx, Protec Ranges

The Promaxx range of tyre changers has, according to its distributor Rema Tip Top, become an instant success with both new and existing customers: “We listened to our customers, and their demands were clear; they wanted a tyre changer which was affordable, functional, built on quality engineering and installed with knowledge that performance and reliability came as standard,” says the company.

2nd December 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Sicam Announces New Wheel Balancer, Automatic Lever System, Wheel Aligner

Sicam has announced the release of two new products: the SBM V80 compact wheel balancer for car and light industrial vehicle wheels, and the SA 830 D3 wheel aligner. In over 30 years in business, Sicam has earned great esteem among producer of tools and equipment for tyre changer and balancing machines, befitting its location in the Industrial area of Correggio – a place the company calls the “home of tyre changers”. In 1975, Sicam launched the first car Tyre Changer, FALCO F9/20A model, a forerunner of its main range of garage equipments. Thanks to innovative ideas and ambitious projects, Sicam says it has earned relevant market shares both in the domestic market and the international one. At present Sicam exports its equipments to more than 90 countries all over the world, while current production is over 22,000 machines per year, equal to 13 per cent of the market.

25th November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors