Jolyon Palmer joins Lotus as F1 test/third driver
Jolyon Palmer, the reigning GP2 Series champion, has joined Lotus F1 Team as third driver for the 2015 season.
Jolyon Palmer, the reigning GP2 Series champion, has joined Lotus F1 Team as third driver for the 2015 season.
Oxfordshire’s Scotlands Ash Garage has launched a new website providing an improved interface and updated information about its range of services. Peter Welch, Scotlands Ash Garage owner, said that the site “underlines our commitment to hassle free, safer motoring for Oxfordshire motorists.” Over a year in the making, www.scotlandsashgarage.co.uk is designed to make it easier for customers to book in work and to view the independent garage’s latest developments.
The nominees for the 2015 Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence have been announced, and the shortlist of contenders includes a number of well-known tyre industry names. Goodyear, Kumho, Michelin and Yokohama are competing to be crowned Tire Manufacturer of the Year, and Michelin and Yokohama also appear a second time, being up against Trelleborg and steel wire specialist Bekaert in the Tire Technology of the year category.
Pirelli and Motor Wheel Service Distribution have signed a preferential supplier agreement. Available to original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket, the service covers MWSD’s complete range of Chevron marked steel wheels, designed to promote future traceability, and the company’s exclusive xlite forged aluminium wheels. This latest partnership follows an agreement with Goodyear Dunlop CV support network, TruckForce, in which MWSD became its preferred commercial wheel supplier. The newest premium brand partnership goes a step forward in its scope, providing tyre and rim as a full product.
Marcos Oliveira, president and CEO of Iochpe Maxion, has announced the promotion of Pieter Klinkers (44) to the role of CEO of Maxion Wheels, effective 1 March 2015. Klinkers, from the Netherlands, succeeds Fred Bentley in this role at the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminium rims for passenger cars and steel rims for cars and commercial vehicles. While Bentley led the company from the USA (Northville, Michigan), in future Klinkers will execute his duties as CEO from Königswinter, near the former West German capital of Bonn, where he is currently based.
The Tanzanian government has reiterated its commitment to restarting production at the General Tyre East African Limited (GTEA) factory before the end of this year.
The state-owned venture was once a significant player in the East African tyre market, along with Kenya’s former Firestone operation. According to local news sources, it started manufacturing tyres in 1971 and at its peak produced up to 1,200 tyres a day and employed over 4,000 workers.
After 25 years at the helm of Starco, CEO and majority shareholder Peer Ejlersgaard has handed over executive responsibility for the Starco Group to Richard Todd and Karsten Petersen, and has become chairman of the board. Ejlersgaard is being joined by a new board of directors in a move that aims to further strengthen both the daily management of the company and its strategic development for the future.
Antidumping duties of up to 87.99 per cent will be levied on passenger car and light truck tyres imported from China into the United States, the US Department of Commerce determined yesterday. Its preliminary determination was based on findings that some imports of passenger car and light truck tyres from China were sold in the US at dumping margins ranging from 19.17 per cent to 87.99 per cent.
In a world of uncertain requirements and demands of future campaigns, militaries all over the world are being forced to adapt their supply chains and the life cycle management of their assets. With this in mind, Defence IQ is hosting the 12th Annual Defence Logistics symposium. The event, which runs from 18 – 20 February 2015, welcomes a large number of representatives from large defence manufacturers, coming to discuss their specific supply chain challenges and to share common solutions.
Following the Petrol Retailers Association’s (PRA) meeting with the Exchequer Secretary Priti Patel last week, the PRA is urging the UK Treasury to pass on the benefits of increasing fuel volumes, by immediately cutting fuel duty by 2 pence per litre.
At the start of the year that ATS Euromaster marks its 50th anniversary, the leading tyre retail chain is kick-starting 2015 with the welcome news that it has returned to profitability after a challenging few years in the red. According to executives, this comes as the result of the successful implementation of a five-year turnaround plan and means ATS Euromaster is on-track to significantly increase profits over the next couple of years.
Pirelli has clinched the award for the Best Use of Overall Space at the Autosport International show held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.
The AA are warning classic car owners they could be driving ‘death traps’ after a teacher was killed when his MG “folded like a penknife,” according to The Daily Telegraph. Older vehicles do not have crumple zones and even recent classics like Minis and Ford Capris will come off a lot worse in a collision with the latest models, says the AA.
The Institute of the Motor Industry confirmed it will be changing the title of Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA), along with Automotive Management Accreditation (AMA), to ‘IMI Accreditation’ as part of the IMI’s brand overhaul. ATA was first established in 2005 to act as a voluntary licence to practise for the automotive sector and takes the form of practical and knowledge based assessments designed to test the current competence of an individual in their job role.
“The PRA welcomes the news that seventeen of the UK’s most rural communities are a step closer to getting up to a 5p per litre fuel price cut. The government’s Rural Fuel Rebate scheme has today cleared the major hurdle gaining European Commission (EC) approval”, said Brian Madderson, chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association.
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