Montreal buses running on Vipal V167 tread
The Société de Transport de Montreal (STM) will begin retreading its tyres using Vipal products, following a bidding process and a battery of tests with the retreading material provider’s V167 tread.
The Société de Transport de Montreal (STM) will begin retreading its tyres using Vipal products, following a bidding process and a battery of tests with the retreading material provider’s V167 tread.
European liquid, bulk powder and palletised road transport specialist Abbey Logistics has signed up its 730 commercial vehicle assets to Effitires by Michelin solutions, describing the tyre management package as “a perfect fit for our operations.”
CAM International is making e-jobsheet.com available in three major European languages, as the company seeks greater penetration on the continent. The digital tablet-based work exchange for truck, bus, and van tyres is going live in French, German and Spanish.
Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ Australian tyre sales subsidiary has signed up as an official sponsor of the country’s national rugby union team, the Wallabies. The agreement runs until the end of 2017 and will be used to promote the Falken tyre brand, which becomes the “Official Tyre of the Qantas Wallabies.”
Apollo Tyres has appointed Steven Smidlein as the senior vice president for North America. This new role will be based in the firm’s New Jersey office and will see Smidlein reporting to Neeraj Kanwar, vice chairman and managing director, Apollo Tyres Ltd. An OE specialist, with previous experience at Goodyear, Steven Smidlein has spent most of his career working in various executive roles for car makers such as Chrysler, Honda and Accura in the US. According to the Apollo, Smidlein’s latest role sees him take responsibility for ”building the brand and sales in North America for both, Apollo and Vredestein”.
WAI has recently added two new starter motors to its extensive product range. Covering more than seven applications, the new starter motors highlight WAI’s investment in product development and adapting its range to the benefit of its customers, which is highlighted in the recent launch of its new corporate identity, reflected in all areas of the business, including product packaging.
New figures from My Car Check have highlighted the different risks associated with buying a secondhand electric or hybrid car. Most significantly, green machines are more likely to have outstanding finance than their petrol or diesel counterparts.
While exploring the products and services of more than 550 market-leading exhibitors, visitors to Automechanika Birmingham can also benefit from an extensive seminar programme to equip themselves and their businesses for a quickly-evolving industry.
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) will formally open its call for nominations to the 2016 Low Carbon Champions Awards in the week beginning 11 April. The Champions Awards celebrate organisations that have made a real difference in the area of low carbon road transport. There are seven Award categories, ranging from cars to innovation, from fuels to publications, and the winners will be announced at a gala dinner that will take place alongside Cenex’s Low Carbon Vehicle Event (Cenex-LCV) on Wednesday, 14 September 2016.
Brake Engineering has reported an increased demand in remanufacturing, as the braking brand continues to gain success with its Original Aftermarket campaign. While remanufactured brake calipers experience higher demand at this time of year, Brake Engineering is reporting an even greater upsurge in demand for calipers than in previous years.
Responding to the Asphalt Industry Alliance’s annual ALARM survey, Cllr Peter Box, transport spokesman at the Local Government Association, said: “It is becoming increasingly urgent to address the roads crisis we face as a nation. Our roads are deteriorating fast and it would take almost £12 billion and be close to 2030 before we could bring them up to scratch and clear the current roads repair backlog.”
Singapore-based brand Firenza will be exhibiting at Reifen 2016, showcasing its car, UHP, 4×4, winter, light commercial and truck tyres. At the same time a powerful and stunning display of Stamford Sport Wheels (SSW) from Thailand will also be showcased during the event.
SD-International (SDI) has announced plans to showcase its Pace, Toledo and Zeta private label ranges – which cover the car radial and truck and bus sectors – at this year’s Reifen show in Essen.
At the same SDI will be showcasing new AT and MT 4×4 tyre ranges, which will be available in both the Pace and Zeta variants, while the firm’s multilingual sales team will be revealing advance details of its new Zeta car tyre and SUV tyre ranges. Company representatives report that these have been specially produced for the American and ASEAN markets. Manufacturing of the new lines is set to commence in June of this year.
The Davanti brand is celebrating its first anniversary at Reifen 2016 in Essen in May. Following displays at shows including the Performance Car Show and Tyrexpo Africa, Davanti visits Essen with what is described as a “growing global following”. Launched at Autopromotec 2015 in Bologna, UK-based Davanti has seen impressive growth across multiple continents and is seeking to attract the crowds in Germany as its launches a new range of winter car, van and SUV tyres.
Nine new language options have been added to Yokohama Rubber’s corporate website. In addition to being available in English and Japanese, the site now includes information in Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Russian, Indonesian, and German. Users can access corporate information in their language of choice by selecting at the www.y-yokohama.com/global/ start page.
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