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Better productivity, road safety and soil protection can be had at the push of a button, says Michelin upon the launch of its new Michelin Pressure Calculator. The new smartphone app is aimed at operators of agricultural equipment and features a number of functionalities, including real-time tyre pressure information, which is said to be “just a photo and a couple of clicks away”.
Giti Tire has strengthened its passenger and light truck tyre division in the German-speaking, or D-A-CH region with the appointment of Thomas Wurst-Kornacker as retail network development manager and Katharina Kremer as marketing manager.
Leading Indian tyre manufacturer MRF Tyres has agreed to become an ICC global partner, which includes sponsorship of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2015. MRF has had a long-standing involvement in cricket as bat sponsor to famous players Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh. And, according to the company, MRF’s ‘Pace Foundation’ has earned itself […]
Euro Car Parts has appointed Sukhbir Kapoor as vice president (VP) for Supply Chain and E-commerce. According to LKQ Corporation, which owns Euro Car Parts, Kapoor will coordinate the company’s pan-European strategies and activities in supplier relationships, global sourcing, inventory, category management, brands and concepts, cataloguing, e-commerce and pricing. Kapoor joins the board of Euro […]
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company reports that it has completed the sale of its 65 per cent ownership in Cooper Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Company Ltd (CCT) to Chengshan Group Company Ltd on 1 December for approximately US$262 million net of taxes and including dividends in accordance with the previously announced option agreement. Earlier reports suggested […]
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. is to produce a film called “Driven to perform. To SAN SIRO” linking clips produced by fans from around the world into a movie to be shown during AC Milan Serie A home games. As a Premium Sponsor, Toyo Tires will make the film to promote support for AC […]
Yokohama-equipped cars won the series championships in five of six classes of the Japanese Rally Championship, the nation’s premier rally car competition. Yokohama-shod cars won the championships in the JN1, JN2, JN4, JN5 and JN6 classes. The performance of the victorious cars was firmly based on the superior performance on gravel of Yokohama’s “Advan A053” rally tyres as well as the excellent stability of the “Advan A050” sports tyre on tarmac courses.
Findings from the European Commission’s review into the process of access to vehicle repair and maintenance information have been welcomed as ‘another major step forward’ by the Independent Garage Association (IGA).
At the end of 2013, the Commission appointed Ricardo-AEA, a UK based agency, to carry out a study on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information for independent operators, and the results have confirmed the IGA’s stance that although the situation has improved in recent years, we are still some distance from a “level playing field”.
Dunlop Motorsport has been chosen to be the Official Tyre Partner for the launch of the ‘Aston Martin GT4 Cup’ – a prestigious new UK GT4 race series for Aston Martin V8 Vantage race cars. The new series will be strongly promoted in 2015 with a full calendar of events across the UK. The races will be organised by Aston Club Racing who have vast experience in organising racing series for modern and historic Aston Martins.
The recent massive fall in the price of oil continues not to be reflected at the pumps. FairFuelUK is repeating its call for a full pricing enquiry into why prices are not being passed onto consumers every time they fill up their vehicles. Following a meeting with FairFuelUK, Priti Patel the Exchequer Secretary to the […]
RAC Garage Compare.co.uk is being formed by a new partnership between the RAC and The Motorists Organisation, the company behind the former TootCompare site, and is being supported by an extensive consumer marketing campaign. Working on the same principles as comparison websites covering products such as motor insurance and other financial products, RAC Garage Compare […]
Italian racers Jarno Trulli and Michela Cerruti will drive the fully-electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E car at the Bologna Motor Show.
Ex-Formula 1 driver Trulli and Auto GP race-winner Cerruti both currently compete in the new FIA Formula E Championship as team-mates for Trulli – an outfit owned and managed by the Monaco Grand Prix victor.
Landsail tyres, which are produced by Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd in China’s Shandong province, are offering their tyres for magazine testing in a bid to demonstrate the quality of its products. According to the company, the move made as the Landsail brand reaches its fifth anniversary, follows accelerated investment in engineering, production capabaility, and […]
SMMT has announced that Gareth Jones, managing director of ebm-papst Automotive and Drives UK will be president in 2015 effective 1 January. Gareth Jones has more than 26 years’ experience within the ebm-papst group, operating in the manufacturing supply chains of many global industries including automotive, telecommunications, rail, consumer electronics, white goods and retail. He is an engineer with a wide range of experience across many business environments.
It’s already reported having original equipment tyre supply deals for the TT and TTS in the bag, now Hankook Tire has announced it will also supply original equipment tyres to a race championship featuring the Audi model. As exclusive tyre supplier to the Audi Sport TT Cup racing series, Hankook will supply all competitors with its Ventus Race tyres.
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