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Pro-Align: Quick Check Drive is ‘a wheel servicing revolution’

The development of modern car technology has accelerated as fast as ever before and manufacturers producing the systems that allow workshops to service these vehicles effectively have also developed at a fast rate. In some cases, the development has been a technological necessity needed to keep pace with vehicle development, but in other cases, the development is driven by the vision to provide a better, more efficient servicing solution.

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  1. Pro-Align presents latest automated Revolution
  2. Hunter truck alignment system makes UK debut at CV Show with Pro-Align
  3. Pro-Align to create workshop space to demo products at Automechanika Birmingham
  4. Pro-Align launches two-day aftersales commitment
20th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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1 million Eurorepar tyres sold in the first two years

Whichever company is responsible for manufacturing Eurorepar Reliance tyres, the repair chain certainly appears to be moving significant quantities.

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  1. Are Eurorepar Reliance tyres made by Hankook?
  2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS² on the podium at Auto Express 2017 Winter Tyre Test
  3. Michelin launching CrossClimate 2
  4. PSA UK adds Reliance tyres to Eurorepar
20th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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Are Eurorepar Reliance tyres made by Hankook?

Following the announcement that PSA UK has added Reliance tyres to its British Eurorepar offer. The next question is, who makes the Reliance tyre brand? The good news is that colleagues at our German sister publication (Neue Reifenzeitung, which you can read online at reifenpresse.de) looked into this at the end of 2019 and found strong evidence that the tyres are made by Hankook.

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  1. 1 million Eurorepar tyres sold in the first two years
  2. Hankook Winter i*cept RS² on the podium at Auto Express 2017 Winter Tyre Test
  3. 3 tyres rated ‘exemplary’ in Auto Bild’s winter tyre test
  4. Hankook to present most advanced PCR, TBR tyres at Autopromotec 2017
20th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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Hella establishes Global Software House

Hella might be best known for its bulbs and ADAS, but the international automotive has announced that it expanding its global software competencies with a new Global Software House. Hella currently employs around 2,000 software experts worldwide, particularly in the field of embedded software in functional development for radar sensors, battery and steering electronics and lighting control, for example.

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  1. Michelin Tire Care [strategy] launched
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  4. Hella implements 24 GHz radar sensor technology in the Suzuki Swift and Swift Sport
20th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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EV growth demands alternative tyre servicing solution

While sales of eco-friendly electric and hybrid cars have been slowly accelerating for a number of years, figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show that for the first time ever, sales of new electric and hybrid cars recently overtook that of diesels for the first time ever. Although we’re probably still some time away from the real tipping point of mass adoption of electric vehicles in the UK, workshops are being advised that they need to prepare for this now, as they will only see more and more EVs and hybrids coming through their doors.

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  1. Pro-Align to create workshop space to demo products at Automechanika Birmingham
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  4. BMW approves Hunter RoadForce Elite wheel vibration diagnostics
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First Stop partners with Pilgrim Tyres

First Stop Tyre & Car Services has confirmed our reports on 14 September that the network has established a franchise partnership with one of the most successful garage depots in Devon, Pilgrim Tyres. Three new jobs are being created in the process. It is First Stop’s first partnership with a former HiQ franchise.

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  1. First Stop names Mark Widdows as retail manager
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20th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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PSA UK adds Reliance tyres to Eurorepar

Groupe PSA UK has added the Reliance tyre brand to its Eurorepar programme. As a result, Eurorepar Reliance-branded tyres will be available across Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroën and DS Automobiles retailers in 23 popular sizes, with more due to join the range next year. The tyres are available in sizes ranging from 14 to 17-inches, with prices starting from just £29.46 for the 155/65 R14 75T.

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  1. 1 million Eurorepar tyres sold in the first two years
  2. Membat’s CC-rated tyre offering experiencing sales growth in Europe and beyond
  3. Falken says Euroall AS200 a ‘sensible’ UK alternative to ‘pricey’ winter tyres
  4. Tyre sell-out up 4% overall, value tyre sales growth outpaces premium 4:1
19th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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Yokohama’s Prometeon bid: Delayed by Covid, but nearing completion

Yokohama’s Prometeon bid: Delayed by Covid, but nearing completion

Today Yokohama announced that it is consolidating its OTR tyre businesses into Yokohama Off-Highway Tires, which could be read as a prelude to the announcement Yokohama’s bid for the Prometeon tyre business. Roughly a year after the story broke, Yokohama’s bid for Prometeon isn’t the best kept secret in the tyre industry. Tyres & Accessories first heard talk of Yokohama’s bid for the ex-Pirelli industrial and commercial vehicle tyre business back in July 2019. The news was reported world-wide after we broke the story in September 2019, followed days later by third-party confirmation from the Chinese side of the deal. At that time, the deal was set to go public by the end of 2019. A few months later at the start of 2020, the timeframe switched to an end-of-first-quarter 2020 deadline. Then the coronavirus pandemic happened. And in the months that have followed things have gone quiet. So, where is Yokohama’s bid for Prometeon up to? The latest news is that deal is still on-track, but that there have been a few changes along the way. Here, Tyres & Accessories brings an update on the status of the acquisition and offers a different view on the deal by looking at it from a South American perspective.

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  1. Yokohama to buy ex-Pirelli commercial/industrial tyre business Prometeon
  2. Pirelli truck tyres separating and merging with Aeolus/ChemChina
  3. Camfin gains right to buy up to 15% of Pirelli shares
  4. Yokohama consolidates OTR tyre businesses into Yokohama Off-Highway Tires
19th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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Yokohama consolidates OTR tyre businesses into Yokohama Off-Highway Tires

The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is consolidating its various off-highway businesses into a single entity. The new division – Yokohama Off-Highway Tires – will include Alliance Tire Group (ATG), which Yokohama bought four years ago and Yokohama’s off-the-road (OTR) tyre businesses across the globe. The move can also be interpreted as a prelude to the announcement of the result of Yokohama’s bid for the Prometeon tyre business, talks about which got underway last year.

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  2. Yokohama to buy ex-Pirelli commercial/industrial tyre business Prometeon
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19th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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New Sice website features virtual training centre tour

Sice has launched a new website after analyzing visitor statistics from the last few years. In response, the new Sice.it site been rationalized allowing “more intuitive navigation between the various sections, giving priority to products”.

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  1. Updated Point S ordering system goes live
  2. Cemb introducing upgraded Argos at Autopromotec
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  4. Cemb buys M&B Engineering
19th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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French government willing to invest in Bridgestone Bethune rescue

The French government is willing to partner with Bridgestone to save to the Bethune tyre factory the Japanese tyre manufacturer is planning to close.

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  1. Bridgestone temporarily closes, slows tyre production at European factories
  2. Another retail acquisition for Bridgestone in France
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19th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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Sailun named Transportation Partner for World Child Cancer

2020 marks Sailun’s 5th year supporting World Child Cancer as the transportation partner, alleviating the financial burden for families of children with cancer. Financially, Sailun continues its pledge to World Child Cancer – which supports children with cancer in the low and middle-income world – with a recent 50,000 euro donation.

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  1. Sailun Tyres becomes World Child Cancer charity sponsor
  2. Sailun launches 6-month World Child Cancer Challenge
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Mr Tyre makes it 35 with Ashton tyre retail centre

Mr Tyres has opened a new branch in Aston-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. With the additional of the Ashton-under-Lyne centre, Mr Tyre now has a total of 35 locations across the Midlands and North West of England.

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  1. Tyre retail market in a redistribution phase
  2. Micheldever/Protyre moves up to fourth, Lodge Tyres jumps in retail rankings
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16th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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Building on foundations of growth – GRI MD talks with T&A

Global Rubber Industries (Pvt.) Ltd. (GRI) has spent the last 18 years since its foundation cultivating its niche in the industrial, agricultural and construction tyre sectors. With ambitious capacity and expansion plans underway, Tyres & Accessories interviewed managing director Prabhash Subasinghe and learnt more about the company’s plans to build on its growth foundations.

Tyres & Accessories logoThis interview appears in full in the November edition of Tyres & Accessories magazine. Not yet a subscriber? You can change that here.

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16th October 2020 /0 Comments/by
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2020 tyre brand social media ranking: Where the numbers come from

As popular as our annual social media ranking is, we are often asked where we get the numbers from. Our table is designed to be as transparent as possible, but in order to offer a little more detail, here’s a description of our methodology.

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15th October 2020 /0 Comments/by