Firenza high performance tyre options
International Singapore-based contract tyre brand Firenza continues to maintain a presence in the UK and Europe as a supplier of high performance tyres with the firms ST22 range.
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Liqui Moly to sponsor Hellas Rally for motorbikes
The Hellas Rally has developed into a major event for off-road fans over the past few years. This year more than 300 participants are expected, who will spend a week traversing Greece on their motorbikes and quad bikes. German oil and additive specialist Liqui Moly is the sponsor of the rally.
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Angry Jester’s ‘best ever’ air con package deal
Angry Jester, The Parts Alliances exclusive automotive equipment brand, says the Kheos Plus R134a Air Conditioning Machine is the trading group’s lowest-ever priced air con package. The unit comes with a database of oil types and refrigerant charge weights for most UK vehicles. The price also includes onsite commissioning, training and an F-Gas licence for one operator.
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Tyrexpo: Andrew Tan leaving SingEx
Andrew Tan has announced his upcoming departure from SingEx Exhibitions, the company behind the Tyrexpo series of trade fairs. The project director for SingEx Exhibitions’ Automotive & Commodities Cluster will leave SingEx at the end of this week.
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Goodyear becomes uniform sponsor to NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers, currently the defending champions in the USA’s National Basketball Association, hail from the state in which The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is based. And upon entering into a multiyear sponsorship agreement with the Cavaliers, the Ohio-based tyre maker spoke of “home-state pride.” The deal, announced yesterday at the Cavaliers’ home arena, will see the Goodyear Wingfoot logo appear on player uniforms from the 2017-18 season.
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TerraClean continues motorsports sponsorship
Randstad, via its engine decarbonising brand TerraClean, is sponsoring both PP Motorsport in the UK Clio Cup and double British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) champion, Colin Turkington for the second year running.
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Mahle adds five to CV filter range
Mahle regularly updates its heavy duty range of filters and has recently introduced five additional filters, including a fuel filter element consisting of two filters, three air filter elements and a spin-on fuel filter.
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Michelin: Planned obsolescence is ‘quite developed’ in the European tyre market
Michelin further re-affirmed its opposition to increasing minimum tyre tread depths (and of those that recommend changing tyres at 3mm) on 11 May when the company held a “The truth about worn tyres” demonstration at its ultra-modern Ladoux global research and development centre near Clermont-Ferrand in France. But what is the truth about tread depth? Tyres & Accessories spent a day experiencing some of the differences between tyres currently available in the European market and spoke with the Michelin senior vice president responsible for the firm’s whole-life tyre strategy, Bernard Delmas, in order to find out more.
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Yokohama hails Chelsea success as team wins ‘football’s biggest prize’
Chelsea’s 1-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion completed the club’s Premier League championship with two games to spare in shirt sponsor Yokohama’s second season with the club. The Japanese tyre manufacturer has enjoyed the benefits of its association with the winners of what it calls the biggest and most prestigious prizes in world club football, with a “big increase” in “brand recognition,” according to David Seward, managing director, Yokohama HPT Ltd. Yokohama’s sponsorship also helped generate some publicity for road safety charity TyreSafe this year, as Chelsea became a member, and displayed the organisation’s messages at Stamford Bridge.
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Pirelli sponsoring Emirates Team New Zealand in America’s Cup
While tyres help Formula One cars to maintain control, on a boat this job falls to the rudder. Therefore, it is fitting that these components on the Emirates Team New Zealand entry in the 2017 America’s Cup 2017 feature Pirelli branding. The ‘long P’ logo on its familiar yellow background is present thanks to a new partnership agreement signed between Pirelli and the two-time America’s Cup winner. The Pirelli logo will also appear on the boat’s hull.
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