In this issue: SUV Tyres There is no question that motorists are increasingly switching to sports utility and crossover utility-type passenger cars (commonly abbreviated as SUVs and CUVs respectively). In the prelude to the launch of the Scorpion range (see Tyres & Accessories, March 2022), Pirelli executives illustrated the extent of the surge towards larger, […]
Read the March 2022 issue of Tyres & Accessories, the magazine for tyre and wheel professionals, online now. In this issue: Commercial Vehicle Tyres The commercial vehicle tyre segment continues to evolve with the major players integrating full suites of digitised fleet services to offer deeper partnerships than vanilla tyre supply deals. Technologically, this dominant […]
In this issue: Car tyres Problems in the automotive parts supply chain hit car makers hard in 2021. The knock-on effect for tyre manufacturers was an estimated $2 billion in lost revenues, as original equipment manufacturers around the world slowed or stopped production. This has throttled the speed of the return to pre-Covid levels, despite […]
In this issue: Agricultural tyres Following on from a resilient 2020 in which system relevance staved off the pandemic’s financial fallout, manufacturers and suppliers of agricultural tyres report that this past year has been a strong one. Tyres & Accessories will start off 2022 by catching up on the latest from the agricultural segment. Pick […]
In this issue: 2021: Year in review 2020 was, perhaps, too often described as “unprecedented” due to the adverse and unforeseeable impact of Covid-19. 2021 has seen the pandemic become more of a known entity, but challenges remain. For example, shipping prices remain sky-high and raw materials costs, while softening, are also likely to put […]
In this issue: Tyre servicing equipment In the September issue, we took a look at how quickly the trend towards electric car ownership is making it necessary to ensure that garages are ready to meet the particular tyre service demands of this market. In November, our focus turns to the machinery and equipment used to […]
In this issue: The integration of online and physical tyre business During the heights of pandemic-related disruption in 2020, online pre-sale research and tyre retail surged. This has resulted in additional strategic movements such as acquisitions in the online tyre space. The questions such moves seek to answer are: How does the market integrate online […]
In this issue: Click the cover for the full contents page Mobivia & Black Star partner in Bethune project The future of tyre making at the site of Bridgestone’s recently-closed Béthune plant in France has been secured by a deal sign-ed in July between major European vehicle maintenance and mobility firm Mobivia and French retreading […]
In this issue: Electric Vehicle and Eco Tyres The pandemic year has seen accelerated growth in electric cars, both in terms of sales and public interest. Kwik Fit research in mid-2021 showed a 31 per cent rise on 2020 in UK motorists that expect their next car to be fully electric. The move from ICE […]
