This years’ Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) Briefing Day event will take place on Tuesday 16 September 2025. The venue will be the Ardencote Hotel in Warwickshire’s Shakespeare’s country, which has the capacity to accommodate ever increasing attendance numbers at the UK tyre recycling’s premier event. Further details are expected to be released soon.
From 18 to 20 November, Kumho hosted its annual European Bloc Meeting at the Kumho Tire European headquarters in Offenbach am Main, Germany. “…it was a fantastic opportunity to build on the successes of the last meeting and develop new ideas for 2025”, company representatives wrote in a social media post published on 20 November 2024.
Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) CEO Fredrik Emilson is participating in a keynote CEO panel arranged during the first day of the Recovered Carbon Black conference as well as at a special networking lunch that Enviro is hosting and where chairman Alf Blomqvist will also be present. The Recovered Carbon Black conference takes place between November 5 and 6.
Following the news that George Eustice, director, Penbroath Ltd and former secretary of state for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs 2020-2022 will be keynote speaker at the 2024 TRA briefing, the Tyre Recovery Association has revealed details of the rest of the sessions on 24 September 2024.
Tuesday 24 September sees the largest gathering of the UK tyre recycling. Over 50 businesses are expected to be represented to hear from the leading industry experts and analysts at a time when the new government needs to focus on some crucial decisions to enable the industry to succeed. Indeed, such is the importance of the current season in the tyre recycling sector, “Without an update to the regulatory framework many fear the imminent demise of the UK’S domestic tyre recycling industry.”
At the end of June 2024, the first Nexen InnoForum was held at the Allianz Stadium in Turin in cooperation with Juventus FC. The event, organized as a dealer conference for direct retailers from all over Italy, reportedly “marked a milestone in the partnership between Nexen Tire and Juventus, which started almost a year ago”. The dealer conference attracted a total of over 70 participants from all over Italy.
Garage Hive community members were called upon for their unique expertise as forward-thinking pioneers at the DPF Doctor Conference held in Newcastle on 11 May. Their insights and innovative approaches were showcased to motivate and inspire other independent garage owners, highlighting the cutting-edge strategies and knowledge fostered by Garage Hive.
Schaeffler is set to help raise essential funds for industry charity Ben with the sale of its limited edition run of ‘I was there’ t-shirts at the Repxpert Conference on May 22nd. The exclusive t-shirts will be available for a minimum donation of £5.00, with all proceeds going to Ben. Buyers will also get a free raffle ticket for a prize draw happening at the end of the day, featuring a selection of exciting prizes.
Time is running out for garages to nominate candidates for the first-ever Repxpert Awards, which will feature during Schaeffler’s brand new national Repxpert Conference. Garages have until Friday, 10 May to put forward potential candidates for the ‘Apprentice of the Year’ and the ‘Extra Mile’ awards.
Anyline is inviting leaders from the tyre, fleet management and automotive service industries to participate in a first-of-its-kind T.I.R.E. Summit. The one-day event, which will take place 13 June 2024, will address how technology can advance tyre safety, efficiency and performance. The T.I.R.E. Summit will include multiple keynote presentations and panel discussions on the topics of technology and innovation, business intelligence and data use, tyre regulations and service optimization, among others.
Colin Denton, star of TV’s Classic Car Garage has been unveiled as a keynote speaker for Schaeffler‘s all-new Repxpert Conference, which takes place at the Manufacturing Training Centre in Coventry on Wednesday 22 May, 2024. Having clocked-up decades of automotive experience, when he’s not in front of the camera, Colin is busy as the Chief Executive of the North London Garages Group Training Association (NLGGTA), which for 50 years has been delivering training, apprenticeships and more.
The Blend has extended an invitation for industry insiders to share their insights and expertise by speaking at this year’s hotly-anticipated independent garage annual conference and networking event. The 2024 event takes place at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham on Saturday, 28 September. Building on the success of last year’s conference, The Blend is eager to inject fresh perspectives by introducing new speakers.
Garage Hive has taken part in the 1TEC Auto Hub Connect event on 19 January at The Belfry Hotel in Sutton Coldfield. Bringing together industry leaders to discuss the latest trends and innovations, Garage Hive director Alex Lindley was a guest panellist for the ‘Community Connections’ session, alongside Tina Drayson of CCM and Nathan Taylor of Walsall Wood Tyre & Service, chaired by renowned TV presenter Mark Durden-Smith. The session explained how independent garage businesses can leverage tools, including data, social media, and marketing, to strengthen operations and boost customer reach.
WAI has become a partner sponsor at the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation’s (IAAF) upcoming annual conference. The rotating electrics and EV charging cable specialist is also sponsoring the Car Distributor of the Year award at the Pride of the Aftermarket Awards, which will be held on 7 December at DoubleTree by Hilton, Milton Keynes.
Vipal Rubber is participating in the Tyres & More National Conference in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The tyre retreading supplier is presenting its growth trajectory over the last 50 years, reaching its current global scale, and its product portfolio. The host is Yokohama’s retreading and repairs franchise in Australia, which has an extensive network of distributors in the retread tyres and services segment. Tyres & More’s network of distributors work in close collaboration with retreaders to sell retreaded tyres.
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