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Hunter Engineering Releases New Auto34R Tyre Changer

Hunter Engineering Releases New Auto34R Tyre Changer

The company says the Auto34R’s speed and ease of use derive from its telescoping chassis, which brings the wheel to the rollers and tool head. The new mechanism clocks the rollers and tool head to match the curve of the wheel. Direct rim tracking lowers the stress on beads during mount and demount cycles. The […]

Goodyear and Voyomotive collaborate on Tyre Intelligence for vehicle efficiency

Goodyear and Voyomotive collaborate on Tyre Intelligence for vehicle efficiency

The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company is collaborating with Voyomotive, a connected car technology company, to provide tyre monitoring solutions for more efficient operation of vehicles in the United States. This Goodyear-enabled service captures and analyses relevant tyre performance data to detect slow loss of tyre pressure multiple days before the TPMS light illuminates and […]

Seventh Automechanika Jhb to take place March 2022

Seventh Automechanika Jhb to take place March 2022

South Africa’s leading international trade fair for the automotive service industry targeting trade visitors from the Sub-Saharan Region is set to return to the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec, from 15-18 March 2022.Automechanika Johannesburg is collocated with Futuroad Expo, sub-Saharan Africa’s leading professional event for the truck, bus, and commercial vehicle industry as well as Scalex […]

International tyre and wheel industry is counting on THE TIRE COLOGNE 2022 for fresh momentum

International tyre and wheel industry is counting on THE TIRE COLOGNE 2022 for fresh momentum

THE TIRE COLOGNE is starting its intensive preparations for the forthcoming edition of the trade fair, which will be hosted from 24 to 26 May 2022 in line with its usual schedule. In close collaboration with the event’s conceptual sponsor, the Bundesverband Reifenhandel und Vulkaniseur-Handwerk e.V. (BRV/German Tire Retailers and Vulcanisation Trade Association), the team […]

Goodyear and TNO to demonstrate Intelligent Brake System

Goodyear and TNO to demonstrate Intelligent Brake System

The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company and Dutch research organization TNO are collaborating on a demonstration vehicle that will test the implications of connected tyres talking to the vehicle’s control system, most specifically the anti-lock brake system (ABS). By connecting Goodyear’s intelligent tyres with a vehicle’s ABS system, braking performance can be optimised for the […]

Pirelli to remain exclusive tyre partner to Formula 1 until 2024

Pirelli to remain exclusive tyre partner to Formula 1 until 2024

The FIA and Formula 1 have proposed, and Pirelli has agreed, a one-year extension to the existing exclusive tyre supply contract to reflect the original intention of the 2018 tyre tender and remain within the overall technical framework, which is in the best interests of all relevant stakeholders. The most recent tyre tender from the […]

Apollo introduces Apterra Cross tyres

Apollo introduces Apterra Cross tyres

After two years of extensive testing, tuning and painstakingly perfecting each and every small detail, Apollo Tyres today introduced Apterra Cross tyres for the fast-growing Compact SUV (CSUV) segment in India. This is the first dedicated range of tyres that caters to the CSUV segment, the hottest selling segment of the decade, in the Indian […]

Recircle Awards 2021: Debut Winners Revealed for the Inaugural Awards

Recircle Awards 2021: Debut Winners Revealed for the Inaugural Awards

Winners Announced for the Inaugural Recircle Awards Total Voting Numbers Exceeded 9,000 for the Debut Event Award Winners Hail from Five Different Continents CREWE, UNITED KINGDOM, 15th of March 2021 – Valebridge Media Services (VMS), the Crewe, UK and Madrid, Spain-based media services agency, has announced the winners of the inaugural Recircle Awards 2021, the […]

Another new Tiger Wheel & Tyre fitment centre opens its doors

Another new Tiger Wheel & Tyre fitment centre opens its doors

As part of ongoing expansion plans, Tiger Wheel & Tyre recently opened their newest store located at Festival City in Kempton Park. “Over the years, we have been the fortunate with the support received from the residents of Kempton Park. We did however notice a growing need for fitment services in the area and seized […]

Vipal implements CRM for the international team

Vipal implements CRM for the international team

Vipal started 2021with some news in all its international units: the implementation of a new CRM management tool (Customer Relationship Management). Developed in partnership with Salesforce, a leading customer relationship management software company from the United States, the system gathers all customer information such as proposals, orders, characteristics and market potential onto one platform. Oriented […]

Tyres & More launch MORESURE® Road Hazard Guarantee

Tyres & More launch MORESURE® Road Hazard Guarantee

If recent global events have taught us anything, it’s that we live in a world of uncertainty. That’s proven true, now more than ever. And, when the unexpected happens, we’ve learned to ensure that we have a safety net or fallback to provide a soft landing. From health insurance, car insurance to home insurance, we […]

Tyrexpo confirms three-day Tyre Business Summits at Tyrexpo Asia 2021

Tyrexpo confirms three-day Tyre Business Summits at Tyrexpo Asia 2021

With Tyrexpo Asia 2021 still eight months way from being staged in November, a steady momentum of international companies is gaining confidence and are confirming their place at the event as exhibitors. The three-day International Business Conferences and Summits held in Marina Bay Sands Conference Complex in Singapore has been garnering positive interest. Two conferences […]