Following its annual general meeting, members of the Imported Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ITMA) have elected Alfred Graham to the position of President with immediate effect. Having previously held the position of the Association’s treasurer for the last eight years, Graham succeeds David Seward who stood down as President at the end of his two-year term.
With difficult and unpredictable weather conditions throughout, Kumho tyres played a pivotal role in Garry Jennings’s dominant victory on the Topaz Donegal International Rally last weekend (June 15-17).
Following more than six billion kilometres of testing involving 50,000 tyres over seven years, Michelin is taking the first steps to combine the introduction of a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips in tyres for large commercial vehicle fleets.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has confirmed that is holding a tyre safety campaign in October with the support of the Irish Tyre Industry Association.
The implications of new EU legislation on tyre labelling for commercial tyre end users were detailed at a press briefing hosted by Continental Tyres in London recently.
The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company and Goodyear Dunlop Tyres Europe has apointed George Rietbergen to the position of Vice President Commercial Product Business Unit EMEA, effective July 1, 2012. George moves to this new role from his previous position of Managing Director Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd.
More than seven out of 10 of the National Ambulance Service’s (NAS) current fleet of approximately 500 vehicles, have under-inflated tyres, a survey has confirmed.
Patch Tyre Equipment is set to add to its ever growing range of own-brand workshop equipment with the introduction of a new range of air compressors, which are ideally suited for the tyre trade.
The third round of the Pirelli-supported MINI Challenge will feature as part of next weekend’s MINI festival celebrations at Brands Hatch Indy (16-17 June).