Vipal, one of the world’s most important manufacturers of tyre retreading products, has just launched its VT160 tyre tread. Presented first last May at the 2013 Autopromotec trade fair in Bologna, Italy, it is specially designed to improve the traction of heavy vehicles in snow.

Thanks to its highly grooved tread, the new Michelin City Grip Winter tyre makes winter riding safer, thus providing users with added reassurance. Whatever the road surface – dry and cold, wet or snow covered – the Michelin City Grip Winter delivers the right technological solution.

The Irish Tyre Industry Association turned on the style at the National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) Golf Day, sponsored by Westlake Tyres, which took place at the stately home of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire in July.

The Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) is holding a Retailer’s Meeting at the Mullingar Park Hotel, Mullingar, Co.Westmeath on Saturday, September 7, where it will launch its Licensing Scheme, which aims to raise standards in the industry.

For the four professional cycle teams who have again chosen tyres made by Continental, the only German bicycle tyre manufacturer to produce its tyres in Germany are paticipating in this year’s Tour de France, which gets underway in Corsica on Saturday.

International logistics company Hoyer has extended its Michelin tyre contract across its 400-strong UK tanker fleet following a competitive tender Hoyer, which specialises in bulk liquid distribution of petroleum, food, gas and chemicals across Europe, America and Asia, offered its UK business to three premium manufacturers to ensure it had the safest and most cost-effective