News Archive
25 Sep 2013
Tyre trade out in force at National Ploughing Championships
The tyre trade are out in force this week at the National Ploughing Championships, which takes place at Ratheniska. Co. Laois.
25 Sep 2013
Uniroyal unveils two new tyres
Uniroyal – the ‘wet tyre’ maker – has just unveiled two new tyres – the Uniroyal Rainsport 3, a sports tyre which, the company says, through the use for the first time of ‘shark skin’ technology, brings the highest standard of wet-weather performance to summer tyres.
25 Sep 2013
Pirelli prepares for packed grid at GT Cup season-closer
More than 30 awe-inspiring GT cars will take to the grid at Donington Park on Saturday 28 September as the GT Cup Championship celebrates the end of another successful season with Pirelli as the championship’s sole tyre supplier.
18 Sep 2013
Bridgestone Jordan F1 at Classic Car Show
The Bridgestone Jordan F1 car continued its tour of the country when it recently stopped off at the at the first Naomh Fionnbarra GAA Club Classic Car Show in Cabra, Dublin.
18 Sep 2013
NTDA to sponsor Brityrex 2014 in Manchester
The National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) will be the major sponsor of next year’s Brityrex International exhibition, following an agreement reached with show organiser ECI International.
18 Sep 2013
Bridgestone celebrates 200th MotoGP™ in Misano
After more than a decade at the pinnacle of motorcycle racing, Bridgestone celebrated the 200th MotoGP™ Grand Prix run on Bridgestone tyres. Since winning its first MotoGP™ World Championship in 2007 and becoming the sport’s first exclusive tyre supplier in 2009, the 2013 Misano Grand Prix represents yet another milestone in a long and proud
17 Sep 2013
New Firestone Performer Row Crop
With the new Performer Row Crop series, Firestone has once more developed a solution for the growing worldwide trend of increasing volumes and weight of agricultural machinery. With their high load capacity, long tyre life and excellent traction resulting in higher speed, the Performer Row Crop tyres offer reduced end-user costs and maximised efficiency.
16 Sep 2013
Nokian tops winter tyre tests
Nokian winter tyres have come out on top in tyre tests conducted by a number of leading German car magazines.
11 Sep 2013
Annual world tyre manufacturer rankings published
According to Rubber & Plastics News’ (RPN) annual ranking of the world’s tyre manufacturers (based on revenue from the sale of tyres), Bridgestone Corp. remains the world’s number one tyre manufacturer, a position it has held for the last five years.
11 Sep 2013
Are you compliant with the battery regulations?
The Environmental Prorection Agency (EPA) is advising all garages that sell automotive batteries, that they are responsible for the proper disposal of the old battery.
11 Sep 2013
Philip White Tyres exhibits at Balmoral
Philip White Tyres exhibited at the Balmoral Show in May, arguably Ireland’s largest Agricultural and Food Show for the whole family.