Tyretrade.ie attended this year’s The Tire Cologne in Germany, the biennial trade fair for the global tyre and wheel industries, where we met with a number of well-known faces from within the Irish tyre industry:
(l-r) Padraic Keating, Mileage Tyre Services; Ali Riza Kanik, member of the board, Özka Tyres; and Frank McDonagh, Mileage Tyre Services(l-r) Hazel Clarke, Fred Clarke, Ronnie Coleman, Damien Galligan, Agrigear; and Piero Torassa, field engineering manager, BKT(l-r) Derek Murphy, Euro Tyre Sales; Steve Eke, sales director UK and Ireland, Triangle Tyre; and Paddy Greenan, Euro Tyre Sales(l-r) Sean Cusack and Niall Murray, Tractamotors Tyres(l-r) Damien McGrath, National Tyres and Paul Hicks, product manager Europe, Sailun GroupChris Parle (left) and Luke McRedmond (centre) of Midland Tyres were winners of the F1 fastest pitstop challenge with a time of 13.19 seconds. Pictured right is challenge coordinator, Milan Leferink.(l-r) Ollie Weldon and Anne Joyce, LC Tyres; and Alfred van Dijk, sales manager, Magna Tyres(l-r) James Patrick Finnegan, Gerard Mines, and Sean McLoughlin, SG Tyre Wholesale(l-r) Shane Byrne, Connor Byrne, Rory Byrne and Rory Byrne, Modern Tyres(l-r) Alan Clancy and Kieran Clancy, Industrial Tyre Specialists(l-r) Sean Cusack, Tractamotors Tyres; Christian Büttner, event and exhibition, Hankook Tire; Kinny Bennett, director technical service team, Hankook Tire; and Niall Murray, Tractamotors Tyres(l-r) Tim Jolly, regional sales manager UK, and Sean Maddocks, sales director UK & Ireland, Davanti Tyres(l-r) Derek Murphy, Euro Tyre Sales; Ari Sala, assistant to European managing director, Prinx Chengshan; Paddy Greenan, Euro Tyre Sales; David Oliva, marketing manager Europe, Prinx Chengshan; and Xia Xinyu, international marketing, Prinx Chengshan(l-r) Chris Parle, Noel Kingston and Luke McRedmond, Midland TyresHenry Tien, sales specialist, Nankang Rubber TireThe Tire Cologne 2024 – The next edition is scheduled to take place from 9th – 11th June, 2026.