Bridgestone is progressively replacing its top-selling R297 steer and M729 drive tyres with newly-developed R-STEER 001 and R-DRIVE 001 truck tyres for regional application in Europe.
Michelin has launched the new Power Pure SC dual-compound radial scooter tyre, which is available in two sizes (120/70 R 15 and 160/60 R 15) to suit large capacity scooters such as BMW’s C 600 Sport and C 650 GT, and the Yamaha T-Max 530.
In today’s tough economic climate, transport fleets face constant pressure to reduce operating costs. Bridgestone has taken up this challenge and demonstrates why truck fleet operators should concentrate not on price, but on the cost per kilometer over the total tyre life.
Responding to fleets’ constant battle to maximize performance while minimizing costs, Bridgestone has developed Total Tyre Care – a flexible range of complementary truck tyre programmes designed to provide fleet customers with complete peace of mind.
Bridgestone has developed new truck and bus tyre manufacturing technology that will result in both significant resource conservation and enhanced fuel efficiency. The new technology is called TRISAVER, a reference to the three types of savings it enables: savings of costs, resources and CO2 emissions.
The GP2 Series draws to a close this weekend as it visits Singapore’s Marina Bay circuit for the very first time, with only two drivers in contention for the title: DAMS driver Davide Valsecchi and Arden’s Luis Razia.
TyreSafe in the UK has launched a potentially life-saving pledge on its Facebook page – www.facebook.com/tyresafeuk – that is designed to help keep drivers safe on the roads this winter.
Continental has debuted its ContiPressureCheck tyre pressure monitoring system for commercial vehicles in Europe at the 64th IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover, Germany
The Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) is working to bring all legitimate tyre traders together in a drive to bring licensing into the sector. The ITIA’s ATA Tyre Technician Accreditation scheme is proving a success, with more than 50 per cent of ITIA retail members now having Accredited technicians working in their outlets. Currently the
The ‘big freeze’ of 2011 was a wake-up call for most of Ireland’s motorists who, after decades of relatively mild winters, had grown accustomed to running ‘summer’ rubber all the year round. They learnt the hard way that the traction and braking performance of such tyres falls away exponentially at anything below 7 deg C
