Category: Brands

Agrigear recently exhibited at the 2026 Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, which proved to be another successful outing for the leading tyre distributor.

Kumho Tire will participate in The Tire Cologne 2026 (TTC) in Germany from 9th-11th June. At the event, the company will present a portfolio of key products, including summer, winter, all-season, and truck and bus tyres.

Hankook has once again been recognised for its product excellence, earning a “Highly Recommended” accolade for its Dynapro AT2 tyre in the Best Tyres for Pick-Up Trucks category in the DriverReviews 2026/27 Customer Choice Awards. The Dynapro AT2 is an all-terrain SUV tyre designed to deliver reliable performance and safety all year round.

Nexen Tire has announced that its Roadian CTX is being supplied as original equipment (OE) for Hyundai Motor Company’s new Staria Electric and Staria Limousine.

A Pirelli Cyber Tyre-shod Pagani Utopia Roadster has completed a more than 1,500 kilometre journey across Europe using the technology as standard, connecting Pirelli with Pagani Automobili and Bosch Engineering.

Continental is expanding its SportContact family with the SportContact 7 Force, a new ultra‑ultra‑high‑performance (UUHP) summer tyre engineered for selected high‑performance sports cars and now equipping the new Brabus BODO, the tuning company’s latest high performance car.

Continental has announced the formal appointment of Tom Godwin as national sales manager for earthmover, multi-purpose tyres (MPT) and military across the UK and Ireland.

Hankook is returning to the super-sport tyre segment with the Ventus evo Z, a high-performance summer tyre with a sporty design, offering greater tread depth and durability than a semi-slick, while still delivering excellent grip and handling for track use.

Bridgestone is the sole tyre partner for Maserati’s new MCPURA, the successor to the acclaimed MC20 and arrives on the market with a 3.0‑litre 630 CV twin-turbo V6 engine that delivers 0-100 km/h in under 2.9 seconds.

As the commercial vehicle sector moves deeper into 2026, the pressure on fleets has never been greater. Rising operating costs, tighter environmental targets and the ongoing demand for uptime are forcing operators to scrutinise every aspect of vehicle performance, and increasingly, that starts where the vehicle meets the road.

Persistently high fuel prices and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty continue to shape operating conditions for logistics companies across the European continent. For fleets operating cross‑border services and long‑haul routes, volatile energy costs and tight delivery schedules allow little tolerance for unplanned disruption.