Category: Brands

Bridgestone has acquired a new site to relocate its manufacturing facility Shenyang City in the Liaoning Province of China, which manufactures truck and bus tyres.

Dancing on Ice 2013, returned to our screen last weekend for its show-stopping new series and Continental Tyres is the proud sponsor.

Dunlop has updated its motorcycle tyre offering with the launch of StreetSmart which is ideally suited for touring motorcycles.

Nine times world champion Valentino Rossi has extended his agreement with Bridgestone Europe to act as Motorcycle Tyre Development Adviser. As under the previous agreement, Valentino Rossi and Bridgestone will work together to promote the passion of motorcycling to bikers and enthusiasts throughout Europe, directly supporting the Bridgestone ‘track to street’ concept. Rossi will act

In a bid to lower the cost of motoring for UK drivers, Goodyear Tyres have teamed up with Swinton to offer motorists cashback on car insurance when purchasing Goodyear tyres.

Paul Kinkead, Head of Environment and Protection at Michelin’s truck tyre plant in Ballymena, has been awarded an OBE in The New Year’s Honours List for services to environmental protection in Northern Ireland.

Yokohama is be exhibiting at the Autosport International show at the Birmingham NEC. The focal point of the stand will be the race-specification Aerial Atom, designed for the one-make Atom Cup race series and using Yokohama control tyres.

The annual Pirelli UK Star Driver competition was held in Wales last month where Northern Ireland’s Mark Donnelly was announced as the winner of a fully-paid drive in the 2013 British Rally Championship courtesy of Pirelli.

Michelin has released some details of its new motorcycle tyres for 2013 Michelin Power SuperSport: a hypersport tyre which replaces the Michelin Power One Track – available from January 2013.

Maxxis returns to Autosport International at Birmingham’s NEC (10-13 January, 2013) where it will  be showing off its latest products and highlighting the brand’s highly successful motorsport links – not least with an adrenaline-pumping drift demonstration by Team Japspeed, winners of the constructor’s title in the 2012 Maxxis British Drift Championship.

Goodyear Dunlop is launching PrecurePro, a development of its precure retreading program for commercial vehicle tyres, covering all aspects of the precure commercial vehicle tyre retreading business. It offers a professional and wide range of benefits and opportunities to both retreading partners and fleets.