Irish Garage Equipment has just launched the Pacini range of air compressors on to the Irish market. The Pacini range of Italian-styled air compressors, comes with a 12-month parts and labour warranty and offers high levels of reliability at very affordable prices. Kyle McLaughlin of Irish Garage Equipment says Pacini offers a wide range of
Kevin Burke Tyres (KBT) has unveiled Magna’s new mobile crane tyre, which is especially designed for mobile cranes for highway and off-road applications. The new Magna MA03+ tyre features fewer vibrations and greater operator comfort due to improved irregular wear pattern. Other popular sellers in the Magna range are the M-terrain and the MTP WB04.The M-Terrain, is
As the school holidays approach, the thoughts of many families turn towards the precious annual holiday. For families that are planning a holiday with the car, either at home or abroad, German tyre-maker, Continental Tyres, is advising that some simple car checks before heading off, could save a lot of trouble. Here are five simple vehicle
More than 4,000 commercial tyre technicians have been trained, assessed as competent and issued with a licence to work safely at the roadside across the UK since 2011, and the initiative is now gaining traction in Ireland. The Roadside Emergency Action Concerning Technicians (REACT) scheme in the UK, the brainchild of the National Tyre Distributors
The National Tyre Distributors Association (NI) has released the results of 2017 tyre tread depth on replacement survey, which showed that in one week in March, members had removed 1,200 tyres from cars and light commercial vans that were already below the legal tread depth limit of 1.6mm. This follows on from a similar survey
Agrigear Tyre and Wheel Specialists has recently added the Maglift non-marking forklift tyre range from BKT Tyres to its product porfolio. Maglift is a range of solid forklift tyres from BKT available in either Standard or LIP versions. Both versions are available in black, and in select sizes they are now also available in non-marking.
Sean Finnegan Commercials has been appointed as the official distributor of Josam wheel alignment equipment on the island of Ireland. Josam’s flagship product is the cam-aligner, a compact wheel alignment system, that enables truck and bus workshops, as well as tyre service centres, to offer wheel alignment services quickly and accurately. Wheel angles like toe,
TyreTrade.ie has learned that strong representations made by the ITIA and ITWRA delegates at the Tyres Working Group meeting last week has been successful. Minister Denis Naughton, when confirming the rates for truck tyres, agreed to a three months delay in the implementation of the new waste tyre levy (or Visible Environmental Management Charge –
Nominations for the prestigious Irish Auto Trade Awards 2018 close next Friday, June 9 at 4.00pm. Nominations can be made in two ways. You can nominate a business provided you inform them that their business is being nominated by you and they agree to your nomination. Secondly, a business can also be self-nominated. You can
The new Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) for tyres has taken a major step closer towards becoming a reality. Tyre industry representatives were told on Tuesday that Minister Naughten wants the new Tyre Regulations to apply from July 1 2017. This date was seen as completely unreasonable and unworkable by the industry representatives present, who suggested
The Irish tyre trade was out in force last week at Autopromotec, the bi-ennial automotive trade show in Bologna, Italy last week. Autopromotec hosted a significant number of international tyre manufacturers, as well as a host of equipment suppliers. The area dedicated to the tyre sector doubled over the previous show in 2015 and covered four
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