Category: Truck Tyres

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.

Co. Waterford haulier, Dungarvan Transport has chosedn Bridgestone to be the supplier for all of its fleet needs.

Pirelli has helped one of its suppliers halve the number of tyre-related breakdowns across its fleet of 84 trucks and 135 trailers.

Northallerton-based Prestons of Potto is seeing the direct benefits of a move from 295/80 R 22.5 drive axle tyres to 315/80 R 22.5 fitments, after the highest mileage tractor unit in an initial 20-vehicle trial clocked-up 524,137 km before its Michelin XDN2 Grip drive tyres needed replacing.

Bridgestone set to expand Polish TBR facility Bridgestone’s subsidiary in Poland is increasing production capacity of truck and bus radial tyres (TBR) with a total investment in the plant of approximately €120 million. The planned expansion will increase the plant’s production capacity by approximately 1,350 tyres per day, bringing the plant’s capacity to approximately 3,750

Jochen Hahn in the Castrol Team Hahn Racing , driving his MAN truck racing on Goodyear tyres still leads the FIA European Truck Race Championship after the sixth round, which took place at Nürburgring Germany on July 13 – 15.

Following more than six billion kilometres of testing involving 50,000 tyres over seven years, Michelin is taking the first steps to combine the introduction of a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips in tyres for large commercial vehicle fleets.

Patch Tyre Equipment has added the Rema Tip Top Thermopress XL vulcanising machine to its product portolio.

The implications of new EU legislation on tyre labelling for commercial tyre end users were detailed at a press briefing hosted by Continental Tyres in London recently.

Patch Tyre Equipment is set to add to its ever growing range of own-brand workshop equipment with the introduction of a new range of air compressors, which are ideally suited for the tyre trade.

Brityrex International at EventCity, Manchester in October is shaping up to be an exhibition the industry can be really proud of. With high profile exhibitors continuing to sign up for the show on a regular basis, organiser ECI International has also confirmed a number of other exciting developments.