Proposals in the UK to tighten tyre safety standards by banning 10-year-old tyres for lorries, buses and minibuses, but not for commercial vans, have been met with concern from the Freight Transport Association.
Boughey Distribution, part of NWF Group, is rolling out Michelin’s EffiTrailer telematics system across all 236 trailers in its fleet. The move follows a trial organised by local Michelin advocate dealer Quinton Tyres, which demonstrated the potential for the technology to make further improvements to the safety and efficiency of the fleet.
For more than 20 years, Kevin Burke Tyres (KBT) has been a key part of the Athenry, Co. Galway community, providing a quality and reliable service to Athenry motorists and businesses, while providing direct employment to dozens of local people over the years.
The sixth annual Irish Auto Trade Awards takes place this year at Kilashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare on Thursday, October 17 and voting is now underway across a number of key categories.
The Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) is running a campaign to promote tyre safety, from October 7-13 to coincide with Road Safety Week, which is organised by the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Siochana. The ITIA tyre safety campaign is being run jointly with the National Tyre Distributors Association (NI) to promote tyre safety
Kumho Tyre has appointed Matthias Bode as head of Kumho’s European Technical Centre (KETC) in Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany with responsibility for the development of all Kumho products for the European OE and replacement markets, effective June 1.
Apollo Vredestein’s UK operation has partnered with top British Jaguar E-Type specialist, Eagle E-Types, whose range of handcrafted models sport Vredestein high performance tyres.
Continental has named Swedish racing driver Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky as its new test driver for Conti’s high-performance tyres being developed for the Extreme E rally series.
A Toyota Hilux fitted with Yokohama’s Geolandar A/T G015 all-terrain tyres for SUVs came in first in the Extreme 4WD (X4WD) class at Australia’s largest off-road race, the Tatts Finke Desert Race held from June 8-10.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today issued a plea to the UK’s next prime minister to secure a favourable Brexit deal as his number one priority on taking office.
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