Gavin Hydes has been elected President of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI), yesterday at the organisation’s AGM held in (Killashee House Hotel,) Naas, Co. Kildare. The Motor Industry is a significant business sector in Ireland, contributing over €1.5 billion to the Exchequer in taxation and providing over 41,000 jobs nationally. As CEO of
Michelin says that changing tyres at 3mm is not necessary, is costly and harmful to the environment. The global French tyre brand is rejecting calls from other parts of the tyre industry to increase the minimum legal tread depth from 1.6mm to 3mm. read depths at 1.6mm and increasing accident rates. In addition, changing tyres
The date and venue for Auto Trade EXPO 2018, have been announced this week by show organisers, Automotive Publications. Auto Trade EXPO 2018, will once again take place at Citywest Hotel & Exhibition Centre, Dublin on Saturday 20-21 October 2018. Ireland’s premier automotive aftermarket trade show, broke all records last year, with 7,840 visitors passing
Workshop equipment specialists, AutoQuip has just launched an all new website, www.autoquip.ie, which showcases the company’s full range of garage and tyreshop equipment and consumables. The new website features a wide selection of garage and tyreshop equipment and consumables from leading manufacturers such as Cemb, Phoenix Automotive and Prema. Customers can now register for special
Marty McCormack with navigator David Moynihan took an emphatic win at the Donegal Forestry Rally 2017, round three of the Irish Forestry Rally Championship. This vaults the TigerRisk Škoda Fabia R5 to the joint fourth in the championship standings with three rounds to go. Following on from a fine third overall at the British Rally
Premium tyre maker Hankook is set to exhibit a wide range of tyre solutions at Autopromotec, in Bologna, Itlay, next week. Thanks to its excellent quality and high-level technological expertise, the company is an original equipment supplier to premium marques such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, as well as to leading commercial vehicle manufacturers
Bridgestone’s painstaking work to kit the legendary Jaguar XJ220 out in a set of its premium tyres has been officially brought to life, courtesy of a feature video with the Don Law team. It was last September when Bridgestone first introduced its exciting project to use the latest technology to produce new tyres for the
Pirelli has decided to renew the partnership with Youthstream, the organizer of the FIM Motocross World Championship, in order to confirm its role as an Official Tyre Supplier of the most important international series for off-road motorcycles, until the end of the 2019 season. Pirelli’s commitment and success in the FIM Motocross World Championship is renowned
It is now just over four months (19 weeks) until the UK tyre and automotive / garage market sectors finally has its own dedicated trade show again and the interest from potential exhibitors and visitors continues to gather momentum. When Singapore based SingEx Exhibitions hosts Tyrexpo UK 2017 at the NEC in Birmingham – Hall
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ireland has been named as vehicle partner for the Garda Four Peaks Challenge which will see some 100 serving and retired members of An Garda Síochána from across the country come together to climb the highest peaks in the four provinces of Ireland over three days, May 19-21. The aim of the challenge
Bridgestone is aiming to go one better than its Le Mans second place when the world’s top motorcycle endurance teams take on the 8 hours of Oschersleben in Germany on May 20. The Bridgestone-equipped YART Yamaha Official EWC Team led the 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto (15-16 April) for much of the race and
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