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The Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) is reminding members that its Annual Meeting and Dinner takes place at the Mullingar Park, Hotel, Mullingar on Saturday, March 2.

Members of the tyre trade are being invited to the launch of a new budget saloon car racing class, the Patch Tyre Equipment Fiesta Championship, in Naas this Friday evening.

Rally ace, Craig Breen, Irish International Driver of the Year 2012, has taken delivery of a new Peugeot 208 to celebrate his appointment as a Brand Ambassador for Peugeot Ireland.

PCL’s new high quality hand pumps from HORN, the K 10 C and OK 9 B are a robust and reliable solution for busy workshops, and come complete with a five year limited warranty. These pumps have been specially developed in Germany by HORN TECALEMIT for the delivery of thin-fluid mineral oils, diesel, RME and

Acorn Infinity Motorsport has captured the signature of Steve “Baggsy” Biagioni to drive for the drifting team in 2013. Steve has moved to A.I.M. after a successful four year period with Team Japspeed and is extremely excited about his future racing prospects.

Farmers and contractors considering replacing their agricultural tyres now have an added incentive to invest in a set of Michelin’s patented Ultraflex technology tyres as they will receive a free iPad Mini.

GT Radial will debut its first, all position urban city-bus tyre at The CV Show, at the NEC in Birmingham in April, in addition to the brand’s recently launched commercial vehicle roadside service assistance programme, GT ASSIST.

Eccles-based Olivers Transport has clocked up 220,000 km with 7 mm of tread still remaining after fitting one of its Scania 6×2 twin-steer tractor units with Michelin’s latest 315/80 R 22.5 X MultiWay 3D XZE steer tyres.

The Yokohama Rubber Company recently offered a group of international media the opportunity to test drive its new ADVAN Sport V105 tyre which will be launched in the Spring.

Hankook has opened a new warehouse at its Daventry head office, as part of the brands continued expansion in the UK and Ireland.

The Formula 1 teams head off to Barcelona this week for the second four-day test of the year. The venue is the Circuit de Catalunya: a popular location for testing due to temperatures that are usually mild all year round and a technical layout that challenges every aspect of car and tyre performance.