{"id":10038,"date":"2014-12-03T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T11:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=10038"},"modified":"2014-12-03T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T11:04:33","slug":"ulster-tyres-showcases-nankang-brand-at-auto-trade-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/ulster-tyres-showcases-nankang-brand-at-auto-trade-expo\/10038","title":{"rendered":"Ulster Tyres showcases Nankang brand at Auto Trade Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent Auto Trade Expo in Dublin gave Ulster Tyres the opportunity to showcase the Nankang brand to a wide audience, according Operations Manager, Fiona McGinley. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inaugural year of the Auto Trade Expo brought many opportunities for those in the motor trade.\u00a0 The event provided excellent exposure both for the brand Nankang and also for the company as whole, Fiona McGinley of Ulster Tyres commented.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cHaving a representative from Nankang&#8217;s European office meant that our customers old and new got the chance to meet with someone from the company.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to beat putting a face to the voice.\u00a0 Something that both Catriona and myself learned quickly over the two days.\u201d<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFiona explained that the stand was exceptionally busy over the two days.\u00a0 Many new contacts have been converted to customers in the period since.\u00a0 The drift car from WKD imports was a big hit. Ulster Tyres has already booked for next year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10039\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IISH3853.jpg\" alt=\"Caitriona McLaughlin from Ulster Tyre Company chats with Barry Leonard from Nankang Tyre Drift Team pictured at the Ulster Tyre Company Ltd stand at the Auto Trade Expo at CityWest.\" width=\"615\" height=\"406\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IISH3853.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IISH3853-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IISH3853-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caitriona McLaughlin from Ulster Tyre Company chats with Barry Leonard from Nankang Tyre Drift Team pictured at the Ulster Tyre Company Ltd stand at the Auto Trade Expo at CityWest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent Auto Trade Expo in Dublin gave Ulster Tyres the opportunity to showcase the Nankang brand to a wide audience, according Operations Manager, Fiona McGinley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[654,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irish-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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