Posts Tagged ‘tyre’

TDAFA In The Far East

Posted by Tristan | June 12th, 2013 | 0 Comments

TDAFA In The Far EastThe Tyre Dealers’ And Fitment Centre Association (TDAFA) attended the inaugural Guangroa International Tyre Recycling and Green Rubber Materials Conference recently. Delegates fr …

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Tyre Industry Faces Growing Threat

Posted by Tristan | June 6th, 2013 | 0 Comments

Tyre industry faces growingWith tyres piled high and prices low, informal tyre traders offer a tempting alternative to cash strapped customers. These “grass fitters” – so called because they conduct th …

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Apollo Tyres SA Gets New Owner

Posted by Tristan | May 31st, 2013 | 2 Comments

Apollo Tyres--621x414--621x414Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) will take over Apollo Tyres South Africa (ATSA), including the Ladysmith passenger car tyre plant, in a deal worth a reported $60 million. Apollo w …

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Changing Wheel Size

Posted by Tristan | May 26th, 2013 | 0 Comments

Wheel sizeMany motorists are tempted to change wheel and tyre sizes, but it is often done for the wrong reason. By Jake Venter on ToyotaZone It’s only worthwhile if you want to improve a c …

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RMI Responds To Tyre Judgment

Posted by Tristan | May 24th, 2013 | 0 Comments

Waste Tyre UpdateRMI CEO, Jeff Osborne has reacted to the judgement passed by the judge in the Waste Tyre case it took to the Supreme Court of Appeals. “The Supreme Court of Appeal found that …

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Waste Tyre Plan Gets Green Light

Posted by Tristan | May 24th, 2013 | 0 Comments

waste_tyresBloemfontein’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has found in favour of the Minister of Environment and Water Affairs and against the RMI in a case brought against the Minister t …

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Good Year For Local Tyre Plant

Posted by Tristan | April 30th, 2013 | 0 Comments

214828_Full_MedResA recent international Process and Product Quality (PPQ) audit at the Uitenhage tyre manufacturing facility has earned the local company its best ever scores, thanks in part to Goo …

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Tyre Businesses Advised To Tread Carefully

Posted by admin | March 19th, 2013 | 0 Comments

RetreadingTyres-6The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) has warned importers of used tyre casings to play by import rules or face hefty fines and / or imprisonment …

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Bridgestone Concerned With Mismatching

Posted by admin | March 14th, 2013 | 0 Comments

Screen shot 2013-03-14 at 9.49.01 AMTwenty per cent of the 303 vehicles inspected by Bridgestone at a Germiston shopping centre recently had different brands of tyres fitted, several with a different brand in each wh …

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Hankook Widens Distribution Network

Posted by admin | March 7th, 2013 | 0 Comments

Screen shot 2013-03-05 at 11.05.51 AMHankook’s full product range of passenger, SUV, LDV and 4×4 tyres are now available to all approved local tyre dealers. The Korean tyre maker has a proven track record a …

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