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NEWS
Yorkshire Ambulance Service Reduces Tyre Costs with ATS Euromaster
ATS Euromaster has helped to reduce the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s (YAS) tyre spend by approximately 20 per cent – just eight months after being appointed to service the Trust’s fleet.
The three year deal, which was secured via the Government Procurement Service (GPS) tyre
square miles from busy urban areas through to isolated moors and dales. Our vehicles cover thousands of miles every week, often making swift progress to patients under blue lights and sirens. As such our tyres are worked very hard and optimising our fitment and service strategy is key. By working in partnership with ATS
framework agreement (now part of the Crown Commercial Service), sees ATS Euromaster’s technicians fitting Michelin tyres to the Trust’s vehicles, which include more than 280 emergency ambulances, 200 rapid response vehicles and 460 patient transport service vehicles.
ATS Euromaster has been working closely with YAS to replace its existing tyres as wear dictates. The replacement Michelin fitments, backed up by ATS Euromaster’s tyre management service, are helping to extract the maximum mileage out of every tyre, significantly reducing the fleet’s tyre bills.
Gary Walden, Accident Reduction Manager at YAS, says: “Our fleet covers a vast area of almost 6,000
Euromaster we’ve made great in-roads and the impact on our running costs is evident.”
The Trust handles an average of 2,180 emergency calls a day and operates from 62 ambulance stations located across the county. As part of the new deal it has been trialling Michelin cold weather tyres on a number of its vehicles to prepare for the harsh Yorkshire winters.
Walden says: “So far the tyres have performed well, but we’re looking to see how they cope in even colder conditions and how they fare as it warms up. If we see the safety benefits we expect to and no impact on handling when the weather turns, we’ll consider rolling them out across the fleet.”
UHP to Winter to Van to SUV) as well as seeing the company enter new segments such as the new agricultural tyre range. Infinity also has a number of distinctive marketing strategies lined up over coming months including a revamp of its corporate website and plans to enter the interactive world of social media. Finally, the group viewed some of the work undertaken in both in India and across the world by the Infinity Foundation.
On behalf of Infinity Tyres Europe, General Manager Mr. Jorge Crespo
commented: “It’s always a pleasure to see so many friends join us on our Infinity Partners Event. These unforgettable occasions are really a labour of love for us and we try to ensure that our guests have a memorable time with friends and family. It’s also a chance for us to say ‘thank you’ to them and ensure that each year we can grow Infinity together - not only through deepening friendship and camaraderie, but also by offering the very best tyre programme for the needs of European drivers”.
Vacu-Lug First to Achieve Three Key BSI Standards
Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres, the Grantham based commercial tyre remoulding specialist, has been awarded OHSAS 18001 – the BSI certification for Occupational Health and Safety Management.
This, added to the company’s two existing accreditations for quality and environmental management, make Vacu-Lug the first
UK Retreader to hold all three standards and as such, the company has set a new benchmark for the industry.
Managing Director Tim Hercock commented; “We have already attained high standards for our quality and environmental procedures – ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 - and this further OHSAS accreditation, provides a stamp for quality, reliability and continual
improvement which is internationally recognised. Being the first in our industry sector to achieve all three standards is a reflection of the hard work and professionalism demonstrated by our team here in Grantham and around the country. Moreover, our customers can be assured of our ongoing commitment to provide the very best in products and service and to keep the bar raised high.”
Infinity Welcomes European Partners to India
More than 50 European partners recently met in New Delhi to celebrate with Infinity Tyres and discover more about the company’s exciting plans for the future. Following previous trips to Dubai, Thailand and China, the trip to northern India was the most ambitious yet with every detail personally arranged and co-ordinated by Executive Director, Mr. Harjeev Kandhari.
As pictured here, the highlight of the trip was a visit to the Taj Mahal.
Afterwards, however, invited guests then joined with representatives of Infinity Europe and its manufacturing partners to discuss the steps the brand is taking in its ambition to become part of the European tyre market ‘fabric’.
Guests were thanked for their own contribution in establishing the Infinity brand and its market-beating sales growth in 2013. Invitees also heard how the entire Infinity passenger tyre range has been renewed over the past two years (from
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