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Tructyre Invest in New Service Vans from Pentagon
South coast Mercedes-Benz Dealer Pentagon Commercials have announce they will be supplying Tructyre Fleet Management with 25 new Sprinter vans during the course of 2015. All are being fitted with compressors by Winton Engineering, of Woking,
Surrey, while Southampton- based Andean Signs is applying the liveries. Eastleigh based Tructyre currently operates through a network of 22 depots across southern England and have in excess of 100 service vans.
Tructyre’s Senior Operations Executive Scott Matthews
said: “The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is modern in appearance, leads the field in terms of safety, and has proved to be outstandingly reliable over the five years or more that we typically run our vans.”
Bernard Matthews Renews with ATS Euromaster
Tincknell Adopts Full Michelin Tyre Policy
Food retailer Bernard Matthews has renewed its tyre service contract with ATS Euromaster for the tenth consecutive year. As part of its agreement with the Michelin-owned tyre retail chain, Bernard Matthews runs a 100 per cent Michelin tyre policy, fitting the Michelin X MultiWay 3D tyres on its fleet of 30 trucks and X Multi T tyres on its 60
trailers.
Bernard Matthews Limited is headquartered in Norfolk and employs around 2,000 people across East Anglia. It is a totally integrated food business, allowing for full traceability of all its products, and farms around seven million turkeys a year.
Wells-based fuel and oil delivery firm Tincknell Fuels has adopted a full Michelin tyre policy and says it is benefiting from increased levels of on the road safety. The family-owned company, which has just celebrated its 60th anniversary, is fitting Michelin X MultiWay 3D tyres across its 30- strong truck fleet,
helping to boost fleet
uptime and ensure the
firm can carry out
deliveries no matter
what road conditions
or weather they
encounter. The
business has built a
reputation for safety
and reliability, and
senior managers are
confident the move to Michelin tyres will help them maintain it.
Michael Brown, Transport Manager for Tincknell Fuels, explains: “Safety is the number one concern for our truck fleet. We maintain our vehicles meticulously and, as the only part of the vehicle in contact with the road’s surface, we need to be able to rely on the rubber we fit.”
Michelin has supported the customer by rolling out a dedicated on-site tyre safety training for Tincknell Fuels’ drivers. Staff from Michelin’s technical and account management teams provided dedicated on-site training which covered all aspects of the tyres’ construction, as well as highlighting the responsibilities of the driver – including how to carry out tyre safety inspections as part of the daily walk- around vehicle checks.
Brown says: “We place a great deal of trust in our drivers and Michelin’s
ability to provide top quality training has added real value. With some suppliers you buy their tyres and that’s it – with Michelin, it opens up access to a wealth of technical and account management support.” Tincknell Fuels delivers heating oil to homes and businesses across the
south west; often these addresses will have restricted access for large commercial vehicles. The company’s tyres therefore need to be able to handle unsurfaced rural tracks and have excellent resistance to scrubbing, as well as provide outstanding traction on the tarmac.
Brown continues: “Come rain or shine we will deliver when our customers need us to, so we must select tyres which can perform year- round. This is especially important as fuel demand is greatest in the harsh winter months, when we can encounter ice and snow-covered roads. Unless conditions are unprecedented, it’s our job to deliver.” Tincknell Fuels has its tyres fitted and serviced by local service provider ATS Euromaster, which will also ensure all new Michelin fitments are managed in line with the manufacturer’s multi-life policy.
ATS Euromaster Appoints Young as Operations Director
Michael Young, 41, has joined ATS Euromaster as Group Operations Director. He will have responsibility for 180 comprehensive centres within the company’s national network and joins Peter Tye, who continues to act as Group Operations Director for all retail
eight countries. Prior to this he spent three years as Head of Operations for the company’s UK retail arm, managing 113 Dulux Decorating Centres with a turnover of £90 million.
His career began in the mid-1990s with nine years at Halfords, during
which time he progressed from Store Manager to Area Manager, before being appointed Countr y Manager for Ireland.
Based at ATS Euromaster’s head office in Aston, Young has 11 direct reports – a team of 10
field-based Area Operations Managers, plus a Service Quality Manager who looks after the company’s national team of fleet inspectors.
centres.
Young brings a wealth of B2B and retail experience to the role, after more than six years at global paints and coatings specialist AkzoNobel. From June 2011 he held the role of Global Stores Excellence Director, responsible for 650 stores spanning
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