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NEWS
ATS Euromaster Slashes Out-of-Hours Callouts for Cardiff City Council by 95%
New figures show that ATS Euromaster has dramatically reduced out-of-hours callouts for Cardiff City Council’s vehicle fleet by 95 per cent in the first year of managing the council’s tyres. Previously, Cardiff City Council had made 150 out-of-hours calls to replace failed tyres on its fleet of 500 vans and 60 trucks. However, since ATS Euromaster took over tyre management in October 2014, that number has dropped to an average of just eight out-of-hours callouts per year – less than one a month.
Additionally, ATS Euromaster has substantially cut tyre cost expenditure
for the council by driving up the regrooving rate of its truck tyres, which extends each tyre’s life by around 25 per cent. Between October 2013 and 2014, just 168 tyres were regrooved. Under ATS Euromaster’s management, 688 tyres have been
regrooved in the last year, resulting in major savings for the council.
ATS Euromaster says it has been able to deliver such a vast improvement for Cardiff City Council by structuring its operation around the council’s needs, making it easy to get expert support. Shift patterns are organised around customer peak operating times, so there is a consistent level of support. ATS Euromaster also places a heavy emphasis on preventative maintenance, with expert technicians providing honest advice that ensures there is a lower need for emergency repairs.
during winter. Now customers can have their new DAF trucks delivered with our best tyres for the worst possible winter conditions – this is true in particular for those from the Nordic region, Russia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland but also for all others.”
The new ULTRA GRIP MAX winter truck tyre range provides up to 40% more grip when half worn and up to 15% more mileage. The ULTRA GRIP MAX S steer tyre and ULTRA GRIP MAX D drive tyre are dedicated truck
winter tyres and carry both the 3- Peak-Mountain-Snowflake (3PMSF) official winter tyre marking as well as the M+S symbol. Even when the drive tyres are 50% worn, they still qualify for the 3PMSF marking. With this feature, the new Goodyear truck winter line helps keeping trucks going and gives peace of mind to drivers as well as fleet operators. The new ULTRA GRIP MAX S and D in sizes 315/80R22.5 and 315/70R22.5 have been available since mid-2015 in the replacement market.
NFT Extend with Tyre Maintenance Ltd
NFT, the UK’s market leader in chilled food distribution have agreed a new long-term contract with Tyre Maintenance Ltd for the management and control of its LGV commercial tyre requirements. Tyre Maintenance Ltd is the service arm of the Bandvulc Group.
Dave Seaton, Fleet Engineer for NFT commented that the contract was based upon competitive commercial terms included consideration to the proactivity of the supplier. “It’s all too easy to continue albeit with good rates, and be satisfied that all is well. Tyre Maintenance however, continue to progress and develop its service offering and tyre package and maintain a test programme to innovate, test and conclude projects throughout our term together.”
The new contract sees Tyre Maintenance managing all 430 of NFT LGV assets throughout the UK. Paul Fields, Director of Operations for Tyre Maintenance added; “We’re delighted to have agreed new terms with NFT, they are a long standing client with whom we continue to work to improve every aspect of our delivery.”
Six of NFT's sites in the UK will be serviced by Tyre Maintenance’s nominated partners nationwide.
Bandvulc remains the primary tyre supplier for all drive and trailer axle with Continental being the main new tyre supplier and OEM specified products.
Tyre Maintenance Ltd also held a driver-training workshop on Wednesday 7th October for the NFT Driver Trainers. Topics included: tyre information and what to look for, tyre performance and influencing factors, tyre damage and wear characteristics, how to reduce damage costs and a practical casing inspection .
DAF Approves Goodyear
ULTRA GRIP MAX Tyres as
OE Fitment
DAF has become the first truck manufacturer to approve Goodyear’s brand new ULTRA GRIP MAX truck winter tyres as factory-fit options. Operators ordering new DAF trucks build from week 41 onwards for service in severe winter conditions can now specify Goodyear ULTRA GRIP MAX S steer tyres and ULTRA GRIP MAX D drive tyres in sizes 315/70R22.5 and 315/80R22.5.
“We are delighted that DAF is the first manufacturer approving our new truck winter tyre line which we launch this year. This illustrates the outstanding winter performance our new Goodyear ULTRA GRIP MAX truck winter line-up provide,” said Peter Platje, Director OE Sales Truck Tyres Goodyear Dunlop EMEA. “Mobility is a key factor for commercial vehicles, particularly
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