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NEWS
Zenises Commemorates Triangle Anniversary
selected to host the tyre pressure pilot because Highways England incident figures show that this area of the M6 is prone to tyre-related breakdowns and incidents. Thousands of visiting drivers are now on the road to better tyre pressures, with 10% of motorists returning for repeat readings from the system during the pilot’s duration. Following the successful pilot project at Keele, WheelRight is currently in discussion with several parties in the UK, continental Europe and the USA,
who are interested in adopting the tyre pressure monitoring technology.
John Catling, chief executive of
WheelRight said: “We would like to thank Highways England and Welcome Break for their support in enabling our pilot to take place. The year-long test at Keele really proved the concept could work in a real-world situation, giving potential users confidence in the reliability and accuracy of our award- winning technology.”
CommercialTyre
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Tyre importer and wholesaler Zenises recently commemorated the 40th anniversary of Chinese tyre mnanufacturer Triangle. Zenises CEO Harjeev Kandhari flew into China for lunch to present Triangle CEO Pierre
Cohade with a specially made pure gold amulet that represents a Ruyi and says "may all your dreams come true". Zenises wishes Triangle a long and bright future.
WheelRight Concludes Tyre Safety Pilot Study
TyreWORK is the first commercial vehicle and tyre management service provider to go ‘live’ with the new UniSerV platform, which has been extended with e-jobsheet, improving its operational agility, and increasing its administrative efficiency in data processing from the field.
By connecting all of its technicians via e-jobsheet across its four depots in the South East, TyreWORK will receive completed work back via their tablets and process the job data systematically into UniSerV for speed and accuracy. This same data will be available to third party contract holders for whom TyreWORK is completing the work. Additional functions in tyre inspections and tyre transport are also now supported within UniSerV with e- jobsheet.
As a result of being plugged into both platforms, TyreWORK will be able to
deliver class leading service for their own fleets and connected third parties through the platform.
Dan Cooper, operations manager at TyreWORK, says, “We’ve been a CAM UniSerV user for two years so the next logical step in our process development was to integrate with e- jobsheet to achieve greater efficiencies, particularly with third party contract holders, and continue speeding up data processing by essentially connecting our technicians to our customers.”
Steve Daly, director of CAM International, adds, “TyreWORK is the first of many commercial vehicle and tyre management customers that have recognised the value and expediency of e-jobsheet in setting a new standard for their service provision. We will be welcoming more service providers on board in the coming months.”
An innovative tyre safety pilot study involving technology company WheelRight, Welcome Break Services and backed by Highways England on the UK’s M6 has now concluded. WheelRight’s drive-over tyre pressure monitoring technology has taken nearly 155,000 readings since the pilot launched in March 2015 at Welcome Break, Keele Services. The trial was part of a year-long study into driver attitudes and tyre pressure awareness levels among car and commercial vehicle drivers in the UK.
The system provides motorists and HGV drivers with a viable solution to the headache of regular tyre pressure checks by providing motorists with a ‘drive-over’ solution that generates tangible, easy-to-read, accurate information on their tyre pressures.
WheelRight’s own data, collated from the thousands of pressure readings taken during the course of the pilot, found that HGVs are typically running with at least one under-inflated tyre at any one time. Meanwhile, more than a quarter of Britain's cars have at least one tyre that is dangerously under- inflated.
Rod McKie, CEO of Keele Services, said: “We thoroughly enjoyed working with Highways England and WheelRight on the trial of the tyre pressure service. It was great to see customers getting involved and ensuring their vehicles were safe to driver. While our partnership with WheelRight was also acknowledged as a trial period only, we will watch the scheme’s development with interest.” Keele Services in Staffordshire was
TyreWORK First Across Line with e-jobsheet and UniServ Integration
KRT to Distribute MAXAM Range
MAXAM Tire International Limited have confirmed that Kings Road Tyres (KRT) will be their UK and Ireland distributor for MAXAM Agricultural, Industrial and Construction tyres.
Based in West London, and with several distribution centres throughout the UK and a specific facility serving Ireland, KRT have established a successful partnership with MAXAM over recent years. Adrian Bader, Managing Director, KRT, commented: “We are delighted and very enthused to refocus our partnership with MAXAM, particularly with the very exciting development and introduction of their AGRIXTRA agricultural tyre range. This additional to our brand portfolio in this vibrant replacement market is perceived at KRT as a great enhancement for our dealer
network.”
Martin West, Managing Director, MAXAM, commented: “KRT are a quality specialist tyre distributor and we are delighted that not only will they continue to represent MAXAM tyres in the UK and Ireland for the Industrial and Construction segments, but they are very well- positioned to drive forward our new AGRIXTRA agricultural tyre range, We have invested heavily in the research, development, engineering and design of the AGRIXTRA range – giving great results and benefits for soil protection, traction, durability and lifetime performance and comfort. We are committed to further developing this range – and associated patterns – and will work closely with KRT in the development of this.”
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