Brake Engineering has launched a series of technical bulletins providing additional support to its customers on a range of braking products.
- 15.07.2016
Bulb replacement is a fast growing business sector of the automotive aftermarket with big potential for upselling and added value. To help garages to be fully aware of bulb replacement options Hella has introduced a new online bulb configuration tool.
- 15.07.2016
A concept from Nexen Tire that allows motorists to simply replace their tyre’s tread rather than the entire tyre has been acknowledged at this year’s Red Dot Design Awards. The Green Hive tyre, which possesses a “rechargeable tread,” has been awarded in the ‘Design Concept’ award category.
- 14.07.2016
An old Eastern European adage implores those seeking year-round mobility to “repair your cart in December; in July your sledge remember,” and Ukrainian tyre maker Rosava has taken this call for forward planning to heart during these summer months.
- 14.07.2016
Following the success of its training seminars at Automechanika Birmingham, the TecAlliance is furthering its education role by providing user packages to schools and colleges of its renowned TecDoc CATALOG system and TecRMI technical service.
- 14.07.2016
The new VDO DLD Wide Range II from Continental gives fleet operators and haulage companies direct access to a web-based service for the wireless transfer of data from the mass storage of the digital tachograph (DTCO) and from driver cards.
- 13.07.2016
Daido Steel Co., Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. became the world’s first companies to achieve practical application of a hot deformed neodymium magnet containing no heavy rare earth*1 and yet with high heat resistance properties and high magnetic performance required for the use in the driving motor of a hybrid vehicle. This heavy rare earth-free hot deformed neodymium magnet will be applied first to the all-new Honda FREED, scheduled to go on sale this fall.
- 13.07.2016
A competition aimed especially at visitors from the workshop sector called the ‘Mechanic Games’ will be held at the forthcoming Automechanika Frankfurt event on 16th and 17th September 2016.
- 13.07.2016
Falken Tyre Europe has added two new winter truck tyres to its range, the new SI011 for the steer axle and the new SI021 for the drive axle. Both products have been designed to increase mileage and traction, while delivering stability and safety. Falken states it has increased the width of tread areas on both tyres, while Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ patented 4D-Nano compound technology has also been employed to increase the tyres’ performance in these areas.
- 12.07.2016
Penray Inc.’s new 7612 Crankcase and Differential Cleaner is designed to dissolve sludge and other deposits, and actually collect moisture so that these contaminants can be safely drained out of crankcases and differentials before they can cause damage.
- 12.07.2016
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