TYRES / AUTO PARTS

Extra length responds to growing industry needs  Hunter Engineering is pleased to announce new, longer variations of its popular RX63 and RX72 scissor alignment racks. These new models, RX63KL and RX72KL, can accommodate up to 195-inch two-wheel wheelbases. The RX63KL lift gains an additional 13 inches, while the RX72KL picks ...

With an estimated 30% of all bearings globally being labelled counterfeit, consumers have their work cut out for them when it comes to ensuring that the parts they are buying are genuine, or at least matching quality parts. Shawn Reddy, Product marketing manager for Motus Aftermarket Parts , notes that ...

Members of the Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation () have come out strongly in support of the drive by TEPA (Tyres, Equipment, Parts Association) and other key stakeholders to stamp out the trade in illegal automotive parts in South Africa through ...

Bongi Mbanjwa was happy in her work. Two years into the tyre game and she felt she was getting a good handle on what the sector was all about. Her knack for sales and stock improved by the day. What the branch administrator at BestDrive William Moffett in Gqeberha did ...

His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, inaugurated the Gulf Electricity Market Project’s connection platform with the Republic of Iraq on Tuesday, October 10, at the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) headquarters in Al Dammam city. Speaking at the ceremony, His Royal ...

The Company was awarded in the ESG Category with the SUSTAINera project, a circular economy initiative that aims to extend the useful life of vehicles and parts in a sustainable and affordable way Stellantis has just added another achievement to its list of awards. The company, one of the world’s leading automakers and ...

Henkel South Africa is partnering with Hammanskraal-based Hudson Rubber to locally fabricate Henkel’s vehicle rubber sealing and acoustic solutions for OEM vehicle panel reinforcing, noise reduced and vibration protection. Henkel’s patented technology of 2D and 3D sealing and acoustic solutions along with damping materials for the body shop provides robust ...

Fixit45, a prominent player in the autotech aftermarket sector, has achieved a significant milestone by successfully raising $1.9 million in in equity and working capital at recent pre-seed funding round. The investment round was spearheaded by Launch Africa Ventures, Africa’s most active VC firm, along with prominent investors Soumobroto Ganguly ...

In his first European public appearance as President and COO of DENSO, the Fortune 500 advanced automotive technology supplier, Shinnosuke Hayashi has revealed the company’s  business plans to invest €63 billion (¥10 trillion) in research and development over the next ten years in line with its pursuit of zero emissions ...

Bridgestone on Tuesday announced it will be supplying teams at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC) with tyres developed using 63% recycled and renewable materials. The tyres, which are custom-designed to meet the unique challenges of the 3,000 kilometer across Australia, mark the first use of the company’s new ENLITEN® ...