TYRES / AUTO PARTS

Dunlop has added a new ultra-high performance tyre to the SP SPORT MAXX range in South Africa. The new SP SPORT MAXX 060+, launched on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at the Killarney Racetrack in Cape Town, improves on an already strong formula to make it the flagship ultra-high-performance tyre for ...

The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) – a representative body of the four tyre manufacturing companies in the Southern African Customs Union (“SACU”), said it welcomes the International Trade Administration Commission’s (ITAC) publication of provisional payments on unfairly traded (dumped) imports of passenger, truck and bus tyres imported from ...

Adeshni Sewbaran loves the automotive industry, from its engine to the four wheels that drive it. The 39-year-old Supa Quick franchise director believes long gone are the days women had to tread lightly in this industry. She’s discovered women shouldn’t aspire to be ‘one of the boys’; instead stay authentic, ...

Lotus has unveiled a new online retail platform to cater to the needs of the estimated  70 percent of its cars that are believed to be still on the road worldwide, all cherished by their owners and many used regularly. To maintain this enviable record and to encourage more owners globally ...

Following the success of the Dunlop Container project, established in 2012 to drive sustainable township entrepreneurship and promote safety on the road, Sumitomo Rubber SA (SRSA), manufacturer of the Dunlop brand, is helping dealers take their businesses to the next level. SRSA – already the only tyre manufacturing company with ...

The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) said on Tuesday that it is fully cooperating with the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) over  the ongoing investigation into alleged dumping of imported tyres from China into the country and was only waiting for the ongoing court action to run its full course ...

To reduce natural resource usage and its trucks’ environmental impact, Renault Trucks is taking steps to transitioning its industrial operations to a circular-economy approach. Renault Trucks’ Used Parts Factory is the logical next step after the used trucks repurposing and remanufacturing operations conducted respectively in its Used Trucks Factory in ...

Two decades and four tyre stores later  Shahnaaz Moola, who recently opened Khan’s Auto-Quip in Welkom – the fifth store and second flagship Dunlop Zone in the family-owned and managed Khan’s Fitment Group –   understands the hard work it takes to grow a business. Originally from Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, Moola ...

 Ramoabi Moeng has been promoted as the new Plant Manager of Continental Tyre South Africa, a year after he was appointed the Deputy Plant Manager of the Gqeberha facility which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. It is the German tyre manufacturer’s only plant in Africa, producing world-class tyres for the original ...

Expands Free Dunlop Sure Tyre Insurance Offer   There’s no doubt – South Africans have a special kind of confidence. We take the bull by the horns, tackling uniquely Mzansi realities like making 2-minute noodles one minute before load shedding, gathering for Family Meetings, and doing taxi math at 5am ...