key SERVICES
Tread Ltd have the ability to assist you with all aspect of your tyre development from initial concept and market inception through to managing launch events and creating bespoke vehicles.
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Ray Collier is a degree qualified Automotive engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the automotive tyre industry and can provide your company a fully managed test package or is available as driver only for testing at your allocated test centre worldwide. Our full test management package includes all items needed to get your test tyre onto the track Tread ltd have at our immediate disposal.
We PROVIDE:
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Qualified test driver
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Technicians
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Test vehicles for AT/MT, PCR, LTR and
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Test rims
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Fitting equipment
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The latest test equipment and all the Test suite applications
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Storage facilities
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Vehicle diagnostic and development tools
FULL TEST MANAGEMENT ITEMS INCLUDE:
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Test Track bookings
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Test vehicle and equipment shipping
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Tyre import using our EORI status with UK customs
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Reference tyre purchase
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Hotel bookings for attending customers and dignitaries
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Marketing opportunities such as photos and video
FLEET
You can send us your tyres or tell us where to be and we will do the rest. We can support both replacement market and original fitment development programs.
Some of our test permits
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BMW Miramas, France
BMW Ascheim, Germany
Ford Lommel Tier 3, Belgium
VW Ehra, Germany
PSA Fontange, France
Ceram, France
Idiada, Spain
Mira, UK
Millbrook, UK
Nardo, Italy
MAXXIS, China
CATARC, China
GM, Dudenhofen
Testworld, Finland
Artic Falls, Sweden
Nevada, USA
Our qualified test driver combined with the use of the VBOX provides you with accurate testing data. The VBOX V3i and IMU04 is a powerful data acquisition system using for measuring the speed and position of a moving vehicle. Based on a range of high performance GPS receivers, VBOX data loggers can record high accuracy GPS speed measurements, distance, acceleration, breaking distance, heading, slip angle, lap times, position and cornering forces combined with a skilled test driver we are unique in offering subjective and objective testing in all tyre development areas.