International Marketing Inc (IMI), a tire and wheel product manufacturer based in the United States, has entered into a partnership with Tyme Tyre Management of Germany in which Tyme will distribute IMI's tire management systems throughout Europe and Australia.
These systems include the Snapshot Fleet Tire Survey System and the Audit Tire Management System, which both combine electronic tire inspection tools with Windows-based software to speed the tire inspection process with no manual data entry required after the inspection.
The tools, which have patents pending, are designed for use in a shop environment and can withstand outdoor elements. They comprise a hand-held controller (Data-Audit), an autoinflator (Air-Audit), and a digital tread depth reader (Tread-Audit).