ATS Euromaster
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ATS Euromaster is a European tyre service provider with a network of over 450 Service Centres in the UK. It is based next to the A38(M)
A38(M) motorway
The A38, also known as the Aston Expressway, is a motorway in Birmingham, England. It is long and was opened on 24 May 1972. It forms part of the much longer A38 route....

 in Aston
Aston
Aston is an area of the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Lying to the north-east of the Birmingham city centre, Aston constitutes an electoral ward within the council constituency of Ladywood.-History:...

 in Birmingham. It is the UK's largest tyre supplier to commercial vehicles. Michelin UK is based in Sideway
Sideway
Sideway is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, approximately one mile south west of Stoke-upon-Trent. It is located on the junction of the A500 and the A50 adjacent to the Britannia Stadium....

 in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

.

Products

ATS Euromaster supply tyres and other products/services like wheel alignment, 4x4 tyre
All-terrain tyre
An all-terrain tire is a type of automotive tire most commonly found on four-wheel drive vehicles.The all-terrain tire is intended to provide a good compromise between off-road capability and on-road manners...

s, MOT testing, batteries, brakes, shocks, exhausts and oil change.
ATS Euromaster has always been part of the Michelin
Michelin
Michelin is a tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France. It is one of the two largest tyre manufacturers in the world along with Bridgestone. In addition to the Michelin brand, it also owns the BFGoodrich, Kleber, Riken, Kormoran and Uniroyal tyre brands...

 Group.

ATS supply tyres for the AA
The Automobile Association
The Automobile Association , a British motoring association founded in 1905 was demutualised in 1999 to become a private limited company which currently provides car insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans and motoring advice, and other services...

. It trades as Associated Tyre Specialists (South East) Ltd.

When ordering and making payments online from ATS on the Michelin brand tyres some people have waited weeks for the product to be supplied and installed and given various excuses. (that is fraud claim trading standards)

History

  • In 1967, the ATS network is created in the UK, divided into eleven separate regional ATS companies. The head office was at Harrow
    London Borough of Harrow
    The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough of north-west London. It borders Hertfordshire to the north and other London boroughs: Hillingdon to the west, Ealing to the south, Brent to the south-east and Barnet to the east.-History:...

     in Middlesex
    Middlesex
    Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...

    . Michelin bought its first UK tyre distributor in 1963, then a few more until it formed a network of distributors in 1967.
  • In 1974 it bought 70 UK tyre centres from Uniroyal (who were bought by Michelin in 1990).
  • The group developed itself by external growth until 1992
  • In 1991, the brand Euromaster is created, ATS network became ATS Euromaster
  • In 1992, the first center branded Euromaster is opened in Alberville, France, for the Winter Olympic games.
  • In 1994, the network grows in France with the fusion of Briday Pneus, Piot Pneu, Vallée Pneus, and Central Pneus Service in 1994.
  • 2003 Euromaster bought Viborg to be present at a European level with 500 new centers

European presence

Euromaster is now present in 11 countries across Europe : Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK with more than 1700 point of sales.
  • 14 centres in Romania
  • 21 centres in Austria
  • 49 centres in Denmark
  • 51 centres in Finland
  • 370 centres in France
  • 320 centres in Germany
  • 102 centres in Netherlands
  • 18 centres in Poland
  • 130 centres in Spain
  • 67 centres in Sweden
  • 36 centres in Switzerland
  • 476 centres in the UK


Locating a ATS Euromaster Center can be made here

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