- Michelin Power One Tyre of the Year for MCN
- New Bridgestone Tyres on Show at F1 Valencia Test
- Bridgestone MotoGP Testing Underway
- European CV Sales Down 32.4% in 2009 - ACEA
- Avon Gets “Best Suppliers Rep” and Product Nod at British Dealer Awards
- Continental RoadAttack Bike Tyre Sequel Available Now Through Cambrian Tyres
- World Rally Championship to Tie Up Pirelli Deal Until 2013: Reports
Announced at the Excel Motorcycle Show in London on 4 February 2010, Michelin’s Power One tyre has been voted Motorcycle News Product of the Year (Tyres). The French giant says that the tyre was developed integrating motorcycle racing technologies into its hypersport tyre range, boasting better handling characteristics through these innovations; a...
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Snap-On Reports Record UK Sales for 2009
Snap-on Tools, reportedly the UK brand leader in tools, tool storage and aftermarket workshop equipment, is celebrating its 45th anniversary by reporting the record sales it achieved in 2009. According to the company, Snap-on Tools’ sales exceeded... -
Michelin Power One Tyre of the Year for MCN
Announced at the Excel Motorcycle Show in London on 4 February 2010, Michelin’s Power One tyre has been voted Motorcycle News Product of the Year (Tyres). The French giant says that the tyre was developed integrating motorcycle racing technologies... -
BFGoodrich Launches New Off-Road Race Rubber
Just ahead of the upcoming Griffin King of Hammers off-road race, Michelin North America unveiled a new 42” BFGoodrich off-road race tyre, reports Tire Review. BFGoodrich drivers competing in the 135-mile race in Johnson Valley, California will... -
Continental RoadAttack Bike Tyre Sequel Available Now Through Cambrian Tyres
Distributor Cambrian Tyres has announced that it has introduced the ready to ride Continental RoadAttack 2 to its range. The latest bike product from the German tyre manufacturer is its first tyre to offer complete riding safety as soon as it is... -
Klarius Buys Quinton Hazell
On the 2 February 2010, automotive aftermarket manufacturing and distribution business Klarius completed the purchase of the Quinton Hazell automotive group (QH) from US-based Affinia. Quinton Hazell is headquartered in Leicester, England, with strong... -
Michelin Releases “Lightest Sports Motorcycle Tyre Ever”
Michelin has announced the world premiere of its Power Pure, which the French manufacturer says is the lightest sports motorcycle tyre in its category. As a result of the decreased weight, Michelin says the Power Pure tyres offer “unmatched handling... -
Steinbichler Introduces OTR Shearography Unit
Over a period of more than two decades, Germany’s Steinbichler Optotechnik has developed a reputation as worldwide leading supplier of high-performance shearography tyre inspection systems. More than 200 units (designed for the inspection of... -
Stack Shows off “Groundbreaking” Battery-Free TPMS
Present at the Autosport International Engineering Show, Oxfordshire company Stack displayed its battery-free TPMS systems, which it believes “completely redefines tyre pressure monitoring in motorsport”. Based on patented SAW sensor technology,... -
Toyo Releases First 20” Track Day Tyre for Nissan R35 GTR
Toyo Tires have developed a specific fitment tailored to the needs of the Nissan R35 GTR. The 285/35 ZR 20 (100Y) front and 315/30 ZR 20 (101Y) rear sizes have been added to the Proxes R888 range. At the Autosport Show in January 2010, the tyres were... -
Goodyear Extends Optitrac DT800 Size Range
Goodyear has announced a significant increase in the number of sizes in its Optitrac DT800 range of narrow row crop tyres. The newly introduced OPTITRAC DT800 sizes cover 34 to 54-inch rim dimensions and are specifically developed for tractors...
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Kumho Asiana May Face Court Receivership
After owners of troubled Kumho Asiana Group rejected a demand by creditors that they offer their stockholdings and assets as collateral for fresh loans, creditors have said all restructuring steps would be put on hold, with some floating the idea that... -
The Who Play Bridgestone Halftime Show at Super Bowl XLIV
One of Britain’s oldest surviving (well, at least half of them) rock bands, The Who played the Bridgestone-sponsored halftime show at American Football’s biggest event yesterday. The 10-minute slot has been filled by single bands best described as... -
Bridgestone to Sponsor World Green Car Award
Bridgestone has obtained exclusive title sponsorship for the 2010 World Green Car Award. The global agreement was drawn up between Bridgestone Corporation of Japan and the World Car of the Year Awards Association, based in Canada, in December 2009. ... -
American Tire Distributors Plans IPO
North Carolina, US based wholesaler American Tire Distributors Holdings has lodged registration documents with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to initiate proceedings for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The company,... -
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Signs First China Agreement
A three-year deal for the supply of bias tyres will see Taiwan based Mandarin Airlines become the first customer to utilise Dunlop Aircraft tyres’ new distribution and retreading facility in China. Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft Tyres Company... -
Hankook Management Target 11 per cent Price
Hankook Tire’s management are confident they can raise confidence in its ability to their products’ global average selling price by between seven and eight per cent in 2010. According to an investors note published by Deutsche Bank, additional... -
Newest Eagle Flying With Newest Vette
Goodyear’s newest ultra-high performance tyre, the Eagle F1 SuperCar G:2 has won OE fitment for the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, reports Tire Review. The new Eagle F1 SuperCar G:2 is “street-refined, but track-capable,” according to Bob Toth,... -
Tyre Labelling: Safety Should be the Top Priority, says Kwik-Fit Fleet
The EU has agreed that all new tyres sold in Europe from November 1, 2012 onwards must be classified and labelled according to their fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise performance. Kwik-Fit Fleet comments that this regulation is intended to make... -
Hankook Reflects on 2009 North American Success, Predicts More for 2010
After attaining its highest global sales to date in 2009, Tire Review believes Hankook Tire America Corporation has reason to expect more success in 2010. Its report quotes Soo Il Lee, the company’s president, who reflected on last year’s growth... -
Magnum D'Or Resources Declares Initial Tyre Test a Success
Magnum D'Or Resources reports that truck tyres utilising its SRI Custom Compound have successfully passed the 2,500 kilometre validation trials they were undergoing at the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia. The tyres were fitted to a rear...
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Kumho Asiana May Face Court Receivership
After owners of troubled Kumho Asiana Group rejected a demand by creditors that they offer their stockholdings and assets as collateral for fresh loans, creditors have said all restructuring steps would be put on hold, with some floating the idea that... -
Bridgestone Ups Ag Tyre Prices
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operation’s Agricultural Tire, U.S. & Canada Commercial Tire Sales division will increases prices on all Firestone branded agricultural, construction and forestry tires, as well as all Bridgestone branded garden tyres... -
The Who Play Bridgestone Halftime Show at Super Bowl XLIV
One of Britain’s oldest surviving (well, at least half of them) rock bands, The Who played the Bridgestone-sponsored halftime show at American Football’s biggest event yesterday. The 10-minute slot has been filled by single bands best described as... -
Mr Oizo Returns with Slasher Flick Starring Tyre
Movie deaths involving cars are nothing unusual. Be it driving into a canyon ('Thelma and Louise'), driving into other cars carrying sassy ladies (Quentin Tarantino’s quite horrible 'Death Proof'), or enjoying a crash a bit too... -
Wheelquip – Supplying the Industry for More than a Quarter Century
Wheelquip was established in 1984 as a distributor of wheel service equipment, tyre and tube repair material, tyre valves and tyre tools. Initially known as Tyre Maintenance Suppliers, the company’s management saw the need for supplying the tyre... -
Nokian Gets Behind Snow Soccer
Nokian Tyres’ dedication to grip in the snow goes beyond its tyre products, as was witnessed at the Nokian Tyres Snow Soccer World Championships in Finland on 6 – 7 February 2010. The sporting event, which Nokian describes as “very crazy, but so... -
Bridgestone to Sponsor World Green Car Award
Bridgestone has obtained exclusive title sponsorship for the 2010 World Green Car Award. The global agreement was drawn up between Bridgestone Corporation of Japan and the World Car of the Year Awards Association, based in Canada, in December 2009. ... -
Snap-On Reports Record UK Sales for 2009
Snap-on Tools, reportedly the UK brand leader in tools, tool storage and aftermarket workshop equipment, is celebrating its 45th anniversary by reporting the record sales it achieved in 2009. According to the company, Snap-on Tools’ sales exceeded... -
Automechanika Organiser ‘Delighted’ With Exhibitor Interest
The organiser of Automechanika 2010, Messe Frankfurt, says planning for September’s show has entered the “crucial phase” and it reports being “delighted” with the amount of exhibition space sold – to date, an area equivalent to 90 per cent... -
Michelin Power One Tyre of the Year for MCN
Announced at the Excel Motorcycle Show in London on 4 February 2010, Michelin’s Power One tyre has been voted Motorcycle News Product of the Year (Tyres). The French giant says that the tyre was developed integrating motorcycle racing technologies...
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Al Saeedi Adds New Gallant Truck Tyre Size
Al Saeedi Automotive TRD Co (LLC), the exclusive distributor of Gallant brand truck tyres in the Middle East and Africa, has added 1200R24 20PR GL 885 to the range of sizes it offers. The new tyre is described as an all-position radial optimised for highway and on/off road applications. According to the distributor, the special features of this tyre include ultra-high tyre bead structure and a lateral block shoulder. “These features help enable... -
Apollo’s Passenger Tyre ‘Grand Masters’ Meet in Beijing
Some 186 Apollo Tyres dealers assembled in Beijing on the first weekend of December for the tyre maker’s “Grand Master Business Partners” meeting. A total of 170 India based partners and 16 international dealers, all of whom exceeded their projected passenger car tyre sales targets over the last twelve months, attended a three-day meeting with company officials in the Chinese capital. Apollo’s strategy for the coming year was shared with... -
US Tariffs an Opportunity for Asian Manufacturers
Although the US decision to charge tariffs on consumer tyres produced in China has presented the country’s manufacturers and importers of the product with a sizeable hurdle to their business, the Kasikorn Research Center, a subsidiary of Thailand’s Kasikornbank, believes the decision presents Thai exporters with a major opportunity to increase their market share. -
Smuggling, Under-Invoicing Hurting Pakistan’s Tyre Makers
More than six million tyres are purchased in Pakistan each year, but even though local manufacturers are only capable of producing 2.5 million units annually, they are operating at under capacity. The reason for this, believes the head of one domestic producer, is the prevalence of smuggled and under-invoiced foreign brands. -
JK Tyre to Increase Exports to Central, South America
JK Tyre and Industries is aiming to substantially increase exports from Tornel, the Mexican company it acquired last year. According to the Press Trust of India the company aims to do this within a year through further expand within the Central and South American markets. -
Tire Rack Tests Yokohama’s Orange Oil Tyre in 'Real World Ride'
Yokohama Tire Corporation's (YTC) eco-friendly dB Super E-specT tyre, which is made of 80 per cent non-petrol products, scored well in a recent low rolling resistance test conducted by US retailer Tire Rack. "The Tire Rack test shows that the dB Super E-spec, which introduces new technology in tyre materials and design, is noticeably better on all-around performance," said Mark Chung, YTC director, corporate strategy and planning.... -
TGI Opens Houston Office
Tire Group International (TGI) has opened a new sales office in Houston, Texas headed by Tom Wilbur. Wilbur comes to TGI with over 12 years experience in the tyre industry, having worked for firms such as Area Wholesale Tire and Tire Dealers Warehouse. -
Hankook Evaluates Southeast Asian Sites for New Plant
Hankook Tire intends to build a new factory – its sixth overseas plant – somewhere in Southeast Asia. South Korea’s Yonhap news reports company CEO Suh Seung-hwa as stating on October 23 that Hankook may spend between US$250 million and $300 million building the new facility, which is expected to have an annual capacity of ten million units. -
Conti Sime Opens BestDrive Continental Car Centre in East Malaysia
On 18 October Bintang Ramai Sdn. Bhd., in partnership with Continental Sime Tyre Sdn. Bhd. (CST) opened the first BestDrive passenger car and Light Truck (PLT) centre in East Malaysia. The new branch is the 16th BestDrive in Malaysia, but the first in Eastern Malaysia. According to Benoit Henry, CEO of CST, the BestDrive PLT centre empowers the company’s partners with the opportunity to use its brand to position themselves as uniform,... -
Nizhnekamskshina to Commission 1.2 million Tyre All-Steel Radial Plant
Russian petrochemicals group OAO Tatneft (Kama and Niznekamshina’s parent company) said it is set to expand its tyre manufacturing capacity with the commissioning of a 1.2 million tyres a year all-steel truck and bus radial plant near its existing Niznekamshskina plant in Niznekamsk. The commissioning follows investment of around 17 billion rubles (£362 million; 388 million euros; US$578 million) in line with a plan first conceived in 2006....