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ETB Autocentres makes Lydney branch centre of the year
3rd July 2024ETB Autocentres has made its depot in Lydney the 52-branch network’s centre of the year in its annual network awards. The network uses the award as a focal point for its ongoing drive to raise standards. The Forest Road centre won the contest judged on sales performance, customer feedback, email collection, and sales campaign uptake. The centre has been part of the network since 2020.
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FY 2023: Dunlop Aircraft Tyres returns to profitability
4th July 2024In the preamble to its 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements, Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited (DATL) notes that the aviation industry began “getting back to its pre-pandemic working environment” last year after more than three years of coping with the global pandemic and associated shut- and lockdowns. Despite a host of factors such as uncertain material, transportation and energy prices, the end of the pandemic has facilitated the company’s return to the black. After recording a pre-tax loss of £2.97 million in 2022, last year DATL achieved a profit before tax of £804,000.
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- Hoosier becomes exclusive Rallycross tyre partner
- Absolute Alignment supports Power Maxed Racing in BTCC success
- Vildósola Sr wins class on Toyo Open Country tyres at SCORE Baja 500
- Pirelli – 5 F1 drivers and teams ‘evenly matched’ in Barcelona grand prix practice
- Goodyear’s ‘largest-ever’ 24 Hours of Le Mans operation proves tyre performance in LMGT3 era
Retreading News
- Vipal showing ‘commitment to sustainability’ at Tire Cologne
- 2024 marks 50 years of Bulldog and 20 years of Bridgestone partnership
- Brenno Benaglia, a pillar of the retreading business, has passed away
- Kraiburg Austria preparing for future retreading with “targeted measures”
- R&D, TIP and Alphatread amongst Hankook’s sustainability and retreading achievements
Comment
- Sustainability, new European-orientated factories and EV tyres
- East meets West: The interplay between Far Eastern tyremakers and western markets
- Leading European tyremakers investigated as part of price-fixing investigation
- Backing the right sustainability horse
- Sunak’s EV U-turn is ULEZ-related smoke and mirrors
Building the road safety coalition – TyreSafe Annual Briefing 2024
TyreSafe named its 2024 award winners at its annual briefing on 13 June, highlighting its expanded road safety stakeholder connections. In its first in-person briefing since appointing Stuart Lovatt as chair, TyreSafe presented its updated plan to change UK attitudes towards tyre safety. The event detailed October's Tyre Safety Month, featuring superhero-themed characters promoting the ACT (Air Pressure, Condition, Tread) checklist, and showcased a dynamic calendar aligning with partners such as
Continue ReadingNokian Tyres Romania “on-track for commercial production” in 2025
At the end of Nokian Tyres’s recent statement announcing the completion of its Dayton, Tennessee tyre factory, company representatives wrote: “Later this year, Nokian Tyres will open a new production facility in Oradea, Romania, with officials reporting “it will be the world’s first zero CO2 emission tyre factory.” To find out more about both the news that the Romania factory’s construction will be complete in 2024 and its status as “the world’s first zero CO2 emission tyre facto
Continue ReadingWorld’s largest tyremakers 2024: Stable “balance of power” and ambitious manufacturers
Our latest “world's largest tyremakers" data based on the key figures for the 2023 financial year sheds light on several developments that have recently characterised the tyre market. On the one hand, there is the development of sales, which have at best moved sideways for many manufacturers compared to 2022. On the other hand, there is also the development in terms of ranking: here it is clear that companies from China are increasingly operating on an equal footing with the long-established m
Continue ReadingChina’s top listed tyremakers in 2023: a large gap between the upper and lower echelons
2023 was a good year for many Chinese tyre manufacturers. Especially for listed tyre companies, benefiting from overseas markets and production capacity advantages, they can cope with market competition more calmly. Several Chinese tyre manufacturers report that they are undergoing IPOs in the past year, but no company has completed the main board listing. Therefore, the number of tyre companies analysed this time remains at 10, namely Sailun, Linglong, Triangle, Huayi (Double Coin), Aeolus, and
Continue ReadingEnso to build US$500 million carbon-neutral US tyre factory
Enso reports that it has signed a Letter of Interest (LOI) with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (U.S. EXIM Bank) to establish a groundbreaking carbon-neutral tyre factory in America. The move is being made in conjunction with Rockwell, Arup and US-based investors 8090 Industries as well as Galway Sustainable Capital.
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