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Eden Tyres opens 25th branch
3rd September 2025A month back Eden Tyres opened its 25th branch. Located on Essex Street in the heart of Eastwood – the latest opening is the company’s eighth site in Nottinghamshire.
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Bridgestone cuts dozens of jobs at Bloomington, Illinois OTR tyre plant
3rd September 2025On 18 August 2025, in the USA, Bridgestone Americas notified local United Steelworkers (USW) leadership that the tyremaker plans to cut 67 jobs at its Bloomington, Illinois, OTR tyre factory in a bid to “align capacity with demand in response to challenging conditions and market changes in the off the road tyre markets”. In short, the move is said to reflect the reality that “the premium market is shifting towards radial products”, according to a statement published by Bridgestone America. The news comes after “…a thorough review and analysis” and basically means “the decision has been made to exit production of unprofitable tyres”. Bridgestone hopes to achieve the required job cuts “through a voluntary program”.
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Hidden continent? Africa’s role in the global tyre market
As well as our scheduled features on the historically economically resilient OTR tyre market (see pages 21-35) as well as Truck tyres (see pages 48-61), September 2025’s magazine also takes a closer look at the African tyre market on a couple of occasions. For example, on pages 36-37, I warn that Africa’s role in the global tyre market of the future is in danger of being overlooked. From here, I highlight the uptick in Chinese investment in African tyre production in the last year from Egypt
Continue ReadingHankook Ventus evo wins WhatTyre Performance Tyre of the Year Award in debut year
Three Hankook products made the podium in the 2025 WhatTyre Tyre of the Year Awards, featured in the WhatTyre Buyers Guide 2025. The fifth consecutive year of the prestigious awards highlighted the top tyres on the market across nine different categories, using the site’s proprietary Tyrescore algorithm and its experienced panel of tyre business editors to help identify the best available tyres. Two of the six commended tyres won in their categories: the Hankook Ventus evo was Performance Tyre
Continue ReadingUK government should mandate retreads in public fleet procurement – Vaculug
Vaculug has argued that the fitment of retread tyres should be mandated on public sector fleets in the UK. The large independent retreader said such a policy change would deliver “substantial economic and environmental benefits while bolstering the UK's domestic manufacturing sector.” It also cited international precedence for the requirement to fit retreads by public sector fleets, with several European Union member states, such as France, Germany and Italy, integrating retread requirements
Continue ReadingHow you measure makes a difference – Michelin advocates real-world method for Euro 7 tyre wear testing
The implementation of the Euro 7 standard begins in just over a year, and in July 2028 its scope will extend to tyre wear standards for C1 passenger car tyres. Michelin has long shown its support for Euro 7 and confirms readiness for 2028. It also expresses hope that the regulation itself will be equally ready.
Continue ReadingConti supplying 3 tyres to new Dacia Duster
Continental has won original equipment approvals for three of its tyres on the third generation Dacia Duster. Drivers of the SUV can choose between the energy-efficient EcoContact 6 Q summer tyre, the innovative AllSeasonContact all-season tyre and the robust CrossContact RX 4x4 tyre.
Continue ReadingHidden continent? Africa’s role in the global tyre market
As well as our scheduled features on the historically economically resilient OTR tyre market (see pages 21-35) as well as Truck tyres (see pages 48-61), September 2025’s magazine also takes a closer look at the African tyre market on a couple of occasions. For example, on pages 36-37, I warn that Africa’s role in the global tyre market of the future is in danger of being overlooked. From here, I highlight the uptick in Chinese investment in African tyre production in the last year from Egypt
Continue ReadingHankook Ventus evo wins WhatTyre Performance Tyre of the Year Award in debut year
Three Hankook products made the podium in the 2025 WhatTyre Tyre of the Year Awards, featured in the WhatTyre Buyers Guide 2025. The fifth consecutive year of the prestigious awards highlighted the top tyres on the market across nine different categories, using the site’s proprietary Tyrescore algorithm and its experienced panel of tyre business editors to help identify the best available tyres. Two of the six commended tyres won in their categories: the Hankook Ventus evo was Performance Tyre
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