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Toyo Joins VLN Race

Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. will participate in the next round of the VLN at the Nürburgring continuing their race tyre development programme. As in the recent Millenium Merdeka race at Sepang, the “Lammertink Racing with Toyo Tires” team will be working with Toyo engineers to further develop their race tyres. Lammertink will use their Porsche 997 GT3 race car fitted with 245/640R18 front tyres and 285/680R18 rears against the very experienced “Ringmeisters” of the VLN series. Lammertink will use Proxes RS1 if the conditions are dry with Proxes RR1 wets available if it rains.

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Italmatic Offers Global Reach

Retread manufacturing equipment and garage supply specialist Italmatic Srl may be based in Italy, but the company has long established global intentions. In addition to the Italian headquarters, a far eastern wing (50:50 joint venture, Italmatic Asia) was founded in Singapore in 1984 and the company also has a network of offices in the USA and the UK. Now, 40 years since the company produced its first buffing machines, the goal is to serve customers throughout Europe, Asia and North America with „full technological, training and marketing support.”

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Boss Reacts to Negative Story

Reacting to news of performance problems with its 63-inch radial OTR tyres, Titan Tire said it will outfit equipment with expensive inflation and heat sensor equipment.

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Sales up 40% in China

International News

During the first half of the year Chinese market sales of Cooper Tire & Rubber’s passenger car tyres increased 40 per cent, beating the company’s own 34 per cent target. Truck and bus tyre sales, which account for 65 per cent of Cooper’s China business, grew by double digits in the first half.

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti HTR2 Launched in US

Continental Tire North America has the US market release of its Continental HTR2, an all-position wide base radial for construction vehicle applications. The HTR2 replaces the HTR wide-base tyre, offering 20 per cent more wear volume than the original, said CTNA. The tyre features a 22/32-inch tread, cut/chip resistant tread and sidewall rubber, broader shoulder […]

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

US Tariffs – Compatible with WTO Rules?

International News

As Reuters notes, the decision as to whether or not the US will impose tariffs on Chinese made consumer tyres is not a straightforward one. As the news service pointed out on August 26, Chinese trade sources indicate that these tariffs may not line up with a safeguard mechanism China agreed to when it joined the World Trade Organisation.

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

TyreSafe’s Tips for Avoiding Bank Holiday Blowouts

In advance of the August Bank Holiday, TyreSafe is urging drivers to take a few minutes to check that tyres are inflated to the correct pressure to reduce the likelihood of suffering a blowout. Here are the association’s eight top tips for checking tyre pressures correctly:

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Thorite Webstore Offers Big Name Compressors

Thorite, has added a substantial number of new compressors to its range of workshop series piston compressors. Established models from FIAC and Thorite’s own brand Diamond Professional and Performance ranges and now joined by the latest models from big name manufacturers ABAC and SIP. The two new ranges offer a wide choice of outputs, all at the most competitive prices: There are 1.5 and 2.5hp direct drive portables, 3hp belt drive portables and belt drive stationary models ranging from 3hp to 10hp.

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Phase 2 of Yokohama’s ‘Forever Forest’ Completed in Thailand

International News

Some 5,000 trees have been planted at the Yokohama Rubber tyre factory in Thailand as part of the company’s tree planting programme. The second phase of the plant’s "Yokohama Forever Forest" project – the first phase two planting conducted at a Yokohama facility outside of Japan – took place on August 12. Around 1,100 employees, family members, local residents and other volunteers planted 26 varieties of tree under the supervision of Sirin Kawlaierd, tree planting expert employed by the Thai Imperial Household Agency and Akira Miyawaki, an expert in physiognomy and Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University.

26th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Renews AAH Tyre Contract

Bridgestone UK Ltd has extended its tyre supply agreement with AAH Pharmaceuticals who. Bridgestone/Truck Point have been supplying tyres and tyre service management to AAH since 2006. With 3,800 employees at 20 locations and making over 100,000 deliveries a week, AAH operates over 1,100 commercial vehicles.

25th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

China's Rubber Imports Jump 25% in July

International News

China's natural rubber imports jumped 25.8 per cent to 165,876 metric tons in July. Malaysian news sources cite customs reports that show the figure is close to an 11-year high which last peaked in March. China buys rubber from main producers Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as Vietnam, Cambodia and West Africa. The high comes off the back of China’s strong passenger car sales in July, which jumped 70.54 per cent from a year ago.

25th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Works to Address Giant Tyre Concerns

According to Bloomberg, Titan International Inc.’s bid to break into the oversized tyre market has hit a roadblock after tyres installed on trucks hauling Canadian oil sands lasted just 1 per cent as long as expected. In a telephone interview with the news service, Titan CEO Maurice M. Taylor Jr said the company has halted production of the four metre tyres used on dump trucks in order to install pressure-monitoring devices. A number of tyres failed after 100 hours of work on the 400-ton trucks used to haul oil-soaked sand for Royal Dutch Shell Plc and other energy companies in Alberta, a far cry from the minimum expected lifespan of 10,000 hours, he said.

25th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Natural Rubber Price Up +25%

The price of RSS3 grade natural rubber has shot up 25 per cent to US$2.0/kg in the last month (and US$ 1.8/kg for TSR 20 grade). True, according to Deutsche Bank analysts the latest prices surge is expected to impact tyre manufacturers’ profit and loss accounts in the first quarter of 2010. But this is still significantly below what tyre companies paid in 2008 (approximately $2.8/kg; 2007:$2.3/kg). Furthermore, according to the bankers, this is “not necessarily bad news for the industry” because higher input prices reduces the risks of “negative pricing” in the short term. In other words, with the impending recovery in sell-in markets expected any time now, in the coming months the industry will face no difficulties in increasing selling prices.

25th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Schrader: EU Accident Prevention Rules May Compromise Road Safety

From 2012 all new cars sold in Europe will have to be fitted with tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) as standard. However, leading TPMS-maker Schrader Electronics believes the legislation passed by the European Parliament earlier this year is flawed and could even compromise road safety. The concerns centre on the fact that the forthcoming rules make two types of TPMS technologies available to car companies – direct and indirect measuring systems. The tyre and TPMS industries favour solutions such as the direct system which places a pressure sensor in each wheel and transmits reliable pressure measurement information back to the car data centre which then informs the driver immediately about the condition of its tyres.

25th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Wheels Increase Tyre Life on Turkish Buses

Turkish bus company, HAS Turizm is claiming increased tyre life after switching to Alcoa forged wheels. The groundwork for the changeover was laid a couple of years ago after a visit from Alcoa’s Turkish distributor Otomotiv Lastikleri Tevzi AS (Oltas), who reportedly explained the benefits of Alcoa forged aluminium wheels. As a result, HAS decided to test the products themselves. “After several months, we realized that the buses, equipped with Alcoa wheels, use around 1 per cent less fuel compared to buses on steel wheels. Another advantage we discovered is the longer life time of the tyres. Today almost all of our vehicles operating in Turkey are equipped with Alcoa wheels. All new vehicles are specified on Alcoa wheels as well.”

25th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

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