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Dunlop comments on BluResponse testing success

Dunlop’s new Sport BluResponse tyre was launched in Dubai earlier this year (see Tyres & Accessories’ February edition), but it has already achieved some excellent results in European magazine tests. In full summer tyres tests conducted by Germany’s GTÜ organisation for ACE Magazine, Auto Bild and AutoZeitung, the tyre was awarded leading positions, while Britain’s Auto Express also lauded the new tyre’s performance characteristics within its product pages. Dunlop brand manager Andy Marfleet commented that the results “suggest that we have a real winner on our hands.”

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GiTi Tire introduces new HR director – Europe

Giti Tire has announced the appointment of Dr Gabriele Bosselmann to the newly created position of HR director – Europe. Dr Bosselmann will join the EU leadership team and be responsible for HR policies, processes and procedures, as well as hold a key role in the development of business plans and objectives.

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Bridgestone Europe launches new consumer tyres website

Along with new series and concept tyres, at the Geneva motor show Bridgestone Europe has launched its new website for car, SUV, 4×4 and van drivers. The company says the site aims to give drivers a “fresh, attractive, user-friendly and engaging experience” and offers a number of different ways of finding the right Bridgestone tyres for a vehicle, regardless of whether a driver already knows exactly which tyre they’re looking for or would like additional guidance from Bridgestone to find a suitable product. The site is currently only available in English, however French, German, Italian and Spanish versions will follow in April, with others to arrive in the coming months.

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Italmatic signs Americas sales and support agreement

Tesco of America – no relation to the UK-based retail giant – has signed an exclusive service parts, support and sales agreement with Italmatic. Under the agreement, Tesco of America will serve as representative for the Italian firm’s truck, OTR and passenger car tyre retreading equipment in the US, Central America, South America and the Caribbean regions.

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Geneva launch for ‘BA’ rated Goodyear range

Goodyear has introduced its EfficientGrip Performance tyre line at the Geneva motor show. The range will ultimately be available in 90 sizes from 14 to 18-inches, with 23 sizes available as of the start of March 2013. According to Goodyear, 21 tyres out of the currently-sold 23 tyres in the EfficientGrip Performance portfolio has been given an ‘A’ label rating for wet grip and a ‘B’ rating for rolling resistance, plus what the tyre maker says are “some of the lowest decibel values available on the market for such a range of sizes.”

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Toyo enters Malaysian fast-fit market as part of ‘aggressive’ retail strategy

Toyo Tire & Rubber has entered the franchise retail service centre business in Malaysia through its local subsidiary, Toyo Tyre Malaysia Sdn Bhd. The first Toyo Premium Auto Centre in the country recently opened in Malacca; Toyo says its Malaysian subsidiary is “pursuing an aggressive retail marketing strategy to expand its distribution network nationwide to meet the increasing demand for high performance and ultra high performance tyres.”

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RTA takes on 300th member

Membership in the Retread Tire Association has reached the 300 mark with the addition of Italian retreading equipment manufacturer Salvadori Srl. “We are especially pleased to have this fine company in the RTA family, since they offer their customers a unique line of fine equipment and machinery for the retread and related industries,” stated Retread Tire Association managing director Harvey Brodsky. “We are certain that fellow RTA members will benefit from their association with Salvadori Srl.”

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Delticom net income down 38.5% in 2012

According to audited financial statements for the 2012 fiscal year, internet tyre retailer Delticom AG recorded revenues of 456.4 million euros, 4.9 per cent less than a year earlier. The company’s EBIT margin was also down, from 11.0 per cent in 2011 to 7.1 per cent last year. Consolidated net income was 22.2 million euros or 1.87 euros per share, as compared with 3.04 euros a share in 2011.

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Groundbreaking held for Gajah Tunggal proving ground

On 5 March PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new proving ground in Karawang, on the Indonesian island of West Java. Construction of the 65 hectare proving ground will take place in four stages, with the first stages ready in mid-2014 and the final stages the following year. The proving ground will accommodate the development of commercial vehicle, passenger car and motorcycle tyres for the domestic and international markets.

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Geneva supercars to roll on Pirelli

Pirelli tyres will feature as original equipment on four high-profile Geneva show debuts. The Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster and Maserati’s latest Quattroporte both feature bespoke versions the Italian tyre maker’s P Zero, while a tailor-made version of the P Zero Corsa will be supplied to the McLaren P1 and Ferrari’s Enzo replacement, the LaFerrari.

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Cooper enters fifth British F3 season

Cooper Tires has launched its fifth successive year as exclusive tyre supplier to the Cooper Tires British Formula 3 Series. The company has been involved for more than 30 of the championship’s 60 years, having supplied Avon brand tyres before moving to Cooper in 2009. The tyre supplier exemplifies British F3’s calibre with the high number of drivers who have graduated to Formula One – more than any other championship. Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and Mika Hakkinen have all been both British F3 and Formula One World Champions. It is also the oldest Formula 3 category in the world.

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Avon begins eighth year with British GT Championship

Avon will begin its eighth successive year as sole tyre supplier to the Avon Tyres British GT Championship at Oulton Park on Easter weekend. Launched on the evening of 7 March in London, the 2013 season features grids boosted by a number of European entries.

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Falken Motorsports unveils upgraded VLN Porsche

Falken Motorsports shares that it will field its Porsche 997 GT3 R in this year’s VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring and Nürburgring 24 Hours events. It says a raft of performance upgrades for its Porsche have been carried out and, coupled with an unchanged driver line up of Sebastian Asch, Peter Dumbreck, Wolf Henzler and Martin Ragginger, Falken Motorsports says it holds the “clear aim of a top ten finish in the 24 Hour event.”

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Third OEM approval for Hunter balancer

Mercedes-Benz is the latest vehicle manufacturer to grant global approval for the use of the new Hunter Road Force Touch wheel balancing system in its franchise dealer workshops. Although the balancer has only been on the market for a number of months and available in the UK since October, the Mercedes-Benz approval is the third of its kind that the Road Force Touch has received from a major vehicle manufacturer, following sign-offs from the Volkswagen Group and BMW. Exclusive national distributor Pro-Align also expects further OEM approvals for the Road Force Touch.

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Evolution of Bridgestone’s Blizzak LM-80 launched

Bridgestone has introduced an upgraded version of its Blizzak LM-80. Displaying the new Blizzak LM-80 EVO at the Geneva motor show, the tyre maker said the new SUV tyre features three improvements designed to upgrade snow and wet performance: New sipe distribution for traction, a new silica-rich compound developed exclusively for European winter conditions, and an optimised centre rib and shoulder block design for improved handling and road holding.

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