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Goodyear provides ‘blimp’ update

During the past week, Goodyear marked what it calls an “important milestone in the company’s plans to replace its current fleet of blimps.” Workers installed a new envelope over the aluminium and carbon fibre framework of the first of its new-design airships. Although they will still most likely be referred to as blimps, the new craft are semi-rigid airships and are being supplied by Germany’s ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik. Personnel from Zeppelin, along with a Goodyear team, are building the airship at Goodyear’s hangar in Suffield, Ohio.

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New date for Pirelli board meeting

Pirelli’s Board of Directors will now meet to review results for the six months ended 30 June on 5 August 2013, instead of on 29 July as previously announced. Other planned dates remain the same; Pirelli will present its new 2013-2017 Industrial Plan to the financial community on 6 November 2013, after the approval of results for the nine months ending 30 September 2013, scheduled for 5 November, as previously announced.

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Michelin issues North American recall

Michelin North America is seeking 2,500 potentially defective tyres, but in order to retrieve these, the company is recalling around 100,000 tyres. The target 2,500 tyres could experience partial or full sidewall perforations that may cause them to experience loss of air pressure. The recall involves certain sizes of the Michelin LTX M/S2, Michelin X Radial LT2 and Michelin Latitude Tour sold primarily in the US, Canada and Mexico. The tyres are typically found on light trucks and SUVs.

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New Michelin solutions division launches with Effifuel

A new division within the Michelin Group dedicated to improving its customers’ fleet fuel efficiency has launched with what it claims is a unique offer for truck and trailer fleets. The Effifuel solution, targeted at both hauliers and own-account operators, is designed to help customers contain and reduce their fuel costs. Through the new initiative Michelin solutions will work with fleets to define a contractual commitment based on fuel savings and the resources to be deployed to attain them. The savings generated by the solution will be shared by the partners.

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The Parts Alliance appoints new national key accounts manager

The Parts Alliance has announced the appointment of David Bloxham as national key account manager. He joins the growing National Accounts team, based in Solihull, during what he describes as “an exciting time of growth for the [automotive] aftermarket.”

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June motorcycle sales "encouraging" says NMDA

The latest new motorcycle and scooter figures for June show sales overall were up 3.6 per cent against June 2012. Sales of scooters under 50cc were down 16.3 per cent in June, while all larger over 50cc motorcycle sales have increased by 6.4 per cent.

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PRA backs MP's campaign for oil price enquiry

The Petrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) fully supports Robert Halfon MP's campaign and petition for a full Office of Fair Trading (OFT) enquiry into Oil Pricing Process. The PRA submitted a formal complaint in February 2012 to the OFT regarding competition in the market for retail road fuels. Its call for a full UK Market Study was supported by many other trade associations and the cross-party group of MPs led by Robert Halfon.

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Next week is National BEN Week

BEN, the automotive industry charity will be celebrating its 108th birthday and the arrival of a new member of staff, Benjamin Bear, during the week 15th – 21st July 2013. The annual celebration, National BEN Week, has become a focus for many supportive industry concerns and this year, with the new theme 'Bear Us In Mind', fundraising expectations are running high. The ‘Bear Us In Mind' theme aims to encourage automotive companies to get their staff involved in having fun whilst raising awareness and funds for the charity. The suggested minimum target of £108, in recognition of BEN's age, reflects 108 years of care and support for automotive industry people.

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Time and wear make tyres louder, and quieter – study

The results of a study carried out by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University indicate that two changes through the life of a tyre – tread rubber hardness and tread wear – have a counterbalancing effect on each other. Wing-tat Hung, Yat-ken Lam and Chung-fai Ng, from the university’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Randolph Chi-kin Leung from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, presented the findings of their study ‘the impacts of tyre hardness and tread depth on tyre/road noise’ at this week’s ICSV 20 congress in Thailand.

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Firenza offers ‘competive’ winter range

Having launched its initial collection of winter tyres into the European market just over a year ago, Firenza has added a couple of new patterns to a winter range it calls “competitive”. The Firenza Nu Ice NTS-01 and XT-01 patterns enjoyed a successful introduction into the 2012-2013 winter season.

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TIA: ‘Tire Safety Starts With TPMS’

US trade association TIA has released “Tire Safety Starts with TPMS,” the second in a series of consumer educational videos slated for 2013.

The video is a 5-minute overview of the safety benefits associated with TPMS and knowing when tires are underinflated.

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UK automotive industry agrees £1 billion investment plan

The UK government has agreed to match automotive industry investment of £500 million, resulting in a £1 billion 10 year automotive investment plant designed to secure the growth and development of its vehicle and component manufacturing sector.

This new funding supports multi-billion pound investments announced in the last few years by global automotive companies to boost production levels and develop new technologies and models. And when the term “automotive industry” is used it includes original equipment components such as tyres, with the full report pointing out tyre plants in Northern Ireland and Scotland as the wider British impact the investment programme is likely to have.

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Honda plots F1 return from new Milton Keynes base

Following confirmation of a return to Formula One for the 2015 season in May, Honda has announced that it will base its European racing operation in Milton Keynes. Honda says the new facility will be the European frontline operation for its F1 participation, a joint project with McLaren to supply the power unit, including the engine and energy recovery system. It will rebuild and maintain power units developed at the Honda R&D centre in Tochigi, Japan, while its trackside support operations from this new European office.

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Bridgestone Americas appoints new head of communications

Effective 22 July, Bridgestone Americas will have a new head of communications. Paul Oakley takes on the role of vice-president, communications, and in this capacity will lead Bridgestone’s communications strategy across the Americas.

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Yokohama names US plant designer

A little over two months ago, Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) announced its plan to build a new commercial tyre plant in the US. On 11 July it announced that the first phase of the facility in West Point, Mississippi will be designed by Kajima Associates/Architects & Engineers, PC of Atlanta, Georgia. The project taken on by Kajima Associates calls for the design of a 931,000 square foot (86,500 square metre) factory that includes production, warehousing and operations facilities.

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