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In the April 2024 issue of Tyres & Accessories Magazine, available now as an e-paper for subscribers to Tyrepress, Tyres & Accessories turns its attention to the SUV tyre and OTR tyre markets. As well as these special features, the issue features articles about Yokohama’s expansion strategy in Europe, a round up of some of the leading European tyre tests in the summer tyre season, and Kumho’s decision to build a tyre plant in Europe. Non-subscribers can gain access to Tyrepress with a print or online subscription. Tyre professionals can take advantage of the current Tyrepress Membership offer, helping to drive business online and stay informed with the industry’s leading magazine and websites.

In this issue:

SUV tyres – quality versus quantity

SUV tyres have not only become a fixture in the wider car tyre market in recent years, they also remain a significant margin opportunity for manufacturers and distributors alike. However, while this section of the market has been a bastion of the premium tyre brands throughout most of that time, the latest research suggests the budget SUV market segment is growing largely at the expense of the mid-range. With that in mind, in our April 2024 edition, Tyres & Accessories takes a look at the latest SUV tyre news, trends and products.

• Pricing: Up, up & away? (30)
• UK SUV sales top 1 million (34)
• New Dębica Presto (36)
• General Tire for SUVs & 4x4s (38)

OTR Tyres

Tyres & Accessories features the segment with the largest tyres in the April issue. The most important business sectors that use these tyres, such as mining and construction, are particularly sensitive to global economic trends. While there are considerable opportunities here, especially in emerging economies, but also in countries seeking to transform their economies with large infrastructure projects. Sustainability is also more prominent than ever in this sector, and tyre makers – especially those engaged with the original equipment manufacturers or machinery suppliers – are responding with increasingly green products, both in terms of in-use product features and characteristics, and in terms of manufacturing processes and raw materials.

• Fuller Tyres backs Conti range (42)
• Bridgestone’s OTR grip 45 Goodyear 3* RL-5K (46)
• Chinese tyremakers turn to OTR (48)

EDITORIAL
A strange way of price-fixing (3)

NEWS IN BRIEF (6)

UK TYRE MARKET
Tyre Spot CrossClimate sales up (14)
Hankook sponsors truck shows (16)
HSBC funds Metro Tyres expansion (19)

COMPANY
Yokohama European expansion (22)
Kumho building European plant (27)
Hexpol devulcanization investment (29)

PRODUCT
Continental dominates tests (54)
GitisportS2 Powered by Sparco (58)
Vredestein Ultrac Pro (63)

INTERNATIONAL
Bridgestone invests in Burgos (64)
No reprieve for Michelin plants (68)
Court annuls Belshina sanctions (72)

CAREER TRACKS (76)