Toyo: Serbia plant’s solar panels will save 200,000 tonnes of CO2
Toyo Tires has confirmed that its Indija, Serbia plant is using a “Taiyo (太陽)” solar energy array that is designed to eliminate 200,000 tonnes of CO2 over its working life.
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Toyo Tires has confirmed that its Indija, Serbia plant is using a “Taiyo (太陽)” solar energy array that is designed to eliminate 200,000 tonnes of CO2 over its working life.
Apollo Tyres Ltd and the Telangana Government have agreed to open a Digital Innovation Centre in Hyderabad. The two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to that effect after a meeting between the two parties during the World Economic Forum at Davos. The planned Hyderabad location is Apollo Tyres’s second Digital Innovation Centre. The first is in London.
Prometeon Tyre Group has appointed Ali Yilmaz as the new managing director for the UK, Ireland and Nordics, effective from 1 January 2023. The move sees Yilmaz promoted from commercial director to the leadership role of the cluster, replacing interim MD Francesco Antonacci.
Effective 1 November 2022, Hamburg, Germany-based Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (otherwise known as HF Group) appointed Zoran Uranjek to its management board.
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Falken is set to show its range of car, SUV, light truck and truck tyres at the Automässan industry trade show, which will take place in Gothenburg from 18 to 21 January 2023 in Hall A02, Stand 62.
There has been talk about closing the recruitment gap in the automotive aftermarket for years. More recently certain training bodies and associations such as the NTDA have taking significant steps to renew efforts to recruit and upskill the tyre and aftermarket workforce. Now, however, is clear evidence that these much-discussed issues are not just theoretical. Rather, the lack of skill people in the trade is affecting the ability to service already depleted demand, which is hitting profitability even amongst some of the largest, fastest-growing and most profitable tyre-selling businesses.
Halfords Group plc (Halfords)’s third-quarter 2023 trading update for the 13 weeks to 30 December 2022 show that group revenue grew 38.3 per cent and like-for-like group sales were up 12.6 per cent compared with 2020 levels. Other headlines included the news that Halfords’s services business represents 50.3 per cent of group revenue, and B2B, which includes the Avayler system 28.2 per cent. At the same time, Halfords hailed its “strong Commercial Fleet performance”, with this part of the business growing 138 per cent year-on-year. However, the company reduced its full-year 2023 underlying profit before tax (PBT) guidance from £60 million to £50 million.
The European Commission has provisionally recalculated anti-Chinese-produced truck tyre import tariffs to between €21.12 and €61.76 per tyre, equating to a reduction of between 0 and 51 per cent, depending on the manufacturer. Consultation on the provisional recalculation is now open until 23 January, before the final determination will be made on 25 January 2023.
Following the news of Brenden Marais’s promotion to First Stop Tyres & Car Services UK and Ireland franchise manager, First Stop has recruited two new retail business consultants to accelerate its expansion plans. With 155 stores now operating under the First Stop banner, the company’s pledge to reach the 220 mark by 2024 remains on course.
Defective tyres do not have to be replaced immediately, if they are repaired professionally. In many cases, mid-life tyres can be repaired professionally and remain in safe use for a significant length of time. This helps to protect the environment and the car owner’s wallet, according to Ludwig Ketzer has been working at tyre repair specialist Rema Tip Top for almost 40 years. Ketzer and Rema Tip Top aim to ensure that tyres are used for as long as possible in order to avoid waste, CO2 emissions and raw material consumption. Here he explains common methods and limits of tyre repair and what workshops need to offer for professional tyre repair.
The NEC in Birmingham opened its doors to the well-known LAMMA agricultural equipment exhibition this morning (10 January 2023). Normally queuing round the large exhibition centre’s internal road system is a bit of a bind, but this year it was a harbinger of good news for exhibitors that have, in general, fought for visitor numbers to return to pre-pandemic levels – footfall appears to be very healthy.
Philip Slater has been appointed by Repairify as international product manager to expand its overseas markets and “enter new territories with its portfolio of advanced vehicle diagnostic and calibration technology”.
BFGoodrich has signed a two-year sponsorship agreement with Connacht Rugby to drive the recruitment of referees, in the tyre brand’s first venture into team sports in Ireland. The first-ever corporate sponsorship for the provincial rugby team’s referee development programme sees the BFGoodrich logo emblazoned across the pink jerseys of more than 80 refs who officiate across the senior and junior leagues.
Yokohama Europe has appointed Tobias Kins as its new head of marketing. The new marketing manager has been working for the Düsseldorf-based Yokohama Europe for over six years and his most recent role was Head of Sales Division.
Bridgestone, Continental and any other tyremakers that suffered cyber-attacks during the last year or so may be interested to learn that, on 4 January 2023, Avanade announced the expansion of its 22-year relationship with Microsoft to help the automotive industry and OEMs protect against increasing cybersecurity threats using Microsoft Azure and Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity tools and capabilities.
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