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Prometeon Tyre Group, Rockwell Automation commence manufacturing process collaboration

Under a multi-year collaboration, Rockwell Automation will implement its Manufacturing Execution System (MES) in Prometeon Tyre Group facilities in Italy, Türkiye, Egypt and Brazil. The industrial automation and digital transformation specialist explains that the goal of this program is to enhance the tyre maker’s digitalisation strategy, elevating manufacturing efficiency, sustainability and technological advancement.

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12th March 2024 by

Premium trio top Auto Bild summer tyre test

Any prospective tyre buyer searching online for 205/55 R16 tyres risks being overwhelmed by a plethora of products. This bread-and-butter tyre size has been an absolute bestseller for many years and is standard equipment on popular compact cars such as the VW Golf, Audi A3, Vauxhall Astra and Seat Leon. The presence of so many tyres in this dimension complicates the process of separating the wheat from the chaff, but Auto Bild helps here with its 2024 summer tyre test.

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  1. 7 ‘exemplary’ tyres in Auto Bild summer test
  2. Auto Bild tyre test: Podium finish for Goodyear, Hankook & Michelin
  3. Get a grip – Auto Bild tests performance tyres for compact cars
  4. Tyre testers await Linglong Sport Master
11th March 2024 by

Prinx evolves all-season offer with Quattura 4S+, introduces van tyres

When Prinx Chengshan officially debuted its flagship Prinx brand in Europe last year, the launch range included a product targeting the growing all-season segment – the Prinx Quattura 4S. Despite this tyre’s relatively recent introduction, the manufacturer will roll out a successor in 2024. Dr Piotr Zielak, sales director for Prinx in the CEE region, explains why a new generation tyre has arrived so soon.

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  1. Prinx presents European line-up on new website
  2. Prinx addresses all-season demand with Quattura 4S
  3. Prinx car tyre brand makes European debut in Milan
  4. Avon Tyres unveils all-season van tyre
11th March 2024 by
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Bridgestone announces 2024 motorsport plan

Bridgestone Corporation has unveiled its motorsport agenda for 2024, a programme that involves supporting a wide array of motorsport events, spanning from professional races to grassroots competitions. The continued cornerstone of this support is the supply of Bridgestone Potenza and Firestone Firehawk tyres for car races, as well as Bridgestone Battlax tyres for motorcycle races.

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  1. Firestone brand to exit Indycar
  2. Bridgestone Americas’ motorsport head retires
  3. Firestone IndyCar supply deal extended
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11th March 2024 by
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Goodyear closing plant in Malaysia

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company intends to close another production facility, this time far away from its European operation. The company will end tyre making at its plant in Shah Alam by 30 June 2024, with the closure process completed by the end of this year. Approximately 550 employees will be directly affected by the plant’s shutdown.

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  1. Goodyear closing Gadsden, USA plant
  2. Cooper begins consultation on plans to close Melksham factory by end of 2023
  3. ‘Part of Melksham DNA for more than century’ – local leaders react to Cooper Tire factory closure
  4. Rubber association pessimistic about Germany’s tyre making future
8th March 2024 by
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Refreshed site highlights Prinx car tyre range

Prinx is positioning itself as a sustainability focused car tyre brand and invites consumers to get to know the range better via a redesigned website. The prinxtire.eu site combined “modern design with numerous new features” for end consumers, dealers and the press.

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  1. Z Tyre to launch B2C website in Germany
  2. Tyre Equipment Direct offering 10% discount at new e-commerce site
  3. Goodyear steps up tyre retail involvement with new UK digital platform
  4. Hankook Tire restyling global websites
8th March 2024 by

James Noon joins BAB Agricultural

B A Bush and Son Ltd has appointed James Noon to the role of Area Sales Manager within its expanding BAB Agri team. Announcing this new appointment, BAB Agri says that Noon “brings a wealth of experience and technical knowledge to the role” and will be a “huge asset” for the operation, which exclusively distributes the Ascenso tyre range.

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  1. Autocentres growing in prominence – UK’s top tyre retailers 2021 (11-20)
  2. BA Bush & Son continues expansion with Allround Tyres
  3. Ascenso Tyres UK continues supporting World Champion Clay Pigeon Shooter
  4. The UK’s leading retailers 2022 (#15 to #25) – New entries and stable growth
5th March 2024 by

Enviro in the red in 2023, now positioned for profitability

Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB (Enviro) has published its financial results for 2023, and these figures reflect the expense involved with setting up a new recycling solution for end-of-life tyres. The Swedish firm achieved net revenues of SEK 13.9 million (£1.1 million) during the year, a 73.8 per cent increase on 2022 revenues. Operating results were still in the red at SEK -93.6 million (-£7.1 million) and earnings after tax were SEK -92.3 million (-£7.0 million) (2022: SEK -83.6 million).

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  1. Enviro given REACH, Uddevalla green lights
  2. Enviro, Antin partnering to recycle 1 million tonnes of tyres by 2030
  3. Enviro share issue funding JV, operations
  4. Enviro adds to key expansion team
5th March 2024 by
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Prinx Chengshan debuts OTR mining tyre range

In addition to manufacturing truck and passenger vehicle tyres – the former sold in the UK under the Fortune brand name and the latter as Fortune and Prinx tyres – Prinx Chengshan is staking its claim in the off-highway segment. So far, the company has restricted its activities in this area to China, where it has introduced OTR tyres for wide-body mining vehicles, smooth tyres for underground applications, and on-road mining crane tyres. It recently added to this portfolio with two further tyres for wide-body mining vehicles, the ET06 and ET07 in size 16.00R25.

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  1. Prinx Chengshan outlines emission reduction goals
  2. Prinx Chengshan: Profit down 24.7% despite higher revenue in 2021
  3. Prinx Chengshan: Increased sales, lower profit in H1 2022
  4. Prinx Chengshan appoints new CFO
5th March 2024 by
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Hankook debuts ISCC certified iON tyre

Together with two other South Korean firms, Hankook Tire & Technology has developed the country’s first tyre using cord fibre sourced from chemically recycled PET. The tyre maker partnered with SK chemicals and Hyosung Advanced Materials to develop Hankook iON tyres containing “circular recycled PET fibre tyre cords.” The resulting product is the first tyre to wear the ISCC Plus certification logo.

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5th March 2024 by
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Saudi tyre JV – Kumho Tire & Blatco sign tech agreement

Kumho Tire has entered into a technology licensing agreement with Blatco (Black Arrow Tire Co.), a Saudi company established in 2019 to kick-start tyre manufacturing within the country with joint venture partners. Under the terms of the agreement, Kumho Tire will provide Blatco its passenger vehicle tyre production technology for the next 20 years.

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5th March 2024 by

Bridgestone outlines European restructuring in 24MBP

Bridgestone Corporation has presented its Mid Term Business Plan (2024-2026), and for Europe this entails significant restructuring and rebuilding within the truck and bus tyre as well as the retreading business. Chief executive officer Shuichi Ishibashi and Masato Banno, the company’s chief technology officer, discussed 24MBP on 1 March.

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4th March 2024 by
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LCA shows significant advantages for Marangoni Ringtread

Supported by the University of Trento’s Department of Industrial Engineering, Marangoni recently conducted a lifecycle assessment (LCA) of one of its pre-cure retreaded truck tyre products, the Ringtread Blackline WSS 300 M. It compared this with a new tyre intended for the same application. Marangoni and the department tested both tyres in size 385/65R22.5.

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4th March 2024 by

Goodyear tyres for VW Passat Variant

Volkswagen is launching the latest versions of its Passat estate, which is known as the Variant in most markets, and has selected a range of Goodyear summer, all-season and winter tyres as original equipment. A Goodyear tyre is available for all applicable sizes on the new model.

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4th March 2024 by

Pyrum commences pyrolysis oil deliveries to BASF

Pyrum Innovations views the commissioning of reactor 2 (TAD 2) at its main Dillingen/Saar site in Germany as a “new milestone,” and test runs of TAD 2 have resulted in the production of around 60,000 litres of pyrolysis oil, with the first delivery of 24,000 litres earmarked for BASF. Rigorous testing and sampling confirm that the oil meets all required specifications, paving the way for future deliveries.

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23rd February 2024 by

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