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Armchair racers can experience the thrills of competing at this year’s Nürburgring 24h Race thanks to Falken Tyre and a new video on the brand’s YouTube channel. In ‘A Monument to the Art of Racing’, Falken distils hours of action into less than three minutes.
Bridgestone is introducing the B-select retail concept in its home market of Japan. Around 700 company-owned and exclusive Bridgestone retailers have joined the B-select B2C network, while within the commercial segment some 400 B-select stores will be operating by the end of the year.
Davanti Tyres has named Reifenvertrieb Seng its exclusive distributor for the German market. Seng primarily intends to sell the Davanti brand through its own online portal but will also distribute via specifically selected direct key accounts.
Next month, the Steinexpo raw materials and building materials industry trade fair returns after a long absence. Around 400 brands are expected to be present at the show in Germany from 23 to 26 August, including a number of familiar names.
Sailun tyres produced using EcoPoint³ technology have played a role in securing Sany Truck’s place in the Guinness World Records. A Sany Mota 1165 heavy-duty electric truck fitted with Sailun SFL1 tyres in size 12R22.5 18PR broke the record for the longest distance travelled by an electric semi-trailer truck on a single charge.
The first phase capacity expansion of JK Tyre & Industries’ Banmore plant in Madhya Pradesh, India is now complete. An investment of Rs 3.12 billion (£30.1 million) has lifted capacity for passenger car radials by 31 per cent, to 5.1 million tyres per annum. An additional investment of Rs 6.17 billion (£59.5 million) will increase capacity by an additional 31 per cent by April 2024.
Goodyear aims for its integrated fleet solution to play an instrumental role in helping customers achieve their sustainability targets, and anyone wishing to learn more can do so next week: The Goodyear Drive Results showroom is set to showcase Goodyear Total Mobility to UK and Irish customers on 6 and 7 July.
Those wishing to gain a better understanding of Bridgestone Corporation’s initiatives for enhancing corporate value over the medium to long term can find the needed information in the new Bridgestone 3.0 Journey 2023 Integrated Report. This document outlines changes made since 2020 and provides an update on transformational progress in the run-up to the company’s 100th anniversary in 2031.
Opposition is building against planned job cuts at the Goodyear plant in Fulda, Germany. The tyre maker announced at the start of June that it would cut about half of the current 1,150 jobs at the Fulda site, and the local Goodyear works council has now invited the workforce in Fulda and other Goodyear sites in Germany to demonstrate against the job cuts in front of the factory gate next Monday afternoon. A non-public works meeting is also scheduled to take place within the plant that day, as employee union IGBCE writes in a recent press release in which it threatens Goodyear with a “fight”.
PCL has appointed Michelle Foord as its new Area Sales Manager for the South of England region. She began her new role with the pneumatic specialist at the start of this month, just in time for her to join the PCL team at Automechanika Birmingham 2023.
At the first Board of Directors meeting held after the upcoming Pirelli shareholders’ meeting, CEO candidate Andrea Casaluci will propose a new Corporate General Management structure that will report to him. He will put forward this structure in coordination with current Executive Vice President and CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera and propose the position be entrusted to former CFO Francesco Tanzi, who will return to the Pirelli Group after a hiatus of almost two years.
Hankook Tire is expanding its Laufenn portfolio with the LF95, a trailer tyre it has designed to deliver “impressive mileage” in regional haul applications and various road conditions. This latest product from Hankook’s second-line brand is available in a regroovable size 385/65R22.5.
The cost-of-living crisis has delivered a silver lining for Absolute Alignment, with the Aldershot-based firm observing that efforts amongst fleets to improve efficiency is driving demand for commercial wheel aligners this year. Commenting that it’s “unsurprising that businesses with extensive fleets of commercial vehicles are paying more attention than ever to the benefits of wheel alignment,” Absolute Alignment emphasises that increased fuel economy is “one of the main benefits of regular and accurate wheel alignment.”
Steve Hodges is the new marketing manager at Hamaton Ltd. He joined the tyre pressure monitoring system and valve supplier in May 2023 and brings more than 20 years of marketing experience into his new role. Hodges has worked in a wide variety of industries from technology companies, fast moving consumer goods, financial services, and IT, most recently as the events and marketing manager for Leicester Arena, home of the Leicester Riders basketball team.
US-based waste-to-energy firm Global Clean Energy, Inc. (GCEI) reports that its Pyrolysis division has selected three European and ten domestic locations where pyrolysis facilities for processing end-of-life tyres into oil, recovered carbon black and steel can be built on a profitable basis. News of these proposed facilities follows the company’s decision not to initiate operations at another pyrolysis plant.
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