Remember This? – September 2024
Our monthly magazine column looks back at the biggest news events from the tyre industry five, 10, 15 and 20 years ago. This months edition looks back to September issues from 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019 for some of the biggest tyre industry news of those months. Click the month and year to access the digital edition of the relevant issue of the magazine from Tyres & Accessories’ expanding digital archive.
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Tyre News in Numbers September 2024
Tyres & Accessories’ monthly Tyres News in Numbers’ column boils down the latest tyre industry news to the most important statistics of the month. Below, we look at the big numbers from the September 2024 magazine. £110.11: The maximum import tariff per tyre on Chinese-produced truck and bus tyres recommended by the UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)...
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Tyres & Accessories Magazine September 2024 issue available to read or download
Truck tyres and electric vehicle tyres feature in the September 2024 issue of Tyres & Accessories, which is now available as an e-paper for Tyrepress subscribers. The issue also features the latest news from the international tyre business, including new products like Linglongs new winter tyre range and Davantis Alltoura H/T, and Malvern Tyres acquisition of Just Tyres in the UK. 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.
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SBTI validates Pirelli’s net-zero-by-2040 goal
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved Pireli’s near-term and long-term targets on the reduction of absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The targets were communicated last March during the presentation of the 2024-2025 Business Plan update.
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Nokian Tyres opens Romania factory
A little over two years after beginning a controlled exit from Russia, which resulted in the sale of its key regional passenger car tyre plant in Vsevolozhsk, Nokian Tyres has officially opened its successor. The company held an inauguration ceremony at its new passenger car tyre factory in Oradea, Romania today in the presence of government and other officials, together with Nokian Tyres’ Board of Directors, management team and some 200 guests.
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Transense selected for £11 million EV project
Transense Technologies plc has been selected as a key partner in an £11 million electric vehicle (EV) research and development programme, that will be part funded by the UK Government through the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC).
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Kerridge buys warehouse management system firm, Vigo
Kerridge Commercial (KCS), a global provider of software for distribution, servicing and rental businesses has completed the acquisition of Vigo Software (Vigo). Vigo designs, builds and hosts Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Transport Management Systems (TMS) for its customers across the UK and Ireland. Vigo’s solutions help businesses reduce transport costs through efficient loading, plan delivery routes, meet transportation deadlines and enhance customer experience through transparent on time delivery.
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Prometeon highlighting rebranding at IAA Transportation
Although it has come to IAA Transportation armed with new products and an enhanced fleet management offer, the primary focus for Prometeon Tyre Group is brand recognition. The well-known Pirelli name is disappearing from the sidewalls of its premium-level commercial and off-highway tyre range, and the time is right for OEMs to become better acquainted with Prometeon.
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Evonik aiming for 20% recycled rubber in new tyres
At present, trade associations in the tyre recycling sector generally recommend that no more than around five per cent ground rubber from end-of-life tyres goes into the production of new tyres. But Evonik is confident of quadrupling this ratio. A team of researchers have been working to counter the restrictions imposed by the chemical structure of recycled rubber, and the company reports having achieved a “key step forward with a process that could make it possible to use up to four times as much recycled rubber in new tyres as in the past.”
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Norgesdekk buys Dexen AB
Norgesdekk has bought 100 per cent of the shares in the Gothenburg-based Dexen AB through its Swedish holding company NDS Holdco AB. Dexen AB consists of, among others, the tyre and rim wholesaler Dexen Tire Movement AB and Hjulfabriken AB, which specializes in complete wheels for the car trade. Norgesdekk reports that “all employees will continue to participate in the initiative, and two key people will also become owners of NDS Holdco AB together with the current shareholders.”
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Bridgestone partnering to prevent rubber tree disease
As part of a project involving parties based in Japan and Indonesia, Bridgestone Corporation is working to develop technologies for preventing White Root Disease (WRD) in Para rubber trees. WRD kills rubber trees by infecting the roots with pathogenic fungi that causes tissue decay, and the disease’s onset is difficult to detect. By developing technologies to prevent fungal infection, the project aims to stabilise the yield of natural rubber and improve the productivity of plantations.
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Plant closure – Bandag to consolidate European retreading
Retreading operations at the Bandag facility in Lanklaar, Belgium will cease in the coming months. In a statement issued today, Bandag Europe NV announced its intention to close the retreading plant, most likely in the first half of 2025. The company stresses that it has “no other option than to take structural measures” such as this in response to the “significant decrease” in the European retreading market over the past ten years, a trend that has resulted in production overcapacity and uncompetitive production costs.
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Hankook-owned Model Solution collaborates with Hycore on AI-based robotic mobility
Model Solution, which is a subsidiary of Hankook & Company Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hycore Co. Ltd., which specialises in AI mobility. The MOU focuses on prototyping and mass production of AI-based robotic mobility.
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Kordsa’s 2050 net-zero targets approved by SBTi
Tyre cord-maker Kordsa reports that by prioritizing emission management, the company has been making “steady progress toward its 2030 targets”. Now, Kordsa has received approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its 2050 net-zero targets.
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Sell us your factory for one euro, German town tells Goodyear
Despite strong employee efforts to preserve Goodyears Fürstenwalde/Spree tyre production facility in Germany, its future now appears bleak, with closure looming. The plant, which employs around 750 workers, will gradually shut down by the end of 2027. Job cuts may begin as early as next year, although the mixing operation will remain at the Fürstenwalde site.
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