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Triangle Tyre prepares 150sqm booth for The Tire Cologne 2024
Triangle Tyre will exhibit at The Tire Cologne with a 150sqm booth designed to highlight its role in the European tyre market. The prominent stand (see picture) will also feature a 12sqm LED wall to enhance the manufacturer’s impact on the global tyre fair, helping it to stand out amongst the 273 confirmed exhibitor stands confirmed for the event at time of writing. Triangle Tyre is a mainstay of the largest European fair, exhibiting at every event since The Tire Cologne replaced Messe Essen’s biannual Reifen event.
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Continental marks Thailand milestones
This month, Continental commemorates 15 years since the inception of its tyre business in Thailand and five years of tyre production at its Rayong plant. With an investment of 250 million euros in the eastern region of the country, the manufacturer has established a facility that employs 900 local workers and has annual production capacity of 4.8 million passenger and light truck tyres, alongside motorcycle tyres, and caters to both original equipment and replacement sectors.
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Anyline to host T.I.R.E. summit in Vienna
Anyline is inviting leaders from the tyre, fleet management and automotive service industries to participate in a first-of-its-kind T.I.R.E. Summit. The one-day event, which will take place 13 June 2024, will address how technology can advance tyre safety, efficiency and performance. The T.I.R.E. Summit will include multiple keynote presentations and panel discussions on the topics of technology and innovation, business intelligence and data use, tyre regulations and service optimization, among others.
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David Geraghty appointed moveero CEO
David Geraghty has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) industrial and OTR wheelmaker moveero with immediate effect. Geraghty brings over 25 years’ experience in senior roles with multi-national, multi-billion-dollar organisations to the business, including his most recent position as president of Yokohama Off Highway Tires (YOHT), America, responsible for Aftermarket and OE operations.
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Linglong to exhibit world-first tyre plus OE news at Tire Cologne
Following the start of production at its Serbia tyre manufacturing plant a little over a year ago, it is no surprise to learn that Linglong has booked a 350 m² stand at this year’s The Tire Cologne in hall 7 (booth D040 – E049). Alongside its current product range, Linglong will be exhibiting a global first, the first look at the new Grip Master Winter, the successor of the established Linglong winter tyres Green-Max Winter UHP and Green-Max Winter HP. In addition, Linglong will present a sustainable concept tyre that will be partly introduced in the Linglong portfolio already soon.
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Petlas adds super-single, bus tyre fitments to CV tyre range
Petlas Tire Corporation has added a new super-single size to its truck and bus radial (TBR) range. The Turkish tyre manufacturer upgraded the compounds of its NZ300 pattern at the end of 2023 in order to “increase mileage performance, setting a new standard in tyre efficiency”.
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Tire Cologne 2024: From cutting-edge new tyres to technology and sustainability
Ticket sales for the Tire Cologne got underway about a month ago at the end of March. Around the same time, Koelnmesse, the organisers of arguably the European tyre business’s largest exhibition published its exhibitor list. Now Koelnmesse is previewing what visitors to The Tire Cologne will be able to experience when the show runs between 4 and 6 June 2024.
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Tyrexpo Asia 2024 expects 150 exhibitors and 250 tyre brands
TyreXpo Asia Bangkok 2024 is inviting the industry to engage with “over 150 exhibitors and 250 tyre brands” when it takes place at BITEC Hall 98, Bangkok om Thailand from 15 – 17 May 2024.
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March shows downturn in EU car market, highlighting decline in electric vehicle sales
March’s new car registration figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) have shown a decline following growth in the first two months of 2024. Across the EU, registrations declined by -5.2 per cent, this included major markets like Germany (-6.2 per cent), Spain (-4.7 per cent), Italy (-3.7 per cent), and France (-1.5 per cent). However, for Q1, car registrations increased by 4.4 per cent in the EU, with solid growth in Italy (+5.7 per cent), France (+5.7 per cent), Germany (+4.2 per cent), and Spain (+3.1 per cent).
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Morrocco first – Sentury Tire redirects funds earmarked for Spanish plant
Sentury Tire has disclosed that it will invest the approximately RMB 2.8 billion (£313 million) it raised to set up a factory in Spain in the construction of its Moroccan plant instead. The motivation behind this decision, says Sentury Tire, is that while the facility in Spain is still in the “approval process” with no clear indication of when this will conclude, the tyre plant in Morrocco is “progressing well” and has a greater need for capital expenditures.
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ETRMA publishes #TRACTION4CHANGE Manifesto
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has released its Manifesto for the legislative period of 2024-2029, titled “#TRACTION4CHANGE: A shared agenda for a competitive, secure, and inclusive Europe.” This manifesto advocates for strategic initiatives aimed at bolstering the industrial competitiveness of the sector while emphasising its crucial role in advancing zero-emission mobility, circularity, and sustainability.
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8 in a row: Maxxis a GM Supplier of the Year, again
Maxxis is a GM Supplier of the Year for an eighth consecutive year. GM recognised the tyre maker at an event honouring the company’s top global suppliers for 2023.
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Michelin partnering in nanofibrous material research
On 15 April, Michelin, the CNRS, and the University of Strasbourg inaugurated the SpinLab associated research laboratory. This Strasbourg-based endeavour is dedicated to the study of the electrospinning process for the optimal production of nanofibrous materials. Over four years, these teams will collaborate to develop an innovative electrospinning platform, with the aim of creating novel and distinctive fibrous materials tailored for diverse applications, including tyres.
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Finland, Germany amongst main markets for Russian tyres
According to Russian petrochemical industry information centre Rupec, two European Union countries were amongst the top foreign recipients of Russian tyres in 2022-2023. Rupec reports that the main foreign markets for these products in monetary terms were Kazakhstan (19%), Finland (13%), Germany (11%) and Belarus (10%). The overall share of tyres in Russian exports for the period 2022-2023 was approximately two per cent.
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First tyre at Double Coin’s Anhui factory expansion
The first tyre has rolled off the production line at the expansion project of Double Coin’s factory in Anhui, China. According to the tyre manufacturer, the tyres that rolled off the production line this time are products suitable for new energy vehicles in size 205/60 R16 92V. After the project reaches total production, the annual production capacity of the Double Coin Anhui factory will exceed 10 million units.
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