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BKT completes Bhuj mould facility
BKT confirms that it has completed work on a new tyre mould plant at its Bhuj site in Gujarat, India. The tyre maker states that, as planned, it invested a capital expenditure of Rs 3 billion (£27.7 million) into this project.
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Apollo Tyres harnessing IoT solution to lift productivity & save energy
Faced with limited insight into the performance of its tyre manufacturing equipment, Apollo Tyres recently sought an Internet of Things (IoT) solution that would digitalise and standardise its manufacturing processes. It approached Deloitte, who worked with the tyre maker to implement such a solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS), connecting production equipment to a data lake. The result was a 9% increase in productivity on primary equipment and 3% reduction in energy usage.
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As OTR tyre output begins, Aeolus emphasises business cooperation with Prometeon
Aeolus reports that its giant and OTR tyre expansion project has been completed, the civil engineering, equipment purchase, and installation have ended, and most of the equipment has been debugged and put into production. In other words, the company’s 80,000-OTR-tyre-a-year project has entered its final stage.
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CEAT Specialty Presents fifth ITOTY Awards in India
CEAT Specialty Tyres, in collaboration with Tractor Junction, presented the 5th edition of the Indian Tractor of the Year Awards (ITOTY) on 10 July 2024. Held at the prestigious TAJ Vivanta Dwarka in New Delhi, India, the event brought together OEMs, farmers, customers, influencers, media, and industry leaders to celebrate advancements and innovations in the tractor sector.
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Brakeparts manufacturer Otto Zimmermann GmbH focuses on sustainable production
Family business Otto Zimmermann GmbH produces brake components in Baden-Württemberg Germany. Now the company reports that it is increasingly focusing on sustainability. Sustainability was already a concern at Otto Zimmermann GmbH when the company relocated to Sinsheim in the early 1990s. The internationally renowned brand manufacturer relies on the advantages of production in Germany. In this way, the company also fulfils its own sustainability standards. When selecting its suppliers, the manufacturer pays attention to resource-saving solutions and the highest quality. In addition to fair and safe working conditions in production, one selection criterion for suppliers is proximity to the Sinsheim site in order to minimize transport routes.
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Top Chinese Tyremakers: Manufacturers ranked by tyre production capacity in 2023
In 2023, Linglong’s various factories had a production capacity of 91.34 million tyres. Including the production of PCR products at the Serbian factory, in 2025 the tyre manufacturer’s annual production capacity will likely exceed 100 million tyres. Linglong’s tyre production base in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, has an astonishing production capacity of 36.1 million sets, including 30 million PCR, 5.85 million TBR, and 250,000 OTR tyres. The Dezhou base in Shandong has capacity for 9 million PCR and 3.2 million TBR tyres a year. The Guangxi production base can make 11 million PCR (1 million more than the designed capacity), 2 million TBR, and 140,000 OTR annually. The Hubei production base has capacity for the construction of 9 million PCR and 2.4 million TBR tyres. That opeartion’s designed PCR capacity is 12 million, and further under-construction capacity is expected to be completed in 2024. The Jilin production base can make 1.5 million PCR and 1 million TBR tyres. The company said that the capacity of the Jilin factory’s PCR production lines is expected to reach 6 million tyres a year in 2024. The company’s planned two production bases in Shaanxi and Anhui have not yet released their production capacity in 2023. The Thailand factory has 13 million PCR and 2.2 million TBR among overseas factories. Linglong said that its Thailand factory reduced its PCR production capacity by 2 million in 2023. The Serbian factory achieved a production capacity of 800,000 TBR tyres in 2023, and the designed scale of 1.6 million tyres is expected to be completed in 2024.
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HiQ network expands with flagship centre in Bicester
HiQ Tyres & Autocare has further extended its UK footprint with the inauguration of a new service centre in Bicester, an outlet it considers a “flagship” site for the brand. The new outlet is a continuation of the expansion occurring within the network, and since opening in May, it has experienced significant growth and has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from local customers.
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Yokohama included in FTSE4Good for 20th straight year
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series of global ESG stock indices for the 20th consecutive year. The company has also been included in the FTSE Blossom Japan Index for an eighth straight year and the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index for a third year in a row.
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Tyre makers recognised for sustainable business management
Pirelli, Continental and Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) have earned accolades for their innovative approaches to sustainable management. Time magazine and online intelligence platform Statista recently named this trio of companies amongst the “World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2024.”
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Bridgestone gains two Toyota supplier awards
Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) recently conferred 69 awards to acknowledge exceptional performance among its North American parts and components suppliers in 2023, and two of these went to a tyre maker. Bridgestone Americas gained supplier awards in the Technology & Development categories; according to Bridgestone, TMNA awarded it twice this year due to the company’s “strong collaboration and continuous improvement mindset.”
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Goodbye Continental & Bridgestone – hello Gislaved
At the start of July, Russian tyre maker JSC Cordiant announced completing rebranding of the former Continental tyre plant in Kaluga. The facility is now producing Gislaved tyres, thanks to a brand rights deal negotiated with Continental in May 2023. It appears the Gislaved name will also take centre stage when tyre production at the ex-Bridgestone factory in Ulyanovsk restarts.
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Shandong Province relaxes restrictions on new tyre projects
On 27 June, the province of Shandong, which is an important tyre manufacturing location in China, issued a “Notice on Promoting the Transformation, Upgrading, Adjustment and Optimisation of Project Management in the Tyre Casting Industry.” Tyrepress China noted that the release of this document means that the province has lifted restrictions on new and expanded tyre projects to a certain extent.
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ISCC PLUS sustainability certification for Continental’s Púchov plant
The Continental plant in Púchov, Slovakia recently achieved the distinction of becoming the companys first truck tyre manufacturing facility to gain International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS credentials. Púchov is Continental’s third ISCC PLUS-certified production site, following the tyre plants in Lousado, Portugal, and Hefei, China. Anton Vatala, who is in charge of the plant, calls the certification “a sign of our commitment to both quality and sustainability.”
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Yokohama confirms interest in Goodyear OTR
Following reports that Yokohama is in “advanced talks” with Goodyear regarding the purchase of Goodyear’s OTR tyre business, Yokohama officials have released an official statement confirming that the Japanese company is interested in Goodyear OTR.
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Brembo invests in Spoke Safety
Brembo has acquired a stake in Spoke Safety, a U.S. startup specializing in technology that communicates between “vehicles and the road ecosystem”. No details of the size of the stake or the amount invested have been released.
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