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Toyo Tires sponsors golfer Yuka Saso
Toyo Tire Corporation has signed a sponsorship agreement with Japanese female professional golfer Yuka Saso. Yuka Saso has achieved excellent results since her amateur days, winning the ICTSI Eagle Ridge Ladies Invitational in the Philippines, on the womens tour as an amateur at just 14 years old.
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Ceat extending cricket remit with IPL partnership
Tyre maker Ceat Ltd is bowling another over in its sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The company first partnered with the men’s Twenty20 cricket league in 2015 and renewed the arrangement for a further five years in 2018. The Board of Cricket Control in India has now confirmed its selection of Ceat as an IPL Official Partner.
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Brembo breaks ground on 40-million-euro Thailand motorbike brake factory
Brembo is set to open its first production site in Thailand having agreed to invest 40 million euros in the factory as part of the company’s strategy expanding its industrial presence globally.
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TIA and USTMA found Tire Recycling Foundation
Across the Atlantic, the Tire Industry Association (TIA) and the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) have formed the Tire Recycling Foundation, which the partners describe as “a collaborative initiative aimed at fostering sustainable and circular market solutions for end-of-life tyres”.
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Goodyear partners with TyreCall in Ireland
Goodyear has appointed TyreCall as “a Full Service Distribution (FSD) partner” in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. According to Goodyear, the strategic partnership will help Goodyear “manage stock, simplify the sales process, and improve the service offered to retailers. “
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Bond International launches Admiral tyre brand
Fast-growing wholesaler, Bond International has launched the Admiral tyre brand. The trademark for Admiral was gained back in 1996 by the late Reg Bond and has since been registered in countries around the world.
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GDSO welcomes Yokohama Rubber as full member
As of January 2024, the Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. is a full member of the Global Data Service Organisation (GDSO) for Tyres and Automotive Components, an international non-profit association promoting standardisation and access to tyre-related data. As a GDSO member, Yokohama Rubber will comply with industry standards promoting individual tyre identification management.
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Continental sells Tikka Spikes Oy via management buy-out
Continental has sold its Finnish Tikka Spikes Oy business to the company’s management in a management buy-out (MBO). As a result, parts of Tikka’s current management team led by Juha Rautiainen will acquire all Tikka Spikes Oy shares through their newly founded company Tikka Industrial Oy. The target date for completion is 1 March 2024. All Tikka Spikes employees will stay with the new owners. Existing supply, development and testing partnerships with Continental will be continued. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
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AAG to distribute UniClutch brand
Clutch Industries has reached an agreement with parts distributor Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) to distribute the UniClutch™ brand in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, France and Spain, set to revolutionise the upgrade clutch market for motor factors, installers, and end users alike.
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TRA addresses India waste tyre figures with call for export rethink
The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) supports steps India is taking towards stricter waste tyre import rules. In light of the UK’s status as one of the primary exporters of end-of-life tyres to India, TRA secretary general, Peter Taylor OBE, has called for the government to “finally act to update the out of date and failing UK regulatory framework.”
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Sumitomo Rubber Industries interested in Dunlop brand for Europe, North America
Tyres are just black and round, as friends and loved ones never grow weary of pointing out, but things get more complicated when the Dunlop name is on the sidewall. While most tyre brands are produced by a single company, Dunlop has the distinction of being made by no less than three. But things may soon become simpler.
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Chinese authorities seize fake Yokohama wheels
Until recently, half a dozen companies in China produced counterfeit Yokohama Advan Racing alloy wheels, but their days of fakery are over thanks to the joint efforts of intellectual property rights holder Yokohama Rubber and the authorities in three cities. Yokohama Rubber speaks of a “successful completion of its efforts to eliminate counterfeit versions of the company’s aluminium wheels in China.”
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ChinaGRTAE exhibition in Guangrao to open on 15 May, 2024
The 14th China (Guangrao) International Rubber Tire & Auto Accessory Exhibition (ChinaGRTAE) will be held on 15-17 May. The three-day exhibition has more than 780 booths covering eight categories, including tyres, wheels, rubber tyre machinery and equipment, raw rubber materials, automobile repair and maintenance, and automobile accessories. In addition to tyre manufacturers such as Hengfeng and Huasheng, upstream and downstream companies such as Solprima, Xingda Steel Cord, and JD.com will also appear at the 2024 Guangrao tyre exhibition.
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Tyre News in Numbers – February 2024
Tyres & Accessories’ monthly ‘Tyres News in Numbers’ column boils down the latest tyre industry news to the most important statistics of the month. This month we look at the big numbers from the February 2024 magazine. 800 billion yen Amount of money – equivalent to around £4.25 billion – Bridgestone has pledged to invest in enhancing its electric vehicle tyres, mining tyres, and decarbonisation technologies between 2024 and 2026
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No evidence of tyre or vehicle defects in Goodyear Nürburgring test accident
In response to a request for information from regional public broadcaster SWR, the public prosecutor’s office (Staatswanwaltschaft) in Koblenz, Germany has confirmed that tyre damage caused the accident which claimed the lives of two Goodyear associates at the Nürburgring last August. The office told SWR an expert has established that the right rear tyre was damaged before the fatal collision.
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