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ETRTO & JRC attend workshop on Euro 7 test methodology
This week, representatives from the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) participated in a two-day workshop on tyre abrasion at the DEKRA test centre in southern France.
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Car tyre production starts at Jiangsu General’s Thai and Wuxi plants
On 28 June, Jiangsu General held commissioning ceremonies for its Thailand and Wuxi car tyre plants, involving a total production capacity of 16 million semi-steel radial tyres.
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Hoosier becomes exclusive Rallycross tyre partner
Hoosier Racing Tire has signed “a multi-year deal” to be the exclusive tyre partner to FIA World and European Rallycross Championship, which sees cars race on hybrid tracks made up of both gravel and asphalt surfaces.
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Nokian Tyres produces its first tyre in Romania
A few days after we published details of Nokian Tyres’ progress and timeline for its Romania tyre factory, company representatives confirmed that the Oradea plant produced its first tyre on 1 July 2024. “The milestone was reached as planned, and the building project is progressing in budget and on schedule for commercial tyre production to start in early 2025”, Nokian officials said in a statement.
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John Deere tyre partnership to drive Trelleborg sales in Brazil
Trelleborg Tires has outlined a growth plan for Brazil, including an aim to increase market share by leveraging its presence at over 300 John Deere dealerships. A new partnership, formalised during Agrishow 2024, commences this month and allows Brazilian farmers to access Trelleborg’s portfolio of over 700 products through John Deere’s after-sales network. This collaboration builds on the existing global partnership between the two companies at a regional level.
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Goodyear receives AREA accolades for sustainability
Goodyear has gained two awards at the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) ceremony, held on 28 June 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The awards recognise the companys commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices.
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No wages for BBS employees – threat of insolvency
BBS Autotechnik GmbH may be the proud new owner of the Superior Industries plant in Werdohl, Germany, but the company is grappling with issues of its own. After been unable to market its wheels or generate revenue for many months due to a trademark dispute, it appears that the 240 employees at the BBS plant in Schiltach, also in Germany, have not received their wages for May and June. Local media sources report that the plant’s works council has issued an ultimatum to the management team and the new owner to pay the outstanding wages by tomorrow. Failure to do so may prompt another insolvency filing.
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Superior Industries’ Werdohl plant finds new owner
The Superior Industries wheel plant in Werdohl, Germany, now has a new investor, but the timeline for resuming alloy rim production remains uncertain. At the same time, the new owner faces other challenges that need resolution.
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Russia’s Cordiant working to reduce rubber import dependence
Tyre maker Cordiant has signed a letter of intent with major Russian polymer and rubber producer Sibur to replace natural rubber with synthetic isoprene rubber in the formulations of various types of tyres. Sibur explains that this joint initiative aims to develop the “technological sovereignty” in Russia’s transport industry by substituting imported natural rubber from Asia-Pacific countries.
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Orion installs tyre pyrolysis oil tanks at Polish plant
Specialty chemicals producer Orion S.A. is installing multiple tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO) tanks at its plant in Jaslo, Poland. The company states that this installation is its “latest move toward boosting production of circular carbon black.”
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Sustainability, new European-orientated factories and EV tyres
July’s edition of Tyres & Accessories magazine focuses on three points – our latest ranking of the leading tyre manufacturers in terms of turnover and accompanying analysis of key players in terms of share price and third-party brand valuation (see pages 14 to 21); headlines and interviews from the recent The Tire Cologne exhibition (see pages 26 to 41); and our scheduled mining and construction tyre feature (see page 48 onwards). While they are not intentionally related, the impact measured within the pages of our leading tyremakers table and accompanying analysis, echoes into the key themes and movements on-show at Tire Cologne. And that impact revolves around three themes: one philosophical, one strategic and one product-related, namely – sustainability, investment in factories and the development of electric vehicle ranges. Of course, these themes interrelate like the overlapping circles of a Venn diagram. But they also represent distinct themes in and of themselves. This article is an example of the editorial comment that introduces every edition of Tyres & Accessories magazine. Not a subscriber? No problem, click here to become one.
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Tomoyuki Okuno becomes president of Hangzhou Qiantang Yokohama
Following on from the news of the company’s 2-billion-yuan investment in a new passenger car tyre factory in China to serve the domestic market, The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. also made a related personnel change.
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Aeolus celebrates 59 years and OTR tyre heritage
Marking a journey of 59 years since its establishment in 1965, Aeolus Tyres counts itself as an OTR pioneer in China. Indeed, Aeolus reports that it produced the countrys first bias giant OTR tubeless tyre (36.00-51) and currently has the capacity to product radial giant tyres with specifications that includes 27.00R49, 33.00R51, 46/90R57, 50/80R57 and 53/80R63.
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Yokohama investing ~2 billion yuan in Chinese car tyre factory
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is planning to invest 1,960 million yuan (roughly ¥36.7 billion; £212.8 million; 250.5 million euros; $269.7 million) in the construction of a new passenger car tyre factory to serve domestic Chinese demand. Production at the new plant is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2026. The new plant will be located in the Qiantang New District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and will have an initial annual production capacity of 9 million tyres, with further expansion “to be considered in the future”.
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Nokian Tyres Romania “on-track for commercial production” in 2025
At the end of Nokian Tyres’s recent statement announcing the completion of its Dayton, Tennessee tyre factory, company representatives wrote: “Later this year, Nokian Tyres will open a new production facility in Oradea, Romania, with officials reporting “it will be the world’s first zero CO2 emission tyre factory.” To find out more about both the news that the Romania factory’s construction will be complete in 2024 and its status as “the world’s first zero CO2 emission tyre factory”, Tyres & Accessories got in touch which executives at the Finland-based company’s headquarters.
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