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Sailun Tyres becomes World Child Cancer charity sponsor
Sailun has announced that it has become the exclusive automotive sponsor of global charity World Child Cancer. The charity is dedicated solely to addressing the global inequality in diagnosing and treating children with cancer. Of the more than 200,000 children who develop cancer worldwide each year, 80 per cent are from low or middle income countries where fewer than five per cent will survive. The survival rate in high income countries is 80 per cent.
Continue ReadingInternational Tyre Colloquium comes to UK’s Surrey University
Following events in Delft, Berlin and Vienna in previous years, this year the fourth International Tyre Colloquium will be held from 20 to 21 April 2015 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. The 4th Tyre Colloquium – an event that only runs every few years – will focus on topics related to modelling of tyres […]
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ATG’s Yogesh Mahansaria wins Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2014
Yogesh Mahansaria, founder and CEO of Alliance Tire Group, received the “Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2014” in the ‘manufacturing category’ in Mumbai in February. The distinction was awarded for the 16th time in India this year. The E&Y prize is the second Yogesh Mahansaria has won in a short, following the Forbes […]
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Nexen targets Oceania with sports marketing in Australia and New Zealand
On 27 February Nexen Tire announcedits sponsorship of the ‘Geelong Cats’ Australian Football team and the ‘Chiefs’ New Zealand Rugby team. The two moves are described as being part of Nexen’s new sports marketing plans, which are intended to build brand awareness in the Oceania market. The plan is to leverage the profile of the two well-regarded teams. […]
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Independent Scandinavian tyre dealers a focus for new Iceland Tyres range
Iceland has already lent its name to a supermarket chain specialising in frozen products, and now the northerly island is also associated with a brand of tyres aimed at Nordic markets. The newly-launched Iceland Tyres brand is promoted as delivering “safe driving in rough Nordic winter conditions.” Two products are currently listed in the Iceland Tyres portfolio – the non-studded Iceland Snow, which will be available this year in seven sizes for 15 and 16-inch rim diameters (with a further nine sizes for 14 to 17-inch rim diameters planned for next year), and the studded Iceland Ice, which will be released in a similar range of sizes.
Continue Reading![There’s money in them tyres – Schaeffler tops Germany’s rich list](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/schaeffler.jpg)
There’s money in them tyres – Schaeffler tops Germany’s rich list
He appeared together with his mother at the apex of financial publication Bilanz’s list of the 500 richest Germans last autumn, and now Georg Schaeffler has been named the richest person in Germany by Forbes magazine. According to Forbes, the 80 per cent owner in Continental majority shareholder the Schaeffler Group possesses assets worth US$26.9 billion, which secures him 21st place in the publication’s global rich list and first in Germany. His top spot in the national table sees him ahead of a trio of discount supermarket moguls – the owners of Aldi Süd (which operates Aldi in the UK), Lidl and Aldi Nord.
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Bridgestone returning as World Solar Challenge title sponsor
The Bridgestone brand will again act as title sponsor of this years World Solar Challenge – which will be known, as you’ve already probably guessed, as the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2015. The event will take place in Australia between 18 and 25 October and is the 13th World Solar Challenge since 1987. Bridgestone intends to use the World Solar Challenge as a platform for promoting its ‘Ecopia with ologic’ technology, and the company says it will also engage in associated environmental initiatives and programmes that support young engineers participating in the event.
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Bridgestone shows new ologic tyre in Geneva
Bridgestone stand in Geneva offered visitors a close-up view of the revolutionary Ecopia EP500 ologic tyre, a product it exclusively supplies for the BMW i3 electric car. Bridgestone’s ologic technology, first applied with BMW, capitalizes on the synergies of a large tyre diameter and narrow tread design to provide aerodynamics and rolling resistance efficiencies. Bridgestone […]
Continue ReadingBeijing Auto ready for Apollo Tyres joint venture, say local reports
Chinese car manufacturer, Beijing Auto Group is “poised” to sign a tyre production joint venture with India’s Apollo Tyres, according to local news sources. Livemint.com cited Beijing Auto chairman Xu Heyi as saying the proposed venture would have an annual production capacity of about one million tyres. The factory will reportedly be built in the […]
Continue ReadingReport: Michelin investing 40 million euros in Hungary plant
Michelin has announced plans to expand production at its Nyíregyháza (northeastern Hungary) production plant as part of a 40 million investment project. According to the local Budapest Business Journal, the investment is expected to raise the plant’s daily output to 6,900 tyres by the end of 2017 and raise headcount by 100. Hungarian news agency […]
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Lassa Tyres on-show in Geneva
Lassa Tyres Greenways range in Geneva. Just like last year, Lassa has put its first eco-friendly tyre front and centre as this year’s special focus. Lassa’s Greenways is specifically designed to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions with “no compromise on safety, performance and durability”. Other acclaimed tyres, such as the Phenoma UHP tyre line-up, […]
Continue ReadingCarlisle becomes Carlstar
Carlisle Transportation Products BV, which produces specialty tyres, wheels, and industrial belts, has changed its European company name to The Carlstar Group BV. The new name is intended to combine “the strong heritage of the Carlisle brand while reflecting a renewed focus on the company’s future growth.” “The Carlisle brand has been built over a […]
Continue ReadingFirst blood to import tariffs?
No sooner had Shandong Deruibao Tire Co., Ltd. entered into apparent “restructuring” proceedings on 7 February then we at Tyres & Accessories started hearing about it on the grapevine (see page 40 for full coverage of this story). Of course, companies face difficulties in any business from time to time, but this case has particular resonance with many because it is emblematic of what is going in China. There are two things the market is interested in - what’s behind the pressures Deruibao are facing and what the knock-on effects will be.
Continue ReadingPoint S Austria selects Hankook as brand of choice
Hankook has been adopted as the brand of choice by Austria’s Point S network. This new partnership took effect 1 February 2015 and applies to the more than 60 Point S outlets throughout the country. Hankook tyres are now available in all centres belonging to a network said to command a 17 per cent share of the Austrian market.
Continue Reading![‘James Hunt’ overalls from Rush to be auctioned for charity](https://www.tyrepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/james-Hunts-overalls.jpg)
‘James Hunt’ overalls from Rush to be auctioned for charity
CharityStars, an online charity auction house based in Milan and London, is offering a unique piece of motorsport history for sale: the overalls worn by actor Chris Hemsworth, who played James Hunt in the film Rush.
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