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A new home for Tire Technology Expo
While Cologne is gaining a new tyre show with the 2018 launch of a new rival for Reifen, it is also losing one with the departure of Tire Technology Expo. As of next year, the annual tyre manufacturing technology exhibition and conference will take place at the Deutsche Messe site in Hanover, Germany. Tire Technology Expo, which is scheduled for 16 to 18 February 2016, will take place in two halls.
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Pirelli first ‘diamond’ manufacturer sponsor for Tyrexpo2015
In response to claimed strong demand on the part of manufacturers and distributors, the organiser of the Costa Rica-based Tyrexpo2015 exhibition established a series of sponsorship levels geared exclusively toward manufacturers participating in the event. The organiser, Enventions International LLC, says Pirelli Tire has signed on as Tyrexpo2015’s first diamond-level manufacturer/sponsor. The other two manufacturer/sponsorship levels are Emerald and Sapphire.
Continue ReadingMaxxis supporting $400M plant investment at Indonesia tyre expo
The introduction of Maxxis’ (Cheng Shin Rubber) manufacturing plant in Indonesia has been warmly welcomed by the country’s president-elect, and the local industry will have the chance to see the company’s plans up close. Maxxis will exhibit at Tyre & Rubber Indonesia 2015 between 18 and 22 March 2015 at JIExpo Kemayaran, Jakarta, with a 144sqm booth.
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Czech PM visits Nexen’s Changnyeong plant
Some nine months after his government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nexen Tyre on the construction of a new factory, Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka visited Nexen Tyres Changnyeong plant during an official state visit to South Korea. “We are pleased to welcome Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka to Nexen Tyre,” stated Nexen Tyre chairman Kang Byung-Joong during today’s plant inspection. “We look forward to further cementing our partnership with the Czech government and to set up the best tyre manufacturing facility with advanced technology in Europe.”
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Leukaemia researcher receives first Bridgestone Australia Career Establishment Grant
Bridgestone’s Australian subsidiary has presented its inaugural Career Establishment Grant to a Queensland researcher working on a cure for blood cancer. The Career Establishment Grant is part of the National Research Program operated by Australia’s peak body for blood cancer, the Leukaemia Foundation. The research grant was presented to Dr Colm Keane of the University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute on 17 February.
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Uniwheels to increase alloy wheel capacity with 3rd Polish plant
German alloy wheel manufacturer Uniwheels has announced plans to expand its production operation in Poland by a further 2 million or so wheels. The original equipment supplier and manufacturer of the ATS, Rial, Alutec and Anzio aftermarket alloy rim brands produced over six million wheels at its two plants in Stalowa Wola last year; in addition to the aforementioned capacity boost, the erection of a third facility there will increase the site’s workforce with a further 250 jobs.
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Goodyear charged, fined $16 million over African bribes
On 24 February, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when its subsidiaries paid bribes in order to secure tyre sales in Kenya and Angola. Goodyear has agreed to pay more than US$16 million to settle the SEC’s charges.
Continue ReadingChinese aviation fund invests in, partners with Sentury Tire
Qingdao Sentury Tire has already stated its intention to become a player in the aviation tyre business, and in June 2014 the tyre maker received its first airworthiness certificate from a civil aviation authority (a Chinese Technical Standard Order Authorisation issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China) ahead of the start of aviation tyre production later in the year. Now the company reports that on 29 December 2014, the AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China) Fund of China invested RMB 400 million (£42.2 million) in Sentury Tire and become its strategic partner.
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Toyo Tires prevails in Sentury IP infringement case
To loosely paraphrase the 2012 Taylor Swift song, Sentury Tires America is never, ever getting back together with the CLV6 tyre. In a statement released 19 February, Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. shared that Sentury has “agreed to never produce the original CLV6 tyre that was displayed at the 2012 SEMA Show or any tyre with a similar tread design” as part of the settlement it has reached with Toyo. The CLV6 was viewed by Toyo as an infringement of its United States design patent for the tread design used on its Nitto Motivo tyre.
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General Tire celebrates 100 Years
General Tire is celebrating its centenary this year. The company traces its origins to Akron, Ohio, where William F. O’Neill and his partner Winfred E. Fouse had the idea of producing superior quality tyres and founded the company in 1915. At the time, there were more than 300 companies making tyres in the USA. But unlike their competitors, from the outset the two partners put their faith in high quality, initially focusing on the truck market. Here they pioneered an oversized pneumatic tyre called the General Jumbo. Back in those days, trucks ran on solid rubber tyres and the pneumatic tyre was an innovation that soon caught on. A nationwide team of loyal, competent and independent dealers helped ensure that the brand rapidly proved a success.
Continue ReadingInterstate now producing tyres in Taiwan
Interstate Tires has confirmed that it is offering a “complete range” of tyres produced in Taiwan. As of February 2015, over 110 passenger and SUV tyres are now available from the Taiwan factory. According to Interstate representatives, there is now growing demand for “made in taiwan” tyres and there is growing number of tyre distributors […]
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Automechanika Kiev 2015 cancelled
The owner of the Automechanika franchise has announced the cancellation of Automechanika Kiev 2015. “In view of the current political situation in the Ukraine, the première of Automechanika Kiev planned for 9 to 11 June 2015 has been cancelled,” reported Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH today.
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Aeolus presenting car tyre range at motortec 2015
Aeolus Tyre reports it will exhibit at next month’s motortech Automechanika show in Madrid, Spain. Its key focus will be the ACE2 range, however the tyre maker says it will also promote its full passenger car tyre range there as well as provide extensive information on its 2015 marketing programme.
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Toyo AC Milan sponsorship promoted in new video
Toyo’s premium sponsorship of AC Milan has been supported by a new promotional video. The “Forza Milan by Toyo Tires” video, which also carries the social media-ready hashtag #weareacmilan, has the concept of connecting football fans around the world with a transcontinental game of keepy-uppy.
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Serbian government seeks new Trayal owner
In December 2013, the Republic of Serbia’s Privatization Agency decided to terminate its sale agreement covering a number of assets from state-owned company Trayal Corporation as the buyer, Bulgarian power company Brikel EAD, was deemed to have failed to fulfil its contractual obligations. Trayal was sold to Brikel in late 2006.
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