IAA Commercial Vehicles show press days rescheduled
When Tyrepress.com attended the first press day of last year’s IAA Commercial Vehicles show, we were surprised to find ourselves working in halls that effectively doubled as building sites. It turns out we weren’t the only ones to be less than happy with this arrangement, as show organiser VDA (the German Association of the Automotive Industry) says it’ll do things differently next year. In response to “a large number of requests from the media and exhibitors,” the press days at the 66th International Motor Show Commercial Vehicles will no longer coincide with the period set aside for the erection of show stands.
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Let it rain – Bandag retreading facility more than doubles rainwater storage capacity
Bridgestone Australia’s Bandag Manufacturing retreading operation has completed the first part of a project that will enable its Wacol plant in Brisbane to harvest and store more than one million litres of rainwater. Bandag added 13 new rainwater tanks to its existing harvesting capabilities at the end of August, enabling the business to collect and store an extra 610,000 litres of water. Stage two will be completed in the coming months and will take Bandag’s total rainwater storage capacity to 1,100,000 litres.
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ACEA outlines CO2, data protection approach
At the IAA show in Frankfurt yesterday, the president of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) outlined the automotive industry’s approach to tackling CO2 from road transport, focusing on the potential of intelligent transport systems (ITS). Carlos Ghosn also presented the EU industry’s new statement on the protection of personal data.
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Goodyear exclusive tyre partner to MAN ProfiDrive
Goodyear reports its selection as exclusive tyre partner to the MAN ProfiDrive driver training programme. As such, all 25 tractor units and trailers used at the main MAN ProfiDrive facility in Germany will be changed over to Goodyear tyres – they will be fitted with FuelMax and KMax tyres along with Omnitrac II mixed-service range. Going forwards, new vehicles entering the MAN ProfiDrive fleet will be fitted from new with Goodyear tyres. Goodyear will take over all tyre service duties and also provide ProfiDrive trainers with tyre training.
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Bert Stellinga takes on Pon Tyre Group role
On 1 September 2015 former Continental Banden Groep managing director, Bert Stellinga, took on a direct role in Pon Tyre Group as director of marketing intelligence and pricing. Jannes Bouman takes over as MD of Conti Banden on an interim basis. Pon Tyre Group owns businesses including Continental Banden Groep, Euro-Tyre and Reifen Gundlach.
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Millbrook buys Test World
Millbrook, the well-known vehicle test, validation and engineering service provider, signed a contract to acquire specialist winter test centre Test World on 14 September. No price-tag has been publically released.
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Nexen wins Fiat Chrysler OE performance award
Nexen Tyre has been recognized as an “outstanding supplier” by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). Nexen received the award at the ‘2014 Outstanding Supplier Quality Award’ held on 15th September, at Imperial Palace Hotel in Seoul, Korea by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).
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First Landsail tyres produced at new Thai factory
Growing global demand for Landsail car, high performance and van tyres has prompted Sentury to open a new factory in Thailand and the first Landsail tyres rolled off the production line earlier this week. The new plant will mean a significant increase in the capacity and output of Landsail tyres. A completely automated production line has been introduced, with Sentury investing in the VMI Exxium building machines, which are capable of producing a tyre every 38 seconds.
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Vredestein partners Mansory to promote #RockTheRoad campaign at IAA
Apollo Vredestein is sharing a joint IAA stand with Mansory, a German luxury car tuner. According to the companies, the stand will showcase several new and unique Mansory creations equipped with Vredestein tyres. In addition, the IAA will mark the starting point of #RockTheRoad.
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Nexen highlighting OE and Man City at IAA
Nexen Tyre has shared details of its participation in the ‘66th International Automobile Ausstellung (IAA Frankfurt Motor Show 2015)’, held from 15 to 27 September.
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Speedline Truck expands programme to include inloaders
Speedline Truck is expanding its program of design-oriented light alloy wheels for commercial vehicles, trailers and coaches to include a new wheel especially for inloaders, and hence for the transportation of large sheets of glass and precast concrete panels. The SLT 3774 wheel is available from September. To this end, Speedline Truck reports that it […]
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