Global football stars join F1 drivers on Pirelli tyre charity auction
Formula One’s drivers were joined by some of the world’s leading names in football as signatories on the Pirelli competition tyre auctioned on the Fondazione PUPI’s Ebay channel. On the occasion of the Inter Religious Match for Peace at Rome’s Olimpico stadium yesterday, the tyre was signed by Diego Maradona, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Andrea Pirlo, Andriy […]
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Michelin Italy names new CEO
Starting 1 September, Lorenzo Rosso is the new president and chief executive officer of Michelin Italy Spa. Rosso takes over from Jean-Paul Caylar, who has returned to France after five years in the role.
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Michelin Challenge Design winners announced
The winners of the global 2015 Michelin Challenge Design have been announced, with the tyre maker honouring 15 individuals and teams from the UK and nine other countries for their efforts. The winning designs for the latest challenge, which focused on the theme “Drive Your Passion: Engaging Senses, Soul and Emotion,” were selected from more than 1,100 registrants in 81 countries.
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Total Tyre Care a Bridgestone priority at IAA show
Bridgestone confirms its participation in the 65th IAA Commercial Vehicles International Motor Show, which will be held in Hanover, Germany from 25 September to 2 October, and says the theme of its exhibition presence (hall 16, stand C01) will be the company’s renewed Total Tyre Care programme. First presented at the previous IAA Commercial Vehicles show and rolled out in the UK beginning in 2012, Total Tyre Care is Bridgestone’s three-level, three-component fleet tyre programme.
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Infinity making IAA debut in Hannover
Infinity reports that it intends to step up its European truck tyre development and sales activity in 2015. And as a prelude to this, the company will be debuting its range at IAA 2014 in Hall 25 Stand A02. “The decision to be at the largest commercial vehicle fair is to support our engagement in the important European market”, commented KK Singh, European sales manager. “Infinity offers high quality products for the most demanding conditions. Our latest products are being developed in the most modern facilities and further tested in Europe and are being constantly improved to meet the highest regulation standards. Our growing success, and also the positive reactions of our partners, now gives us confidence to display our excellent products to wider markets”.
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BKT’s Monster Jam tyres to roll in Europe
Monster Jam is on its way to Europe, but stay calm – we’re not dealing with terrifying fruit preserves here. The US-bred extreme truck event, sponsored by off-road tyre manufacturer BKT, arrives in our region this month for shows in the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden.
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Federal celebrates diamond anniversary in Moscow
At Saturday’s Federal Tyres 60th anniversary celebration in Moscow, more than 100 of the tyre maker’s Russian market partners met guest of honour Bryan Robson. The former Manchester United player addressed the partners along with representatives from Russia’s automotive and football media.
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Hankook IAA premieres to focus on fuel-efficiency
Later this month the IAA Commercial Vehicles show will get underway in Germany, and Hankook Tire says one of its aims as an exhibitor will be to promote extremely fuel-efficient products; both world premieres Hankook plans for the show address the increasing demand for cost-effectiveness and efficiency, particularly in the freight forwarding business. Hankook will also focus on tyres for the original equipment segment and display its 3PMSF-labelled all-season and new winter tyres, along with new sizes for existing truck tyre ranges.
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Genan loss may be more than £100 million
The losses Danish pension fund administrator PKA has incurred through its investment in recycler Genan may be even higher than previously thought. On 29 August, the Jyllands-Posten (Jutland Post) shared new evidence that indicates PKA’s losses to be Kr 1 billion (£106.2 million), rather than the Kr 830 million that PKA had calculated. If this new figure accurately reflects the loss PKA has incurred due to its involvement in the tyre rubber recycler, then it represents a loss of Kr 3,800 (£403) for each of the pension fund administrator’s 260,000 members.
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