Apollo R&D chief advisor named ‘Sustainability Professional of the Year’
P K Mohamed, chief advisor, R&D, Apollo Tyres Ltd has been lauded as ‘Sustainability Professional of the Year’ at the 10th edition of the World Sustainability Leadership Awards 2023. The accolade was conferred upon Mr Mohamed at a gala event held recently in Mauritius.
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Sailun enters JV for Mexico tyre plant
Sailun Group is partnering to build a new factory in Mexico. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Sailun International Holding (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., the Chinese firm signed a joint venture agreement with TD International Holding and Sapide CV (TD Mexico) on 15 December. The partners will build a facility capable of producing 6 million semi-steel radial tyres annually and are also considering the future establishment of capacity to produce 1.65 million all-steel radials a year.
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Pirelli P Zero E a Tyre of the Year
The Automobile Club de France has named the Pirelli P Zero E ‘Tyre of the Year’ at the 2023 Automobile Awards. A jury of 20 men and women selected the Pirelli tyre for its performance, innovation, and sustainable development. Alejandro Recasens, Pirelli’s West Europe managing director, accepted the award on behalf of the tyre maker.
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Sentury’s Morocco tyre plant to start construction in Q1 2024
Groundworks were visibly underway in October 2023, but construction of the new Sentury factory, the first tyre manufacturing plant in Morocco in more than 25 years, will start in the first quarter of 2024. Indeed, Tyres & Accessories has seen a video depicting Sentury chairman Qin Long on-site in Morocco observing progress with the project.
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Kyoto Japan, the swiss-Japanese tyre and retail brand with a distribution centre in the UK
Kyoto, Japan is clearly a place in the land of the rising sun. But what about the tyre brand of the same name? Kyoto Japan the tyre brand is a Japanese-Swiss group of companies specialized in design, manufacture and marketing of Kyoto Japan tyres, tubes, batteries and lubricants.
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Falken partners handball European championship
Falken Tyres will partner the Mens European Mens Handball Championship (EHF EURO 2024) for the second successive year. The 65-match competition takes place on 10-28 January in six venues across Germany – the first time the country has hosted the competition. Handball enjoys great popularity in continental Europe, where Falken will capitalise on the prominence brought by naming rights as an official partner of the top-level competition. The tyre manufacturer is also running a competition online to win two pairs of VIP hospitality tickets to the 22 January round at Cologne’s Lanxess Arena.
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Nokian Tyres collaborating with German retreader RuLa-BRW
Nokian Heavy Tyres has entered into a “new era of cooperation” with German retreader RuLa-BRW, which will use the tyre maker’s “innovative Noktop retreading material” in its pre-cure retreading process and offer these tyres to customers in the German market. In addition, RuLa-BRW states that it agreed upon a “strategic cooperation” yesterday during a meeting with representatives from local subsidiary Nokian Tyres GmbH.
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ZC Rubber tyre recycling project awarded Chinese industry technological advancement prize
A project led by a ZC Rubber recycling subsidiary has won the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation’s (CPCIF) first prize in technological advancement. Zhongce Rubber Recycling Technology’s ‘Demonstration Project of Waste Rubber Recycle & Application Technology’ was completed in collaboration with Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Nanjing Green Gold Giant Rubber & Plastic Advanced Technology Co, Ltd. ZC Rubber is the first company in the Chinese tyre industry to receive this honour.
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Insolvency proceedings commence for Superior Industries Production Germany
The self-administration order in place during insolvency proceedings for Superior Industries Production Germany GmbH, represented by managing directors Sven Damm and Maximilian Funk, has been cancelled. Insolvency proceedings for the wheel manufacturer opened on 1 December.
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Tyres & Accessories December 2023 issue available to read online now
The December issue of Tyres & Accessories Magazine is now available as an e-paper for subscribers to Tyrepress. Featuring special sections on fleet tyres and manufacturing and raw materials, the issue also contains Tyres & Accessories annual review of 2023. Non-subscribers can gain access to Tyrepress with a print or online subscription, or tyre professionals can take advantage of the current Tyrepress Membership offer, helping to drive business online and stay informed with the industry’s leading magazine and websites.
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Bridgestone celebrates Maserati Driving Experiences collaboration in Italy
Bridgestone has collaborated with Maserati in exclusive Driving Experiences, starting in September 2023, Tyrepress Italian sister website PneusNews reports. The collaboration, which began in September, has allowed more than 30 Bridgestone customers and partners to sample Bridgestone’s tailor-made Potenza Sport tyres on Maserati models like the MC20 and Grecale Trofeo, which fit the tyre as original equipment.
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Nokian Tyres Intuitu smart tyres available in Spain
Nokian Tyres has extended the availability of its Intuitu smart tyres to the Spanish market, following their launch in Finland and France. The product is designed to bring digital transformation to farming, agricultural and municipal contracting tyres, making a fleet’s vital tyre data available on a smartphone. The plug-and-play product was released in 2020; Intuitu tyres have sensors mounted on the inner lining, which send pressure and temperature readings directly to the driver’s smartphone via a downloadable app.
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Stellantis honours 11 top startups, innovation partners in 2023 Venture Awards
Stellantis has recognised 11 top-performing technology startups with its second annual Stellantis Venture Awards. Honourees were selected based on the impact on the customer experience, the novelty of the technology and potential scale within Stellantis. The company said its Venture Awards demonstrate its attitude to customer-focused technology and its “Dare Forward 2030” ambition for global clean, safe and affordable mobility. Ned Curic, Stellantis chief engineering and technology officer, said the awards “recognise the fresh, creative perspectives of innovative startups that help us deliver useful, cutting-edge features.”
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Giti Tire signs European ice hockey partnerships
Giti Tire will continue its support for European ice hockey into 2024. The manufacturer’s GT Radial brand will continue to be associated with the Champions Hockey League (CHL) as official tyre partner, and with top-flight Czech Republic team, BK Mladá Boleslav, for the 2023/24 season. Giti European marketing director Stefan Brohs said the company’s “marketing metrics show an increase in European brand awareness through our ice hockey partnerships.”
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MERTC joins CEN working group
Machinery manufacturer Mesnac reports that its Mesnac European Research and Technical Centre (MERTC) recently “achieved a significant milestone” by becoming a member of the European Committee for Standardization’s (CEN) Tyre Curing Presses working group. According to the company, this membership not only “highlights the fruitful partnership between the Chinese and Slovak teams” at MERTC but also positions the Slovakia-based operation as “a contributor to the standard-setting process.”
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