UK-Canadian team wins Synthos Rubber Circularity Award
WMG at the University of Warwick in Coventry and Canada’s University of Victoria are the joint recipients of the inaugural Synthos Rubber Circularity Award, an international competition launched earlier this year to encourage cutting-edge ideas and solutions that significantly improve the environmental performance of synthetic rubber-based tyre compounds. Announcing the winners, Synthos states that the researchers impressed with their “breakthrough technology research concept” but did not elaborate on their work.
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Lower Q3 2023 sales, market share for ETRMA members
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published its members’ replacement tyre sales data for Europe during the third quarter of 2023, reporting a “significant decline across all segments” that continues the negative market trend seen in the first half of the year.
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Pirelli prepares for 2024 with F1 tyre test following season-closing Abu Dhabi grand prix
The competition between the Formula 1 drivers and constructors has been all but over for most of the second half of the 2023 season as Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Red Bull dominated from the start. Preparations for 2024 will commence in earnest moments after the chequered flag signifies the end of the Abu Dhabi grand prix, as the teams proceed immediately to testing at Yas Marina. Exclusive tyre supplier Pirelli will supply a predetermined allocation of compounds to teams, which will run two cars, for testing on the Tuesday following the weekend’s grand prix action. The five compounds will remain the same as in 2023, though the hardest C0 compound will be dropped altogether from Pirelli’s F1 tyre line-up.
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USTMA partnering to find 6PPD substitute
The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) is partnering with government agency the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on a research project. The aim of this project is to assess and refine methods of evaluating potential alternatives to 6PPD, the antiozonant widely employed as a rubber stabilising additive when producing tyres.
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Prinx Chengshan names Oliva as European marketing manager
David Oliva has been appointed as European marketing manager for Prinx Chengshan, the Chinese tyre manufacturer that also owns a manufacturing facility in Thailand.
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Prometeon sponsors Italy’s national football teams
Prometeon Tyre Group has signed an agreement with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to become the Official Tyre Partner of all Italian national football teams over a three-year period. The deal sees Prometeon partner with the men’s, women’s and junior teams for three years from 2024-2026.
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Cosmo Tires appoints Centeno’s Tire as Puerto Rico distributor
Centeno’s Tire has become the exclusive distributor of Cosmo Tires distributor in Puerto Rico. To commemorate the partnership, Centenos Tire hosted national tire dealer convention on Sunday 18 November. The over 1000 participants invited include TGI president, Joaquin Gonzalez Jr.
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Pirelli P Zero tyres help Marciello to unique 2nd Macau GT victory
Pirelli’s return to the Macau GT event saw the tyre manufacturer support reigning GT World Challenge Europe champion Raffaele Marciello bringing his AMG-Mercedes career to an end with his second victory at the FIA GT World Cup. In doing so, he became the only driver to win the event twice, both times using Pirelli rubber. The 70th edition of the Macau GT took place on the same weekend Pirelli was supporting Formula 1 at the Las Vegas night race and the World Rally Championship’s closing round of 2023 at Rally Japan. The GT season continues at the Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi on 10 December: part of the 350 motorsport competitions that Pirelli contests each year.
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Heavy trailer sales outlook improves in Western Europe, but still down >9% in 2023
The war in Ukraine and the cost of energy plus general price inflation have replaced covid-19 as the principal threats to growth in trailer demand. Inflation rose to 10 per cent but is now moderating. Interest rates however are still relatively high but not increasing. That’s the view of analysts at Clear International who have published their first report on the Western Europe heavy trailer market since May 2022.
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Orion S.A. opens second carbon black plant in China
Orion S.A. has celebrated the completion of its first greenfield project – a carbon black plant in eastern China that will supply fast-growing demand in Asia. The facility in the city of Huaibei in Anhui province will produce carbon black for a variety of applications, including rubber, polymers and fibres. The site’s two production lines have a total capacity of 70 kilotons per year.
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New names for Michelin tyres in Russia
Tyres produced in the former Michelin plant in Davydovo near Moscow will soon be known under different names. Russian automotive site autopotok.io reports that new owner, Power International Tires, will produce tyres under the Farlight and Selna brands.
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Werkstatt aktuell readers award Continental for ‘Best Tyre Service’
Continental has been named best tyre services provider by readers of German trade magazine Werkstatt aktuell. The Stuttgart-based publication surveyed readers to identify their favourite brands in the commercial vehicle service and aftersales sector from a choice of more than 120 brands in 21 categories.
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Goodyear: Dunlop investment continues, Fulda brand to remain in post-factory scenario
Goodyear may have announced plans to close its Fulda and Fürstenwalde car tyre factories in Germany, but the tyre maker has confirmed that the Fulda brand will continue. Similarly, just a day after Goodyear announced that it is “pursuing strategic options” in relation to the sale of the Dunlop tyre brand as well as the company’s OTR tyres and Chemical businesses, Goodyear EMEA executives have reaffirmed their support for the Dunlop brand.
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Vipal Rubber attends Yokohama franchise’s national conference in Australia
Vipal Rubber is participating in the Tyres & More National Conference in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The tyre retreading supplier is presenting its growth trajectory over the last 50 years, reaching its current global scale, and its product portfolio. The host is Yokohamas retreading and repairs franchise in Australia, which has an extensive network of distributors in the retread tyres and services segment. Tyres & More’s network of distributors work in close collaboration with retreaders to sell retreaded tyres.
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Goodyear’s German factory closures will cost ~$600 million, save $120 million yearly by 2027
Goodyear has confirmed that ending tyre production at its Fulda and Fürstenwalde factories in Germany will be recorded as a charge of “between $575 million and $600 million”. Of that, $425 million to $450 million is “primarily for associate-related costs and other exit costs”. The remainder represents “non-cash charges of approximately $150 million” related to “…accelerated depreciation”.
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