Import glut ripples across European truck tyre market
The ups and downs of European retreading continued last year. According to current figures from the European Tire & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA), the association members retreaded and marketed a total of 4.298 million truck tyres in Europe (excluding Turkey) in 2022. This corresponds to a decline of at least 6.2 per cent compared to the previous year, but is still 4.9 per cent above the figures for the previous year. However, since the new tyre business of the ETRMA members was largely stable (down 0.5 per cent), the importance of retreaded truck tyres fell again significantly compared to the new tyre market and was only 37.2 per cent at the end of last year. The associations figures also show something else very clearly: the EU tariff effect, which had reduced imports of truck tyres (by non-ETRMA members) for a number of years, has now completely fizzled out.
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Petlas showing new winter tyres at IAA Mobility 2023
Petlas is exhibiting its new winter tyres at IAA Mobility 2023. The IAA Mobility fair, which runs from 5th to 10th September in Munich, will speaking see Petlas showcases its collection of passenger car radial (PCR) tyres to attendees.
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Vipal Rubber supplying OE tyres to Brazil-made Honda motorcycles
Vipal will supply tyres directly for the production of Honda motorcycles in Brazil. The Honda CG 160 Fan will be the first model to come out with Vipal tyres as original equipment (OE). The motorbike will specifically be fitted with Street ST600 80/100-18 (front) and Street ST600 90/90-18 (rear) tyres. Both are tubeless designs.
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Goodyear lights up ahead of anniversary
Darkness descended upon The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s former headquarters almost a decade ago. At any rate the illuminated sign atop the building ceased functioning, and this is something that Goodyear and a partner have rectified in the runup to the tyre maker’s 125 anniversary.
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New Yokohama Europe tyre factory could be built alongside a Yokohama TWS plant
Roughly a year ago, then relatively-newly appointed Yokohama Europe president Gregorio Borgo, told us that the company has plans to invest in a factory “at the heart of Europe”. 12 months on, Tyres & Accessories once again spoke with Gregorio Borgo as well as Yokohama Europe chairman Hiroyuki Shiori in order to find out how the company’s growth and its interconnected factory plans have been progressing.
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Icelandic coach company reports safety and savings due to Wheely-Safe
GTS, an Icelandic coach company and tour operator, reports that it has improved the safety of its operation and made significant financial savings since fitting its vehicles with Wheely-Safe technology.
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Jeremy Kahrs promoted to VP of R&D at Yokohama Development Center America
Jeremy Kahrs has been promoted to vice president of research and development at the Yokohama Development Center America (YDCA) facility in Cornelius, North Carolina.
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‘Stronger together’: the Yokohama TWS off-highway tyre integration delivers many opportunities – Pompei
In May, Yokohama officially completed the acquisition of Trelleborg Wheel Systems. As a result, the well-respected off-highway tyre and wheel manufacturer rebranded as Yokohama TWS. With any acquisition, questions of integration are front-and-centre. In Yokohama’s case, the previous acquisition of Alliance Tire Group, which now runs under the Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (YOHT) banner, brings with it further questions relating to the integration of the businesses and their respective brand portfolios as well as how the different operations will be organised and practically structured in relation to one another. With all this in mind, Tyres & Accessories recently spoke to Paolo Pompei, president and CEO of Yokohama TWS, in order to hear the latest on the integration process.
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Football sponsorship an “important stepping stone” in Prometeon’s development strategy
The partnership that began between Prometeon Tyre Group and Italian football club Parma Calcio 1913 a year ago continues in 2023-24. When the new Serie B season begins later this week, the tyre maker will return at main sponsor and again be present on players’ shirts. Prometeon also becomes Official Tyre Partner this season and will supply tyres for the coach used by the club’s first team.
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ZC Rubber’s Thailand factory plans to increase production
On 9 August, Shen Jinrong, chairman of ZC Rubber, went to the factory in Thailand to inspect the work, and discussed with the senior executives of the Thailand factory on increasing production and reducing costs.
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Hankook expands Chongqing factory’s TBR tyre capacity
Recently, Hankook stated that it would carry out technical transformation on the TBR production line of the Chongqing factory. Specifically, the tyre manufacturer plans to invest 47 million yuan (about £5.1 million; €5.9 million) to increase the daily production capacity of TBR from 2,560 to 2,960 (annual production capacity from 900,000 to 1.036 million) within 16 months. Hankook says the project will not add new land and will be built in its existing factory workshop.
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Sri Trang Agro-Industry joins GPSNR
Sri Trang Agro-Industry has joined 23 other rubber producers, processors and traders at GPSNR making the industry-wide transition to sustainable natural rubber. Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited (STA) has specifically joined the producers, processors and traders category.
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Mobivia sells Norauto Argentina business to Stellantis
France’s Mobivia has sold its Norauto tyre, battery and automotive servicing network in Argentina to Stellantis. the company says it is ceasing activities in South America in order to refocus and strengthen its performance in Europe.
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Football: Sailun a premium partner to VfL Osnabrück
Together with local distribution partner Bohnenkamp, Sailun Group has become tyre partner of German football club VfL Osnabrück, which currently plays in the second division 2. Bundesliga. Sailun has come on board as a premium partner, while Bohnenkamp and the Maxam brand serve as team partners. This joint arrangement will initially run for three years.
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Xingda reports 11% increase in sales volume in 1H 2023
Jiangsu Xingda, a leading tyre cord supplier, registered an 11 per cent growth in sales volume in the first half of 2023. Within the overall sales increase, steel cord sales grew by nearly 12 per cent, bead wire sales grew by 6 per cent, and hose wire sales grew by 12 per cent.
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