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Firestone race tyre with guayule natural rubber debuts in 2022
The Firestone Firehawk guayule race tyre made its on-track debut in the United States in 2022. The tyre’s latest outing took place at the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on the streets of Nashville in August, in another milestone in the efforts of Firestone and the NTT Indycar Series to promote sustainability. This new, eco-friendly tyre first debuted in May during the Ruoff Mortgage Pit Stop Challenge on Race Week of the 106th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. It is partially composed of a new sustainable natural rubber derived from the guayule shrub, which requires less reharvesting than traditional sources of rubber.
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Falken becomes official partner of 2023 Men’s IHF World Handball Championships
Falken Tyre Europe is set to be an Official IHF Mens World Championship 2023 Partner for the upcoming tournament which is taking place at nine venues in Sweden and Poland from January 11th to 29th. The partnership was organised by the sports marketing agency Sportfive, which is responsible for exclusive marketing and media rights for all IHF World Championships until 2031.
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Domestic Chinese tyre companies in recruitment drive
Recently, several tyre manufacturers have released recruitment information, which is not enough to be strong evidence that China’s tyre industry is gradually recovering. However, the recruitment information shows that some Chinese tyre companies have not hesitated in the challenging environment.
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Will new energy vehicle tyres be the future of the Chinese industry?
In 2022, China’s tyre industry has already carried out multiple rounds of the layout around new energy vehicles. Focusing on the product of passenger car tyres, seizing the new energy vehicle tyre market seems to be an essential strategy for significant tyre manufacturers to participate in future competition.
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Sailun Dongying factory finds Covid-19, but deemed low risk
In order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, China has divided the entire country into two areas: high-risk areas and low-risk areas. When the Covid-19 infection is found in a particular place, the government labels it as a “high risk” area and implements stricter epidemic prevention policies. On 4 December 2022, the Sailun Dongying factory was listed as a high-risk area. A day later, on 5 December the local authority adjusted the tyre factory to a low-risk area.
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Lanxess India joins IRSG
Lanxess India Private Limited has joined the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) as an associate member. Announcing the news and welcoming Lanxess India, IRSG shared further details about Lanxess India.
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Apollo Tyres inaugurates Chennai tyre testing facility
Apollo Tyres has opened a new Advanced Tyre Testing facility within its Global R&D Centre, Asia in Chennai, India. The new test centre features a Flat-trac machine and an anechoic chamber, which help define the dynamics and acoustics of tyres, leading to faster product development for both OE and replacement markets. The development of tyres for high-end passenger vehicles, EV specific tyres for passenger vehicles and high-end motorcycle tyres will be at the heart of work taking place within the new facility.
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Continental voluntarily recalls 7,103 tyres
Continental has announced a voluntary replacement programme for a total of 7,103 tyres worldwide. According to a statement detailing the news published on 7 December 2022, the exchange programme is being offered in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, France and Italy. In the German market, for example, a total of 745 tyres that were sold through the tyre replacement business or are still in the stocks of tyre dealers are eligible for exchange. A Continental Tyre Group spokesperson confirmed that the UK market is not affected by the voluntary exchange programme.
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China encourages foreign investment in the tyre industry
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce released the “Catalogue of Industries for Encouraging Foreign Investment (2020 Version)”. The Chinese government hopes that foreign businessmen will invest in the industries listed in the document. The trade encouragement catalogue currently in use in China was released in 2020, and the 2022 version will come into force on 1 January 2023.
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Apollo Tyres signs two-year truck racing sponsorship deal with Germany’s SL Trucksport 30
Following two successful years in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship (FIA ETRC) with TOR Truck Racing, Apollo Tyres has signed a new two-year lead sponsorship deal with SL Trucksport 30.
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Goodyear and NASCAR continue historic racing tyre relationship
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will continue to supply NASCAR racing tyres after the partners announced “a new multi-year agreement” renewing Goodyears position as the exclusive tyre for NASCARs top three national series on 1 December 2022.
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Yokohama Advan tyres OE on the new Lexus RX
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is supplying its Advan V61 tyres as original equipment (OE) for the fifth-generation Lexus RX. Launched in Japan and overseas, including Europe, from this November, the new RX is specifically being fitted with 235/60R19 103V size Advan V61 tyres.
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New IRSG secretary-general brings sustainability, circular economy experience
The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has named Professor Joseph Adelegan as its new secretary-general. Professor Adelegan officially took on his new role on 1 December 2022. IRSG describes Professor Adelegan as “a C-Suite Executive and an international development expert”. A Professor of Practice of Environmental Science and Engineering and a practitioner-scholar in management with over three decades of professional experience across 20 African Countries, Europe and United States, his work spans several organizations including the United Nations, development finance institutions, international organizations, government, non-governmental organizations, education, innovation and research institutions.
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Asahi Kasei invests in Circularise as part of 11-million-euro fundraising
Asahi Kasei has invested in Circularise B.V., a start-up company based in the Netherlands that provides digital product passports and mass balance bookkeeping software. Asahi Kasei made the investment valued at a total of 11 million euros together with Brightlands Venture Partners, 4impact capital and Neste in November 2022.
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ATU chooses Avayler software for German mobile tyre service
Following earlier reports on 25 November 2022, Avayler, Halfords’ B2B software arm has confirmed that ATU has selected the Avayler mobile solution to support its new mobile servicing and tyre fitting division. Avayler Mobile will initially be rolled out in Munich as part of ATU’s Mobile Workshop pilot project, with further plans for expansion throughout Germany.
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