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Hankook Tire announces new Public Affairs, Marketing Communications roles
After 16 years, Felix Kinzer is stepping down as Hankook Tire’s Director Corporate Communications Europe and will take on a new role as Senior Director for Public Affairs. Filip Pawelka will succeed Kinzer, directing the newly created Marketing Communications department at Hankook Tire Europe.
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Delphi Academy announces major expansion plan
To meet the evolving requirements of workshops in the UK, Delphi is investing half a million pounds in a “significant expansion” of the Delphi Academy. The Warwick-based centre will double in size, bringing total floorspace to 1,430 square metres.
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Yokohama Rubber boosting motorsport tyre capacity at Mishima plant
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. plans to expand production capacity for motorsport tyres at its Mishima facility in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture. Yokohama Rubber will invest about ¥3.8 billion (£19.4 million) in a new line that will produce 18-inch and larger motorsports tyres, expanding the plant’s capacity for motorsports tyres by 35 per cent.
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Apollo EnduTrax tyres for Astra off-road trucks
Astra, the Iveco Group’s construction and mining equipment division, has chosen Apollo Tyres’ EnduTrax as the original equipment tyre for its heavy-duty off-road truck range. This selection, effective from April 2024, is the second partnership between Apollo Tyres and the Iveco Group.
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Change of time for TyreXpo Asia 2024 opening ceremony
The organiser of TyreXpo Asia 2024 in Bangkok informs us that the show’s opening ceremony will take place at 10am on Wednesday 15 May, instead of at 1:30pm as previously stated. Captain Thammanat Prompao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thailand, and Mr Nakorn Tangavirapat, Governor of Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAOT), will attend the opening ceremony as honoured guests.
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ETRMA joins GDSO as associate member
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) has become an associate member of the Global Data Service Organisation (GDSO) for Tyres and Automotive Components, a non-profit organisation established in 2022 with the aim of standardising tyre-related data and facilitating access to and exchange of this data. Adam McCarthy, ETRMA secretary general, comments that the association’s decision to join GDSO “underscores the European tyre industrys commitment to driving technological advancement and sustainability within the sector.
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‘Strong double-digit’ – Premium tyres & SuperTruck driving Prometon market share
A new name appeared on our radar in 2017 when Prometeon Tyre Group began producing the existing 01 Series truck and bus tyre range. Prometeon followed this by playing an active role in developing a successor, the Serie 02. This range debuted in 2022, and by that time the company was gaining market share both in the UK and elsewhere, aided by a multi-brand product portfolio. The Prometeon name came out into the open with the launch of the SuperTruck service network, which arrived in the UK last year – and the name will soon gain an even greater presence in the market.
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Goodyear Blimp returns to European skies from new base
“A new era” began at Mülheim/Essen Airport in Germany towards the end of last week with the launch of the new Goodyear Blimp/Zeppelin season from a new location. Zeppelin NT, hangar operator WDL Group, and the tyre maker, represented by Frank Titz, Goodyear’s general manager of replacement consumer sales in the DACH (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) region, invited media and local dignitaries to welcome the airship and inaugurate the first flights over the Ruhr region.
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Russia’s Davydovo to produce crumb rubber at former Michelin site
Davydovo Tire Manufacturing Company LLC (Davydovo), the company formed after Michelin sold its Russian assets, is establishing a facility to process end-of-life tyres into crumb rubber. A key aim of this project is to reduce reliance upon imported products, and it has thus gained support from the Moscow Regional Government’s Industrial Development Fund.
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New roles at Goodyear for Crawley, van Leersum
Goodyear has appointed Ben Crawley to the position of Sales General Manager Replacement Consumer Europe North and Rob van Leersum as Sales General Manager Replacement Truck Europe North.
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Bridgestone net profit down 4.3% in Q1 2024, FY forecast unchanged
Bridgestone Corporation has announced its consolidated financial results for Q1 2024, with net profit down 4.3 per cent year-on-year to ¥86,602 million (£443.58 million). The company has not altered its net profit forecast for the full year ending 31 December 2024, with net profit expected to increase by 8.4 per cent year-on-year to ¥359 billion (£1.84 billion).
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Genan: “Back on track” in 2023 following “annus horribilis”
Danish firm Genan, the worlds largest mechanical tyre recycling group, achieved a turnover of €58.7 million in 2023. This represents a seven per cent decrease compared to the previous year. However, despite the lower turnover, the company increased its EBITDA by over 50 per cent to almost €9.4 million, while operating profit (EBIT) multiplied from just over €750,000 to €3.2 million. Net profit, influenced negatively by exchange rate fluctuations, increased from €1.5 to €2 million.
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Maxion Wheels partners to bring scholarship programme to India
Maxion Wheels, a global leader in wheel manufacturing for various automotive sectors, has announced an initiative in collaboration with the Brazil-based Iochpe Foundation and India’s Savitribai Phule Pune University. The partners are introducing the foundation’s Formare academic scholarship programme, well-established in Brazil and Mexico, into India.
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Goodyear India CFO Mundra resigns
Goodyear India Limited reports the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer, Manish Mundra. In a letter dated 1 May 2024, Mundra informed Goodyear India’s Board of Directors of his intention to part ways with the company, effective from the close of business hours on 30 June 2024. Munish explains that he wishes to explore “professional growth opportunities outside the organisation.”
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Neumáticos Andrés returns to The Tire Cologne 2024
Neumáticos Andrés will participate at The Tire Cologne, Germany from 4 to 6 of June 2024. Stating that the event has “recovered its normality [and] come back with more strength than ever thanks to the presence of numerous exhibitors and the expected record number of visitors”, company representatives explained:
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