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Bridgestone’s full-service tyre and fleet management proposition for van fleets
Van fleets are also exploring more ways to balance the books against a challenging economic backdrop, and Bridgestone offers one of its “most advanced tyre products,” which it says could help them save thousands of pounds per year. The Bridgestone Duravis Van tyre simultaneously offers downtime minimisation and a contribution to a lower cost of ownership for the vehicle. 2022 tests carried out by independent testing organisation TÜV SÜD show that the Duravis Van offered best-in-class mileage versus its premium brand competitors for extended tyre life as well as best-in-class dry and wet braking performances. It also achieves the highest EU label rating for wet grip, helping to keep drivers safe on the road, even in challenging wet-weather conditions.
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Bridgestone offers complete package to meet commercial fleets’ economic, sustainability goals
With commercial fleet customers facing unenviable cost pressures, Bridgestone has sought to demonstrate why its lowest total cost of ownership philosophy makes financial sense for fleets. The tyre supplier offers a complete package of fleet commercial support to promote maximum efficiency, convenience and sustainability, beginning with its premium truck tyres.
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Premium trio top Auto Bild summer tyre test
Any prospective tyre buyer searching online for 205/55 R16 tyres risks being overwhelmed by a plethora of products. This bread-and-butter tyre size has been an absolute bestseller for many years and is standard equipment on popular compact cars such as the VW Golf, Audi A3, Vauxhall Astra and Seat Leon. The presence of so many tyres in this dimension complicates the process of separating the wheat from the chaff, but Auto Bild helps here with its 2024 summer tyre test.
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Prinx evolves all-season offer with Quattura 4S+, introduces van tyres
When Prinx Chengshan officially debuted its flagship Prinx brand in Europe last year, the launch range included a product targeting the growing all-season segment – the Prinx Quattura 4S. Despite this tyre’s relatively recent introduction, the manufacturer will roll out a successor in 2024. Dr Piotr Zielak, sales director for Prinx in the CEE region, explains why a new generation tyre has arrived so soon.
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Bridgestone announces 2024 motorsport plan
Bridgestone Corporation has unveiled its motorsport agenda for 2024, a programme that involves supporting a wide array of motorsport events, spanning from professional races to grassroots competitions. The continued cornerstone of this support is the supply of Bridgestone Potenza and Firestone Firehawk tyres for car races, as well as Bridgestone Battlax tyres for motorcycle races.
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Bridgestone, Kwik Fit sign up for next two years of The British Motor Show
Bridgestone and Kwik Fit will partner as sponsors of The British Motor Show (15-18 August 2024 at Farnborough International) for the next two years. In 2024, Bridgestone will be the events official tyre partner and be partner sponsor of the Motorsport and Modified Arena and Hall. Bridgestone’s consumer business unit director, Brett Emerson said: “Over the past two years, we have enjoyed being at the British Motor Show in partnership with Kwik Fit, in what is both a unique four days of celebrating the automotive industry and what is an exceptional day out for families and all.
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Bridgestone EMEA retail network: record number of female customers
Bridgestone’s retail network in the EMEA region has recorded a 55 per cent increase in female footfall, year on year. Within the UK market , the company’s ETB Autocentres network says it has doubled its customer base of female motorists. President retail EMEA and business leader global Franchise Daniel Giroud said the figures mirrored a gender-shifting pattern across its network of over 3,400 stores, where the number of female staff – including technicians and managers – has increased in recent years. The company expects this evolution to continue growing significantly in future. The company revealed the increase on Friday 8 March, coinciding with International Women’s Day.
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Goodyear closing plant in Malaysia
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company intends to close another production facility, this time far away from its European operation. The company will end tyre making at its plant in Shah Alam by 30 June 2024, with the closure process completed by the end of this year. Approximately 550 employees will be directly affected by the plant’s shutdown.
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Refreshed site highlights Prinx car tyre range
Prinx is positioning itself as a sustainability focused car tyre brand and invites consumers to get to know the range better via a redesigned website. The prinxtire.eu site combined “modern design with numerous new features” for end consumers, dealers and the press.
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New Yokohama truck tyre range offers CV operators more choice for better mileage
Yokohama has introduced its latest comprehensive range of truck and bus tyres to the UK. The manufacturer’s commercial vehicle tyre lines, which are distributed nationally by wholesaler RH Claydon, have undergone a “significant expansion” alongside an extended service offering. The range has been designed using Yokohama’s latest innovative technologies to help commercial vehicle and fleet operators get the best return from their tyre investments, helping to overcome several key challenges such as extending mileage, making wear more even, and lowering maintenance costs.
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First Prometeon-branded Serie 02 tyres debut on Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia
Prometeon Tyre Group launched the first Prometeon-branded Serie 02 tyres, the S02 Pista, into one of the toughest testing crucibles in the world, the Saudi Arabian Dakar Rally. Four Italtrans and Tibau team trucks equipped the Prometeon S02 Pista on 5-19 January, marking Prometeon’s first official participation in a competition. Roberto Righi, CEO of Prometeon Tyre Group, said launching “a product in what is regarded as the world’s toughest race for trucks” marked “an important step” in the company’s history.
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Thailand now supplies more than a quarter of European truck tyre imports – Astutus Research
The rapid growth of a manufacturing base largely across Asia has seen a swift evolution in the source of truck tyre imports in the European Union and UK. A new analysis conducted by leading tyre market analyst Astutus Research for Tyres & Accessories shows that Thailand has soared into a leading position in this segment, accounting for 26.3 per cent of truck tyre imports in 2023. Turkey (20.6 per cent) and more recently Vietnam (15.0 per cent) have also overtaken the previously dominant China (14.5 per cent) as leading sources of truck tyres in Europe (defined as the EU27 plus UK).
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Vredeveld Group sees efficiency, sustainability benefits of Conti’s Digital Tire Monitoring
Netherlands based company Vredeveld Group, a leader in international logistics, uses the ContiConnect digital tyre monitoring system to benefit the family-owned company’s modern fleet in a number of different ways. Continuous tyre monitoring has helped it improve fleet efficiency, with fuel consumption and carbon emissions reduced substantially. Like many logistics companies, the forward-thinking Vredeveld Group is paying particularly close attention to these credentials. “We have very ambitious goals for the future,” says Mischa Vredeveld, the company’s general manager. “Our mission is to cut CO2 emissions significantly. ContiConnect plays a key role here and gives us the tools we need to achieve these CO2 reductions.”
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Conti updates TireTech app, expanding functionality for TBR tyres
Continental has rolled out an update for its TireTech App advice tool for fleet managers, drivers, retailers and workshops to achieve the best possible tyre performance and the greatest possible fleet efficiency. In the cost-driven day-to-day tyre business, this technical tool covers both correct tyre fitment and optimised pressure control. Now Conti has added extra functions to the app too.
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Goodyear and Gatik to roll out Goodyear Endurance RSA tyres with SightLine across autonomous fleet
The collaboration between the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and US leader in autonomous middle mile B2B logistics Gatik began in 2021 when the tyre manufacturer announced its joint project with the firm. Goodyear wanted to explore how its advanced tyre intelligence solutions could be leveraged to further the development of autonomous commercial vehicles. Goodyear had participated in Gatik’s Series B funding via its venture capital fund, Goodyear Ventures in order for the two companies will work on multiple innovative projects. Gatik’s medium-duty fleet ran on tyres equipped with Goodyear SightLine technology, the company’s suite of tyre intelligence solutions that sought to build on Goodyear’s existing connected tyre management products. In January, Goodyear and Gatik announced the expansion of what they call the industry’s “first successful integration of tyre intelligence technology into an autonomous driving system.”
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