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Gordon Bruce 1947-2023
Gordon Bruce, the well-known motoring writer and communications consultant, died a few days before Christmas. Bruce, who was 76, suffered a heart attack during a gym session, according to a Guild of Motoring Writers obituary. He was 76. He is survived by his wife Marilyn, children Alastair and Becky and his grandchildren.
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European, Indian connections benefitting Vredestein
The upper end of the agricultural tyre market is keenly contested, pressure from below is strong, and manufacturers must walk a tightrope between covering the cost of R&D investments and finding competitive price points. The Vredestein strategy is to split production between two locations, a practice that enables the brand to offer high end solutions while also catering to farmers and contractors who prioritise affordability.
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DVSA conducts MOT digital device survey
The DVSA is conducting research into how technicians use digital devices at MOT test stations. The survey asks questions about devices used during the MOT test, if you use mobile devices such as phones and tablets during the MOT test, as well as how you use technology generally and how confident you feel using it.
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Prinx Europe – growth to follow success in 2024
Prinx Europe says it is raising the bar after an “extremely successful 2023,” with “big plans” already in place for this year. The tyre maker intends to further grow both its European dealer network and local product range in 2024.
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China to invest $1 billion in Cambodia tyre & rubber projects
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) confirmed between Cambodia and China paves the way for major investments in tyre and rubber sector projects. Cambodia’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Sun Chanthol, signed the MoU together with Yuan Zhongxue, director of China’s National Engineering Research Center for Rubber and Tires (NERCRAT), during a visit to the Qingdao-based facility earlier this month.
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Epyx 1link fleet transactions up 6 per cent in 2023
UK fleet transactions through epyx’s 1link Service Network service, maintenance and repair (SMR) platform rose by 6 per cent during 2023. It was also strong year internationally, with the quantity of invoices raised by users in Denmark rising by 22 per cent in Ireland by 12 per cent, in France by 8 per cent and in Portugal by 7 per cent.
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Jinyu restarts its car tyre business
On 12 December 2023, Jinyu Tire Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new passenger car and light truck tyre production project in Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam. The project is designed to provide tyre production capacity in three phases. The first phase is expected to reach production by early 2025. This project is an expansion of Jinyu (Vietnam) Tire Co., Ltd., which started in Vietnam in 2020 and produces truck and bus radial tyres (TBR).
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Schaeffler to attend Lamma agricultural machinery event
Schaeffler will exhibit its original equipment OE replacement product solutions at this week’s LAMMA agricultural machinery (NEC Birmingham, 17-18 January 2024; Hall 7, Stand 130). These include LuK clutch kits and INA front end auxiliary drive (FEAD) systems. “Reliability makes for productivity with farm vehicles and machinery,” said Maurice Foot, tractor programme manager at Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket (UK) Ltd. “The consequential costs of them breaking down or being unreliable can be extremely high, making original equipment quality replacement components the logical choice.”
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Yokohama appoints RH Claydon as UK truck tyre distributor
East Anglia-based R. H. Claydon has been appointed as exclusive agent for Yokohama truck and bus tyres in the UK. Describing Yokohama as “a well-known and tested brand in the UK with quality to match”, company representatives added that a new catalogue with details of 17.5-, 19.5- and 22.5-inch sizes is out now.
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SRI utilising hydrogen energy in tyre manufacturing
Since establishing its new long-term sustainability policy in 2021, Sumitomo Rubber Group has piloted and demonstrated proof of concept for the use of hydrogen as a source of energy at its tyre factory in Shirakawa, Japan. Combined with power generated from solar photovoltaic panels installed in the plant’s carpark, Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) claims that the use of hydrogen has led to carbon neutrality (Scopes 1 and 2) for its production at Shirakawa, beginning in January 2023.
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Chinese authorities issue guidance document on tyre industry structural adjustment
The “Guidance Catalog for Industrial Structural Adjustment (2024 Edition)” issued by the Chinese authorities has a guiding role in how China’s tyre industry will develop in the next year. The new guidance document will be effective from February 1, 2024, covering three categories: encouragement, restriction, and elimination.
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Linglong produces first 49-inch giant OTR tyre
Witnessed by chairman and president Wang Feng, Linglong’s Jilin Factory has rolled out its first 27.00 R49 giant engineering radial tyre and hence Linglong can now produce larger volumes 49-inch tyres. The tyre manufacturer said that the 49-inch tyre product “further improves the OTR tyre product system and marks that its OTR tyre development has entered a period of rapid development”.
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Zhongce builds second overseas factory in Indonesia
“The Indonesian factory has been confirmed, and the Mexican factory is under preparation” - An employee of Zhongce Rubber (ZC Rububer) has revealed the latest progress of overseas factories to Tyrepress China. In other words, China’s largest tyre manufacturer has decided to establish a second overseas production base in Indonesia.
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Pirelli’s Italian shareholders increase stakes
Following on from the execution of the Italian government’s golden power directive, which removed Sinochem’s power to appoint a chief executive, Pirelli’s major investors have struck an investment agreement that effectively gives increased control to Pirelli’s Italian shareholders as well as to executive Marco Tronchetti-Proveras eponymous company.
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KTM, GasGas & Husqvarna select Dunlop Geomax MX34
Three prominent motocross manufacturers have selected the Dunlop Geomax MX34 to be the standard original equipment tyre on their factory edition bikes. KTM, GasGas and Husqvarna, which began supplying the Geomax MX33 last year, are now fitting Dunlop’s latest generation soft-mid tyre.
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