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Goodyear advancing tyre intelligence with TDK & ZF
With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) now in full swing in Las Vegas, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has taken the opportunity to talk about its work in the field of tyre intelligence technologies. This includes new joint development with specialists such as TDK Corporation and, separately, ZF.
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Obituary: Bruno Göggel
Bruno Göggel, the founder and proprietor of Germany’s largest tyre wholesale business, has passed away. In a statement, Reifen Göggel confirmed that “Bruno Göggel died at the weekend at the age of 62 as a result of cancer. Due to his serious illness, the entrepreneur had already increasingly withdrawn from the day-to-day business last year.”
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Bridgestone Club offers professional farmers online platform
Bridgestone has launched a new online companion designed to help farmers. The Bridgestone Club offers monthly offers, advice, news, discounts, giveaways, and opportunities to engage with other professionals. Bridgestone says the platform has been designed to facilitate more interaction, including opportunities to upload photos and comment on farming life along with other users around the UK. Bridgestone’s VT sales manager for North Europe, Stephen Lamb is excited to roll out Bridgestone Club.
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Toyo Tires renews European Athletics partnership
Toyo Tires has renewed its partnership with European Athletics. The tyre maker will continue be an official partner until at least 2027 after signing another four-year deal. Toyo first became an Official Partner of European Athletics ahead of the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships, meaning the new deal will see it complete a decade-long commitment.
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Toyo returns to Dakar Rally action
Toyo is supporting the Toyota Auto Body Team for the fourth consecutive year in the 2024 Dakar Rally. The manufacturer has supplied the Toyo Open Country MT/R in size LT285/70R17 116/113P for fitment on the team’s two Toyota Land Cruiser 300 GR. The team will compete over 5,000km of special stage and nearly 8,000km in total before the conclusion of the event in Yanbu on the shores of the Red Sea on 19 January.
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Formula E: Hankook predicts faster lap times in second season
Hankook enters its second season supporting Formula E, and the tenth of the all-electric single-seater series, with the season opener at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on 12-13 January. The grid of 22 drivers will all compete using the Hankook iON Race tyre. Manfred Sandbichler, Hankook director motorsport, promised the tyre supplier was prepared for faster lap times as teams push the iON Race harder in its second season.
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US launches sunset review investigation into Chinese-made TBR
On 2 January, the US Department of Commerce announced that it would launch the first anti-dumping and countervailing sunset review investigation into truck and bus tyres (TBR) imported from China. Stakeholders should register a response to the US Department of Commerce before January 12 (within ten days from the date of the announcement). According to the China Rubber Industry Association, the North American trade union organisation USW (United Steelworkers) has submitted a registration to respond.
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Linglong Serbia’s semi-steel tyre core workshop completed construction
On 28 December 2023, the core workshop (BO 006PCR) of the semi-steel radial tyre production line of Linglong’s Serbian factory passed the trial operation acceptance. In other words, Linglong has taken another big step towards producing passenger car tyres at its Serbia factory.
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Cheng Shin’s revenue in 2023 decreased 2.08%
Cheng Shin Rubber has not yet disclosed its 2023 annual report, but it announced its 2023 revenue on the Taiwan Securities Exchange. Compared with the previous year, Cheng Shin Rubber’s yearly revenue decreased by 2.08 per cent.
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First tyre rolls new Guizhou Tyre OTR production line
he first tyre of Guizhou Tyre (also known as Advance Tyre)’s newly constructed all-steel engineering radial tyre (OTR) project has rolled off the production line. According to the plan, the project will be able to produce 380,000 tyres per year after reaching total capacity.
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Delphi releases new Nissan, Renault and Fiat brake fitments
Delphi has released several new brake fitments for Nissan, Renault and Fiat vehicles. Specifically, brake drums and shoes, once a staple in automotive braking systems, are seeing a comeback in some vehicle segments and feature heavily in Delphi’s latest roll-out.
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Poll shows rising costs pose biggest threat to vehicle repairers in 2024
Three-quarters (75%) of service and repair businesses polled foresee rising operational costs, taxes and energy bills to be the most significant operational challenges in 2024, followed by paying more for spare parts (58%), and recruiting qualified technicians to meet workload demands (58%).
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UK drivers better at tyre pressure checks, but worse than Europeans at tread depth
Just over half of UK motorists check their tyre pressures at least once per month, according to research commissioned by Apollo Tyres. Of the 1,000 motorists polled, 15 per cent say they check their tyre pressures weekly, 11 per cent say once a fortnight, and 29 per cent once per month.
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Lengauer’s Skoda Fabia wins European rally season opener on Pirelli tyres
Pirelli’s rally tyres were used to winning effect at the European season opener, the Jännerrallye in Austria. Michael Lengauers Skoda Fabia took the podium’s top step, leading the top eight positions in the overall standings occupied drivers who used Pirelli tyres for all or part of the race. Lengauer ran the P Zero RA on the Friday in wet asphalt conditions, the Sottozero STZ-B mixed asphalt and snow tyres on the Saturday, and the Sottozero Ice in deeper snow on the Sunday.
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Pirelli supplies bespoke P Zero, Scorpion tyres to Porsche Cayenne facelift
Pirelli has supplied tyres to every generation of the Porsche Cayenne since it was introduced in 2002, a partnership that is continuing with the latest facelift model. Pirelli is supplying the P Zero ultra-high performance summer tyre, the sports performance P Zero Corsa, and the Scorpion Winter 2 cold weather tyre in special bespoke versions. Pirelli will also offer the Scorpion Zero All Season in some markets. The tyres cover every size option on the new model, which features rim sizes between 20 and 22 inches.
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