Premieres & new products – Giti Tire at TTC 2024
Visitors to The Tire Cologne 2024 encountered numerous upgrades and additions to both the Giti and GT Radial tyre brands. Members of the Giti Tire team shared details of these developments with us during the show.
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Hankook adds iON GT to EV portfolio
Hankook Tire is expanding its iON product line for electric vehicles with the introduction of the Hankook iON GT. This range includes the iON GT summer tyre for battery-powered city cars and saloons, and the iON GT SUV for compact SUVs. These new products debuted at The Tire Cologne and will be available from autumn 2024 in sizes for 16- to 20-inch rims.
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The Tire Cologne – dates for next event announced after successful 2024 show
The organiser of The Tire Cologne 2024 has expressed satisfaction with this year’s show. Koelnmesse reports that some 14,400 visitors from 109 countries attended the event in Cologne, Germany between 4 and 6 June, meeting with 430 exhibitors from 35 countries.
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Prinx and Marangoni cooperate on Austone retreading
Marangoni has engaged in a retread cooperation with Prinx Chengshan’s Austone brand of truck and bus tyres. Following the reorganisation of certain aspects of Prinx Chengshan’s commercial vehicle tyre business in the Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH) region, which specifically includes refreshing distribution of the company’s Austone and Fortune-branded products, Marangoni experts tested a number of the tyremaker’s casings in Italy.
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Magna Tyres unveils five new products
Magna Tyres has added what it describes as “five groundbreaking additions” to its product lineup, reinforcing its commitment to excellence and innovation in the industry.
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Pirelli develops exclusive P Zero Winter 2 for BMW 7 series
Sustainability was the order of the day on the still-performance-driven Pirelli stand at The Tire Cologne. Within that remit, Pirelli unveiled its new P Zero Winter 2, which embodies how the company has worked to close the performance gap between those two apparently opposing poles. Meanwhile, Pirelli also announced that the company has worked with the BMW Group to unveil a new 20-inch P Zero Winter 2 tyres for the BMW 7 Series which focuses on range capabilities, thanks to its “A class” European labelling for rolling resistance.
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Maxxis launches Premitra HP6 and Victra Sport 6 tyres
Shortly after The Tire Cologne 2024 opened its doors, Maxxis International representatives launched a brace of new high-performance car tyres – namely, the Maxxis HP6 and Victra Sport 6 tyres. Introducing the two new tyres, Ivan Lee, manager of the international sales department, compared the event and Rudy Versteeg, managing director of Maxxis International’s European technical centre explained the technology behind the new products.
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Yokohama tyres factory-equipped on new Mazda CX-70
The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. is supplying Geolandar G057H X-CV tyres as original equipment (OE) on Mazda Motor Corporation’s new CX-70 SUV, which went on sale in North America in April 2024. The news, announced on 3 June 2024, comes roughly a year after Yokohama confirmed it was supplying the previous model-year of the CX-70, a vehicle not sold in Japan.
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UK trend towards Budget segment continues in smaller UHP tyre dimensions – GfK
Retail sales at the lower end of the UK’s ultra-high performance tyre segment have seen a trend away from premium tyres, with the third-tier Budget segment continuing to increase its share, according to the latest panelmarket data from market analyst GfK. In last year’s edition of our feature on the UHP Tyre segment, Tyres & Accessories noted that there are three long-term factors at play in causing the sector dynamics we are currently witnessing: OEMs’ continued move towards the specification of 17” and 18” tyres on mass market, sub-premium car models; macroeconomic conditions in the UK, which have led to increasingly expensive retail goods at the same time as soaring borrowing costs and extremely soft growth in both the economy and wages; and the expansion in availability of low-cost tyres from sub-Premium, sub-Mid Range tyre manufacturers.
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BKT to display flagship tyres at The Tire Cologne 2024
BKT will display a wide range of its most popular tyres for the agricultural, agro-industrial, earthmoving, industrial and construction sectors at The Tire Cologne. Among the top products on display at BKTs booth B030-C039, visitors will be able to view the new Powertrailer SR 331 trailer and tanker tyre; the Agrimaxfactor 70 series tyre and Agrimax V-Flecto very high flexion tyre for tractors; the new Forestland and Forestmax forestry tyres; the Portmax PM 90 industrial handling tyre; the FL 695 industrial trailer tyre; and the Earthmax SR 45 M all steel radial OTR tyre for rigid dump trucks. These tyres will be on display in a 357 sqm exhibition area, centrally located within Hall 6.1. For three days, BKT hopes its booth (B030-C039) will be a meeting point for visitors to discover the brand’s advanced technical solutions, talking directly to the BKT experts.
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Micheldever Tyre Services introduces Petlas Velox Sport PT741 UHP tyre
Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS) introduced the Petlas brand to its stable of exclusive tyre brands in March 2023. The Turkish brand has continued to develop its European product range and brand positioning with MTS inside the UK and presents the Velox Sport PT741 as its car tyre range leading ultra-high performance pattern. Available in 48 sizes between 15” and 20” fitments, the tyre offers broad market coverage for the most popular vehicles. The tyre is designed to offer grip, stability and agility to inspire confidence on the road, delivering a sharp response in both dry and wet conditions, according to the manufacturer.
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Davanti extends UHP tyre range, adding Protoura Race semi-slick
Davanti has extended its ultra-high performance tyre range with a new semi-slick track tyre. The Protoura Race joins the Protoura Sport in its range of bold, budget-conscious designs engineered to deliver high levels of performance on the road and on the track.
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Kumho: test success demonstrates strength of UHP Ecsta range
Kumho’s Ecsta ultra-high performance tyre range for cars and SUVs has been making an impression on independent tyre testers in 2024. The manufacturer was also lauded for the new specialist electric vehicle tyre in the Ecsta range, winning an International Forum (iF) Design Award 2024 for its Ecsta PS71 EV.
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Cataclean to highlight garage upsell opportunities at UK Garage & Bodyshop Event
Leading additives brand Cataclean will highlight its leading product range at the second edition of the UK Garage and Bodyshop Event at NEC, Birmingham on 5-6 June. Cataclean’s ‘all-in-one’ engine cleaning products offers garage businesses an upselling opportunity and helps to restore performance, improve fuel economy, extend engine component life and reduce emissions.
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High rim diameter tyres are West, Central Europe replacement car tyre growth segment
Using its broadest possible definition as tyres with rim diameters of 17” or more, the ultra-high performance tyre segment is the only engine of growth within the replacement passenger car and light truck (PCLT) tyre segment in West and Central Europe, the latest data and projections from leading tyre business analyst Astutus Research demonstrates. Having withstood the Covid pandemic and accelerated out of 2021 far quicker than smaller rim diameter segments, the 18”-plus segment especially is going to help bolster what little growth there will be in the PCLT tyre market within the region, while also taking market share from smaller sizes. With the electrification of the car parc bringing EVs with generally higher rim sizes, in addition to existing trends towards larger tyres, such as the popularity of SUVs, demand for tyres in this size segment will rise rapidly over the next few years, Astutus’ projections show (see the graphs on these pages for more details).
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