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VMI shows Retraxx 6011 in Cologne, showing Combexx 45 at DKT
VMI participated in the Circular Economy Area at The Tire Cologne 2024. Specifically, VMI used the opportunity to showcase its VMI Retraxx 6011 and demonstrate the new automated wingformers upgrade.
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Michelin launches “Smart Predictive Tire” solution in the UK
Michelin Connected Fleet has rolled out its “Smart Predictive Tire” solution to fleets in the UK. Smart Predictive Tire monitors pressure and wear, combining information from the Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), drive-over tread reading technology and telematics data, with predictive algorithms to provide fleets with key insights.
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Triangle Tyre making a difference in earthmoving equipment
Triangle Tyre continually enhances its Earthmover tyre range by conducting ongoing product testing and introducing new products tailored for quarries, underground and surface mining, construction, and port-industrial applications. The range includes radial tyres up to a 63-inch rim, the largest size available globally in this segment. Mines use these tyres on rigid dump trucks with a load capacity of up to 400 tons, solidifying Triangles position as a major manufacturer in the earthmoving tyre sector. Triangle aims to offer end-users the best cost per hour, positioning itself as an ideal alternative to premium brands.
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CST debuts EV-specific Saleks E-X1
This year’s new tyre premieres at The Tire Cologne included a new EV-specific product from CST Tires, Saleks E-X1. At a show launch event hosted by Derek McMartin, managing director of Maxxis UK, the Taiwanese tyre maker presented a tyre designed to address the unique requirements of electric vehicles. CST tells us that Saleks E-X1 offers unprecedented performance and durability.
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Inter-Sprint meeting old & new customers at TTC
We caught up with the team at wholesaler Inter-Sprint on the final day of The Tire Cologne 2024. International brand manager Patrick Laros shared his experiences from the event as well as the latest additions to the Inter-Sprint team and product portfolio.
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Envoy Tyres launches at TTC alongside growing Davanti range
Davanti Tyres has gone from strength to strength since its debut nine years ago, and now Oak Group Holding is introducing a second proprietary brand. Envoy Tyres will give retailers an opportunity to offer their customers a new value segment product that will “deliver exceptional value and quality.” During last week’s The Tire Cologne show, Oak’s Gary Cross showed us the new Envoy range.
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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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