New TyreSafe animation released
Marking the halfway point of its 2013 Tyre Safety Month campaign, TyreSafe has launched the latest in its series of animated videos. Featuring the crash test dummy family of road safety ambassadors, the McIntyres, the latest episode contrasts the family with their less well-informed neighbours, the Hazards, making their acting debut. The animation, one of the highlights of the campaign, is available to watch below, or at www.tyresafe.org.
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More than half of consumers aware of tyre labelling
A year on from the introduction of European tyre labelling legislation, the longest term data available assessing its impact suggests it is increasingly influence consumer purchasing choices. According to research carried out by Ipsos MarketQuest across six European markets on behalf of Goodyear Dunlop, 54 per cent of consumers are aware of tyre labelling. However, what is perhaps more significant is that about three quarters (71 per cent) say that it has influenced their purchasing decision saying they “utilised its gradings on three performance criteria before making their purchase”. The research was conducted by MarketQuest in June and July 2013 among 4,200 consumers from UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland, who had bought tyres over the past six months.
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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres invests £4m into UK manufacturing
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has announced the completion of an expansion plan for its Fort Dunlop, Birmingham manufacturing base. The aviation tyre-maker will switch on its latest additional production machine, completing a £4 million factory investment programme.
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Michelin launches X Multi D coach, medium truck tyre
Michelin believes that its latest commercial vehicle tyre – the X Multi D – will be at the forefront of changes in the 17.5” drive axle commercial vehicle tyre segment. The tyre, aimed at medium weight trucks and midi-coaches is designed to provide improved safety, fuel-efficiency, noise and longevity characteristics when compared with the XDE2 tyres they replace.
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Marangoni Marix Energeco geared towards retread labelling
Marangoni Commercial & Industrial Tyres has announced the development of a new programme within its Marix range of retreaded truck tyres. The retread product manufacturer says the Energeco brand has the objective of improving the performance of rolling resistance, which the company identifies as a decisive factor in the decision-making process for professional users and fleets operating over long distances. It will also become more prominent when EU tyre labellings second phase encompasses retread truck tyre products, the manufacturer says.
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Kumho secures Mercedes-Benz G-Class OE
Kumho’s original equipment portfolio with major auto manufacturers has been expanded to include the recently revised Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The Korean tyre manufacturer will supply the new edition of the 4x4 with its Solus KL21 in size 265/60 R18 110H manufactured in the company’s Vietnam plant.
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CITExpo 2013: Tyrepress show review
Taking place at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center, Reliable International Exhibition Services has staged another successful China International Tire Expo (CITExpo), the eleventh edition of the show. Tyrepress visited the show on 4-6 September, 2013 in its capacity as a media sponsor, speaking with many of the exhibitors on themes of increasing importance in the Chinese tyre industry, such as the post-boom development of tyre brands.
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Kumho, Micheldever to renew distribution agreement
Wholesaler Micheldever Tyre Services will continue to distribute Kumho products for at least the next three years in mainland Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The distributor and Kumho Tyre (UK) have signed Heads of Agreement with a view to concluding the deal, which will see MTS continue to supply the Ecsta Performance Centre (EPC) network of independent retailers as well as its other key accounts and VMA business.
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New Ducati 899 Panigale to run on Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa tyres
Pirelli has won the contract to supply original equipment tyres to the new Ducati 899 Panigale, launched at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola. The Italian tyre supplier said that the launch of the younger sister of the 1199 Panigale represented a good opportunity for Pirelli to confirm its leadership in the top range segment, in addition to continuing the strong technological partnership with the Borgo Panigale-based manufacturer.
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@sign of the times
No one can deny that computers are now an integral part of the way we live and work. With the advent of mobile Internet connectivity – especially in the context of social media – they have become a central part of most of our lives. With this comes both an Orwellian suspicion of what people/corporations/governments might do with this data and the biggest opportunity yet to put your products and services in front of the right people. While the purpose of well-established media gatekeepers has been challenged by easier than ever information sharing, new quality and relevance measures have entered the market to help navigate the informational maelstrom.
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Shipping costs continue to fall
Sea freight rates are currently on a downward trend that looks likely to continue for the foreseeable future, says freight forwarding specialist Rob Shelley of Maritime Cargo Services. According to industry feedback, this year’s peak season from Asia to Northern Europe got off to a slow start in July, and remained unconvincing even up to the beginning of September. Exports from Asia to Northern Europe in the second quarter were only the same as during the same period last year, and year-on-year growth in the first seven months of 2013 reached just one per cent.
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Has Pirelli secured five-year F1 deal?
Paul Hembery has given the strongest indication yet of a longer term future in Formula One for tyre supplier Pirelli. While there had been speculation that the manufacturer had secured the supply deal for 2014 only, the company’s Motorsport director told reporters at the Korean grand prix that the exclusive tyre supplier is “working on five years”, meaning Pirelli would be in the series until at least the end of the 2018 season.
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Reducing driving costs with recycling, retreading synergies
Continental will pursue the principle of making commercial vehicle tyres go further for customers with its synergetic TBR retreading facility named the ContiLifeCycle Plant. Announced in 2012 and due to open in Hannover-Stöcken later in 2013, the 10 million euro-plus plant is set to become the world’s first plant to integrate rubber recycling with hot and cold retreading, and will create more than 100 new jobs at Conti’s headquarters. Tyrepress got in touch with Christian Saas, Conti’s director Retread Business Commercial Vehicle Tires, to get the latest information on the plant prior to it coming on line.
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Europe is Vipal’s fastest growing market
When Vipal opened up European sales offices in 2005, the Brazilian retreading materials supplier was just starting out in the collection of disparate markets that make up the continent. Now European sales make up nearly 15 per cent of the company’s global turnover. With this in mind and with growth still top of the agenda, Tyres & Accessories asked Vipal Europe general manager Alessandro Bottesini Campos how this happened and what is happening next.
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