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Hankook Tire Launches New Chinese R&D Centre

Hankook Tire is stepping up efforts to defend its position in the Chinese tyre market by investing in a new local R&D centre, extending production facilities and expanding its sales network. The company announced detailed plans for China its Jiaxing plant on 29 May.

Hankook Tire recently completed the expansion of its production facilities in Jiaxing, enhancing annual capacity to 2.5 million units. As the main production base for the company in China, the Jiaxing plant will undergo further expansion work in the latter half of this year. Once completed by the end of 2006, Hankook Tire will secure total production capacity of 28 million units per year from its Jiaxing and Jiangsu plants in China.

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Sapphire Gains Contract With ATS Euromaster

The first load of end of life tyres processed at Sapphire Energy Recovery’s new Manchester facility coincided with the signing of a major contract with ATS Euromaster. Now that the site is practically up and running the company has invited a number of tyre retailers and distributors to a special open day on 29 June, followed by the official press and VIP opening on 30 June.

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Find Your Way to Winning a Satellite Navigation System

Think you’re up to scratch with your tyre history? Here’s your chance to prove it. Tyres & Accessories wanted to share its cheery anniversary mood with our loyal readers and so has teamed up with Blaupunkt to give away two of the satellite navigation manufacturer’s latest Travel Pilot Lucca portable satnav units. So if you want to get your hands on one of these two gizmos, then answer the six simple questions (one question for each decade Tyres & Acccessories has been in print) in the subscribers area. For more details on the Travelpilot Lucca search “Lucca” in the quickfinder at www.tyrepress.com.

Competition entries must be received before the closing date of 31 July.

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Marangoni Does the Business for Esher Tyre

The partnership between tyre retailer Esher Tyre and Exhaust and Group Tyre (UK) member Broadway tyres is a perfect example of a regional wholesaler and independent retailer working together for mutual advantage. The catalyst in this relationship is the Marangoni tyre brand, as Mr. F. Frost, who manages the outlet and who is the second generation in charge of this family-run business explains:

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Michelin to Give Away Free Fuel

Consumers buying four Michelin car, 4×4 or van tyres in a single transaction between 1 June and 31 July can claim up to £50 worth of free Sainsbury’s fuel vouchers. Michelin’s tyres already offer drivers excellent value for money due to their long life and low rolling resistance and with this offer they now cut the cost of motoring even further.

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Bridgestone Europe Confirms Polish Plant Plans

Bridgestone Corporation has confirmed that its European subsidiary, Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (BSEU), is to build a radial truck and bus tyre production plant in Poland. Approximately 200 million euros (¥28 billion) has been earmarked for the project. The new plant will be operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSEU that is to be established. Construction will begin in the first half of 2007, with production expected to get underway in the first half of 2009. Production capacity is projected to be around 5,000 tyres a day.

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Lose Weight With BBS

The engineers at wheel manufacturer BBS are constantly striving to reduce the weight of the company’s alloy wheels. Of course, when making any improvements, safety is of paramount importance. So how to achieve these potentially conflicting targets? The answer, says BBS is the patented “BBS Air Inside Technology”, which can be described as “more air, less weight.”

The secret is to incorporate circumferential hollow chambers and hollow spokes into the wheel, which not only reduces weight, but provides considerably better stability, claims BBS, thus improving safety and driving comfort.

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Ferguson Transport to Fit XDN2 Grip

Inverness-shire-based Ferguson Transport has become one of the first operators in the UK to fit Michelin’s new XDN2 Grip tyres, which are said to offer increased traction in the wet and on hard packed snow and icy surfaces. Located at Spean Bridge, close to Fort William, Ferguson Transport operates a fleet of 40 tractor units and 100 trailers, and has fitted the new Michelin XDN2 Grip tyres on the drive axle of one of its 460 hp Volvo FH12 6×2 tractor units.

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Tanzanian Plantation Politics

Members of the Tanzanian Parliamentary Committee for Investment have called on the government to transfer ownership of the Muheza Rubber Plantation in Tanga Region to General Tyre factory in Arusha to raise rubber production and create more job opportunities.

The MPs made the recommendation after visiting the factory and discussing how best to increase the supply of raw materials from within the country (as opposed to Malaysian sources), particularly from the rubber plantation in Muheza, the local Sunday Observer reported.

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Sibur to Strengthen the Strategic Direction of its Tyre Holding

Sibur-Russian Tires’ (SRT) current restructuring programme brings with it a lot challenges. Hundreds of millions have already been invested, meaning some of the company’s figures are in the red. Talking to Tyres & Accessories, SRT’s new director for strategy and business development explains what the Russian market leader is aiming for and where the company is looking for assistance. There is even the possibility that the company could be the subject of a merger talks.

According to Igor Karavajev, director for strategy and business development at Sibur-Russian Tires, increasing the tyre manufacturer’s competitiveness is of utmost importance at the moment. Although SRT still supplies 39.6 per cent (SRT figures) of the Russian tyre market with its products, competitors Nizhnekamskshina (30 per cent) and Amtel-Vredestein (22.6 per cent) are not far behind.

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Reifen Wondraschek Joins Bandag

During the Essen show Bandag representatives announced that Reifen Wondraschek had become one of its members. Company representatives said they “greatly appreciate the knowledge and expertise built up by Reifen Wondraschek since its foundation back in 1935.” The company specialises in the distribution and retreading of tyres across the Austrian market. The company’s highly trained personnel operate from five service stations.

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RMA Says Scrap Study Shows Tyre Age Not a Performance Issue

(Akron/Tire Review) A study undertaken in the USA by the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) claims there is no correlation between the end of a tyre’s “safety performance” and its chronological age. RMA released its study data earlier this week after examining some 14,000 scrapped P-metric and LT-metric tyres late last year, comparing each tyre’s date of manufacture to the date it was examined.

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Bridgestone Run-Flat Seminars for Technicians

Bridgestone is responding to the fitment of run-flat tyres on a growing number of vehicles by giving expert guidance to technicians at BMW dealerships. To date 15 franchises comprising 22 individual outlets have completed the tyre manufacturer’s comprehensive Run-Flat Certificate Programme. It follows the fitment of Bridgestone’s Turanza ER300 RFT and Potenza RE050 RFT tyres as original equipment on BMW models such as the 1-Series, 3-Series, 5-Series and Z4.

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World First as New Rubber Road and Rail Highway Trial is Announced

Trials of the world’s first all rubber road and rail highway, funded by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme), are now underway in association with Holdfast Level Crossings Ltd. The HoldFast Rubber Highway (HRH) has the potential to recycle an average of 354,000 tyres in every one mile stretch of rubber highway. WRAP is funding the trial following an open call for demonstration trials using UK post consumer tyres in a range of new applications. The trial will incorporate 8,000 vehicle movements over an eight week period to assess early life performance of the HRH.

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Fast-Fits Evolving Into “Fast-Service Centres” – Forecast

Traditional dealer fast-fit centres are starting to evolve into “fast-service centres”, according to motor industry consultancy Forester Grant Associates. The company says that the role of the fast-fit is changing. A few years ago the majority of dealers saw the fast-fit concept as way to retain customers of older vehicles – but now their thinking has altered.

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