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Interstate Launches New ECO Tour Plus Passenger Car Tyre

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Interstate has announced that it has released its new eco-conscious tyre, the ECO Tour Plus. The tyre, as its name suggests, is particularly concerned with addressing ecological issues, such as lowering CO2 emissions through decreased rolling resistance. The company states that the tyre includes the development of materials technology called I-ECO combined with a new non-directional tread design. I-ECO, Interstate continues, produces a lower rolling resistance coefficient by reducing energy loss in the top compound during rotation. The new non-directional tread design features a connected block and a thin rib with strategically placed noise reducing ovals, which aims to enhance contact pressure and wet braking performance. All tyres are produced with the Interstate Clean-Oil.

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European Recycling, Recovery Rates Still Growing, Claims ETRMA

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Figures released by the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association show end of life tyre recycling and recovery rates last year to have exceeded 95 per cent. The 2008 statistics released by the ETRMA show a continuation in the pattern seen over the last 15 years or so, a period during which the disposal of end of life tyres in landfill has decreased from more than 60 per cent in 1994 to around five per cent today. The number of old tyres receiving ecological treatment, the ETRMA notes, has increased by an average of four per cent yearly.

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Falken Distributing Ohtsu Truck Tyres in USA

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Falken Tire Corp. is back in the medium truck tyre business in the USA, Tire Review reports, once again becoming the North American distributor for Ohtsu brand medium truck radials. Falken will take over marketing, sales and distribution of the Ohtsu brand as of 1 March, 2010. The Ohtsu brand is owned and produced by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which also controls the Falken brand.

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Mighty Wight Duo Completes Mongolian Rally on Avon Tyres

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A pair of Isle of Wight adventurers have crossed a third of the world – from the UK to Mongolia – on a single set of Avon Tyres. Ross Smallcombe and Seb Cnossen, whom together are Team Mighty Wight, travelled 8,230 miles on the Mongolian Rally on Avon’s ultra-durable CR322 rubber, taking in some of the world’s toughest terrains, including potholed, unmade roads, waterways and off-road areas.

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Maxxis Tyres Star in UK and US Drifting

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Maxxis has chosen to focus on the popular but still emerging motorsport of drifting in its sporting tyre supply. In US and European drifting this season, the brand has successfully supplied winning drivers in four popular series with the MA-Z1 Drift tyres, also sponsoring the competitors: in the UK and Ireland, Steve Biagioni of Team Japspeed has taken the British Drift Championship, Mark “Buff” Luney has claimed the European Drift Championship (EDC) and Dean Kearney has won the Prodrift Super Series. In the US, Chris Forsberg has won the Formula Drift championship.

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Second Stage “Yokohama Forever Forest” Planting Held in China

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Yokohama Rubber reports more tree planting activities, this time in the People’s Republic. On Saturday October 17 some 250 people connected to three Yokohama plants in China attended a jointly-staged second-phase tree-planting ceremony as part of Yokohama Rubber's "Yokohama Forever Forest" project. Workers and their families from Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd. (production and sale of passenger car tyres), Yokohama Hamatitie (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (production and sale of sealants for passenger cars), and Yokohama Hoses & Coupling (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (production and sale of hydraulic hoses) joined Yokohama Rubber's overseas trainees and other representatives in the planting of around 2,400 seedlings of trees indigenous to the local area.

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Russian Nokian Workers Given Chance to Become ‘Village’ People

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Nokian tyres has unveiled its brand new housing complex built for workers at its factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia. Known as ‘Hakkapeliitta Village’, the 167 apartments are located some ten kilometres from the plant and cover a total area of 10,300 square metres. The company has invested more than ten million euros into the project in the aim of attracting and retaining qualified staff at the facility; a Nokian press release explains that in exchange for a commitment to remain at the plant for at least seven years, employees can purchase an apartment within the complex for substantially less than the average market price.

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Mytyres Adds Number-plate Fitment System

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Delticom AG-owned Mytyres.co.uk has added a number-plate fitment option allowing drivers to find suitable tyres using just a car’s registration. Mytyres is obviously aiming to demystify the tyre buying process by offering an easier way of finding out which consumers need. Adopting this style means Mytyres joins the list of companies already using similar systems (including National Tyres’ online presence amongst others). The move also marks the beginning of trend in the market towards offering this. Tyres & Acccessories/tyrepress.com understands that some of the business’ leading online and bricks and mortar names are in advanced discussions with number-plate fitment system service providers regarding adding this facility.

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Bridgestone “Happy” with MotoGP Tyre Performance following Rossi Sepang Lap Record

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In addition to sealing the MotoGP Riders Championship with his third place at the weekend, Valentino Rossi managed an outright lap record in qualifying on Saturday, suggesting to Bridgestone manager of the Motorcycle Tyre Development Department, Tohru Ubukata that tyre performance had been good: “Yes, in general I am happy with the performance of both our available compounds this weekend, but Valentino’s lap was very impressive indeed. The track temperature at the end of the session was 52 degrees Celsius, yet Valentino set his fastest lap on the softer front tyre and the softer rear tyre which shows that even in the high heat they had a suitable level of durability and good overall performance.

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Apollo Tyres Sees Profit Hike in July-September, Predicts Big Things for 2010

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After witnessing a substantial jump in profits from the quarter ending 30 September 2009, Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo has suggested that more is to come in 2010. The company told Indian business news sources that it will be aiming for 50 per cent higher revenues for its financial year (ending March 2010) thanks to the effect of its new-ish European subsidiary, Vredestein Banden, which the company acquired on 15 May.

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Tyres & Accessories October 2009

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October's Tyres & Accessories issue contains features on the online tyre business and wholesaling. Subscribers, click more to read the e-magazine online.

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RiDE and MCN Readers Rate Avon Tyres

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Motor Cycle News readers voted the Avon Storm ST third in their choice of tyre in the popular sports touring sector. The tyre also scored the third highest average number of miles before replacement and showed a big saving on the tyres in first and second place. The votes were from MCN readers – with more than 12,000 taking part and making it Britain’s biggest biking survey and the most comprehensive review of kit and accessories in the UK.

Meanwhile, in RiDE’s annual 2009 RiDER Power Survey issue, the Avon Storm ST came third, above the likes of Michelin’s Pilot Power 2CT, Dunlop’s RoadSmart and Bridgestone fitments: BT-021, 016, 020 and 014. Also, in the category for longevity for front tyres the Storm ST came in third place, ably backed up by the Azaro ST in fifth place and the Avon Viper Sport in sixth. For rear tyres the Azaro ST took fourth place with the Storm ST in fifth, making it another successful RiDER Power for Avon Tyres.

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Apollo Tyres Sales Up 60%

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Apollo Tyres Ltd’s second quarter 2009/10 results show the company achieved 20.46 billion rupees (£269.8 million; 296.8 million euros; $443 million) of consolidated revenue in the period, up 62 per cent over the same period last year. Operating profit totalled 2.9 billion rupees (£38.278 million; 42.151 million euros; US$ 62.872) more than tripling the 818.3 million rupees the company brought in the year before.

Onkar S Kanwar, chairman, Apollo Tyres, commented: “The steady growth achieved by Apollo Tyres despite rising raw material prices reflects the true spirit of our most valuable asset, the employees. In the quarter under review, higher raw material costs were absorbed by the company in order to protect consumers’ interest. This was possible only because of our continued emphasis on managing costs and efficiencies internally, which began in the first quarter of the last financial year.”

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Chris Mullins Tyres Supports ‘Lifesaver in Your Pocket’ Campaign

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Gloucester tyre retailer Chris Mullins Tyres has thrown its weight behind TyreSafe’s ‘lifesaver in your pocket’ tread depth awareness campaign this October. “Anything that helps drivers become more conscious of their tyres has to be a good thing and this campaign is ideally timed to get that message across in the run-up to winter“ said Chris Mullins, who runs a busy independent business on Gloucester’s Bristol Road. “We’ve used the TyreSafe posters and leaflets in the centre and they’ve definitely created a talking point with customers,” he added.

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Nankang Presents New Winter Tyres

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For the last few years CITExpo has been a fixture in the Nankang Rubber Tire Corporation’s annual events calendar. And the tyre maker, one of Taiwan’s largest, does not head to Shanghai each year just to give the exhibition an international flavour – as Eric Shih, marketing and project manager for Nankang’s export department, explained to Tyres & Accessories, the CITExpo show offers a “good chance to do tyre business.” Hence Nankang is always pleased to return to the exhibition. Admittedly, the Taiwanese company didn’t have far to travel to reach CITExpo: Nankang has an office in Shanghai and since 2003 has operated a factory in nearby Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province.

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