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Under Inflated Tyres Cost UK Motorists £1 Billion

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Avon Tyres believes motorists are wasting more than £1 billion a year and increasing the risk of accidents by not checking tyre pressures. According to the manufacuturer’s calculations, up to 90 per cent of vehicles on Britain’s roads do not have the correct pressure in their tyres.

This, in turn, is believed to have a knock effect that stings consumers to the tune of an extra £230 million on new tyres every year. Researchers said that at any one time, 90 per cent of vehicles had at least one tyre under-inflated by 10 per cent of the recommended pressure. This equates to a 15 per cent reduction in the life expectancy of the tyre or an extra £5.12 per year cost to the driver – or £230 million if extended to all UK drivers.

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Nokian Tyres Introduces Runflat Winter Tyres

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Nokian Tyres is improving the safety and comfort of driving by introducing the runflat property to its most important winter tyre models. If a flat occurs, the driver can drive on runflat tyres for about 100 km to reach a tyre store or service station where a new tyre can be fitted. The runflat property allows drivers to avoid danger and difficult tyre changes amid busy traffic.

Use of runflat tyres in increasing at a very quick rate. Although runflat products held only a small share of the European tyre market in 2004 (about 0.25%), sales saw a threefold increase over the previous year. Half of the runflat products sold were winter tyres. This year sales are expected to increase even more.

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Silverstone Produces More ‘Premier Tyres’

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Silverstone Bhd has expanded its range of premier tyres to remain competitive in the market, according to managing director Phang Wai Yeen.

“We have been paying lot of attention to research and development since our inception in 1990 and that is why we have been making headway in the luxury and motor sport segments,” Mr Phang said during a visit by Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin to the company’s plant in Kamunting, near Taiping.

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Patrick O’Connell Becomes RMA Chairman

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The Retread Manufacturers Association has appointed Patrick O’Connell, of Bandvulc as the Association’s chairman, effective from 8 June. He succeeds Gary Oliver of C-Tyres, who has stepped down after two years in office.

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Kargro Buys a Second CM Tyre Shredder

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Columbus McKinnon is proud to announce the sale of a second CM Single Speed Tyre Shredder into the European marketplace. The machine has been purchased by Lintire, a division of The Kargro Group, which is located in Montfoort, Holland.

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First Hakkapeliitta Tyres Produced at Nokian’s Plant In Russia

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The first Nokian Hakkapeliitta 4 winter tyres have been produced on schedule at Nokian Tyres’ plant in Vsevolozhsk, Russia. Actions to increase production have begun with the target to produce 200,000-500,000 tyres during 2005. The installation of a second production line will begin in the end of the current year. The official opening of the factory will be in the early autumn.

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Sapphire Achieves New Safety Record

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Sapphire Energy has announced a new safety record of 1000 days free of Lost Time Accidents for all of its six UK processing sites. Commenting on the achievement operations manager Bob Wain said: “Sapphire processes over 14 million tyres per year and handles 1000s of vehicle movements of finished product and whole tyres. This success comes from the safety culture, which has been developed by Sapphire since the company was formed in 2001. The record is of major significance for the industry and covers all staff, contractors and hauliers and was achieved during the construction of two new bespoke tyre processing plants at West Thurrock and Oldbury.” Sapphire awarded all staff with a “Safety Gift” to commemorate the achievement.

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Changing Truck Tyres on the Move

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RTS Engineering has launched a completely autonomous ‘energy module.’ Billed as “the ultimate” in mobile tyre fitting equipment, the new product is made up of an engine, a hydraulic pump and a hydrovane compressor.

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UHP Tyres – More Than a Tuning Accessory

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Wide and super wide tyres are developing into the first choice tuning accessories for cars, usually in combination with trendy light alloy wheels. One out of every four people interested in tuning fits their vehicle with alternative wheels, and a majority of these bump up the size of their wheels by one or two inches. Of these there are two kinds of customer – those that upgrade their rims but keep the same tyre size, and those that ‘tune’ their alloys, switching for more modern designs, while replacing tyres like-for-like.

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Goodyear Tyres Take Flight

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Goodyear has selected its second aviation tyre evaluation centre, the 43 Air School in Port Alfred, South Africa. It will be Goodyear’s first centre in the Southern Hemisphere.

The academy has 40 registered aircraft and an impeccable safety record assures the manufacturer. The new school will do as its forerunner, the Florida centre does, and will evaluate Goodyear and competitor tyres based on their durability and safe landings. The school’s test results will be recorded and used to measure Goodyear’s overall tyre performance.

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Second Hand Tyre Waste

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Second hand car dealers in Scotland may have to hold a license to handle waste tyres, under a new crackdown on fly-tipping reports The Herald.

A report will be presented to Glasgow council’s licensing committee next week, seeking approval to add a condition on tyres to the licences which second-hand dealers must hold to trade. The move coincides with 22,000 tyres being cleared from a mountain of waste rubber in the city. It cost the city council £39,500 to collect and dispose of the tyres, which weighed 156 tonnes.

The condition is aimed at cutting off the supply chain to fly-tippers who dispose of tyres illegally and will target second-hand car dealers in particular, with worn tyres often replaced to make vehicles more attractive to prospective buyers.

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Manual Handling of Tyres Guide Launched

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The NTDA Regional Meeting, held at the Brityrex International exhibition on 11 May, played host to the launch of a new Guide to the Manual Handling of Tyres, drawn up by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in consultation with industry bodies and trade associations.

The Guide was launched by Chris Flint, HM Principal Inspector, HSE and one of the Guide’s authors. It is, he said, aimed at employers whose businesses involve the collection or delivery of new or used tyres and is relevant to employers who manufacture, store, distribute, collect, deliver and retail tyres and to retreaders, road haulage companies and bus operators. It is limited to dealing with the risk of musculoskeletal disorders arising from the manual handling of tyres during collection and delivery and does not cover tyre handling during manufacture and retreading.

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Economic Growth in Europe Hampered by Oil Prices, Report Says

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(Akron/Tire Review – courtesy of China Daily) Manufacturing in the dozen countries sharing the euro declined for the first time in almost two years in April, adding to signs that record oil prices are dampening economic growth.

An index based on a survey of about 3,000 purchasing managers compiled by NTC Research Ltd. for Reuters Group Plc fell to 49.2 from 50.4 in March, according to figures available on the Internet yesterday. Economists forecast a decline to 49.8, the median of 35 forecasts in a Bloomberg survey showed. The index hadn’t dropped below 50 since August 2003, something that is indicative of contraction.

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JK Tyres to Expand Production, Build New Factory

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JK Tyres is planning to expand the production capacity of its Banmore, Gwalior facility in Madhya Pradesh. According to India’s Business Report, the company will invest 2 billion rupees (roughly £24.2 million) over the next three years in the expansion. The company has reportedly already invested 700 – 800 million rupees in the facility.

In addition to the expansion plans, the company also intends to set up another plant in the area. The announcements come despite a dip in Indian tyre industry profits due to increasing raw material costs.

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Continental Aims For Record Targets

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Releasing its first quarter 2005 results, Continental’s management reaffirmed the company’s desire to achieve ambitious targets. During the first quarter, consolidated sales rose by 8.9 per cent to 3,253.1 million euros, with newly acquired Phoenix contributing 237.7 million euros.

At the same time EBIT increased by 9.5 per cent to 281.7 million euros, according to the company. Phoenix is reported to have generated an operating result of 11.3 million euros. Consolidated earnings climbed to 167 million euros, representing a 24.8 per cent increase. Earnings per share rose to 1.15 euros.

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