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Cheshire-based Arclid Transport has renewed its tyre supply and fitting agreement with Prometeon Tyre Group, a fixed pence per kilometre (PPK) contract that covers the entire 95-strong Arclid fleet of 45 trucks and 60 trailers, predominantly made up of 6x2 artics and tri-axle trailers.
North East Lincolnshire Council has approved plans for a pyrolysis plant for processing end-of-life tyres in Grimsby. The facility proposed by Fluid Ice FO Ltd has the capacity to process nearly 25,000 tonnes of waste tyres annually. Fluid Ice claims that the plant will use a pyrolysis process “based on the plant” operated by ReOil in Jazworno, Poland, which produces saleable fuel oil, carbon black and steel as well as pyrolysis gas.
James Stopps is gearing up to expand PCL’s distributor base in the South. He joins the company from consumables and fasteners supplier Würth UK Ltd, where he managed a team of 12 sales consultants and over 1800 accounts for the automotive division, growing the area by over 20 per cent.
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has entered into a partnership agreement with Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing’s Haupt Racing Team (HRT), under which it will supply Yokohama Advan racing tyres to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 that HRT enters into the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie (NLS). In dry conditions, the car will wear Advan A005 racing tyres in 300/680R18 (front) and 330/710R18 (rear), and in the wet will compete on Advan A006 tyres.
Thomas Hardie Commercials Ltd is the main distributor for Volvo Truck, Bus & Coach in the North-West of England, North Wales and Lancashire. The company has six franchised Volvo Truck and bus dealerships, supported by three smaller sites, plus Thomas Hardie Vehicle Solutions (THVS), providing repairs, painting, aftermarket services and refurbishment of trucks and trailers.
Peter Smith, former joint managing director of historic tyre distributor BMTR, has passed away suddenly at the age of 74. Along with his brother Paul, Peter was part of the third generation of the Smith family to run the business founded by their Grandfather Jack Smith in 1919.
Following the news that the company will be producing certain Avon-branded motorsport tyres, Nova Motorsport has announced “its acquisition of leading tyre producer, Camac”. No details relating to the terms of acquisition have been released.
Continental has acquired EMT s.r.o., a mould manufacturing specialist based in Puchov, Slovakia. The tyre maker and automotive technology company obtained all shares in its long-standing supplier on 2 April 2024 after entering into an agreement with EMT’s shareholders, including majority shareholder Dynamic Design Europe. Beyond confirming the retention of all 107 EMT employees, Continental has not disclosed details of the agreement.
Apollo Tyres is expanding its EnduRace RD2 truck and bus tyre range with the launch of a new 295/80 R22.5 size option. Available across Europe from this month, this latest addition to Apollo Tyres’ Regional Drive tyre portfolio complements the 315/70 and 315/80 variants of the second-generation EnduRace RD2 line-up.
“Britain will be the environmental sick man of Europe if government doesn’t act soon to update waste regulations,” according to the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA). Revealing the correspondence underway with the Secretary of State for the Environment and his department, the TRA statement makes public the issues the UK government are reportedly failing to engage with.
On 27 March 2024, Shen Jinrong, chairman of ZC Rubber, expressed a cautiously optimistic attitude towards the Chinese tyre industry at the 2024 China Rubber Conference, commenting: “For the Chinese tyre industry, the phenomenon of multiple positive factors coexisting at the same time is unlikely to reappear in 2024. Most of the positive factors will turn negative or slow down or decrease, and the tyre industry cycle has reached a high point. The contradiction of overcapacity in the industry will become increasingly prominent, and we should take measures to deal with it.”
Towards the end of 2023, Phil Robinson, Marangoni senior country manager for the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and United Arab Emirates, explained the importance of the UK tyre retreading sector to sustainability as part of the annual NTDA Tyre Industry Conference. A few months later the specific impact of Marangoni’s success on the wider retreading business in the region is now becoming apparent.
The FIA updated its list of homologated suppliers for tyre barcodes and RFID tags on 22 February, and for the first time this list features a Chinese tyre maker – Sailun Group. Reporting its inclusion on the ‘List of Suppliers for Tyre Barcodes and RFID Tags Homologated by the FIA’, Sailun says it is now able to exclusively provide racing tyres for numerous international professional racing events.
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