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Import glut ripples across European truck tyre market

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The ups and downs of European retreading continued last year. According to current figures from the European Tire & Rubber Manufacturers' Association (ETRMA), the association members retreaded and marketed a total of 4.298 million truck tyres in Europe (excluding Turkey) in 2022. This corresponds to a decline of at least 6.2 per cent compared to the previous year, but is still 4.9 per cent above the figures for the previous year. However, since the new tyre business of the ETRMA members was largely stable (down 0.5 per cent), the importance of retreaded truck tyres fell again significantly compared to the new tyre market and was only 37.2 per cent at the end of last year. The association's figures also show something else very clearly: the EU tariff effect, which had reduced imports of truck tyres (by non-ETRMA members) for a number of years, has now completely fizzled out.

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The top tyre e-tail websites 2023 (UK)

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Following on from our analysis of the leading tyre retail web sites of bricks and mortar businesses, we now turn our attention to tyre e-tail operations. As it did in the retail side of things, Halfords once again tops this table, but with the integrated Halfords Autocentres name out of the equation, this time we were able to break down the component parts and quantify that traffic (see chart and separate breakdown column). That breakdown clearly shows two things: firstly, the scale of the different Halfords online tyre retail operations; and secondly, that Halfords acquisition of Axle Group Holdings/National Tyres brought significant online assets with it.

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New Yokohama Europe tyre factory could be built alongside a Yokohama TWS plant

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Roughly a year ago, then relatively-newly appointed Yokohama Europe president Gregorio Borgo, told us that the company has plans to invest in a factory “at the heart of Europe”. 12 months on, Tyres & Accessories once again spoke with Gregorio Borgo as well as Yokohama Europe chairman Hiroyuki Shiori in order to find out how the company’s growth and its interconnected factory plans have been progressing.

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Soltyre integrates CAM’s Fitter-Force

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Scotland-based Soltyre Ltd is embracing digitisation with the integration of CAM’s Fitter-Force to enhance its business across Scotland and the North of England via the use of e-jobsheet by its 52 technicians.

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The UK’s top 10 tyre retail web sites 2023

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There’s no denying that the tyre business has become more digital and connected than ever before, but there are a number of sides to that equation. We know that between 60 and 80 per cent of tyre-buying consumers were doing pre-sale research online before the pandemic. Similarly, industry insiders have been saying that 10 per cent of tyres are bought online for something like a decade now. But anecdotal evidence from tyre retailers themselves reveals that, amongst those working for the large chains at least, many customers walk through the door to receive a tyre change that has already been booked online. Apparently, some of the younger generation just walk in and hold up a QR code on their phone! This month’s Tyres & Accessories looked into these kinds of questions, asking what it means for the tyre business to be digitally native. And it starts with a brand-new ranking of the leading tyre retail, e-tail and tyre comparison websites.

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‘Stronger together’: the Yokohama TWS off-highway tyre integration delivers many opportunities – Pompei

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In May, Yokohama officially completed the acquisition of Trelleborg Wheel Systems. As a result, the well-respected off-highway tyre and wheel manufacturer rebranded as Yokohama TWS. With any acquisition, questions of integration are front-and-centre. In Yokohama’s case, the previous acquisition of Alliance Tire Group, which now runs under the Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (YOHT) banner, brings with it further questions relating to the integration of the businesses and their respective brand portfolios as well as how the different operations will be organised and practically structured in relation to one another. With all this in mind, Tyres & Accessories recently spoke to Paolo Pompei, president and CEO of Yokohama TWS, in order to hear the latest on the integration process.

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Football sponsorship an “important stepping stone” in Prometeon’s development strategy

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The partnership that began between Prometeon Tyre Group and Italian football club Parma Calcio 1913 a year ago continues in 2023-24. When the new Serie B season begins later this week, the tyre maker will return at main sponsor and again be present on players’ shirts. Prometeon also becomes Official Tyre Partner this season and will supply tyres for the coach used by the club’s first team.

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Football: Sailun a premium partner to VfL Osnabrück

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Together with local distribution partner Bohnenkamp, Sailun Group has become tyre partner of German football club VfL Osnabrück, which currently plays in the second division 2. Bundesliga. Sailun has come on board as a premium partner, while Bohnenkamp and the Maxam brand serve as team partners. This joint arrangement will initially run for three years.

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Continental wins Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas award for third year

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Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas (MLA) has named Continental as the winner of its prestigious “Vendor of the Year” award for the third consecutive year. The award recognizes “the outstanding commitment and operational support” demonstrated by Continental through MLA’s original equipment aftermarket program, Rapidparts, in the material handling sector.

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Michelin expands Pilot aviation tyre line

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Two new sizes have joined the Michelin Pilot tyre line. Designed to be the “best tyre money can buy for general aviation aircraft,” the Michelin Pilot high-performance cross-ply tyre is now available in four sizes for the general aviation market.

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Nexen plans Czech expansion, US plant to increase capacity and sales over next 5 years

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Nexen plans to expand its production capacity by 40 per cent within five years. It plans to achieve this by building a new tyre factory in the United States and to expand its existing Czech factory. According to Korean media reports, Nexens' factory in Zatec, Czech Republic, will complete the expansion project in September this year, following its 2019 official opening. Progress on the expansion project, which commenced immediately after opening, was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Nexen has invested 1.2 trillion won (approximately £732 million) in the expansion of the Czech factory. Before the expansion, the factory was able to produce 5.5 million tyres per year. After the expansion phase in 2024, the production capacity is expected to be 9.2 million tyres. By 2025, it is expected the production capacity to increase further to 11 million tyres.

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Vipal Rubber celebrates 50 years

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It was at a gas station in 1960 that Vicencio Paludo found the opportunity that would make him start the company that is now 50 years old, Vipal Rubber. The only one in the world with a complete line of products for retreading and repairs for passenger, commercial, agricultural and off-the-road (OTR) tyres, the company was born from a latent need: to offer lorry drives a solution to their tyre problems. From the first patches, going through the production of camelbacks, treads, and tyre retreading machines, to the manufacture of new tyres for motorcycles, one of the largest rubber manufacturers in the world emerges.

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Michelin appoints Carl Williams as UK, Ireland technical team head

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Michelin has appointed Carl Williams as customer engineering support team manager UK & Republic of Ireland at Michelin Tyre plc. He will lead a team of experienced technical managers working across all product lines. Williams will take over from Rob Blurton, who will retire from Michelin at the end of September after 44 years with the business, much of it spent supporting truck and bus fleet customers.

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