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Time for a change?

It’s getting colder outside and you’re wearing clothes that match the season, so why not let your car ‘wear’ a suitable set of tyres? With winter approaching, TyreSafe is encouraging motorists to consider winter tyres, and to ensure their tyres are in good shape and ready to face all possible road conditions.

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Triangle signs Russia strategic cooperation agreement with Laserta

Triangle Tyre Europe and Laserta have signed an agreement for the distribution of the brand in the Russian market. The agreement reflects the Chinese tyre manufacturer’s strategy of increasing its presence across the globe by opening regional offices and deploying local teams who will be working in partnership with professional distributors in each country.

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Giti launches key trailer tyre size for growing volume transport segment

Giti Tire has added sizes to its wide base tyre range for the growing volume transport segment. The company has added size 445/45R19.5 alongside the 435/50R19.5 in its Giti GTL925 pattern. The lower diameter of the new size gives high cube trailer fleets the opportunity to maximise the inside loading volume of up to three meters height, while still respecting the total vehicle height of four meters allowed across Europe.

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Continental, Goodyear joint winners in Sportauto winter tyre test

Continental’s winning streak in this year’s winter tyre tests continues with victory in the latest from German magazine Sportauto. The comparative evaluation of ten tyres featured in the current issue (11/2017) places the WinterContact TS 850 P in first place together with the first-generation Goodyear UltraGrip Performance.

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Goodyear-shod Team De Rooy wins Rallye OiLibya Maroc

Team De Rooy, using standard Goodyear truck tyres, took first, second and third places in the Truck Class of the Rallye OiLibya Maroc this month. The Team De Rooy Iveco Powerstar 4×4 of Federico Villagra, Adrian Yacopini and Ricardo Torlaschi not only won the Truck Class but also the overall Open/SSV classification. Two other Team De Rooy Iveco Powerstar 4x4s took second and third places in the Truck Class, finishing fourth and sixth overall in the Open/SSV classification.

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Goodyear announces 19.5” tyre with 10t axle weight for lightweight mega trailers

Local truck fleets must reckon with the HGV road user levy, and similar toll schemes are in place throughout Europe. In some countries, such as Germany and Switzerland, the rate levied depends on the number of axles a vehicle uses. Fleets whose routes take them to or through these regions are increasingly turning to solutions that enable them to run with two-axle trailers. Goodyear has now released a new tyre to meet this demand.

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Maxxis-sponsored rider win FIM EnduroGP World Championship

Beta Boano and Maxxis-sponsored rider Brad Freeman has added another title to his name after crossing the finish line in first place on Maxxis MaxxEnduro tyres and winning the Enduro GP Junior Class title at this year’s Maxxis FIM EnduroGP World Championship.

For the enduro world championship, Freeman used MaxxEnduro tyres, designed to perfectly fit enduro conditions. The tyre features side blocks, which provide accurate steering and handle aggressive cornering in the muddiest of conditions.

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Goodyear official tyre partner for Land Rover Experience Tour Peru

Having begun on 14 October, Goodyear’s Wrangler DuraTrac tyres will be tested to the limit during the Land Rover Experience Tour, which lasts until 9 November. During the four-week expedition, a selection of international participants will drive new Land Rover Discovery SUVs fitted with Wrangler DuraTrac tyres through a wide variety of road conditions.

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Guizhou/Advance Tyre release further Vietnam factory plans

At the end of April Tyres & Accessories reported that Guizhou Tyre Co. Ltd. announced plans to build a truck tyre factory in Vietnam. Back then, reports suggest the company would invest RMB 1.67 billion (£189.3 million) in the project for a plant capable of manufacturing 1.2 million all-steel radials per annum. The intention was to set up the factory in the Long Jiang Industrial Park, some 30 miles from Ho Chi Minh City where a 20-hectare site had been selected. During the recent Tire+ exhibition in Shanghai, Tyres & Accessories sat down with Guizhou’s general manager of the export division, Jie You, and found out more about the company and its plans.

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Popular Science award for Nokian Hakkapeliitta 9

Every year for the past three decades, Popular Science has reviewed the latest innovations and recognised the pick of the bunch in its Best of What’s New awards. In 2017, the world’s largest science and technology magazine has selected the Nokian Hakkapeliitta 9 as an awardee. The studded tyre is one of 100 winners honoured in 11 categories.

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Watling now 100 per cent owned by directors following restructuring

Watling Tyres, which has been growing in recent years, has been restructured in moves that sees the directors take over 100 per cent of the company. The firm had previously been 49 per cent owned by universal. Watling Tyres was ranked 19th on Tyres & Accessories’2017 leading UK tyre retailers ranking.

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ConnecTire from Trelleborg bringing data sharing to agricultural wheels

Trelleborg has announced it will launch a smart wheel “designed to produce more, with less” at next month’s Agritechnica trade fair. Called ConnecTire, the new product is a sensor-based smart wheel that enables data sharing at multiple levels, reducing the risk of tyre slippage on the rim. It allows farmers to leverage the Internet of Things for safer and more efficient operations.

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Michelin: Net sales up 3% in Q3 2017

Reporting its performance during the third quarter of 2017 and the first nine months of the current financial year, Michelin has announced net sales of 5.34 billion euros for the three months to 30 September 2017. This result represents a 3.0 per cent year-on-year increase in net sales and includes a favourable 5.0 per cent price-mix effect and 1.0 per cent growth in volumes.

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eBay tyre fitting service arrives in the USA

Tyre fitting has been added to the range of services offered by eBay Motors in the USA. As of this week, shoppers in the US who purchase tyres on eBay can opt to have them shipped to a local installation location at no additional cost. Installation can currently be performed at 9,000 sites across the country, and eBay says tyre inventory spans across all major brands.

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HLG GEAR 2030 report: We are ready, says ETRMA

Yesterday, the High Level Group (HLG) GEAR 2030 issued its report on the competitiveness and sustainable growth of the automotive industry in the EU and offered recommendations on how the automotive industry can anticipate and adapt to current trends, specifically identifying two fields – zero emission and zero emission-capable vehicles (ZEVs and ZECs), as well as connected and automated driving (CAD). The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) welcomes the adoption of the HLG report; in a statement, the association shares that it views the reports as constituting “a stepping stone for all stakeholders.”

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