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Multistrada investing to increase capacity

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According to Pieter Tanuri, Indonesia’s PT Multistrada Arah Sarana aims to increase its domestic market share from 13 to 15 per cent in the next two or three years. The president director was quoted by The Jakarta Post as saying this two per cent rise would be achieved through increasing total production capacity to around 17 to 18 million tyres per annum over the next year. Currently, Multistrada produces ten million car tyres and six million motorcycle tyres.

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Apollo’s Kanwar to give report at BRICS summit

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During the BRICS summit taking place in Brazil today and tomorrow, Apollo Tyres’ chairman Onkar Kanwar will lead a five-member business delegation and present a report from the BRICS business council to the Brazilian, Russian, Indian, Chinese and South African heads of state. The council has identified five areas where the BRICS countries can explore business opportunities – infrastructure, manufacturing, financial services, energy and green economy and skills development. “Each country can support the other and take part in each other’s respective growth and development programmes,” Kanwar, who is chairman of the BRICS Business Council (India), told Indian news daily the Hindustan Times.

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Titan launches LSW website

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Arguments about greater steering precision aside, the chief reason for fitting low profile tyres to a car is to enhance its appearance. But a narrow sidewall is favoured by some in the off-road sector for entirely difference reasons. Titan International developed its first low profile – it calls it low sidewall, or LSW – off-road tyre in the 1990s and initially introduced the technology on the Caterpillar-brand skid steer tyre in 1999. The company believes that when the benefits of LSW are more widely known the technology will gain widespread acceptance, and to spread word about LSW a new, dedicated website has been rolled out.

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Co-operative Funeralcare extends Michelin fitment policy

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The share of Michelin tyres fitted to Co-operative Funeralcare’s vehicle fleet has risen from around 30 per cent in 2007 to more than 90 per cent today, and proportion of vehicles wearing Michelin rubber is likely to continue rising after Co-operative extended its agreement with the tyre maker for a further two years.

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Delticom turns 15

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This month, online tyre dealer Delticom celebrates 15 years in the business. The company was set up in Germany on 2 July 1999 by former Continental sales managers Rainer Binder and Dr. Andreas Prüfer, together with internet expert Timon Samusch. Initial capital invested in the company was DM 60,000 (approximately €30,000 using the changeover rate), and turnover in the second half of 1999 amounted to DM 1.8 million. On 15 January 2000, the four-employee company (at the end of 2013 Delticom had 254 employees) launched its first B2C portal, the German-market reifendirekt.de site, and the following May it entered the B2B segment with autoreifenonline.de. At its absolute peak, Delticom received 600 orders a day in 2000.

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Linglong partnering with IDIADA in China tyre test centre project

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On 1 July Linglong Group signed a strategic agreement with IDIADA to partner in the construction of a central Asian tyre proving ground. The agreement was signed between Josep-Maria Farran, COO (chief operating officer) of IDIADA, and Wang Feng, vice president of Linglong Group, marking the start of this strategic cooperation.

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Wheel Pros sells to Audax Group

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Investment firm Audax Group has acquired Wheel Pros, LLC from Platinum Equity. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Wheel Pros is a leading designer, marketer, and distributor of branded aftermarket wheels. The company also distributes performance tyres and accessories. Founded in 1995 with two distribution centres, the company today carries proprietary, leading brands that are recognized across all major vehicle segments and are sold through a national footprint of 25 distribution centres and internationally.

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Will Europe impose tyre import tariffs?

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In this month’s magazine (July 2014), as well as our the conclusion of our comprehensive review of the Essen Show (see page 40 onwards) plus features on manufacturing (from page 24) and batteries (page 8+), we report on the potential “Return of US tyre import tariffs” (on page 30). Reading this article, you could be forgiven for thinking you had stepped into a time warp to 2009 where proceedings followed a very similar course. This time round, the potential implementation of a second round of import US import tariffs aimed squarely at China have fermented rumours about whether anything similar is likely to happen in Europe. So will it?

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Laws must accommodate market demand for technology, says Continental

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In addition to producing tyres, Continental designs and manufactures various automotive systems components, and for a number of years has collaborated on research into automated driving systems. But coming up with the technology to drive without a driver is one thing – being able to actually do so without breaking the law is another. Yesterday at ‘Zuliefer Automotive’, a Munich-based trade fair focusing on future trends and technologies, Continental’s head of research for automotive electronics called for legislation to keep pace with the market.

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Ceat bringing full tyre portfolio to Europe

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Indian tyre maker Ceat Ltd. aims to build up a stronger presence in the European passenger car and commercial vehicle tyre markets in the coming years. As the company explained during Reifen 2014, its plan is to work together with local distribution partners for its Ceat and Alutra brands – using a separate partner for each – in a number of European national markets. Initial steps have already been taken and Altura-brand passenger car and truck tyres will thus be launched in Europe next year. From the products on Ceat’s Reifen show stand, it appears that both company brands generally utilise identical patterns.

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It’s all AFC for ATG

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ATG used Reifen 2014 as a platform for presenting itself as a company and for presenting its goals. At a press conference during the Essen show, CEO Yogesh Mahansaria led top management, including chief of marketing and sales Angelo Noronha and head of research and development Dr. George Ronai in a talk about products and plans.

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KRT Group appoints Tim Bader as operations manager

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The Kings Road Tyres Group has appointed Tim Bader to the new senior role of operations manager. Bader was previously KRT’s purchasing and marketing manager, and the promotion brings with it the added responsibility for a wide portfolio of Group roles, including IT and communications, stock control, transport and health & safety.

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Kumho OE for Volkswagen Polo

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Kumho Tire has become the latest manufacturer to report original equipment homologation for the VW Polo. The tyre maker will supply its ecowing es01 KH27 in size 185/60R15 84H to Volkswagen-Navarra S.A for fitment on Polo models built at its plant in Pamplona, Spain.

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Nynas exec to explain how Naphthenic tyre oils boost performance

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Thorsten Lutze, global market manager for Tyre Oil at Nynas AB has announced that he will offer a presentation on the role and contribution of naphthenic oils in today’s global tyre market on 21 August 2014. The speech, which focuses on how naphthenic oils can help boost tyre performance, will take place at 11:40 am as part of the 8th Global Rubber and Tire Markets conference at the Meridien hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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