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Expansion at Amtel’s Kirov Plant Slower Than Expected

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Amtel-Povolzhye Tire Complex, Russia’s second largest tyre factory increased output by 35 per cent to 6,543,000 tyres in 2005 – less than the 44 per cent increase expected by analysts. According to Russian investment bank, Centre Invest, production at the factory was expected to increase to 7,000,000 tyres. “Although our expectations proved overly optimistic, we maintain our recommendation and fair price for the company, as its growth far outperformed expected growth rates for other Russian tyre manufacturers,” the analyst’s report commented.

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Name Change Reflects ‘Greener’ Outlook in China

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The China Tire Retreading and Utilization Association has changed its name to the China Tire Retreading, Repairing, and Recycling Association (CTRA), in response to a challenge from central government to move towards a resources-saving society and recycling economy.

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Tyre Importers Accused of ‘Dumping’ In India

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The Indian tyre lobby has convinced the government to initiate anti-dumping proceedings against imports from China and Thailand. Tyre makers allege that over 35,000 bus and truck tyres are being imported from China and Thailand every month at huge discounts compared to global and domestic prices, India’s Economic Times reported.

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Michelin’s Radial Plans Rely On Demand

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Michelin has put its planned collaboration with Apollo Tyres on hold while the businesses wait for the national radialisation rate to gather speed. The companies maintained that their working relationship was on track, but that demand has to increase before manufacturing work gets underway.

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Leicester Tyre Dealers Under Scrutiny

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Tyre dealers in Leicester are being told to dispose of waste tyres legally – or face prosecution and hefty fines. There were more than 650 reports of fly tipped tyres in the city last year, costing £30,000 to clean up.

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Was Your Car Ready For Winter?

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Leading tyre retailer, Kwik-Fit, and UK manufacturer, Avon Tyres, have published research on UK drivers’ winter tyre awareness habits. The Kwik-Fit research shows that 6.9 million UK motorists (25 per cent) don’t check their tyres at all during the winter. Not surprisingly, 12.9 million British motorists (47 per cent) admit to losing control of their car on a wet or icy road – with nearly one-in-five of these incidents (17 per cent) leading to an accident.

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CTNA Announces Serious Charlotte Cuts

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(Akron/Tire Review) Continental Tire North America (CTNA) announced today that it will significantly cut production and lay off employees at its hometown Charlotte, North Carolina., passenger tyre plant. The cuts will come in two phases, said CTNA, with the first taking place on 15 March, resulting in 241 salaried and hourly jobs lost, and the second on 30 June when another 272 jobs will be cut. In total, 513 workers will be laid off, said CTNA.

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GreenMan Technologies Delays Filing Year-End Results

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GreenMan Technologies has announced that it expects to report “aggregate net loss for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2005 [of] between $14 and $15 million.” The company also said it will delaying filing its 10-KSB for the year. According to the company, this will take no more than 30 days and is necessary for it to finalise the accounting treatment of the pending divestiture of its Georgia operation. Greenman is recycles over 20 million scrap tyres per year in the US.

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Stapletons Mourns a ‘Founding Father’

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Leading UK wholesale and retail tyre supplier, Stapletons Tyre Services is mourning the loss of one of its very first employees, Stuart Masson.

Mr Masson sadly passed away peacefully on 29 October at the age of 84 – nine days short of his birthday. Born on November 7, 1920 in Eaton Bray, near Leighton Buzzard, Stuart approached Sydney Stapleton for a job at his new tyre shop on Watford High Street in 1937. At the tender age of 16, Stuart started his career at Stapletons as a clerk.

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Dunlop Teams Up With Evoactive

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As part of Dunlop’s commitment to a major investment in UK motorsport it has continued to develop its successful partnership with EvoActive, one of the UK’s highest profile trackday operators, into 2006.

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Bulgarian Tyre Recycling Plant Goes Online

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Bulgarian company Ecoprocess (Dobrich) has completed the construction of a tyre recycling factory. The plant uses a technique called vacuum pyrolysis to incinerate tyres and break them down into carbon, pyrolysis oil and gas.

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Hankook Execs Predict Slow Tyre Market for 2006

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Hankook Tire Co Ltd expects a difficult global market this year due to higher raw material costs and oversupply, a senior company executive told Reuters.

Hankook, which exports up to 70 per cent of what it produces, has also been under pressure from a softer euro against the dollar, which cuts profits for exporters to the region.

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Michelin Sues Dynamic, Sherkin Over Copyright Infringement

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(Akron/Tire Review) Michelin North America (MNA) has filed a copyright infringement suit against Dynamic Tire Cor. and its president, Robert Sherkin, in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York.

At the same time, MNA’s Canadian unit filed suit against Dynamic, which is based in Toronto, and Sherkin alleging infringement of two Canadian Industrial Designs by Dynamic’s distribution of Triangle TR696 and Triangle TR689 tyres. Michelin also seeks an injunction to halt distribution of these tires along with an award of damages and costs.

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Leading Associations Join Tyre Industry Federation

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The Tyre Industry Federation (TIF) has strengthened its position as the leading authority for the tyre industry by voting to accept the Industrial Tyre Association, National Tyre Distributors Association, Retread Manufacturers Association and Tyre Recovery Association. The federation now includes all the significant associations within the tyre industry and is representative of the whole tyre supply and disposal chain in the UK.

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Audi Banks on Diesel for Le Mans

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Audi hopes that its brand-new R-10 will become the first-ever diesel car to be victorious at the Le Mans 24-Hour race next June. The 650 bhp car will be fitted with what are described as “wider and grippier” Michelin tyres.

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