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14701

Bridgestone Aircraft Tyre Retreading Underway in China

A new Bridgestone retreading facility for aircraft tyres celebrated its official opening on July 26. The plant, operated by Bridgestone Aircraft Tire Co. (China) Ltd. and located in Qingdao is intended to primarily meet the tyre requirements of China’s numerous airlines. The opening of the Qingdao facility sees the global number of Bridgestone aircraft tyre retreading facilities increase to five, the others being located in Japan, the US, Belgium and Hong Kong.

Bridgestone aircraft tyre operations are rounded out by its facility for manufacturing new aircraft radials in Kurume, Japan. Production in Kurume is set to rise dramatically upon the opening of its second plant on the site, which is scheduled to begin operation during the second half of 2008. Within three years this second plant will see Bridgestone’s new aircraft radial output double.

14702

Four Decades of Innovation

Fasep has been manufacturing tyre servicing equipment since 1969 when it introduced the Apsera, the company’s very first on the car wheel balancer. Since that time the Italian firm has been an innovator in the field, introducing the world’s first monitor equipped wheel balancer in 1983 – the Videotronic 2000 – and the first computer controlled balancer in 1989.

The company’s latest wheel balancers, including the Videotronic Omega 585, benefit from this pedigree. The V585 can balance wheels with rims between 8 and 26-inches in diameter (or 8 and 23-inches if using the Alu-S function on alloy wheels), measuring a wheel’s balance within 4 to 15 seconds. The balancer utilises the same 16-bit technology Fasep is introducing on all new wheel balancing equipment, the advantage being that more accurate readings can be obtained from balancing performed at speeds under 100rpm. In fact, Fasep claim that low speed balancing – the V585 operates at 98rpm – is 16 times more accurate than high speed balancing using the previous 10-bit microprocessors.

14703

Goodyear Dunlop Invests in Next Tread Production Machinery

Next Tread, the commercial vehicle retread business of the Goodyear Dunlop group, has announced an investment in new machinery at its Wolverhampton plant. The investment in nail-hole detection equipment, which will be used on every tyre that enters the Next Tread process, is designed to ensure that Next Tread tyres are only produced using the best quality used truck and bus tyres (casings) available. This new-generation machinery is an integral part of the Next Tread Quality Assurance process and will be used on every tyre before it enters the retreading process.

Next Tread products are warranted for four years and are produced to the highest standards. Only quality casings, such as from Goodyear and Dunlop, are used to ensure the total quality of the product and its performance. The new machinery detects hole damage in the casing that may be invisible to the naked eye.

14704

Bridgestone Confirms F1 Tyre Choices

Following three days of testing at Belgium’s recently reconfigured Spa-Francorchamps circuit Bridgestone has deemed the time right to reveal the tyre compounds to be used by competitors for the final races of the 2007 season.

“Last week’s (July 10-12) test at Spa provided the final pieces of information we needed before we could confirm our choices of Bridgestone Potenza compound for the remainder of the season,” said Kees van de Grint, Bridgestone Motorsport head of Track Engineering Operations.

The usual soft and medium compounds will be put into play at the Italian, Belgian and Japanese Grands Prix, while the race in Shanghai will see the use of medium and hard compound tyres. At the season finale in Brazil Bridgestone has opted to make use of the soft and super soft tyres.

14705

Sri Lankan Govt Tyre Factory Reaches End of Line

The bicycle tyre manufacturing facility in the Sri Lankan town of Mawanella operated by the Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing and Export Corporation, a body owned and controlled by the nation’s Ministry of Plantation Industries, has ended production and remains closed. Local media reports indicate that plant machinery is in a state of decline and the factory buildings have become ‘dilapidated.’

The plant was established in 1974 under a United Nations Development programme at a cost of £17 million. However the machinery in use was said to be sub-standard, resulting in the poor performance of the company’s tyres in the marketplace.

14706

Sumitomo Expects Much From China

For Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. –Japan’s second largest tyre manufacturer after Bridgestone – the Chinese tyre market is a market of overwhelming potential. Although the company currently only generates an annual turnover of US$112 million in China out of a market worth $4.59 billion – a share of only 2.5 per cent, China is the market possessing by far the greatest growth rates for the Kobe based manufacturer. Compared with 2005 figures, Sumitomo’s Chinese turnover has doubled. And Sumitomo’s president Tetsuji Mino doesn’t expect less for 2007; an annual turnover of $220 million is the minimum Sumitomo plans to generate this year on the Chinese tyre market. “The growth potential of Asian tyre markets is just enormous,“ Mino stated in an interview.

14707

A Well Balanced Range from Gemco

Gemco Equipment Ltd, part of Denmark’s 90-year old Stenhøj Group, is said to be the largest supplier of tyre bay equipment in the UK, and the company offers not one but two lines of tyre changers and wheel balancers – their own Dunlop brand and the highly regarded Mondolfo Ferro range from Italy, for whom Gemco acts as UK representative.

Mondolfo Ferro has been selling their equipment in overseas markets since 1965 and today the company continues its focus on product development to ensure its machines maintain a leading technological edge. In the UK Gemco markets three Mondolfo products of particular interest – the Aquila AS944 tyre changer and the MT2080 and MT2680 wheel balancers.

14708

Chinese Pioneer Still Going Strong

Double Coin tyres are produced by Shanghai Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd., the oldest tyre manufacturer in China – the company was established in Shanghai in the early 1930s as a manufacturer of rubber products and tyres. In its current form the company was established in 1992 when two tyre factories based in Shanghai were merged (Shanghai Ta Chung Hua Rubber Factory and Shanghai Tsen Tai Rubber Factory). This 75 per cent state-owned company, located on the outskirts of Shanghai, mainly manufactures all-steel radial truck tyres, bias-ply truck tyres, radial as well as diagonal light truck tyres and agricultural tyres.

According to the manufacturer approximately 350 different tyre specifications are available. Products are marketed in 80 different countries and are DOT- and E-marked for export markets; they also carry a CCC mark (China Compulsory Certification) for the local market. The two brands the tyre manufacturer is primarily known for are Double Coin and Warrior. These brands are well received on both European and Chinese tyre markets.

14709

Changing Places

Working from a service van or trailer has been made easier by the introduction of Rema Tip Top’s Unimont truck tyre changer. Suitable for both fixed workshop or mobile service, the Unimont features a newly developed telescopic slide that enables mobile users to work outside their service vehicle and quickly and safely mount or demount tyres from 15 degree drop centre rims between 16.5 and 24.5 inches in size. And as a service van needs no special adaptation to accommodate the Unimont, the unit is truly is mobile and can be easily transferred from one vehicle to another.

Once familiar with the Unimont an operator can typically remove a truck tyre from its rim and replace it in under ten minutes, whether in the workshop or out on the road. In mobile operation it only takes a few seconds to position the unit outside the vehicle and a similar time to return the Unimont to its storage position. Following bead breaking via an electrically turned wheel the bead is dismounted through the bead-breaking cylinder in a one-step operation.

14710

Pirelli to Build ‘Next Mirs’ Plant in Italy

Pirelli Tyre is planning to build a state-of-the-art industrial centre in the Settimo Torinese area of Italy, having signed an agreement with the Piedmont Regional, Turin Provincial, and Settimo Torinese Authorities. The new plant, will produce car and truck tyres, using “ecologically sustainable Next Mirs technology,” according to the company, making it the most modern Pirelli production facility worldwide. As part of the agreement with local authorities Pirelli Tyre and Turin Politecnico have agreed to cooperate on future research and technological projects.

Pirelli currently has two production facilities in the Settimo Torinese area. The industrial regeneration plan will entail transferring the production operations currently carried out in the car-tyre plant to the truck-tyre plant. Amalgamating the two facilities in this way will pave the way for inaugurating a modern centre.

14711

Enviro-mentality Central to Kwik-Fit Winning Grosvenor Leasing Deal

A significant environmental focus contributed to Kwik-Fit Fleet winning a new contract to supply a range of fast-fit services to Grosvenor Contracts Leasing. The new preferred supplier agreement builds on a business partnership between the two organisations stretching back almost 25 years and will run until December 31, 2008. Kettering-based Grosvenor Contracts Leasing is the UK’s largest independent contract hire and fleet management provider with 8,500 cars and light commercials on its books. The company has recently achieved ISO14001 accreditation – the international environmental management standard.

14712

Pirelli Workers At Carlisle Vote To Strike

A report in the local paper the News and Star says that 700 workers at Pirelli’s factory in Carlisle have voted to strike on three days in August, after the company said that it was going to outsource five jobs to outside workers. This will be only the second strike at the factory since it opened in 1969 and the three days chosen are August 3, 4 and 17.

700 workers represent 70 per cent of the workforce and Pirelli has to decide whether it will be worthwhile opening the factory with so many absent. Complete closure would mean a loss of production of around 10,000 tyres a day.

14713

F1 Gives Indianapolis the Red Flag

The famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway will not resound to the screeching of Bridgestone Formula One tyres in 2008 following the decision to scrap the event after eight lukewarm years. Bernie Ecclestone’s verdict on the race was announced on July 12, a decision that the speedway’s CEO hopes will be a temporary one.

“It’s my sincere hope that we’ll have the opportunity to bring it back in the not-too-distant future,” said speedway CEO Tony George. “Eight years ago, it was our intent to host this event on an annual basis. While I still hold hope for the future that we’ll be able to bring it back, its tough to have a hiatus like this, and I view it as such. I’m going to continue to work on this to try to bring it back to the best of my ability as soon as possible.”

The US Grand Prix on average attracted around 125,000 spectators, which while respectable in terms of F1 attendance was smaller than any other event held at the speedway. In comparison, attendance at the Indianapolis 500 has been estimated at around 300,000 people. George believes the US Grand Prix could have drawn larger crowds had it been given the opportunity to better establish itself through sponsorship and the media.

14714

Former BKT CEO & Equity Firm Buy Alliance Tire

Former Balkrisha Tyres CEO Yogesh Mahansaria and global private equity company Warburg Pincus have jointly acquired Israel’s Alliance Tire Co. for approximately US$150 million. The new owners intend to establish a greenfield facility in India to complement the agricultural and OTR tyre specialist’s existing Israel based production, with the facility in India serving as a site for the low cost sourcing of products.

Joseph Anglister, president of Alliance Tire said “we welcome the new ownership. An investment by a leading international investor such as Warburg Pincus combined with Yogesh Mahansaria’s extensive experience in the off-highway tyre industry will provide an impetus to our long-term objective of growing Alliance’s product library, strengthening our relationship with existing customers and tapping new markets.”

14715

Conti Selected for Land Rover Experience Tour

The Land Rover Experience Tour is considered one of the most challenging tests faced by all-terrain vehicles, and this year, for the first time, the Experience Tour will be run exclusively using 4×4 tyres manufactured by Continental. Conti and Land Rover worked together and ran a number of tests during the tyre selection period, and Land Rover has settled on two types of all-terrain tyres that it believes will provide the best possible traction on asphalt, scree, rubble, sand and mud.

For its Defender, Land Rover selected the ContiCrossContact AT in 235/85 R 16 size, and the Land Rover Discovery was fitted with General Tire Grabber AT2 in 255/60 R 18 size. The Tour took place from 27 June to 7 July in the Argentinean Andes. Three Land Rover Discoveries were used for pre-event reconnaissance, during which the lead instructors mapped out possible routes and diversions. According to Conti, the lead instructors were “surprised at the wide ranging performance” provided by the Continental tyres. “We just can’t believe your tyres enabled us to reach some of those places,” they reported.

Continental has supplied Land Rover with almost 40 per cent of its OE tyres for a number of years, making it the marque’s largest supplier.

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