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Aeolus Tyre to show international customers ‘clear strategic direction’

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ChemChina’s Aeolus Tyre will exhibit in Hall 3 at Reifen 2016 (stand A45), with a larger booth than in 2014 displaying its major product ranges. Thomas Wohlgemuth, European sales and marketing manager at Aeolus Western Europe (Consumer Tyres), is looking forward to the exhibition: “What we will show our international customers is a future-proof company with a clear strategic direction. We would also like to further establish ourselves as a strong and reliable commercial partner.”

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Full force in all segments: Heuver Tyrewholesale & its renewed focus on agricultural tyres

It is now half a century since Mans Heuver entered the tyre business, swapping his job as truck driver for that of tyre dealer and opening a small shop in Den Ham, the Netherlands. Over time he and his two sons, Jan and Bertus, transformed this business into a large wholesale operation bearing their name, Heuver Tyrewholesale. But while the company is looking back on its history throughout the course of this year, Heuver Tyrewholesale is also looking forward to the future. This year sees the wholesaler renew its focus on the agricultural market and increase its efforts with OEM partners.

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Pirelli to sell truck tyres in the North America

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Pirelli has begun plans to sell truck and bus tyres in the United States and Canada through a new entity, TP Commercial Solutions LLC. The move represents an expansion into North America of Pirelli’s industrial business unit, currently headed at the group level by Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera.It also follows plans to separate Pirelli’s car and truck tyre businesses, which was initiated in practice by a stock market filing published on 21 March in China. This filing saw China National Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. (ChemChina’s tyre division known as CNRC) announce it had signed a “material asset reorganisation framework agreement” with Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd including the creation of a China-based Pirelli TBR company.

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Wang Feng resigns as Aeolus Tyre chairman

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Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd. has reported the resignation of its chairman Wang Feng. In a Chinese-language statement issued on 15 March, the tyre maker shared that Mr Wang has resigned due to “job changes.”

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Kings Road Tyres expands exclusive Blacklion TBR range

Kings Road Tyres (KRT) has added three new sizes to its exclusive Blacklion range of products for the haulage sector. New for 2016 are the BT165 and BD175 steer and drive axle tyres, available in popular sizes 295/80R22.5, 315/80R22.5 and 315/70R22.5.

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Heuver Tyrewholesale refreshes its Aeolus Tyres website

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The exclusive importer of the Aeolus truck, agricultural and OTR tyre ranges in eight European countries has launched an upgraded website for the range. Heuver Tyrewholesale says the new aeolus-tyres.com offers end users an overview of the whole range and allows them to search for specific tyres by application, axle position, vehicle type or size. The mobile and tablet-friendly site also features downloadable information and details of dealers in the eight target markets.

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Heuver Tyrewholesale turnover up 18% in 2015

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In 2015 Heuver Tyrewholesale increased turnover by 18 per cent. According to the company, this growth represents a major step towards Heuver’s objective of doubling turnover. There firm was also successful online, where Heuver Tyrewholesale realised growth of 14 per cent via its online channel. In terms of brands, Aeolus and Barkley are said to have made a major contribution to the overall result.

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Heuver appointment to facilitate Aeolus OEM business

Heuver Tyrewholesale sees good opportunities for Aeolus brand commercial vehicle and earthmover tyres with OEM customers in Germany, and to help further its Aeolus activities in the original equipment segment has hired Guido Becker as account manager. Becker will concentrate on looking after the wholesaler’s Aeolus customers from within the tyre trade, freeing up Helmut Haak, who joined Heuver Tyrewholesale as account manager for Southern Germany in 2012, to focus on Aeolus within the OEM segment.

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AE74 a strong addition to Aeolus tyre range, says Heuver

Heuver Tyrewholesale has added the AE74 radial transport tyre to the range of Aeolus agricultural tyres it offers mainland European customers. Commenting on the tyre’s entry into the Aeolus agri portfolio, company director Bertus Heuver said the AE74 is “a very strong addition to our range.” The multi-purpose AE74 is currently available in size 560/60R22.5, and will soon be available in size 560/60R22.5.

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Heuver Tyrewholesale showcases Aeolus, exclusive Barkley brand at Agritechnica 2015

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Heuver Tyrewholesale will give particular attention to the Aeolus and Barkley brands at Agritechnica in Hannover (10-14 November). Aeolus exclusive to Heuver in certain European markets, while the Barkley brand is fully exclusive across the region. Heuver will be located in Hall 22 A14a.

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ChemChina/Aeolus interesting facts

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With the news that Aeolus’ parent company, ChemChina, is now the majority shareholder in Pirelli via a complex ownership structure, we thought it would be fitting to mark the occasion with a few particularly interesting facts about ChemChina’s various tyre operations, which together put the firm’s tyre assets amongst the top three Chinese tyre makers in terms of output:

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19 finalists chosen for 2015 AutoBild winter tyre test

In its annual winter tyre performance survey, German motoring publication AutoBild narrows a wide field of 49 winter tyres and two all-season tyres with wet and snow braking measurements before conducting a full test of a range of characteristics. 19 tyres made it through to the 2015/16 season test, conducted using the tyre size 185/60 R15.

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KRT reports 20% increase in budget truck tyre sales

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Kings Road Tyres (KRT), one of the largest specialist distributors of truck tyres in the UK, has reported substantial growth in sales of its budget ranges of TBR fitments, with volumes up 20 per cent year-on-year. KRT sells a number of exclusive budget brands including Aeolus, Antyre, Fullrun and Blacklion.

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ChemChina Pirelli buy-out underway

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The complete buy-out of Pirelli led by ChemChina is now fully underway, following the passing of the 11 August deal closing date. While the exact process is labyrinthine in its detail, the concise version of events is that ChemChina is buying out Pirelli with the firm’s shares being held by a number of holding companies which are themselves owned by a number of different companies. In short ChemChina, businesses owned by Marco Tronchetti Provera and the Rosneft-owned Luxembourg-based Long Term Investmentss will be the major shareholders.

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Aeolus to launch new winter lines at Reifen 2016

In the coming months the Aeolus tyre range for the European market will expand to include further cold weather products. Aeolus Tyre reports that the first addition to its winter range is currently being evaluated for the TÜV Tire Test Mark; the products have already undergone initial testing by TÜV SÜD and the results have been favourable, and if “weather conditions play out as projected” tests for this quality seal of approval will be completed before the end of this year.

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