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Bridgestone Expands Aircraft Retreading Plant

Bridgestone Aircraft Tire (Europe) sa/nv in Frameries is expanding capacity to keep pace with increased aircraft production worldwide from Airbus and Boeing. A reinvigorated European aviation market and soaring demand from new and existing Middle Eastern fleets is a major influence in projected growth. According to the company, Bridgestone Aircraft Tire (Europe) is market leader with a share of around 50 per cent. “So far we have retreaded some 2 million tyres which is equal to the tyre supply of Lufthansa Airlines for some 120 years,” company representatives told Tyres & Accessories.

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Tiger Wheels to Spin Off Tyre Outlets

Early in November Tiger Wheels announced restructuring plans, which would see the company divest its entire shareholding in South African retailer Tiger Wheel & Tyre and wholesale tyre businesses in the UK and SA. These businesses would list on the JSE (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) as Tiger Automotive Limited (TAL). The move would spell the end of the interdependent relationship between the company’s German-based subsidiary and aluminium wheel producer ATS Beteiligungsgesellschaft (ATS) and the after-market retail and wholesale operations.

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Michelin and Transaid at Lord Mayor’s Show

Michelin used its float at the London Lord Mayor’s Show to promote a message of Global Road Safety with help from international transport skills development charity Transaid. The Lord Mayor’s Show is an 800 year old tradition, and an estimated half a million people turned out to line the streets of the City of London to cheer the floats on, with millions more watching the BBC’s live coverage.

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Goodyear Achieves Record Sales in Third Quarter

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today reported third quarter sales of $5.3 billion, a record for any quarter and a 6 per cent improvement compared to the year-ago period excluding the impact of businesses divested in 2005, and despite the strategic decision to exit certain segments of the private label tyre business in North America.

Third quarter 2006 sales were driven by improved pricing and product mix, particularly in North American Tire, and the favourable impact of currency translation, estimated at $77 million. All five of the company’s tyre businesses achieved sales that were a record for any quarter.

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Tyre Prices Set to Soar In South Africa

A weaker rand in recent months and price increases in raw material has put pressure on the South African (SA) tyre industry, according to the chief executive at Continental Tyres SA. Claudio Boezio told journalists the last 18 months had been expensive for the manufacturing industry.

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The Solution and the Cure – Chemvulc Marketing

Chemvulc Marketing manufacture, wholesale and retail the Chemvulc range of tube and tyre repair materials. A complete portfolio of tyre tools, weights, accessories, inflation equipment, automotive valves for passenger to earthmover tyres, retreading equipment and consumables, are produced. These products are supplied to a wide range of tyre dealers and retreaders throughout South Africa and bordering nations. The company has some 60 per cent of the market in tyre repair materials in South Africa. Exports to other countries are constantly developing and enquiries are invited from perspective customers anywhere in the world.

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Chinese Manufacturers Focus on OTR Tyres

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Chinese manufacturers want to and, in fact, already are benefiting from strong international demand for OTR tyres. One company that follows these lines very closely is the China Noble OTR Tyre Co., Ltd. When at the turn of the century it was becoming more evident that there was going to be a strong growth on the profitable OTR tyre market, Noble Tyre decided to jump on the bandwagon. The company’s co-founder Sky Zhuang said in an interview with Tyres & Accessories that this was the time when Noble decided to change its production plans. The company used to produce truck tyres and then changed over to the production of OTR tyres and thus invested considerable amounts of money from 2001 onwards.

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Sibur Launches First All-Steel TBR

Sibur Russian Tyres Holding (SRT) has launched the first all-steel truck radial tyre made in Russia. Tubeless truck radials (branded TyRex) were recently produced at one of the company’s tyre plants and are reportedly fitted to MAN, Volvo, Scania, MAZ, KamAZ vehicles. Sibur is planning to reach 370,000 units per year in all-steel truck tyre production. About 30 per cent will be exported. There are already said to be potential clients among leading distributors in Eastern and Western Europe. Increasing demand is expected from the Middle East and Northern Africa.

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Tyrexpo Africa 2006 – Met with Great Enthusiasm

For the first time since the early eighties, South Africa hosted its own dedicated tyre trade event. The three-day exhibition was held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg where over 110 national and international exhibitors took part. According to the organisers, a total of 2738 tyre trade professionals, from 44 countries, attended the show. In addition to those from within South Africa, others came from Botswana, Burundi, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Samoa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. More international visitors came from Australia, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, U.A.E and the US.

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Bridgestone SA Introduces ‘Super’ Range of Truck Tyres

Bridgestone South Africa has introduced a new ‘Super’ range of the company’s well known Firestone HP3000, PSD3000 and UT3000 steel cord radial truck tyres. According to Bridgestone SA vice president of sales and marketing, Johnny Kuroki, the new range is much improved despite the fact that there is no change in external appearance. Allegedly, the changes are the result of ongoing research and development and the range incorporates Bridgestone’s latest design and manufacturing technology.

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OTR Tyres Install Europe’s Biggest Remould Press

Leading earthmover tyre specialist OTR Tyres Ltd, has just installed the largest bead to bead fully automated tubeless remould earthmover tyre press in Europe at their factory near Alfreton, Derbyshire. The company reports that the new equipment weighs in at over 75 tonnes and, following installation at OTR’s Somercoates headquarters, is ready to produce massive 2700 R49 tyres. OTR has been supplying, servicing and retreading EM tyres for more than 25 years, but the current shortage of earthmover tyres has seen the company invest over £750,000 on the latest equipment, much of it designed by OTR to suit customer demand.

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Pirelli Believes in Young Managers

At just 34 years old Gianluca Lionetto was appointed as managing director of Pirelli Asia in July, gaining responsibility for Pirelli activities in 14 Asian countries excluding China and Japan. Before taking on this new role Lionetto spent one year as a managing director in South Africa, following two years as marketing director there. His successor as head of Pirelli South Africa is 35 year-old Alessandro Marchi.

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Tyrexpo Africa Success

After more than a quarter of a century since the last tyre show in the country, the recent Tyrexpo Africa 2006 held in South Africa was a great success. Based at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, more than a hundred national and international exhibitors took part, including Michelin, Bandag and Vipal as well as many international wholesalers. The show’s floorspace was sold out. The organisers, ECI, were optimistic about the response to the show and said that the next step is to follow this exhibition with an even bigger event in 2008. The first comments from exhibitors sounded positive. The exact visitor statistics will be published later this week.

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New Arnco Europe Management

Due to their success in building a global market for Arnco flat proofing products for off-road vehicles, Matt Pearson has been promoted to managing director of Arnco Europe and Andrew Elliot has been named as director of sales for Asia. The appointments were announced by Arnco president, Larry Carapellotti, who added that the tireless effort of both individuals has helped Arnco Europe achieve record breaking sales for the last several years.

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Companies Continue to Commit to Brityrex

Stand bookings for the next Brityrex International exhibition, to be held at the G-MEX Exhibition Centre, Manchester from 1-3 May 2007, are coming in at a steady pace, according to the organisers ECI International. Sometimes the pace is more than steady, such as the day in August when three separate companies confirmed their attendance at the show. The three were Snap-on Equipment, Tyreco and Rema Tip Top UK and Tyres & Accessories asked them their reasons for booking space at the show.

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