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Strikes at Bridgestone NZ

Staff at Bridgestone’s Christchurch tyre plant will start picketing today, reports a New Zealand newspaper, in protest of their unsettled wage claims.
The workers, members of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union (EPMU), have been on an indefinite strike since 9 April after negotiations with the company broke down on 21 March.

Union delegate Dave Cahill said that the workers want a five per cent pay rise, shift allowances and a minimum of nine statutory holidays each year. An irregularity in the existing agreement meant some staff received as few as three statutory days off annually, he said.

26th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Striking Cooper Employees Return to Work

(Akron/Tire Review) About 1,700 union workers at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s Texarkana, Ark. plant are returning to work, ending a month-long strike.

Last week, it was reported that a tentative agreement between the United Steelworkers of America Local 752L and Cooper had been reached.

Yesterday, 708 employees approved the contract proposal, while 632 members voted against it.

Details of the agreement were not obtainable at the time of print.

12th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Avon Takes Australian Control Tyre Contract Again

Avon Tyres Racing and the Ford Racing Formula Ford Australian championship will continue their association due to the recent selection of the Avon ACB10 Semi Slick as ‘control tyre’ for a further six years. Completion of the agreement in 2010 will make Avon’s 15-year control tyre selection the longest such arrangement in the world, says the manufacturer.

Commenting on Avon’s involvement in the Australian Formula Ford championship, Julian Baldwin, Avon Tyres’ director of marketing and motorsport, said: “As part of Avon’s worldwide support of the Formula Ford class we are very happy to be associated, once again and on a continuing basis, with the Formula Ford Australian championship.”

11th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Agreement Reached On Cooper Strike

(Akron/Tire Review) Reports out of Texarkana, Arkansas, indicate that a tentative agreement has been reached between Cooper Tire & Rubber Co and striking United Steelworkers of America (USWA) employees. No details of the agreement, believed to be a three-year deal, are available.

8th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

SmarTire Offered on Luxury Motorhomes

SmarTire’s active tyre monitoring system is now available on a luxury line of motorhomes
Smartire has announced that Western Recreational Vehicles Inc. is offering SmarTire’s active TPMS as optional equipment on their prestigious Alpine Coach Limited Series line of recreational vehicles. With over 34 years of recreational vehicle manufacturing experience, Western RV is one of the top producers in the US of diesel powered Class “A” motorhomes.

7th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Firestone Sponsors PPIR

Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, (BFNT) has signed a new sponsorship agreement with Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR). The Firestone brand will now serve as the official tyre of PPIR for the Indy Racing League’s Honda Indy 225 IndyCar Series race on 21 August.

“Becoming the Official Tyre at Pikes Peak International Raceway provides us a tremendous opportunity at Firestone,” said Al Speyer, executive director of motorsports, BFNT. “PPIR is in a great setting, with Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains as a majestic backdrop, and in the middle of a growing Colorado market where the Firestone brand is assured of receiving excellent exposure. We’re quite pleased with the agreement and look forward to building on the Firestone-PPIR relationship to make racing even more popular with area fans.”

31st March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

ATD to Supply GM Dealers

(Akron/Tire Review) American Tire Distributors (ATD), the largest independent retailer in the US, has entered into a contract to supply tyres directly to some 3,700 General Motors brand auto dealers in the US.

ATD plans to provide an array of major brand passenger and light truck/SUV tyres to Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, Saab and GMC Truck dealers under the new agreement.

ATD, which has 71 distribution centres across most of the US, would be the primary replacement tyre supplier to GM dealers, according to the agreement, but reportedly will not actively solicit business from the car dealers. Reports also say that ATD is looking at developing similar deals with other vehicle manufacturers.

31st March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Sponsor BTCC

Dunlop will be the title sponsor of the MSA British Touring Car Championship for the next three years. As the sole tyre supplier to the BTCC for the past two seasons this latest agreement extends the relationship and reinforces the manufacturer’s brand marketing programme.

21st March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Talks Break Down

(Texarkana/Tire Review) Talks between Cooper Tire & Rubber Co and members of USWA Local 752 at Cooper’s Texarkana, Arkansas, tyre plant reportedly broke off 14 March, leaving the passenger and light truck/SUV tyre plant operating on a skeleton crew as union workers picket outside.

17th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

SmarTire Signs With Travel Technology Innovations

SmarTire Systems Inc has announced that it has signed an agreement with Travel Technology Innovations, LLC (TTI) to distribute SmarTire’s active tyre monitoring systems. TTI is a newly formed, Detroit based joint venture between Detroit Chassis LLC and Redmer Industries that was created to market and sell SmarTire products. Both companies bring an extensive and successful track record of supplying original equipment and aftermarket parts and services to the automotive, recreational vehicle and transportation industries.

16th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

MAHA and Scania Sign Global Agreement

Scania have awarded MAHA the status of Preferred Supplier for the supply of truck testing and service equipment. Scania wanted a uniform standard of service and test equipment for all their workshops throughout the world, to ensure that the very high standards that they require from their dealers are achieved.

15th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Pay Dispute Worsens

Workers at the Michelin tyre factory in Stoke-on-Trent have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over pay. The workers had previously decided to take measures including ‘working to rule,’ but then suspended preparations following a “positive” meeting with management. Now around 400 members of the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) have decided to demonstrate outside the Remix plant. An overtime ban has been in place since 6:00am on Friday. As a result of the action, production at the plant is said to be very slightly down.

15th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Penske Names Goodyear as 2004 Tire Supplier of the Year

Penske Truck Leasing has named The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company as 2004 Tire Supplier of the Year. Goodyear supplies Penske with a variety of truck tyres, including replacement and retreaded. In 2004, Penske extended a primary supplier agreement with Goodyear until at least 2008.

14th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Commercial Register Entry Seals Phoenix Takeover

Continental AG, Hanover, can now proceed with the integration of the Hamburg-based Phoenix AG into its ContiTech AG subsidiary. The control and profit and loss transfer agreement between ContiTech AG as con-trolling enterprise and Phoenix AG as dependent enterprise was entered into the commercial register on 9 March, 2005. The agreement, approved at an extraordinary meeting of Phoenix AG shareholders on 28 December, 2004, can therefore go to effect.

10th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Working Time Directive Could Affect Fitters

When the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations come into effect on 23 March 2005 they are likely to affect tyre fitters, the NTDA has reported. From the start, workers covered by the regulations will be limited to working an average 48-hour week that will be calculated over a 17-week period. While it will be possible to extend this period to 26 weeks by using a collective or workforce agreement, the maximum working time allowed in any single week will be 60 hours. The worker cannot ‘opt-out’ of either the maximum average working week or single week maximum hours.

The Regulations will apply to those persons who are mobile workers currently covered by the EU drivers’ rules i.e. those persons who work within the transport industry operating either goods vehicles, or passenger vehicles transporting more than eight seated passengers. Self-employed drivers will not be covered by the provisions until 23 March 2009. Mobile workers also need to comply with existing EU drivers’ hours rules in addition to the new regulations.

10th March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors