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Derco Signs Agreement with Michelin Aircraft Tire Company

Sikorsky Aerospace Services company, Derco Aerospace, has signed a new agreement with Michelin Aircraft Tire Company today that will support Derco’s distribution of Michelin’s military aircraft tyres around the world. Aircraft platforms supported under the agreement include, but are not limited to, the C-130, L-100, F-16, KC-135, P-3, UH-60 and Mirage.

“Derco is pleased to continue its relationship with Michelin Aircraft Tire Company to provide our worldwide customer base with high-quality Michelin tyre products,” said Paul Fuhrmann, Derco’s director of OEM & Repair Solutions. “Teaming with Michelin on this new agreement allows us better service our customers with immediate stock availability and competitive pricing for aircraft tyre products.”

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Dunlop Aircraft Appoints China Plant Head

Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft Tyres Company has appointed KK Chan as general manager of its new aircraft retreading and new tyre distribution facility in China. The company is a joint venture with Birmingham-based Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, HAECO (Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company) and TAECO (Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Company). Based in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, the company’s new facility is already distributing new tyres throughout the Asia Pacific region and is reportedly going through the approvals process to start retreading.

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Goodyear Commemorates Centenary of Taking to the Skies

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It’s been a century since Goodyear introduced the first specialised aviation tyre and made travel by aeroplane – at least the part involving contact with the ground – a simpler and more comfortable affair. The Goodyear Wing Aeroplane Tire, introduced in 1909, was designed by Goodyear’s engineers to be lightweight, puncture resistant and easy to remove. A hundred years later the company remains strongly involved in the aviation tyre business, and has observed its centenary with the introduction of a new innovation and expanded product range.

“Nobody could have envisioned that Goodyear’s aviation business would last at least 100 years,” said Pierre Jambon, general manager, Global Aviation. “But we’ve prospered by doing the same things that we did at the beginning: develop innovative new products to fulfil the changing needs of the aviation industry.”

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Yokohama Withdraws from Aircraft Tyre Business

Yokohama Rubber has been manufactured and sold aircraft tyres, both new and retreaded, to the Japanese military and to Japanese domestic airlines since 1940, however the company has now decided to withdraw from this business. According to Yokohama, this decision was taken as aircraft tyre sales constitute only a minor part of Yokohama Rubber’s entire business, and do not offer strong future growth potential.

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From Shearography to Pressure Testing

During the last decade Germany’s SDS has contribute to tyre quality via its Interferometric Tire Tester (ITT) range. The product line extends from applications for motorcycle, race, car, truck, bus and aircraft tyres through to special applications for OTR tyres with an outer diameter of up to 4.2 metres. But what exactly takes place during the SDS sheography process?

The ITT series’ state of the art technology employs “Speckle Shearing” through the use of a single or multiple closed measuring set-up that contains an interferometer with CCD camera and multiple laser diodes with integrated optics.

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Kumho Wins Award for its Aircraft Tyres

Kumho Tires has won a South Korean award for its aircraft tyres. It was bestowed the Minister’s Prize of Knowledge Economy (Award for Excellence) at the ‘2008 Awards and Selection of Top 10 Technologies’ ceremony held in Seoul on December 22, 2008.

San Kim the manager at Kumho’s Airplane Tire Development Team who accepted the award, said “the selection of the airplane tyres of Kumho Tires as one of the top ten new technologies is very meaningful to us. We have contributed to national economic growth by developing the first airline tires for export.”

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Michelin Delivers 250,000th Aircraft Tyre To US Navy

A milestone was reached by Michelin Aircraft Tire Company on December 2 when the company delivered its 250,000th aircraft tyre to the United States Navy in support of its Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract. The quarter-millionth tyre was for the nose landing gear of a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet, and was hand-delivered by Brett Carnes, director of North American military sales and Colleen Cassidy, program manager, to Air Wing Commander Captain Thomas Halley of US Naval Air Station Oceana, located in Norfolk, Virginia. Also in attendance was Sandy Ebenhoech, program analyst with Lockheed Martin.

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Union Official, Politicians Lash Out at Dunlop India Chief

Dunlop India chief managing director Pawan Ruia has been reportedly accused of cheating the company’s workers. This accusation, printed in the Times of India, was made by Centre of Indian Trade Unions state secretary Kali Ghosh and members of parliament Rupchand Pal and Shantosree Chatterjee (both from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party). The union official and two politicians, says the newspaper, are of the opinion that Dunlop’s Sahaganj facility should be handed over to India’s Ministry of Defence.

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Goodyear Releases Aviation Tyre for Business Jet Sector

The Goodyear has introduced its Flight Eagle LT (Light Turbine) tyre for the rapidly growing entry level, very light and light jet business segments. The new tyre is an extension of Goodyear’s Flight Eagle line of aviation tyres, a leading choice for business jets.

“Throughout our 100 year history, Goodyear Aviation has been involved in many aviation developments,” said Pierre Jambon, general manager of Goodyear’s Global Aviation Business. “From supplying tyres to the Wright brothers, to providing the right tyres for Embraer’s newest personal jets, we have earned our reputation as an innovator. The business and personal jet category is our next step in this progression. We are pleased to launch this product for aviation’s newest segment, the light turbines.”

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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres to Supply Fast Growing Turkish Carrier

The decision by Pegasus, Turkey’s fastest growing airline, to double its fleet with the purchase of 24 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft has been well received at Dunlop Aircraft Tyres. The Birmingham based operation has been selected to supply tyres for the new airliners.

“The news that Pegasus Airlines is doubling the size of its Boeing 737-800 fleet is positive for the company and our workforce in Birmingham,” said Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ chairman, Ian Edmondson. “Tyres made at our site in Erdington are among those fitted to the fleet by a company in Turkey that carries out maintenance, repair and overhaul to the aircraft.”

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Michelin Signs 10-Year Tyre Deal With Emirates

Michelin reports it has signed a ten-year agreement for the supply of aircraft tyres to the airline Emirates. The deal, the total value of which has not been disclosed, will see all 58 Airbus A380 airliners ordered by the Dubai based carrier fitted with the Michelin rubber.

Deliveries of the A380 to Emirates began in July and will continue until 2013. When the total Emirates A380 fleet is in service, the airline will be the world’s largest operator of the new double-deck aircraft

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Ex-Michelin America Executive Dies

The management at Michelin North America have been paying tribute to a former top executive who died on Monday. Ronald C. Musgnug retired from his position at the head of the Michelin Aircraft Tires division in 1997, but will be remembered as “a true pioneer” of the company’s North American operations. Current executive vice president of Michelin North America, Wayne Culbertson said that “Above all the strong leaders in our company, Ron stood out.”

Musgnug – a New York native – graduated from Adelphia University with a degree in Chemistry and an MBA. Before joining Michelin, he was a sharpshooter in the Marines, worked on the Lunar Excursion Module that first landed on the moon and was involved in Grumman’s F14 fighter jet project. He became Michelin’s first US plant manager at Greenville Donaldson in 1974, followed by stints as Anderson plant manager and head of manufacturing for Michelin Canada. In 1986, he became head of all North American manufacturing and then, in 1993, the worldwide role of global president of Michelin Aircraft Tyres was his.

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Michelin Acknowledged For Supply to US Military

Two Michelin North America divisions have been acknowledged by the US military for their tyre quality and delivery service. The Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) awarded Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) and Michelin Aircraft Tire Co. (MATC) Best Value Medal silver awards August 26.

Michelin is one of 89 companies among the DSCC’s 82,000 suppliers to receive the military’s Best Value Medal. The military’s Best Value Medal is awarded to companies that have demonstrated exceptional quality and delivery performance as measured by the Automated Best Value System (ABVS), a computerised system that collects a vendor’s past performance data and translates it into a numeric score ranging from zero to a perfect 100.

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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Announces New Research Head

Dr Wei Ding has been unveiled as the newly created head of research at Dunlop Aircraft Tyres. He will develop and implement the forthcoming research strategy for the manufacturer, reporting to Martin Pye, the Birmingham-based tyre maker’s technical director.

Wei arrives at Dunlop from his position as project manager for tyre research and team leader for tyre and brake modelling and simulation at Airbus. His employment in the new position is directly related to the company’s expansion strategy, states chairman Ian Edmondson: “We are looking to get closer to the airframe constructors and Wei’s background will mean that we are better placed to develop new products that meet their future needs.”

Dr Wei has been a research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Materials Processing, after which he worked as a senior engineer in the automotive tyre industry. He is a chartered engineer, and his latest task will be to oversee growth, as Dunlop seeks to consolidate and improve its position in the aeronautical industry as the sole specialist aircraft tyre manufacturer.

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Aircraft Tyre Production Begins at Bridgestone’s Tokyo Plant

Production of new aircraft radial tyres has begun at Bridgestone’s Tokyo Plant in August, reports the company following the completion of the facility’s initial phase. Once the Tokyo Plant is fully completed, which will likely occur by the end of 2011, Bridgestone estimates the factory’s overall production capacity of new aircraft tyres will be approximately 2.5 times the current level.

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