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Alcoa launches new 22.5 x 11.75 wheel

Alcoa Wheel Products Europe is introducing a new 22.5 x 11.75 wheel with 120 mm offset and a 5000 kilogram load index for truck front steer axles and trailer axles. According to the company, the new wheel weighs only 23.6 kilos and is available with Ø 26mm mounting holes in four finishes: brushed, mirror polished, Dura-Bright and Dura-Flange. Alco reports that its wheels’ rim flanges are engineered to a unified rim flange design, allowing to accommodate both adhesive and clip-on balancing weights.

28th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

MAN TGX EfficientLine use Alcoa Dura-Bright wheels

A total of 32 new MAN TGX Efficient-Line demonstration vehicles recent left MAN’s truck forum bound for the company’s German sales offices. Aluminium giant and wheelmaker Alcoa reports that MAN’s green truck and the Dura-Bright wheels are a strong partners thanks to the truck’s “advanced drive technology and excellent fuel efficiency, that today’s long-distance transport has the potential to save up to 3 litres of diesel per 100 kilometres.”

18th August 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Wheel attend at the Truckfest South West 2011

Alcoa Wheel Products, which manufactures forged aluminium wheels for trucks, trailers and buses, will be in attendance when Truckfest South West 2011 kicks off on 2 July. To strengthen its position in the UK, Alcoa hired a new UK sales manager in February this year. Crampton brought with him 15 years of experience in the commercial vehicle industry and the company explained that Truckfest South West is a great way for people interested in the company’s products to meet the team.

23rd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa wheels Europe on show at Tip-Ex

Alcoa Wheel Products will be showing its forged aluminium wheels at Tip-Ex show (stand C7-8) between 10 and 12 June. The wheel maker recently added some 17.5” wheels to its portfolio including: a 17.5 x 6.75 10 hole low deck trailer wheel, available in mirror polished version; a 17.5 x 6.75 6 hole truck wheel for medium duty trucks. Alcoa reports that the latest sizes will be available in brushed and Dura-Bright finishes from April 2011 onwards.

10th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa celebrates 125 years of modern aluminium

This year saw a milestone in American history that is “known to few but benefits everyone”, according to American forged aluminium wheel producer Alcoa. “On February 23, 1886, Charles Martin Hall passed an electric current through a molten cryolite-alumina solution to form the first small, shining globules of aluminium, known today as ‘our crown jewels.’

7th April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

CMA appoints new fleet, OE sales manager

The China Manufacturers Association has hired Bob O’Donnell as its new OE and fleet sales manager. O’Donnell comes to CMA with more than 38 years of industry experience, most recently with Xtra Lease and Alcoa Wheel Products.

9th March 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa appoints new UK sales manager

Alcoa Wheel Products has appointed James Crampton as the business’s new UK sales manager. Appointed in a moved that the company said was designed to strengthen its UK position, Crampton brings with him 15 years of experience in the commercial vehicle industry.

9th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Forged Wheels Selected for Ferrari 458 Italia

Alcoa’s automotive wheels business secured the contract to supply lightweight forged aluminium wheels for critically acclaimed Ferrari 458 Italia. The deal, which was sealed at the end of October 2010, sees the company supply forged aluminium wheel technology that ensures that the front wheel weighs just 10.3 kilos, while the rear wheel weighs 11.5 kilos, a significant saving compared to a typical cast aluminium wheel and a result that is only achievable with a forging process.

9th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

New 22.5 x 11.75 Alcoa Wheel Offers 5000 Kilo Load Index

Alcoa Wheel Products Europe has introduced a new 22.5 x 11.75 wheel with 120 mm offset and a 5000 kilogram load index. The product, which is designed for truck front steer axles and trailer axles, reportedly weighs just 23.6 kilos and is available with 26 mm mounting holes in four finishes – Brushed, Mirror Polished, Dura-Bright and Dura-Flange.

18th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Xlite Coach Wheels Launched at Euro Bus Expo

Motor Wheel Service reports that it successfully launched xlite coach at Euro Bus Expo 2010, receiving over 100 enquiries for the new forged aluminium wheel range. Available in 9.00 x 22.5 inches and 11.75 x 22.5 inches, the product range has been specially adapted for the coach market and is available immediately.

16th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Thompson Commercials Chooses xlite Wheels

Thompson Commercials, the largest private Renault Trucks dealer in the UK, has ordered 10 sets of xlite forged aluminium wheels for a new fleet of Premium 460.25 6×2 tractor units. The purchase of the 8.25 x 22.5-inch wheels was made after a customer specifically requested the product to further improve the vehicles’ class-leading fuel efficiency and payload capacity.

26th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

MWS: Rising Steel Prices to Increase Aluminium Wheel Demand

The rising cost of steel will result in extra demand for forged aluminium wheels according to Motor Wheel Service (MWS) managing director, John Ellis. Over the last 12 months the price of steel billet has risen from $395 to $475 per tonne, rising as high as $600 per tonne in April 2010, and both the OEM industry and tyre manufacturers have been warned to expect price rises of up to 20 per cent for steel wheels come 1 September 2010. The company believes that when the increase takes effect, the difference between the cost of a steel and a forged aluminium wheel will be at an all time low, making the lighter and traditionally more expensive products a far more attractive proposition for commercial vehicle operators.

25th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Increases Ma’aden, Saudi Arabia Investment

Alcoa is increasing its investment in a partnership it operates with Saudi Arabian mining company Ma’aden. The cooperation is focussed on the development of “the largest, most efficient vertically integrated aluminium complex in the world,” according to the two companies.

17th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Reduces Product Weight With Unified Rim Flange on 22.5 Wheels

Aluminium wheel specialist Alcoa has announces that following new lightweight wheels with unified rim flange design will be available from September/October. The unified rim flange enables both adhesive and clip-on balancing weights. The latest details follow the news that Alcoa and SAF-Holland have developed flangeless trailer wheel.

12th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

New Range of Super Light Alloy Wheels Launched in the UK

Solomon Alsberg has launched a new range of “Eco Super Light” forged alloy wheels in the UK and says it is looking for distribution partners in the UK and other European countries. According to the company, which makes its wheels from forged blanks supplied by Alcoa, the wheels are designed to improve handling, acceleration times and emissions.

The launch follows a three-year period of testing and development that saw the premium wheel specialist optimise its design and manufacturing techniques to produce a strong, stylish and highly durable wheel that weighs up to 35 per cent less than its cast counterparts. The result is a considerable reduction in the vehicle’s unsprung weight, which is said to improve steering feel, add faster acceleration and reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by over 10 per cent in stop-go driving conditions.

3rd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors