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Alcoa and Greg Weld Design Offer Tru-Forged Wheels

Greg Weld Design and Alcoa Wheels will have decided to combine their efforts to design, manufacture, market and sell what they say will be “some of the most advanced forged alloy wheels available for the automotive aftermarket.” The two companies’ aim is to exceed the needs of the most demanding 4×4 or “Tuff Truck” enthusiast by offering Greg Weld Design’s new Tru-Forged wheels by Alcoa. The wheels will be Available in 20, 22 and 24 inch diameters and up to 14 inches wide. All Tru-Forged wheels will feature a unique polished finish that carries a limited 5 year warranty supported by Greg Weld Design.

All Tru-Forged wheels will be hot-forged from a billet of 6061-T6 aerospace alloy for maximum strength and durability. The one-piece design is 100 per cent CNC machined. The lightweight design, 3500lb. load rating and lifetime limited structural warranty are reportedly unmatched in the industry.

1st November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Manny Cicero Named Alliance President

(Akron/Tire Review) Manny Cicero, former president of both Denman Tire Co. and Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire’s OTR unit, has been named president of Alliance Tire USA.

31st October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

New Alliance Tyres Ideal for Low Soil Compaction

Israel’s Alliance Tire has released two new products. The first of these is the new 85 series R1 radial. This drive wheel tractor tyre comes in a 390/85R 24 size and features the 385 Agri-Star R1-W tread pattern. Alliance reports that the ’85 Series combines the durability required to handle today’s high-powered tractors with the levels of comfort required to improve handling and reduce operator fatigue. The self-cleaning R1-W tread pattern contains deep, wide angled lugs specifically designed for wet, sticky soil conditions. The tyre’s large volume and broad soil contact area enables the ’85 Series to handle high loading capacities, reducing soil compaction at standard inflation pressures. Its ‘D’ speed category permits vehicles fitted with the ’85 Series to travel at up to 65km/h.

30th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Israeli Green Police Enforce Tyre Recycling Law

Israel has embarked on a national campaign aimed at enforcing the Tire Disposal and Recycling Law enacted on January 23, 2007. During the scrap tyre swoop on 25 September, the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s Green Police inspectors visited 114 tyre repair shops, provided explanations and distributed information sheets on the new law, and checked compliance with the law, especially in terms of proper storage and disposal of used tyres.

According to the government, tyre importers and Israel’s sole new tyre manufacturer (Alliance Tire Company Ltd.) have begun to collect used tyres from garage, but not necessarily fast enough. “On the one hand, this represents a major improvement in comparison to conditions prior to the law and demonstrates that steps are slowly being introduced to deal with the problem of waste tyres. On the other hand, in most of the shops – 87 out of 114 – flaws in compliance were discovered, mostly in relation to the storage of used tyres,” the Israeli environment department said in an official statement.

22nd October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

CMA Hires Agency, Begins US Double Coin Brand Push

(Akron/Tire Review) China Manufacturers Alliance has hired Chicago’s Fathom Communications as its communications and marketing agency for North America. The tyre company and agency announced that CMA, the North American marketing arm of Shanghai Tyre & Rubber (Group) Co., is working on a new program to increase consumer and user awareness of the company’s Double Coin brand, and its campaign will leverage advertising, sales promotion, online marketing, web design and direct marketing.

Aaron Murphy, CMA vice president, said, “We have worked very hard to develop a comprehensive network of high-quality dealers and are now ready to create a clear, distinct brand image for Double Coin with both trade and consumer audiences. Fathom has demonstrated an in-depth understanding of our vision, and we are looking forward to working with them to meet our marketing objectives.”

21st September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

CMA Hires Agency, Begins Double Coin Brand Push

(Akron/Tire Review) China Manufacturers Alliance has hired Chicago’s Fathom Communications as it communications and marketing agency for North America. The tyre company and agency announced that CMA, the North American marketing arm of Shanghai Tyre & Rubber (Group) Co., is working on a new program to increase consumer and user awareness of the company’s Double Coin brand, and its campaign will leverage advertising, sales promotion, online marketing, Web design and direct marketing.

19th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Chosen as ‘Technical Partner’ For Eibach Springs UK

Toyo Tyre UK has announced that the company has been chosen as an official ‘Technical Partner’ of Eibach UK, the leading suspension manufacturer. Eibach are well known in the Tuning, OE and Motorsports markets as brand leaders and are in the enviable position of being approved suppliers to many of the World’s leading automotive brands.

Having assessed and tested many other leading tyre brands, Eibach UK chose Toyo for it’s “superior balance, performance and predictability on the limit,” according to a company statement.

With immediate effect, the deal will see all Eibach UK demo and project cars rolling on a range of Toyo products including the Proxes T1-R and Proxes R888. Naturally, many Toyo project and staff cars will also run a range of Eibach products to improve their handling and appearance.

8th August 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

ArvinMeritor and Chery Form China Joint Venture

(Akron/Tire Review) ArvinMeritor and Chinese carmaker Chery have entered into a joint venture partnership to design and manufacture chassis systems and components. The new joint venture, ArvinMeritor Chassis Systems Wuhu Co., will become a $150-million full-systems chassis supplier by 2010. Production of shocks and struts will begin as early as 2008.

According to Rakesh Sachdev, president of ArvinMeritor’s Asia Pacific operation, the new chassis systems joint venture plant in Wuhu will be one of several China-based facilities ArvinMeritor will add to its network over the next 18 months in support of new business with customers in the region.

“ArvinMeritor’s alliance with Chery is a great example of the company attaining strategic growth from three key focus areas; increasing business with Asian customers, expanding in emerging markets and growing our light vehicle chassis business,” said Phil Martens, president of ArvinMeritor’s Light Vehicle Systems business group. “This new business, which is quickly ramping up, comes on the heels of several other new Chery contracts with ArvinMeritor for its door systems technologies.”

27th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Former BKT CEO & Equity Firm Buy Alliance Tire

Former Balkrisha Tyres CEO Yogesh Mahansaria and global private equity company Warburg Pincus have jointly acquired Israel’s Alliance Tire Co. for approximately US$150 million. The new owners intend to establish a greenfield facility in India to complement the agricultural and OTR tyre specialist’s existing Israel based production, with the facility in India serving as a site for the low cost sourcing of products.

Joseph Anglister, president of Alliance Tire said “we welcome the new ownership. An investment by a leading international investor such as Warburg Pincus combined with Yogesh Mahansaria’s extensive experience in the off-highway tyre industry will provide an impetus to our long-term objective of growing Alliance’s product library, strengthening our relationship with existing customers and tapping new markets.”

12th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Business Booming for Kirkby Tyres & Wheels

In the last five years Kirkby Tyres & Wheels has grown rapidly. After impressive sales growth of 20 per cent (by value) in 2005, the company repeated this performance in 2006 with sales growing 18 per cent. And, at the end of the first quarter of 2007 sales are again up roughly a fifth. Speaking to Tyres & Accessories, managing director Dave Dorrity puts the companies success down to its increasingly successful imported lines including Double Coin, Alliance and Protector; the growth of its wheel and wheel and tyre assembly business; and the rationalisation of its warehousing operations.

Financial analysts at Plimsoll publishing have picked up on the company’s growth too – ranking Kirkby as a UK Top 50 leader in efficiency and also one of the 50 most cash rich company’s in the UK tyre trade. See the forthcoming issues of T&A for more details on the growth of this import/export, commercial, industrial and agricultural tyre specialist.

11th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

PCL – Sumo to Form Indian JV

Pneumatics Components Ltd (PCL) is preparing to enter into a joint venture in India. The UK-based manufacturer and supplier of tyre shop, automotive and other transportation products is teaming up with India’s Sumo Hi-Tech Marketing to form PCL-Sumo Air Technology Pvt Ltd, a company that is claimed to be India’s top tyre inflation and pneumatic products provider.

Headquartered in the city of Mumbai, PCL-Sumo will manufacture, sell and distribute a full range of tyre inflation and pneumatic products designed to meet the needs of the Indian market, including both mechanical and electronic tyre inflation products such an adapted Indian market version of PCL’s Accura forecourt inflator. Indian customers will also gain access to the full PCL range, including the Accura 1 electronic handheld inflator: the AirForce, PCL’s brand new generation of mechanical air line gauges: the Hi-Flo MK 3 Air Line Gauge, and the Accura 11, 12 and 13, suitable for tyre shop applications.

24th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

BFNAT Honoured By Vulcan Award

(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire received the 2006 Gold Alliance Supplier Award from Vulcan Materials Co. It marked the seventh straight year BFNAT’s OTR tyre group received the honour.

“To be singled out as one of Vulcan’s top suppliers for seven straight years is truly an honour,” said Shawn Rasey, executive director of BFNAT’s Bridgestone/Firestone Off-Road Tire unit. “This award is a testament to the hard-working people that make up Bridgestone/Firestone and the quality tyres we produce day in and day out.

BFNAT supplies Bridgestone and Firestone branded OTR tyres for Vulcan operations and also supports Vulcan with its TreadStat Tire and Rim Management System.

25th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

USW, Unions in Canada and Europe Explore ‘Super-Union’

(Akron/Tire Review) Globalisation is happening everywhere. On April 18 the United Steelworkers (USW), Amicus and the Transportation & General Workers Union (T&GWU) of the United Kingdom began considering a possible merger, one that would create a labour union covering four countries and some 3.4 million members.

Representatives of the three trade unions – representing workers in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ireland – signed an agreement in Ottawa establishing a merger committee. Within one year, the committee is expected to develop merger plans to create one super-union.

USW said the deal follows a “strategic alliance” between Amicus and the USW two years ago. Further, Amicus and T&GWU will already merge May 1, creating Unite, a union with some 2 million members. By contrast, the USW claims 850,000 members.

20th April 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Hayes Lemmerz to Formalise Russian JV

Hayes Lemmerz International Inc plans to transform its technical alliance for the licenced manufacture of passenger car steel wheels in Russia into a formal joint venture over the next couple of years.

7th March 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Bandag Positive Despite 2006 Complications

Bandag EMEA has released a press statement in which they describe their outlook for 2007 as ‘optimistic’. Despite what the company describes as a difficult year for the business unit, with setbacks including the loss of their major fleet customer GE TIP, Bandag believes this year will be one of opportunities, with the growth of their dealer base in 2006, which reached 5.8 per cent, continuing this year.

21st February 2007/by Tyrepress Editors