Kraiburg Austria reports that it will be both celebrating five decades of history as well as present its latest products when it appears at the 2014 Reifen exhibition in Essen, Germany. Situated in the company’s now familiar location in the Galeria, Kraiburg will be showing a new and slightly larger stand.
point S member Pellon Tyre and Auto Centre is celebrating 25 years of business during the course of 2014. For Eric Roberts, managing director of Pellon, which is based in Halifax, 2014 is therefore a particular special year. Prior to owning the company, Roberts worked for Michelin, Goodyear and Dunlop and this was how he came to know the previous owners, the Martin family.
Last month, Rio de Janeiro’s world-renowned Christ the Redeemer was damaged by lightning strikes, with a finger on the right hand especially hard hit. Pirelli has announced that it is financing restoration work on the statue; this has already begun after its official launch and blessing by Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, don Orani Tempesta, and is expected to last three to four months.
Eight decades after Nokian Tyres introduced its first winter tyre, the Finnish company has announced the addition of five new products to its winter range. Three new tyres have entered the Hakkapeliitta line-up; all three, the studded Hakkapeliitta 8 SUV and the Nokian Hakkapeliitta C3 and Hakkapeliitta CR3 van tyres, are designed for use in […]
Trelleborg and OK Tire sponsored the 50th Anniversary Canadian Cowboys’ Association Finals in November that was held at the Brandt Center, Regina, Saskatchewan in the US.
Taiwan’s Federal Tyres has signed up as title sponsor of the ‘King of Europe’ drift series. The tyre maker will give its brand name to the King of Europe Street Legal and the Queen of Europe Ladies League for the 2014 season and will also be the official tyre sponsor.
Cam Systems is launching its 30th anniversary with an online campaign including a new website at the beginning of 2014. The company will demonstrate its connection to tyre industry retailers, manufacturers, fleets and wholesalers in under the campaign header, ‘Connecting the tyre industry’.
The news about Pirelli’s 2014 Calendar is that it isn’t. It isn’t a 2014 calendar, that is. The Italian company reported today that to celebrate the “milestone anniversary” of the Cal’s half-century, it decided not to produce a 2014 Calendar. Instead, it is releasing the previously unpublished 1986 Pirelli Calendar created by Helmut Newton, which until now has been kept under wraps in the company’s archives.
Half a century of Pirelli beautifying the weeks and months through its Calendar will be celebrated in Milan this evening at a gala event attended by an array of big names. Pirelli has been tight-lipped about its preparations for the launch, however other sources have tipped a number of former Cal photographers to be present, including Peter Beard (2009), Patrick Demarchelier (2005, 2008), Karl Lagerfeld (2011) and Steve McCurry (2013), along with models such as Alessandra Ambrosio, Isabeli Fontana, Summer Rayne Oakes, Tatjana Patitz, Alek Wek, Erin Wasson, Karolina Kurkova. Some say Kevin Spacey will act as event host.
Yokohama ’s Russian tyre manufacturing and sales subsidiary, Yokohama RPZ has hosted the company’s latest tree-planting ceremony at its plant grounds in the Special Economic Zone in Lipetsk. The ceremony is part of the company’s worldwide Yokohama Forever Forest Project.
It’s as old as the pneumatic tyre itself – this year, Continental Tire the Americas’ Aldora Mills tyre cord plant in Barnesville, Georgia celebrates 125 years in operation. The facility began life as a cotton mill in 1888 and began producing tyre cord around 1920. Today the 82,500 square metre plant produces around 16 thousand tonnes of tyre cord fabric a year for use in the manufacture of passenger car and light commercial vehicle tyres.
Bridgestone has presented Rugby fast-fitter TW Tyres with an award recognising the company’s 35 years in business. TW Tyres, based in Paynes Lane, and owner Mike Furner were presented with a cut-glass accolade from the manufacturer to recognise decades of hard work in the town.
Grouptyre member Kenway Tyres, which services the northeast of Scotland, is celebrating 30 years in the tyre business in 2013. In addition to congratulating its member on reaching the milestone, Grouptyre discusses its long term evolution, and explains why it is introducing the Online Tyre Catalogue (OTC) from Cam Systems.
Pirelli may be Italian, but its world-famous calendar began life here in the UK, the baby of the company’s British marketing team, which was given the task of producing a calendar for Pirelli’s most valued clients and associates. This year, the British-born ‘Cal’ celebrates its half-century, and Tyres & Accessories spoke with Pirelli Calendar project coordinator Julie Naylor about the origins of the Cal’s success, how it has developed over the course of five decades and what meaning it maintains in Pirelli’s marketing mix alongside the Italian firm’s Formula One involvement.
Dunlop has confirmed its reappointment as official tyre supplier by the MSA British Touring Car Championship. This extends the sole-supplier partnership that began in 2003, and continues a relationship between Dunlop and the BTCC that can be traced back to the championship’s creation in 1958.
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