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Bridgestone Releases Report on Improper Payments Investigation

Since disclosing on February 12 this year incidents of improper monetary payments to foreign agents, all or a part of which may have been provided to foreign governmental officials, the CEO of Bridgestone Corporation, Mr. Shoshi Arakawa, has directed an ongoing investigation through an ‘Investigation Committee (the ‘committee’) comprised of external attorneys. On the three-month anniversary of the committee’s initial establishment, the company presented its interim report, which is outlined below:

1. Investigation

Since the announcement on February 12, the committee has conducted the investigation ‘vigorously’, says Bridgestone. However, the scope of this investigation is extensive and includes some of the company’s overseas subsidiaries. The subject of the investigation has now expanded to the entirety of Bridgestone’s Industrial Products division. Moreover, since the committee needs to consider not only Japan’s Unfair Competition Act but also the regulations of other countries, this latest report remains an interim report and has not been made final.

28th May 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

MTNA Celebrates Dual Ringtread Anniversary

Marangoni Tread North America celebrated the 32nd birthday of Ringtread retreading system and the 4th anniversary of its introduction into the US on April 27. The very first Ringtread was produced in Ferentino, Italy, on April 27, 1976, and exactly 28 years later the company’s facility in Madison, Tennessee produced the first American made Ringtread retread.

The company reports it marked the occasion with cake, as the Ringtread moulds are too hot for ice cream!

2nd May 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

First Stop Dealer Celebrates 50 Golden Years

Ken Riley of First Stop dealership, TyreCraft, recent marked his fiftieth anniversary in the tyre industry, First Stop business development manager Dean Dyoss was on hand to help celebrations along. Starting out as a casing inspector at the age of 19, Riley has enjoyed a varied career in the tyre industry. He quickly moved into a sales role working for Borough Tyre Company and ATS and cites setting up his own business as his biggest career challenge, but has never looked back.

10th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Aims for Champions League

Manchester United’s recent Kumho-sponsored thrashing of Aston Villa 4-0 was described by BBC Match of the Day pundits as some of the best football for a decade. So as Man U extended their Premiership lead to six points, Kumho’s management reflected on how this sporting success could be mirrored for Kumho in the tyre trade, hoping that their team has not only turned a corner in Europe, but made progress towards it goal of entering the tyre world’s own Champions League.

Kumho Europe decided to leverage its platinum sponsorship of UK premier league leaders Manchester United by holding the Kumho Big Match Day on 30 March 2008. Being platinum sponsor gave Kumho the opportunity to drape the main entrance into Old Trafford with two enormous banners, offer interactive experiences and event zones at promotional booths outside the stadium as well as hospitality programmes for dealers and distributors who were invited to the match.

1st April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Diamond Jubilee for Alcoa

Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products, a business unit of Alcoa Inc., announced the start of its 60th anniversary celebrations on March 27. The Ohio, USA based division has planned a year-long celebration of wheel innovation to mark the milestone. Today, Alcoa boasts being the world’s leading supplier of forged aluminium wheels, with more vehicles fitted with Alcoa forged aluminium wheels than any other brand.

The company claims the invention of the forged aluminium wheel in 1948 as but one of many innovations, including more recent products such as Dura-Bright, Dura-Flange and the 14-inch Wide Base Wheel. The Dura-Bright surface is, believes Alcoa, one of the most significant new features to be introduced on forged aluminium wheels in the past two decades, and its introduction won significant media accolades in 2007. Aluminium wheels with a Dura-Bright surface should never need polishing, and can be cleaned with just soap and water for a long-lasting, attractive shine. The patented surface treatment will not chip, crack or peel, and prevents filiform corrosion and discolouring, even when exposed to oxygen, humidity, moisture and road deicing compounds.

28th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Deldo Celebrates 35 Years in the Business

Based in the port region of Antwerp, one of Europe’s busiest sea freight facilities, Deldo Autobanden N.V. – with daily tyre shipments from its 60,000 square metre warehouse and auxiliary storage facilities exceeding 60,000 units – is acknowledged as one of the region’s largest wholesalers. And in 2008 Deldo celebrates a significant milestone in its history – the 35th anniversary of the company’s establishment.

Today’s modern facilities in the Belgian port city are a far cry from the early days of Deldo, when Jos Delcroix & Paula Donckers founded the business in 1973 with a small warehouse and just two employees. However the pair possessed two further assets that proved crucial – ambition and a great deal of energy. This ensured rapid and stable growth for the fledgling company. Strong customer service, an extensive knowledge of the European market, and solid, long-term business relationships proved to be good foundations on which Deldo could expand.

28th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Fleet Trial Shows Michelin Tyres Save on Fuel Costs

Bolton-based haulage contractor Thomas Harwood & Son Ltd reports seeing an improvement in fuel economy after conducting its own in-house trial with Michelin’s low rolling resistance Energy tyres. The company claims that the savings they realised translate to cost savings of over £1,000 per vehicle per year.

The trial saw staff at Thomas Harwood carefully recording fuel data on a 44 tonne Volvo FH12 6×2 tractor unit over a period of more than two years – with the vehicle first fitted with Michelin ‘E’ segment regional tyres (XZE2+ / XDE2+), and then switched to operate on Michelin Energy tyres (XZA2 / XDA2+). The length of the trial ensured small inconsistencies were ironed out, with the non-Energy tyres returning an average of 8.68mpg, against 8.99mpg with the vehicle fitted with low rolling resistance tyres. This difference in fuel economy equates to a saving of 3.45 per cent – which in real terms is worth £1,025, based on an average annual fuel bill for a tractor unit of £30,000 a year.

3rd March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Alcoa Releases Even Lighter Wheels

In March of this year, Alcoa Wheels will be 60 years old. To mark this anniversary, Alcoa Wheel Products Europe has succeeded in making their most popular size truck wheels even lighter than before. The weight decrease applies to the following sizes:

22.5 x 8.25 from 24.18 kg to 22.79 kg = – 1.39 kg
22.5 x 9.00 from 24.73 kg to 23.21 kg = – 1.52 kg
19.5 x 7.50 from 18.67 kg to 17.76 kg = – 0.91 kg
19.5 x 8.25 from 19.23 kg to 18.54 kg = – 0.69 kg

The first lightweight wheels were produced in the Alcoa plant in Hungary on 1 February 2008. The first forged aluminium truck wheel was made by Alcoa in Cleveland/USA in 1948, and they have not stopped reinventing it since.

21st February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Four Drivers Named Finalists for 25th Goodyear Highway Hero Award

Goodyear has announced the four finalists for its 25th annual North America Highway Hero Award. The finalists include two professional truck drivers who dove into chilly, murky waters to pull victims to safety in separate incidents; a Canadian driver who perished while trying to save others; and a New Mexico driver who rescued a pregnant woman from a brutal attack after she was run over by her boyfriend’s truck. The finalists were Rick Tower, of Yreka, California; Richard Filiczkowski, of Bountiful, Utah; the late David Glenn Virgoe, of Innisfil, Ontario; and Ronnie Greene, of Regina, New Mexico.

13th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Kumho Predicts $1/2 billion EU Sales in 2008

Kumho established its European base in Frankfurt, Germany in January 1978. Now three decades later, the South Korean tyre manufacturer is aiming to celebrate its 30th anniversary with half a billion dollars-worth of European sales. The headquarters of Kumho’s European technical operations is located near Birmingham in the UK’s West Midlands. Having opened in June 1998, it will be celebrating its 10th anniversary later this year.

5th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Dealer Fights Against Human Trafficking

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company European dealer, Sinton Tyres, has joined forces with an expedition that delivered five 4×4 vehicles to Sierra Leone in the fight against modern-day slavery. The Hull Freedom Trail group drove the quintet of Mitsubishi L200s from Hull to the town’s twin town of Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone, and delivered them to four aid agencies working in the city with the child victims of human trafficking. The mission celebrated the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the UK, a movement spearheaded by Hull native, William Wilberforce.

UK Cooper dealer Sinton Tyres donated Cooper’s rugged Discoverer STTs, which were fitted to the L200s to help them cross the difficult terrain the expedition faced on its 5,180-mile journey. “The asphalt roads pretty much ran out in Guinea,” explained expedition leader, Jonathan Richards.

18th December 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Retread Technologies – 10 Years in North America

November 16 marked the tenth anniversary of Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) operating in North America. Since its beginning in 1997, MRT has grown to include 45 franchisees, with 77 retread locations across the US, Canada and Mexico, and during this time the retreader has opened a tread pressing plant in Covington, Georgia. The company doubled the capacity of this facility in 2005 and two years later built a second tread pressing plant in Querétaro, Mexico.

“The pace at which Michelin Retread Technologies has grown since its inception is a tremendous tribute to the quality and workmanship of our franchisees, as well as the value created by the innovative MRT process and products,” said Jean-Michel Guillon, chief operating officer, Michelin Americas Truck Tires. “Being able to apply some of our new tyre technologies to the retread products certainly has brought significant value to the fleet customers.”

20th November 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

TGI Set to Celebrate New Office, Anniversary

(Akron/Tire Review) Tire Group International will soon celebrate both its 15th anniversary and the grand opening of its new Miami offices. The event will be held on December 8. TGI carries more than 40 tyre brands, the company said, including its own private labels Astro, Cosmo, Industar, Luna and Jaguar, as well as other brands such as MRF, Delta and Matador.

25th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen Chairman Commemorates Stapleton’s Anniversary

The chairman of Nexen Tire Corporation, Mr. Byung Joong Kang, has presented Stapleton’s commercial director Peter Allen with a commemorative plaque to congratulate the tyre wholesaler on its 70th anniversary year. Speaking at the presentation, Mr Byung Joong Kang said: “We wanted to mark this special anniversary by presenting a plaque to Stapleton’s in appreciation of the years of its dedicated efforts and outstanding accomplishments in promoting the Nexen brand in the UK Market.

“Since the beginning of our commercial relationship, Nexen Tire Corporation has been extremely proud of working with Stapleton’s and we consider the company to be one of the leading and most creative partners in the tyre business.”

12th October 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Launches Eco Treadsetters Social Network Site

(Akron/Tire Review) Yokohama Tire Corp. has launched Eco Treadsetters, a consumer online social network focused on environmental issues. The site – www.ecotreadsetters.com – provides daily “green: news and forums, “how to” guides, and exclusive interviews with environmentally active musicians.

“This is a content-rich site that doubles as a ‘MySpace-like’ social network,” said Fred Koplin, Yokohama’s director of marketing. “Our goal is to create an entertaining, newsy, socially relevant site. A perfect example is that we’re going to be receiving regular online reports from four recent college grads making a 40,000-mile road trip from Southern California to the tip of South America, all created to promote green living and a sustainable lifestyle.”

18th September 2007/by Tyrepress Editors