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Battery Bug Enables Up to the Minute Battery Monitoring

At the recent SEMA show in the US, battery tester and monitor manufacturer Argus Analyzers released its latest product, a unit the company refers to as a ‘clear, digital window into battery health’. Called the Battery Bug, the deep cycle monitor (DCM) enables a constant monitoring of batteries with results immediately visible to users. Argus Analyzers reports that use of the Battery Bug can extend battery life while also providing peace of mind.

29th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New Toyo Asia Factory Will Serve Global Tyre Markets

Toyo Tire & Rubber is continuing its search for an optimal location for a new Asia region tyre factory outside of Japan. The new facility, in which the company plans to invest more than 200 million euros, should be completed by 2010, and the following year is anticipated to produce around four million tyres, mostly passenger car products. Output from the new factory will mainly be directed to export markets.

29th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Deldo Offers “Interesting” Private Brands Winter Range

One of Europe’s leading distributors of winter tyres, Belgian wholesaler Deldo is offering a catalogue of 25 brands, detailing its complete product range of premium and private labels. The company already delivers to around 10,000 clients throughout Europe, and will this winter hope to increase that number by offering what the company calls an “interesting mix” in its budget label line-up.

Thanks to experience gained over many years importing tyres from Asia, Deldo is able to offer several attractive product lines. Minerva is a long-established brand name, and was introduced in 1992 as a private label. From this year Minerva is being produced by two new manufacturers, offering approximately 15 new sizes. With Rockstone (Deldo’s new exclusive brand for Europe) the budget segment has been further extended. Thanks to the introduction of the new CP-661 Roadstone (Nexen) pattern, 15 new sizes have been added to Nexen’s (already) large size range.

27th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Should Remain European, Says Michelin’s Miraton

Continental AG should remain European, says Michelin. The Dow Jones news service reports that the French manufacturer’s co-managing partner Didier Miraton expressed this opinion to journalists at the sidelines of a Michelin press presentation on October 17.

It is “important for us that Continental remains in Europe,” said Miraton, referring to speculation that Conti may be a potential target for competitors from Asia, such as Hankook Tire. He added that Michelin will conduct talks with interested parties about Continental, but noted that anti-trust regulations represent a considerable obstacle.

22nd October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Star Driver for Asia-Pacific Region Selected

New Zealander Mark Tapper has been selected to represent the Asia-Pacific Region in the Pirelli Star Driver scheme. The 27 year-old from Auckland, along with co-driver Jeff Cress, beat nine other contenders in the selection process, which took place over two rallies in New Zealand and Malaysia.

Tapper is the second driver to be named from the five who will benefit from the initiative, organised jointly by Pirelli and the FIA, to give young drivers a foot in the door of the FIA World Rally Championship. The Pirelli Star Driver programme will give five young talents (one each from Africa, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific regions, plus two from Europe) the chance to compete in six WRC events in a Group N or S2000 car prepared and run by a top team. The drivers who earn a place on the Pirelli Star Driver scheme next year will get a chance to show what they can do in Portugal, Italy, Greece, Finland, Spain and Great Britain.

17th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Team Runs for Charity

On your mark! – Get set! – Go! October 11 was ContiRunning Day 2008, a day on which some 10,000 Continental employees in sixty different locations ran or walked for a good cause. Events were staged under the motto “Fit for the Future” and Conti reports the day was a huge success. Employees from twenty countries took part in the event, which started in Asia, then continued in Europe and finished off in America.

16th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New Size Added to Michelin X Terminal-T Range

The popular Michelin range X Terminal-T tyres is being expanded through the addition of a 310/80R22.5 fitment to the already available line-up of specialist tyres designed primarily for fitment to tractor units, tugs and trailers used for short-distance movements in ports and freight terminals.

Suitable for fitment in any axle position, Michelin reports that its new 310/80R22.5 X Terminal-T tyre incorporates an advanced industrial casing design and features a unique blend of materials, which deliver even tread wear and low operating costs, along with good machine and payload protection from shock and vibration. This new size can easily be fitted in place of 11R22.5 and 295/80R22.5 sizes in particular, as their rolling circumferences are very similar and the rim widths are identical at 8.25 or 9.00 inches.

7th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Observing Profitable Markets

European Commission concerns about competition rules have blocked Michelin from acquiring Continental’s tyre business, but the French company is still showing a strong interest in securing an interest in other competitors. Speaking to Forbes.com about potential expansion into China to offset costs in stagnating markets, Michelin chief executive Michel Rollier said “we have to be pragmatic. If we see a wonderful opportunity we will seize it.

6th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Star Driver Entrants Announced

The FIA has published a list of 18 young drivers from Europe and Central and South America who will take part in the Pirelli Star Driver competition in Freistadt, Austria. The two winners will each receive a drive on six rounds of the 2009 WRC.

The competitors have all been chosen locally by their respective national sporting authorities (ASNs), who have put them forward for the competition in Freistadt that will take place from October 23-25. This contest will select two people to receive a fully-paid drive on six rounds of the World Rally Championship next year.

6th October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Oh How Cute…Tyre Maintenance

Nothing says tyre safety like a ‘kawaii’ cartoon…especially when it involves a cuddly, well-meaning animal. Therefore Cooper Asia marketers recently commissioned a well-known Chinese blog cartoonist to publish tyre safety cartoons for the tyremaker.

Updated on a weekly basis, the cartoons feature as their hero a rotund rabbit named Zhouzhou, whom Cooper Asia describes as an “environmental protection pioneer in the cyber world.” Cooper says it presents the weekly cartoon series online to educate consumers on basic tyre knowledge, company news and the environment in a fun way. Zhouzhou also appears in materials promoting Cooper Tire Safety Week in China.

3rd October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Phillips Carbon Black Commissions New Power Plant

Phillips Carbon Black has invested in a means of converting excess gas into energy and financial savings. The India based company has announced the commissioning of its 30 MW co-generation power plant Durgapur, in the state of West Bengal. The Rs 1 billion (£11.6 million) facility, which utilising the waste gas produced during the process to generate power, was commissioned on September 29.

3rd October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyrexpo Asia Opens World Rubber Summit Debates to Attendees

Attendees to TyrexpoAsia 09 will have the opportunity to join colleagues from the raw materials side of the industry to debate key elements of the International Rubber Study Group’s World Rubber Summit in Singapore next March. The theme for the Summit has now been announced as ‘Global Demand and Supply: Facing the challenges in a rapidly changing world.’

Access to the Summit is a direct result of the collaboration between TyrexpoAsia and the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG), which will see delegates networking and participating in both events next year. IRSG draws its membership from 16 major rubber producing and consuming countries and the European Union, plus over 100 associate members from all kinds of rubber related companies around the world.

30th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Opens Second Facility in Calamba, Philippines

A second manufacturing site belonging to Continental AG has been opened in Calamba, the Philippines. The factory, inaugurated September 25, produces inertial, speed, and advanced sensors, chassis components, passive safety and ADAS components for the company’s Chassis & Safety Division as well as ECUs, transmission controllers, sensors and actuators for the Powertrain Division. This event reflects Continental’s strategy to build and strengthen the network and manufacturing operations in Asia, where the company intends to make between 20 and 25 per cent of its total sales in this region by 2015.

26th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ Unveils Franchisees Following Strategic Growth Decision

Goodyear Dunlop’s decision to pursue a franchising programme for a number of HiQ servicing outlets met with so much interest from bidders that the company opted to extend the scheme to all its HiQ sites, split into 15 regional zones. Following this decision, Neil Burrows – the company’s retail director – left the company, while former HiQ retail director, Chris Kisby, successfully bid for the South Midlands, East Midlands and West Midlands zones. The company also announced that St Austell tyre trade expert, Justin Roberton would become the franchise-owner of three fast fit centres in Cornwall.

25th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Adds New Size to X Terminal-T Range

Michelin has released a new size in its X Terminal-T range. The 310/80R22.5 tyre, says the company, is designed to significantly boost productivity levels in port terminals through its suitability on all articulated vehicle axle positions. Additional benefits, claims Michelin, are double the working life of a traditional radial truck tyre and significantly improved fuel economy compared to a bias-ply or solid tyre. The repairable and retreadable Michelin X Terminal-T becomes available from specialised dealers in September 2008 in Europe, and in November 2008 in the US, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

15th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors