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Dunlop announces 2012 Art Car Competition winner

Goodyear Dunlop has announced the winner of its 2012 Dunlop Art Car Competition, a contest to find innovative designs for the Dunlop-sponsored JMW Motorsport Ferrari F458 GT2 car. Egidijus Gužauskas from Lithuania provided the winning design, featuring a paint-splash effect. The car will first race in its new livery at the 24 Hours of Le Mans where Dunlop has a long and successful history to its name, having 34 victories at the iconic endurance race.

23rd May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

ATS Euromaster rewarded for van fleet service development

Birmingham-based ATS Euromaster has been presented with the Innovation Award for the second year in succession at the Van Fleet World Honours 2012. The company was commended by the publication for its “highly progressive approach” to van fleet servicing, reacting to a “constantly changing” market. The trophy was presented today at a special ceremony held at the Royal Automobile Club in London on Wednesday 16 May.

16th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli welcomes P Zero’s Auto Express recognition

Pirelli has welcomed the plaudits its P Zero tyre received from Auto Express’s recent product awards. Auto Express has been conducting tyre tests in the UK for over a decade, and the magazine’s most recent product awards assessed 10 different tyres on aquaplaning, cabin noise and economy. A former winner in this size, the Pirelli P Zero was named one of the top three with Auto Express stating: “It [the Pirelli P Zero] makes its way into our top three thanks to an excellent performance in the wet tests, comfortably winning the braking and handling disciplines and finishing in the top four in the other categories.”

14th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis supports 10th Japfest with ‘drift spectacular’

This weekend Castle Combe will host the tenth anniversary of Japfest, Europe’s biggest Japanese Car Show. On 12 May the Maxxis British Drift Championship will be the star attraction, with three extended track sessions, during which star drivers from all three classes will be demonstrating their skills and precision in a mass drift train. The title sponsor of the UK Drift series will be strongly represented at Japfest, with the Maxxis Babes joining its two sponsored drifting teams, Team Japspeed and SATS Motorsport.

11th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear ‘delighted’ by Auto Express crown

Goodyear representatives say they are “delighted” the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 has been named as the “best summer tyre” in the 2012 Auto Express Product Awards. The win follows the tyre’s first place ranking in the highly popular automotive magazine’s “Big Tyre Test” in September 2011.

9th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear and Conti win Auto Express product awards

Goodyear’s Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 and Continental’s ContiWinterContact TS 830 P have won Auto Express’s best summer tyre and best winter tyre crowns in the magazine’s 2012 product awards.

9th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental to raise China headcount by 5,000

Continental has announced plans to increase the number of it employs in China by 5,000 by the end of 2012, further to its announcement in 2011 that it would expand its staff by 25 per cent. According to the company this forms part of a strategic plan to support its growth in China, the automotive supplier will hire employees across various areas including engineering, manufacturing and functional roles. In order to achieve this goal, Continental is in the process of extending its recruiting programs, which include Campus Recruitment 2013, Continental University Competition, Continental Day in major cities, and sponsorship of Formula Student China.

8th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti comments on positive Which? ratings

The April issue of Which? magazine put a total of 26 tyres (sizes 165/70 R14T and 205/55 R16V) to the test and ranked each according to its performance in the areas of dry and wet braking and handling, wet grip on straights and bends, noise, fuel consumption and wear. Continental, which received a “best buy” recommendation for its ContiEcoContact 5 in the 14-inch category and ContiPremiumContact 5 in the larger fitment, reports its satisfaction in being the only tyre maker to receive this distinction for both sizes.

25th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Nissan Sunderland plant wins Queen's Award

Nissan's factory at Sunderland has been awarded the Queen's Award for continued achievement in International Trade. The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most prestigious awards for business performance, recognising and rewarding outstanding achievement by UK based companies.

23rd April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

The longest serving member of the tyre business?

Ralph Sutton could be the longest serving member of the tyre business in the UK, perhaps even the world. Having just completed 54 years associated with the round black things we all know and love, he is still going strong and rapidly approaching six decades in the business. Sutton’s career started at the beginning of April 1958 and those 54 years certainly represent uncommon loyalty to tyres, but how many more can claim to have been serving the industry almost as long as Queen Elizabeth II has been sat on the throne? And has anyone been serving longer?

16th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Which? awards latest ‘best buy’ ratings, reveals label ignorance

Which? magazine published its latest ranking of summer tyres in its April edition. Testing 14” and 16” sizes, the magazine gave rankings to 26 tyre models in total, ranking them out of five for dry and wet braking and handling, wet grip on straights and bends, noise, fuel consumption and wear. It also discussed the impact of energy labels, to be placed on passenger car tyres from November, with a Which?-conducted survey suggesting that most people have yet to hear about the tyre label – the magazine spoke to 1,291 members of the public and 2,742 Which? members and “nine out of 10… weren’t aware of the scheme”. In addition to this, the consumer advice magazine said that “only half the people…who were aware…were able to identify the three ratings that will be included.”

13th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli recognises suppliers’ excellence

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Pirelli has introduced a Suppliers Awards for the first time, aimed at recognising quality, innovation and competitiveness, in addition to improving the company’s partner relationships. Inaugurating the Pirelli Suppliers’ Awards the company nominated its best suppliers of 2011, as chairman and CEO, Marco Tronchetti Provera and chief purchasing officer, Carlo Costa presided over the ceremony held at the company’s Milan headquarters.

12th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Diablo Super Biker application available on Android

Pirelli has made its Diablo Super Biker application, launched last August on Apple’s iPhone, can now be used on Android devices. The free app boasts an award received at SMAU 2011 in the Utilities Tools and Productivity category of the Mob App Awards. Pirelli says more than 50,000 bikers have downloaded it.

11th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone CAIS wins Spanish safety award

Bridgestone’s new Contact Area Information Sensing technology (CAIS) has won an industry award for the second time in as many months. Spain’s leading economic and financial magazine, Actualidad Económica has selected Bridgestone’s CAIS safety technology as one of the “100 Best Ideas of the Year” in the automotive category.

10th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

3 Yokohama Rubber plants gain OSHMS certification

Three of Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd’s plants in Japan and China obtained JISHA (Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association) Standards Certification for Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OSHMS) in January 2012. They are the Onomichi plant, which makes tyres for construction and industrial vehicles in Japan, Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd. (passenger car tyres), and Suzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd. (truck and bus tyres).

10th April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors