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Apollo fleet awards aimed at encouraging best practices

In order to recognise and reward fleet operators who fuel the growth of India’s economy, Apollo Tyres has introduced the Apollo Fleet of the Year Awards. Through these awards, Apollo intends to annually honour commercial vehicle fleets that operate in India and encourage the uptake of innovative practices within the sector. The tyre maker says it is “looking to create a platform for information exchange and sharing of best practices within the transportation industry, enabling more and more fleet owners to move up the value chain.” The first awards ceremony, covering four categories, will be held in September 2011.

17th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Supplier Award a ‘great honour’ for Lanxess

Lanxess has expressed its pride in receiving one of the inaugural Michelin Supplier Awards. The German specialty chemicals company was one of a number of key suppliers acknowledged by Michelin at an awards ceremony held in France on June 15, and upon receiving the company’s award Dr. Joachim Grub, head of Lanxess’ Performance Butadiene Rubbers business unit stated “we consider it a great honour to be one of the winners of the first Michelin Supplier Award.

17th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Treadsetters mentioned in HSBC annual report

Remember how Telford-based tyre wholesale operation Treadsetters beat over 1600 other businesses to the finals of HSBC’s business thinking awards at the end of last year? The firm were regional winners securing a prize of £115,000 reaching the last 18 in the finals in Hong Kong. They may not have won the final overall, but making it to the short list of just 17 companies for the bank’s “International Insights” event in Hong Kong on 5 December is said to have opened up a number of other opportunities. Getting more than a page of coverage in the once of the world’s best-known banks’ annual report isn’t a bad thing either.

Treadsetters features in a full-page photo collage on page 14 of HSBC’s annual report with a short text describing the firm as an example of “creating export opportunities” on the following page. “The journey that [Treadsetters’] tyres make exemplifies the connections that criss-cross the global economy.”

14th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

US military awards Goodyear and Michelin US$60 million of tyre contracts

The US military’s Defense Logistics Agency has awarded two tyre supply contracts worth over US$60 million in total to Goodyear and Michelin. The Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., was awarded a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $37,104,838 for aircraft tyres intended for the US Army and Air Force. The contract’s “performance completion” is scheduled for 13 September 2013.

13th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Auto Express recommends summer and winter tyres to boost car value

UK car magazine Auto Express has suggested that fitting high-quality tyres can help to improve the value of readers’ cars, suggesting three tyres for summer and winter. The magazine awarded the Continental SportContact 3 top summer tyre, and the Goodyear UltraGrip 7+ was victorious in the cold weather tyre category. Issue 1,169 of the magazine, currently on shelves, also recommended the Michelin Pilot Sport 3 and the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric in the former category, and Conti’s WinterContact TS830 and Dunlop’s SP WinterSport 3D as cold weather alternatives. The summer tyres were tested on 18" and the cold weather products on 16" fitments.

10th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Westlake sponsors NTDA annual golf day

Westlake Tyres has announced that it will sponsor the NTDA’s annual golf day, which will be held on 15 September at the Oxfordshire Golf Club. The brand’s sponsorship will make it the title sponsor of the day. “Westlake Tyres strongly believe that the NTDA is doing a great job of promoting the interests of tyre retailers to a higher professional standard and that is why it is an enormous pleasure sponsoring their Golf Day event. We really look forward to strengthening our partnership with this particular trade association in the UK,” stated Jorge Crespo, European general manager of Eskay Tyres.

10th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

More classics on the road than ever before, says Avon Tyres

With motorcyclists feeling the pinch of world-wide recession, sales data from Avon Tyres for the first half of 2011 shows an increasing trend towards the number of older bikes being kept on the road. The trend indicates two things, according to Avon – riders are keeping their older bikes on the road for longer to help combat the economic downturn but it could also illustrate a wider appreciation by classic bike owners for the gems they have hidden in their garages. Rather than refurbishing their bike and keeping it locked away to be preserved and merely admired, Avon reckons that riders are choosing more and more to actively enjoy their rides. And, as a result, the Company’s wide range of suitable tyres for classic and older bikes is enjoying a surge in sales.

3rd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Environmental award-winning coach company to trial Michelin X Energy Savergreen tyre

Stoke-based bus and coach operator Bakers Coaches says trialling Michelin’s X Energy SaverGreen tyres is the next step in a series of fuel-saving initiatives it is undertaking. The company was awarded an Environmental Business Award for its commitment to reducing carbon emissions at local newspaper The Sentinel’s Business Awards ceremony in March 2011 for its pro-environmental activities. These include the construction of an eco-friendly operating centre in 2007 and recent fleet-wide installation of advanced GreenRoad vehicle telematics and Masternaught tracking technology.

1st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone previews Catalan MotoGP

Bridgestone will take its medium and hard front and asymmetric rear slick compounds to the Circuit de Catalunya for the 5 June running of the Catalan Grand Prix, MotoGP’s fifth round of the 2011 season. The tyre manufacturer anticipates one of the toughest races of the year for its rear tyres because of the very high tyre temperature generated by the predominantly right-handed layout of the circuit; it has eight right-handers, most of which are fast and flowing. It is specifically turn three and the last three corners that generate the high rear tyre temperature as they are fast and long and the tyres spend a lot of time leant over on their right side. Turn three is also uphill so riders open the throttle earlier to maximise drive on the incline.

1st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti supports football, wary of things that ‘negatively affect World Cup’

While Fifa president Sep Blatter looks likely to have steered himself to a fourth term at the helm of the good ship football, there is growing disquiet amongst world football key sponsors following allegations of corruption in the association’s World Cup and even presidential selection processes. Despite Blatter’s claims that “I am the captain of this ship and we are weathering the storm” one by one the leading sponsors have been voicing their own views. With this in mind Tyres & Accessories asked World Cup 2014 sponsor Continental for its take on the situation.

The answer came in the form of an intricately worded statement that came out in clear support of football and the kind of sponsorship support the tyre and automotive manufacturer has invested heavily in up till now, but also hinted at the firm’s unhappiness with the current controversy. While Conti highlighted the fact that is has been “supporting professional soccer for more than 15 years with passion and engagement” the manufacturer also said it “cannot approve of anything that negatively affects the reputation of professional soccer, the World Cup 2014 or the characteristics of this sport.”

1st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis promotes Santa Pod Performance Vauxhall show with ticket offer

Maxxis is marking this year’s tenth anniversary of the Performance Vauxhall show at the Santa Pod Raceway on 11-12 June, 2011 with a 25 per cent discount for tyrepress.com readers quoting code MAX01 when booking. Maxxis says the organisers are working hard to ensure this year’s show is its biggest and best with two days of drag strip action and entertainment, huge club displays, a retail area and two nights’ camping and entertainment. The show will include new features such as the Vauxhall V8 Thunder Shootout; drift arena; power and style awards; precision driving and stunt shows; Westfield drift rides; tenth anniversary displays; autocross demonstrations; and Vauxhall Frontera 4×4 displays.

27th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Event Tyres given Honest John Outstanding Achievement Award

Event Tyres has expressed is honour at winning the Honest John Outstanding Achievement Award for the UK motor trade’s most consistently endorsed company by their readers. Honest John writes a weekly motoring advice column in the Daily Telegraph and since 1995, combined with his website, has answered a staggering 500,000 letters and emails from motorists with all kinds of motoring problems and conundrums.

24th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

German biking magazine awards Bridgestone Battlax BT-016 Pro Hypersport

Germany’s PS motorcycle sport magazine has released its 2011 tyre test results, with Bridgestone’s Battlax BT-016 Battlax BT-016 Pro Hypersport receiving top honours. The full wet and dry evaluation of size 120/70 ZR 17 (front) and 180/55 ZR 17 (rear) on a Honda CBR 600 RR with ABS was conducted on an international testing circuit in southern Europe in spring 2011.

18th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

ATS Euromaster wins Van Fleet award for winter tyre hotels

ATS Euromaster has won the Innovation Award in the 2011 Van Fleet World Honours, after becoming the first national fast-fit provider to launch a fully managed cold weather tyre service for UK fleets. The company has reportedly doubled its budgeted investment in winter tyre stocks for the next seasons following the success attained last year. Last year the Michelin-owned retail business ordered £3 million worth of winter tyre stock (subscribers, see related news link below by clicking more).

12th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Government acclaim for Yokohama inner liner development

Two Yokohama Rubber employees have been acknowledged by Japan’s government for their work on developing tyre inner liner technology. Yuichi Hara and Yoshiaki Hashimura, both research and development managers at Yokohama, received “Commendations for Science and Technology” from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science. The awards were given in the development category for developing a tyre inner liner that possesses a balance between the low air permeability of resin and the flexibility offered by rubber, thereby substantially reducing air leakage despite being only 20 per cent as thick as a conventional liner. The product developed by the pair and their research teams was released in 2009 under the name Advanced inner liner.

9th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors