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Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Apprentice Highly Recommended at EEF Awards

On November 11 the EEF announced the Midlands region winners in its 2010 Future Manufacturing Awards, and Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’ apprentice Adam Cox was honoured for the quality of his work. At a ceremony held in the Warwickshire town of Gaydon, Cox was named runner-up in the Outstanding Achievement by a Final Year Apprentice Award for his work in the design of aircraft tyres for some of the world’s newest civil and military aeroplanes.

15th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Snap-on Wins Three PTEN Awards

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Snap-on Incorporated has won three innovation awards at this year’s Professional Tool & Equipment News (PTEN) Innovation Awards. The US publication selected Snap-on for this distinction in the hand tools category for its 10-piece, 1/4-inch drive metric low profile ratchet/socket set, the tool storage category for its KEW-Series LED light assembly system for tool storage units and the equipment category for the Quadriga automatic tyre changer.

12th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Industry Association Votes Apollo SA ‘Manufacturer of the Year’

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South Africa’s Tyre Dealer and Fitment Association (TDAFA) recently named Apollo Tyres South Africa its ‘Tyre Manufacturer of the Year’ at its annual gala dinner. The South African manufacturer of the Dunlop tyre brand received this distinction based upon its performance in a tri-annual TDAFA members’ survey in which manufacturers are nominated in five key criteria; product quality, customer service, stock rotation, availability and warranties.

12th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Awards Judges Pumped About Goodyear Airless Tyre

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Should NASA ever get round to popping back to the moon or decide to dispatch a wheeled vehicle to Mars, it can make arrangements secure in the knowledge it has an award winning tyre to draw upon. On November 11, US based publication R&D Magazine held its 48th Annual R&D 100 Awards and named Goodyear Tire & Rubber, together with the NASA Glenn Research Center, a winner in its ‘mechanical devices’ category. The award was given for both parties’ work on the ‘Spring Tire’, an airless tyre capable of transporting large, long-range vehicles across the surface of celestial bodies.

11th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti ProContact wins ‘Best New Product’ at SEMA

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A member of Continental’s North American tyre range, the ProContact with EcoPlus Technology, has been awarded “Best New Product” at the 2010 Special Equipment Marketing (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. In acknowledging its receipt of this distinction, Continental notes the tyre’s low rolling resistance and fuel-saving qualities were the main factors behind the all-season tyre’s selection.

9th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Introduces Audio Brand

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Michelin has developed a new “sound logo” as an integral part of its corporate identity. Designed in collaboration with Sixième Son, the 32-second sequence of musical notes is designed to support the brand’s “image, message and baseline.” It will now be deployed across all media platforms (television, radio, telephone hold systems, advertising campaigns and trade fair stands). The audio brand was unveiling in parallel with the 2010 Paris Motor Show as part of a project begun in 1998 to enhance the Michelin brand and its identity.

3rd November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Predicts 25 billion euro Sales; 9% EBIT in FY10

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The Continental Corporation is predicting it will achieve sales of more than 25 billion euros and an adjusted pre-tax profit margin (EBIT) of 9 per cent when it publishes full year financial results for 2010. The margin target had previously been 8 – 8.5 per cent. Continental released the projections in parallel with its third quarter results which show that the automotive supplier posted sales of 19.1 billion euros and an adjusted EBIT of 1.79 billion euros after three quarters, exceeding the pre-crisis level of the first three quarters of 2008. At 9.4 per cent, the nine-month adjusted EBIT margin also exceeded the comparable 2008 level.

3rd November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

NTDA Chairman: Labelling, Legislation and Technology are ‘Challenges to Conquer’

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Shortly before the surreal comic quips of this year’s after dinner speaker (popular TV and Radio comedian Milton Jones), the hundreds of industry opinion makers gathered for the 2010 TAFF Awards and NTDA annual dinner heard the customary speech from association chairman David White. In it he succinctly observed recent changes in market condition and suggested that if the business is ready to embrace change with necessary attitude and enthusiasm “success will surely follow.”

29th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

TAFF Awards Innovation Award – Michelin

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This year’s Innovation Award, which is decided upon by a jury of industry experts as opposed to the popular vote held for all other categories, this year saw eight entrants come from a complete cross section of the tyre industry with companies from the manufacturer/supplier (Continental, GITI and Michelin), garage equipment (Pro-Align), retail (HiQ) workshop consumables (Apaseal) and tyre recovery (Vellco Tyre Control) sectors all represented.

29th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

TAFF Awards Environment Award – Envirotyre

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In this final polled category only two companies – Credential Environmental and DME Tyres – survive from last year's finalists and they are joined by previous winners Kingpin Tyres, Envirotyre and Hardings Vans, a company providing a localised service. The awards, which recognises which tyre collection and recycling-related company members of the wider tyre industry considered most worthy in a popular vote, went to Envirotyre – a company that bills itself as being “one of the largest collectors of end of life tyres in the UK.”

29th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

TAFF Awards Best Industry Advertising Campaign – Continental

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A field of nominees that featured four of the top six tyre manufacturers and new entrant to the top ten, Maxxis, was always going to be competitive. In the end Continental won out over Bridgetone, Goodyear, Maxxis and Michelin claiming the prize for the second year on the trot. The tyre manufacturer won the honour for its World Cup campaign, ‘Don’t Miss the Big Game.’ The successful campaign promoted Continental’s ongoing sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup with a distinctly South African theme to match the host country of the 2010 tournament. With striking visuals of South Africa’s big game, Continental gave consumers the chance to win a once in a lifetime trip to the World Cup finals including a Safari tour – so that they wouldn’t miss any of the big game.

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29th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

TAFF Awards Tyre and Aftermarket Equipment Supplier of the Year – Apaseal

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Apaseal won the Tyre & Aftermarket Supplier award, with the award said to represent the acknowledgement of Apaseal’s commitment to continuous improvement, quality of product and service. In order to achieve this feat the company had to outperform well known names Auto 4, Harvie Tyres, Pro-Align and Rema Tip Top Automotive UK. One possible reason why voters opted to support Apaseal is because the firm continues to play a leading role in the development of British Standards’ guidelines on repairs, and have been active with the introduction of what are seen as the norms today including – says the company – fitting valves, enhancing wheel balancing techniques and consistently providing the distributors with opportunities to achieve additional revenue and provide better tyre and wheel maintenance for the customer.

29th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

TAFF Awards Tyre Manufacturer of the Year – Bridgestone

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Nominations for this year’s Tyre Manufacturer of the Year Award were fairly evenly split between 2009 nominees vying for success this time round (Bridgestone, Continental and Michelin) and relative newcomers in this category Hankook and Vredestein. With some characterising this as a David and Goliath fight, in a twist that betrays the original story the UK part of the current world number one – Bridgestone – won out. Last year’s winners Continental were left to congratulate Bridgestone on its success, but with one of the two awards the German-based company won in 2009 now out of contention, would the company go home empty-handed?

28th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin North America Truck Tire Division Wins Image Award

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Michelin North America’s truck tyre division was recently honoured by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) with the 2010 Mike Russell “Good stuff” Trucking Image Award as the industry supplier winner, reports Tire Review. The award, which recognizes those that creatively generate positive awareness of the trucking industry, was presented to company officials at the annual ATA Management Conference and Exhibition last week in Phoenix, Arizona.

28th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Posts Loss on RMs despite Highest Sales in 2 Years

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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today posted its highest third quarter 2010 sales and tyre unit volumes since the third quarter of 2008. Yet under pressure from spiralling raw materials cuts, alongside charges for refinancing debt, the manufacturer ended up with a $20 million loss largely due to consistently high costs throughout the quarter, especially in raw materials. The company made a net profit of $72 million in the same period in 2009.

28th October 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

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