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Conti’s Factories Receive Quality Awards

A double success for Continental: The mould factory of Barum Continental (VFB) in Otrokovice and the Continental Teves factory in Jicín have been awarded the “National Quality Award 2003” of the Czech Republic in Prague. In addition, the Czech prime minister appointed Jicín’s plant director Ladislav Drázný “Quality Manager of the Year 2003”. Jicín is Continental’s only factory in Europe producing brake boosters. Since 2002 the staff has worked strictly according to the guidelines of the European Foundation for Quality Management, says Continental in a press release. Thus Jicín achieved relevant goals for customers in areas such as product quality, price and delivery satisfaction, plus the staff became better qualified and more strongly motivated. “This award shows that we are on the right track. We will continue to increase our competitive ability prior to European Union entry,” promises the plant director Drázný. The award was a confirmation for the 330 employees of the mould factory in Otrokovice, Drázný continues. Through consistently improved efficiency and quality as well as responsible personnel management the VFB factory has developed to become one of the leading suppliers for passenger car tyre moulds within the Continental corporate group. “We owe this award to a large extent to our employees,” says VFB chief Ladislav Zemko.

26th November 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin wins J.D. Power awards for fourth year

For the fourth year running, Michelin was ranked highest for customer satisfaction by motorists in the US, buying replacement tyres for cars and light trucks. These two accolades mean that Michelin has achieved no fewer than 37 such awards – more than all other tyre manufacturers put together. The company has also won a J.D. Power award every year since they were first introduced in 1989.

17th October 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Maxxis wins global brand award

The Maxxis brand was rated fifth in the Taiwan Top 10 Global Brands awards, from an initial 1,000 candidates. To make the top 10, at least 20 per cent of revenues under the name must have come from overseas and the top ten positions are decided by “brand value”, which is determined by the drawing power of the brand, calculated in accordance with criteria stipulated by New York-based branding agency Interbrand. Of the top 10 Taiwanese brands, seven were from IT companies.

16th October 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Awards for Hayes Lemmerz

Hayes Lemmerz South Africa was recently named as a Volkswagen “Supplier of the Year”. This is the latest in a string of awards, which includes the Nissan SA Quality Achievement Award, Supplier of the Year nomination from Toyota SA, the Q1 Award from Ford and TUV Rheinland TS16949 quality certification. Located near Johannesburg, the company manufactures cast wheels. Hayes Lemmerz’s facility in Brazil was also recently awarded the Q1 Award from Ford.

9th October 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Eagle F1 Is “Best Buy”

In the US, the publication “Consumers Digest Magazine” has named the Goodyear Eagle F1 tyre as the “Best Buy” in the performance tyre category – an accolade that CDM awards to fewer than three per cent of the products it reviews. The tyre was also rated as the “Premium Selection” – a designation that means the product is “the best at any price” according to CDM.

1st October 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Advertising Award For Pirelli

Pirelli has picked up a prestigious advertising award in the USA for its “Fist” campaign, where four tyres are shown merging into a fist. The accolade is a gold “ADDY” award for international consumer press advertising and was given at the recent American Advertising Federation (AAF) awards presentation. With 60,000 entries, the competition claims to be the world’s largest and this year was opened up to international entries for the first time.

24th June 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear’s New Eagle F1 Tire Wins NorTech Innovation Award

Goodyear’s Eagle F1 GS-D3 “world tire” won praise just outside the company’s hometown last week, when company representatives accepted a NorTech Innovation Award for the unique, global tire.

8th June 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

Eco Award For Michelin

Michelin’s Energy range of tyres was named “Eco Product Of The Year” at the Fleet Excellence Awards, held in London in January. The tyres polled over 25 per cent of the votes in the category, with votes coming from readers of EcoFleet, Fleet Week and Fleet Management magazines.

28th January 2003/by Tyrepress Editors

ISO 14001 For American Racing

American Racing Equipment has been awarded ISO 14001 certificate of registration for its environmental management system. ISO 14001 provides a framework for managing environmental impact, similar to the way in which the ISO 9000 standard addresses issues of product or service quality. The International Standards Organization (ISO) awards the 14001 certification to companies whose environmental management systems conform to specified requirements and demonstrate a serious commitment to ensuring that company operations do not harm the environment.

5th November 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

JD Power Success For Michelin

For the fifth consecutive year Michelin has come top of the JD Power survey for satisfaction in passenger vehicle original equipment and top in the light truck OE tyre satisfaction league.The study has been based on reports from 33,700 consumers in their first three years on new vehicle ownership and reports on satisfaction with OE tyres. Michelin had the lowest percentage of owners reporting a tyre problem in the first year of ownership and more than 60 per cent of users said they would buy Michelin tyres as replacements. This is the highest level of repurchasing of any OE tyre brand.

10th September 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

Three Awards For Goodyear From Toyota

The Toyota Motor Corp. presented Goodyear with two awards at its annual suppliers meeting in Nagoya Japan and another award was presented to Goodyear in the USA. First was a Global Contribution Award for Goodyear’s supply performance at Toyota’s 15 plants worldwide. The second award was a “Value Award – Superior” for technical approvals and tyre development on Corolla and Camry cars. The North American award is a Certificate of Achievement for delivery performance through 2001.

22nd March 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

Superior Wheels For GM

Superior announced the award of several new and replacement programs under the previously announced long term supply agreement which has now been finalized and signed with General Motors Corporation. The first of these programs will begin production in the Spring of 2002 and include the Saturn vehicle name plate; a first for Superior Industries. “These recent business awards demonstrate the value of this unprecedented year contract to both General Motors and Superior Industries because it was based on long term performance in delivering the highest quality, technology and service at competitive prices,” said Louis L. Borick, President and Chairman of Superior Industries.

24th January 2002/by Tyrepress Editors

Innovation Award For Michelin PAX System

Michelin’s PAX System has been named as the runner up in the Transport section of the Business Innovation Awards, handed out by the Wall Street Journal Europe. A panel of fifteen judges, covering all aspects of business disciplines, decided on the winners from more than 220 nominations. The paper also revealed that the PAX system is to be incorporated on the Edonis, a car from Italian company B. Engineering SRL, designed to break the world speed record.

28th December 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

DaimlerChrysler Awards For Eight Goodyear Plants

Eight Goodyear factories have earned the DaimlerChrysler Gold Award, given in recognition of outstanding service. Seven of the plants are in North America and one is in Europe, at Philippsburg, in Germany. Goodyear was rated as “excellent” in the areas of quality, delivery, competitive pricing and technology and “acceptable” in customer support.

10th December 2001/by Tyrepress Editors

Canadian Successes For Goodyear

Every year, Canadian automotive journalists carry out a series of driving tests, after which they name their “car of the year” in various categories. In the 2001 awards, 10 out of 15 car and truck category winners were fitted with Goodyear tyres. Wayne Barnes, president and CEO of Goodyear Canada, said that the results underline the way the company works closely with OEMs to achieve better vehicle performance.

30th November 2001/by Tyrepress Editors