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Lorenzo victorious on hard compound at Mugello

Jorge Lorenzo won the latest Italian MotoGP round using Bridgestone’s hard front and rear slicks, overcoming Casey Stoner’s early lead of 2.3 seconds. He also set a new lap record at Mugello, while Championship leader Stoner also lost out to Andrea Dovizioso in the final six laps, allowing the Italian to achieve his best result of the season in front of a home crowd. Round seven’s winner Ben Spies got the better of Marco Simoncelli for fourth position, ahead of Valentino Rossi who finished sixth having climbed from 12th on the grid.

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Bridgestone to raise North America commercial tyre prices

Price increases averaging 11 per cent are to be implemented on a number of Bridgestone company products in the US and Canada. The new prices take effect August 1 and apply to Bridgestone and Firestone brand truck and bus tyres, Bandag brand retreads and retreading materials, and Bridgestone, Firestone and Continuum OTR tyre products and retread rubber.

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Bridgestone increasing domestic market TBR prices

Prices for new Bridgestone truck and bus tyres in the Japanese market are to rise by an average of 10 per cent as of September 1, while retreaded truck and bus tyre prices will simultaneously increase by five per cent. The increase applies to both summer and winter tyres.

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Bridgestone rolling out fleet TPMS system

Following the demonstration its new tyre pressure monitoring system at the Vienna-based ‘e-Safety Challenge 2011’ event on May 31, Bridgestone Europe has announced plans to roll out its commercial vehicle system across Europe during the course of this year. The system is being rolled out as a tool within Bridgestone’s Total Fleet Management package.

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Hamashima clarifies MotoGP tyre issues at Dutch TT

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The assistant to director at Bridgestone’s Motorsport Tyre Development Division Hirohide Hamashima has released a statement discussing events at the Dutch TT last weekend. The event was lively from a tyre point of view, with riders disagreeing over whether to have the manufacturer supply new rear slicks before the Saturday practice and race – in the end they stuck to the original tyres – and cold conditions creating problems as riders chose to run a softer compound that was more susceptible to graining. Track temperatures were 29 degrees Celsius cooler than in 2010, while rain interrupted running every day and left the circuit very greasy.

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Bridgestone nets second Boeing supplier award

Bridgestone Corporation is one of 16 companies, and the only tyre maker, to be honoured at this year’s Boeing Supplier of the Year awards. The Electrical/Hydraulic/Mechanical Standards category award is the second consecutive Boeing supplier honour for Bridgestone; the Japanese manufacturer was chosen from a pool of some 17,500 active Boeing suppliers in more than 50 countries around the world.

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Mining sector demand driving Bridgestone’s off-road business

Within the United Kingdom the off-road tyre market is dominated by the mining sector and it is no secret that Bridgestone has safely the largest presence here. When Tyres & Accessories spoke with Bridgestone UK’s OTR sector product manager Barry Coleman recently, he confirmed that current industry data places Bridgestone as clear UK market leader in the OTR/EM tyre segment and added that the company’s particular strength within the segment is in the rigid dump truck business. Bridgestone’s tyre portfolio for these 100 tonne plus vehicles includes sizes up to 3700R51 in the UK.

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Spies seals first win in difficult Assen MotoGP conditions

Slight residual dampness on the Assen track made the start of MotoGP’s round seven race vital, as several riders fell foul of conditions, but it was not enough to prevent Ben Spies taking his first MotoGP victory, controlling the race from the front to romp to an eventual 7.7-second lead over second-placed Casey Stoner and his Repsol Honda teammate Andrea Dovizioso. Bridgestone Motorsport manager Hiroshi Yamada congratulated Spies on becoming the tenth rider to claim a premier class MotoGP victory on the manufacturer’s tyres.

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Departure, French-style: Miraton leaves – the market comes

Didier Miraton, at 53 years of age nearing the pinnacle of his strength and ability, is leaving the Michelin Group after 29 years. Miraton is taking his golden handshake and leaving quietly. The Michelin Group is also doing what it does so well in cases like this: Keeping quiet. Yet it is becoming increasingly clear that the departure of top-notch manager Miraton – who hoped to step into the leading position within the company following the retirement of Michel Rollier – is linked to a change in direction at Michelin. Managing general partner Rollier, a man known for his financial expertise, shared his power with both managing partners, Jean-Dominique Senard and Didier Marathon; it has been decided that when Rollier leaves Senard alone will take on leadership of the eleven-member Executive Board. It is likely that Miraton considered this measure an affront.

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Bridgestone OE on latest Nürburgring record-breaking Mégane

Renault Sport has chosen Bridgestone’s Potenza RE050A as original equipment for its 265hp Mégane R.S. Trophy, which was released onto the market on June 20. This limited edition of 500 cars is fitted with the Potenza in size 235/35R19; this choice of tyre will, Bridgestone comments, allow the Mégane R.S. Trophy “to reveal its sporty spirit, versatility and comfort.”

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Bridgestone marks 50 years of Béthune production

More than 2,300 visitors recently attended an open day at Bridgestone’s factory in Béthune, France, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the plant’s opening. The event on June 11 included guided tours of the factory, an exhibition on the plant’s history and an official ceremony overseen by Bruno Capron, managing director, Bridgestone France Manufacturing. Also representing Bridgestone at the half-century commemoration were Ryutaro Ishii, senior vice-president Manufacturing and Yoshihiko Fujimoto, vice-president HR Europe & Corporate Affairs.

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Bridgestone Australia raises products 5%

Bridgestone Australia has announced a price rise of all its products in the country by an average of five per cent from 1 August. Explaining the price hike, group chairman and managing director Nobuyuki Mieno said: “The current costs of raw materials such as natural rubber, oil derived materials and others are maintaining their recent historic high levels.”

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Encircle: average UHP tyre prices slightly increasing

Data collected by Encircle Marketing over the 12 months between May 2010 and April 2011 suggests that the market for passenger car tyres is stable, with prices marginally up over the duration of the period. Premium brand tyres averaged £93.92 in April against £90.50 in May 2010, while the upper budget (£54.54 in April), lower budget (£50.12) and mid-range (£68.51) all experienced similar average price increases in the period. Both the premium and upper budget segments’ average prices saw a slight dip in October 2010, interrupting an otherwise slowly upwards incline.

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Bridgestone in Netherlands for MotoGP’s Dutch TT

Round seven of the MotoGP World Championship is the Dutch TT at Assen, one of the longest-standing races on the calendar and a race with great history in motorcycle racing. The 81st TT Assen weekend starts on 25 June, and marks the 62nd time the race had appeared on the Grand Prix calendar having been included every year since 1949. MotoGP tyre supplier Bridgestone will take its front soft and medium compounds and its asymmetric medium and hard rear tyres to Assen for the Dutch TT.

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Bridgestone Europe announces new management appointment

On August 1, Yves Kerstens, who is currently a member of Bridgestone Europe’s Board of Directors and vice-president of Supply Chain and IT, will take up the position of managing director of the company’s Commercial Products Business Unit. In this newly-created role, Kerstens will be responsible for truck & bus, off-the-road and agricultural tyres, for both the original equipment and replacement markets. As such, his position covers all of Bridgestone Europe’s markets and divisions.

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