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Continental CV Tyre Production Now Over 7 million Units

Continental AG is profiting from the growing demand for commercial vehicles. The international automotive supplier expects to achieve sales this year totalling nearly 2.0 billion euros in the commercial vehicle original equipment and replacement business. “We are counting on further growth in the coming year,” said Dr Hans-Joachim Nikolin. In the Commercial Vehicles Tires division, Continental’s capacity exceeded 7.0 million tyres this year. The plant in Puchov, Slovakia, and the Continental Sime Tyre operations in Malaysia have been expanded, and production got started in the new facility in Camaçari, Brazil.

22nd September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Nexen Opens Shanghai Offices, Eyes China Growth

(Akron/Tire Review) Nexen Tire opened a branch office in Shanghai, China, earlier this month, which company officials said will spur its penetration in the Chinese tyre market. The new office will join a tyre plant Nexen is constructing in Qingdao, Shantung, which broke ground last May. The new plant will cover some 5.7 million square feet – among the largest in China – and have a final capacity of 20 million per year, Nexen said.

21st September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Going the Extra Mile

With the European Commission predicting that 81 per cent of freight transport will be delivered by road by 2020, long-distance or highway tyres have become a real focus for the premium manufacturers. Prior to the M749’s official debut at the Hanover IAA Commercial Vehicle show, Tyres & Accessories visited Bridgestone’s Aprilia proving ground to see the Japanese manufacturer’s new highway tyre in action.

Bridgestone’s latest drive axle offering is clearly presented to fight off the company’s number one competitor and therefore it promises much. According to Bridgestone officials the new M749 is more cost efficient because of superior mileage, excellent rolling resistance, and a “high capacity” for re-grooving and retreading. The demonstrations Bridgestone staff gave on the track were particularly designed to show the product also has strengths in “handling and wet safety.”

19th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Smarter Than The Average Car

Ever wondered what a Smart with 26-inch rims would look like? The Smart fourfun2 is the answer. DaimlerChrylser were obviously trying to awaken their inner child when they produced their tallest Smart, which the company describes as a forfour with monster truck ambitions. The tyre fitment is just ludicrous –BFGoodrich rubber on 26 inch rims with a diameter of 140 cm. Not to mention ground clearance of 65 centimetres and an unbelievable total height of 3.7 metres! The car features an OM 352 six-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 5,675 ccs. It delivers an impressive 84 bhp – the diesel version of the production car has a 41 bhp engine.

18th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Touchless Wins Automechanika Innovation Award

A new state of the art wheel aligner that is completely ‘non contact’ has arrived in the UK, and pundits say the launch will have a dramatic impact on the way the industry has traditionally viewed wheel aligner technology. “Touchless” has been developed by Beissbarth, and was showcased at last year’s Autopromotec trade fair in Bologna, Italy. An undoubted star of the show, “Touchless” drew the biggest number of visitors to the Beissbarth stand, as crowds were introduced to this latest addition to the company’s family of wheel aligners.

15th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

TiWheels Earnings Drop 40 per cent

South African company Tiger Wheels Limited (TIW) reported a 40.4 per cent decline in earnings per share for the year ended June, online news sources have reported. The group reported a 6.7 per cent increase in revenue to 3.3 billion rand while operating income declined by 46.4 per cent. Profit for the year also went down from 157 million rand to just over 79 million.

8th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Amtel Tyre Production Begins at Moscow Plant

Amtel-Vredestein N.V. has announced that it has begun production of its Amtel brand of tyres at the Moscow Tyre Plant-M; only weeks after the company announced its intention to acquire the factory. The company has also met its promise to make the plant more environmentally friendly by shutting down rubber mixing at the facility.

7th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Mobile Lift for Cars and LCVs

Power-Tec Ltd has introduced the 1,500kg capacity Mobi-Lift mobile vehicle lift for use with cars, 4x4s and light commercial vehicles. It is a single-post lift, offering 1,000mm lift height within 35 seconds and operates from a standard 230V 13 amp power supply.

5th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Compound Growth

Marangoni Pneumatici has been active in the industrial tyres sector for 20 years with percentage growth figures around the double-digit mark for each of those years. Now in order to fulfil growing demand for its products, Marangoni is evaluating the possible expansion of its total production capacity through a project in “a competitive labour cost country.” Marangoni’s existing industrial tyre capacity offers a range of products including resilient solid tyres, press on bands tyres and pneumatic tyres. The current manufacturing site is ISO 9001 certified.

4th September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to Release Wireless TMPS System

According to FCC records, Bridgestone is close to releasing a wireless tyre pressure monitoring system. The system uses sensors embedded just under the tyre rim to sense tyre pressure and temperature to a handheld device. A 1.5 second alarm is sounded if the pressure is too high or too low.

1st September 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Sapphire Processes 50 Millionth Tyre

Sapphire Energy Recovery is celebrating the recovery of its 50 millionth end of life tyre at its processing facility in West Thurrock, Essex. Sales and marketing manager, Ryan Mifflin explained: “Fifty million tyres represents a saving of more than three quarters million cubic metres of landfill space, enables tyre manufacturers to meet their producer responsibility obligations and provides tyre change depots with a sustainable disposal route.”

31st August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Narrows Search for China Production

Continental AG has narrowed the search for its first Chinese production facility to two possible locations, Tyres & Accessories has learnt. Both plots are greenfield sites and the selection is expected to come down to which area offers the best economic incentives. Continental AG board member Dr Hans-Joachim Nikolin told T&A the plant will follow the same model as the company’s recently opened, Camacari, Brazil, factory and will produce 4 to 6 million passenger car tyres and between 400,000 and 600,000 truck tyres using “standard” Continental technology.

31st August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Extends Meteo HP Winter Range

The use of winter tyres for the cold season has become widespread among European users in the last few years. In the past winter, for instance, sales in Europe increased by almost eight per cent when compared to 2004. In keeping with this trend, Marangoni Tyre is further extending its Meteo HP range of winter tyres. Extremely safe, with high performance on all types of road surface and over an exceptionally wide range of operating temperatures, Meteo HP can be defined as the no-compromise winter tyre.

29th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Del Balzo Aids Marangoni Development

UK TV viewers of BBC’s Top Gear motoring programme will be familiar with the character called “The Stig” – an anonymous driver who regularly puts cars through their paces by driving them at the limit. Italian tyre manufacturer Marangoni has its own version of the Stig who, according to the company, has the task of assisting the Marangoni research and development team in testing and analysing each product’s ‘intelligence’, on track and road. The information gained is used to ensure performance, comfort and safety are optimised for everyday drivers. The main difference is that the identity of Marangoni’s ‘Stig’ is not shrouded in mystery – he is in fact former F3 driver and European GT Champion, Cristiano del Balzo – the current Director of the Italian equivalent of the MSA, the CSAI Velocità.

29th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin Launches In-Car Power System

Michelin has launched a range of power converters that change 12volt DC battery current into 240volt AC mains power for laptop computers, mobile phone chargers, power tools and televisions.

With more and more mobile staff spending time on the road and making even less frequent visits to the office, Michelin has determined that greater power capacity is required for portable machines. Whilst a laptop has its own battery power, this capacity is limited and only an AC power source will operate the computer in the car and recharge the battery.

23rd August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors