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The tyre market in Poland is growing continuously. In 2005 about 7.67 million passenger car tyres were sold (+4 per cent on 2004) and this figure is expected to increase by another 7 to 8 per cent during the year, according to a report published by the German governmental institute BFAI. Consequently, this year about 8.2 to 8.3 million PC tyres will be sold on the replacement market in Poland. “Long gone are the times when everybody drove the same tyre all the time. The development in different market segments has been quite heterogenous,” the report points out. High speed and therefore high performance tyres have experienced the strongest growth rates in the recent past. The Polish low budget segment in turn is constantly losing market share.

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Trayal Sold to a Bulgarian Power Supplier

Serbia’s second largest tyre manufacturer, Trayal Corp., is soon to be sold and therefore privatised. According to reports, the privatisation agency in Serbia has announced a public tender to bid for the traditional state-owned company. The Bulgarian power supplier Brikel EAD has now made the highest offer and will soon start to negotiate the details of the deal with the agency, local media sources wrote. The bid was £8.2 million for a majority share plus modernisation investments of up to £16.9 million.

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Xenos Launches TPMS Technologies

Xenos Technologies, part of the Pricol gorup, has launched a Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), suitable for passenger cars, sports utility vehicles and light motor vehicles. The Xenos TPMS consists of two units, a display and sensor. The sensors are fitted to car tyres. In case of low pressure, high temperature or rapid deflation these sensors alert the driver. The display unit is stuck below the rear view mirror and is priced at 12,500 rupees (£145).

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16:30 Friday: The Most Likely Crash Time

Continental Tyres today issued a warning to motorists that between 16:00 and 17:00 on a Friday afternoon is the most common time for car accidents to occur and in November when it’s dark, cold and often wet at this time – the risk increases further. In 2005, there were 2,454 accidents on UK roads at this time – that’s 35 per cent more than occurred from 08:00 – 09:00 and nearly 50 per cent more than occurred between 09:00 and 10:00on Friday mornings.

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Kirkby Tyres’ Extensive Offering

Kirkby Tyres has been involved in tyre and wheel wholesaling and distribution since 1958, building up a reputation for comprehensive stockholding, economic pricing and dependable delivery. For many years, Kirkby was associated mainly with the Alliance brand of agricultural and earthmover tyres, but in recent years the company has added to its portfolio, notably with brands from China, joining Alliance and all major brands from Europe, the USA and Japan. Kirkby operates from a five-acre site in Liverpool and has a daily delivery service on the UK mainland, for quantities up to and including container loads.

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Continental Enters China Plant ‘End-Game’

“We are making the final decision of the destination between two Chinese cities for passenger- and light-duty truck-use tyres production,” Continental AG executive board chairman, Manfred Wennemer, told the China Daily Newspaper. He did not give details of exactly which cities were being considered for a new production plant, but put the total proposed investment at 200 million euros and explained that his company plans to open 100 franchised and owned retail stores in the country in 2007.

Informed sources told Tyres & Accessories that the two short listed sites are likely to be selected from three possible cities. These are: Shen Yang, Dalian (Liaoning) where the likes of Michelin, Bridgestone and Goodyear are already producing tyres; and Tianjin, where Bridgestone has another factory.

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Amtel-Vredestein 3Q Sales up 14%, 9-month Net Loss Doubles

Despite reporting net sales of $198 million in the third quarter of 2006 and $548 million (up 19 per cent) in the first nine months, Amtel-Vredestein’s net loss doubled to $22 million between January and September. For the full year, the company projects net sales in excess of $800 million and EBITDA of approximately $100 million in 2006, according to the company. “A net loss of $10-$12 million is expected for the year — primarily as a result of increased investment costs and interest expenses as the company continues its Russian production, distribution and retail expansion programme,” official documents stated.

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1012 bhp Bristol Fighter-T Runs on Michelin Tyres

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Kensington-based luxury carmaker, Bristol, has announced that it has produced a record braking variation of its Bristol Fighter model. Seen as something of a Bugati (Veyron) beater, the Fighter T’s twin turbocharged and intercooled 8-litre V10 engine is capable of producing 1012 bhp and a top speed of 270 mph, which has been electronically limited to 225 mph.

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Michelin Launches Transense CV TPMS

After several years of intensive research and development Michelin’s US R&D department and Honeywell, one of the world’s leading automotive technology suppliers, have announced the launch of the eTire II battery-less TPMS for commercial vehicles. The eTire II system is based on Transense’s surface acoustic wave (‘SAW’) technology, which Michelin licensed in 2001 for in- and on-tyre applications. The news follows intense market speculation about the nature of Michelin’s product release. Some reports even suggested the technology could later be transferred to passenger car tyres.

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Credential and EMR Sign £400,000 Tyre Deal

Newton Aycliffe-based Credential Environmental and European Metal Recycling Ltd have signed an exclusive agreement for the processing of scrap tyres, in line with this summer’s start of the landfill tyre ban. Under the 12-month contract, car tyres on and off rim will be transferred from EMR sites to Credential Environmental tyre processing centres. An extension clause is included in the agreement, subject to approval by both parties.

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ExxonMobil Chemical and Yokohama Rubber Develop Inner Liner

ExxonMobil Chemical Company and Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (YRC) have developed DVA (dynamically vulcanised alloy) advanced tyre inner liner technology based on proprietary Exxpro polymers as well as alloys and application technology developed by YRC. The DVA advanced inner liner technology used in the film liner materials combines the flexibility and elasticity of a rubber with the low-air permeability of a plastic.

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Yellow Sea to Launch PC Tyres in Europe

Up till now the Qingdao Yellow Sea Tyre Factory hasn’t sold its radial passenger car tyres on the European market. The company was founded in 1986 and currently produces about 1.5 million tyres, 600,000 of which are radial PC tyres. These tyres are imported, says sales and operation manager Tao Rung Wu. But because the company has not yet received an E-mark for its products, it has been impossible to export these products into Europe. This will change in the near future, Mr Tao asserts. In this context Yellow Sea Tyre is announcing the expansion of its production capacity from 600,000 radial PC tyres to about 1.5 million units from next March when they will also get their products E-marked. Right now the company has “very limited capacity”. It is not yet clear yet how this capacity increase might interfere with the limited number of radial PC tread patters (four) and dimensions between 13 and 16 inches.

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Goodtyre Presses Forward Into Europe

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Although the domestic Chinese tyre market is growing at an enormous rate, export markets are also offering an ever more tempting business opportunity for tyre manufacturers from China. In light of major production over-capacities in particular in the PC tyre segment European and American tyre markets almost assure profitable and relatively easy growth perspectives to Chinese tyre companies. The Yinbao Tyre Group for example is one company that is currently adjusting its own growth strategy towards a more international standing. The company is based in the city of Shouguang in Shandong province. Export manager Sino He explains that the company, which was founded in 1994 has sold its truck, OTR and industrial tyres on the domestic market until very recently. It is offering the tyre brands Goodtyre, Yinbao and Huibao.

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Chinese Manufacturers Focus on OTR Tyres

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Chinese manufacturers want to and, in fact, already are benefiting from strong international demand for OTR tyres. One company that follows these lines very closely is the China Noble OTR Tyre Co., Ltd. When at the turn of the century it was becoming more evident that there was going to be a strong growth on the profitable OTR tyre market, Noble Tyre decided to jump on the bandwagon. The company’s co-founder Sky Zhuang said in an interview with Tyres & Accessories that this was the time when Noble decided to change its production plans. The company used to produce truck tyres and then changed over to the production of OTR tyres and thus invested considerable amounts of money from 2001 onwards.

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