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European launch for Yokohama’s BluEarth AE-01

Almost a year ago Yokohama Rubber introduced the first of its BluEarth series, the BluEarth-1, into Europe. Now the European BluEarth portfolio is to be extended with the release of the BluEarth AE-01 fuel-efficient range of standard passenger car tyres. Scheduled for introduction into our region in March, the AE-01 will be available in 40 sizes from 205/55R16 91H to 155/80R13 79T. Following the tyre’s European launch it will also be introduced into other global markets.

17th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Work starts on Sumitomo’s South America plant

Ground breaking for Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ first tyre factory in Central and South America recently took place in Fazenda Rio Grande City, Brazil. A ceremony was held on 27 January to mark the commencement of work on the new plant, which is scheduled to start operation in October 2013. Around R$560 million (£206.8 million) is being invested in first-stage construction work at the plant. By the time this initial stage project is operating at full steam at the end of 2016 the Fazenda Rio Grande City plant will produce 15,000 passenger car radials per day (2,200 tons per month).

16th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Sailun well represented at Pneus Expo

Tyre maker Sailun reports its brand was successfully represented at the inaugural Pneus Expo show, which was recently held in France. The company’s passenger car tyre range was displayed on the stand of distributor Districash. “We have had a large number of high quality enquiries regarding Sailun tyres,” observed Districash managing director Jean-Philippe Moyet. “We have had a great start to our new trading relationship and fully expect to exceed our 2012 volume predictions. Demand is high for both Sailun summer and Sailun winter passenger car tyres.”

13th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokian profit up 82% in 2011

Despite the biting chill of the Finnish winter, the team at Nokian Tyres has surely been warmed by the company’s performance results for the 2011 financial year, which were released on 8 February. During the twelve month period group net sales rose 37.7 per cent to 1.46 billion euros and operating profit increased 71.1 per cent to 380.1 million euros. Better still, the all-important bottom line shot up 82.0 per cent, with profit for the year to 31 December 2011 amounting to 308.9 million euros.

8th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Heuver to market Aeolus passenger car tyres in Europe

In 2012 Aeolus Tyres will enter the European passenger car tyre market in partnership with Netherlands-based Heuver Tyrewholesale. Although Aeolus will be entering the passenger car market for the first time, the company reports that it was certainly not an overnight decision to do so. A whole new factory has been built in China and an international team of experienced tyre specialists is being used to develop the tyres. In addition Heuver reports that it is providing “frequent technical input,” to enable it to fulfil the requirements of the European market as well as possible.

7th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Research: Indian replacement tyre market to surpass 305 billion rupees 2014

Increasing numbers of vehicles on Indian roads will drive the Indian replacement tyre market past the 305 billion rupee (£4 billion, 4.8 billion, US$6 billion) value level, according to research conducted by TechSci research.

2nd February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo reaches million milestone

This week the millionth truck-bus radial came off the production line at Apollo Tyres’ Chennai manufacturing facility. The TBR unit entered service in April 2010 with an initial production of 250 tyres a day; following a series of gradual ramp-ups a total of 4,000 tyres are now produced there each day. TBR tyres now account for 19 per cent of Apollo’s total commercial vehicle tyre production, a figure that mirrors India’s overall 20 per cent commercial sector radialisation level.

2nd February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama launches run-flat ENVigor

On 1 February Yokohama Tire Corporation released a run-flat version of its Avid ENVigor all-season range in its North American markets. Known as the Avid ENVigor ZPS (Zero Pressure System), the run-flat variant is available in five sizes for popular fitments such as the BMW 3 and 5 Series, Lexus GS and SC, and Mini Cooper.

1st February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Techking’s Turkish partner launches Effiplus website

Techking’s Turkish passenger car tyre distribution partner has launched a local website promoting the Effiplus brand effipluslastikleri.com is seen as key marketing know-how in the company’s plans to the Effiplus brands.

23rd January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Lassa promotes winter tyres across Europe

Brisa-produced tyre brand, Lassa has been promoting its winter tyres across Europe with a series of television advertisements on Turkish channels. The brand also offers a tyre SOS service, sending the nearest dealer drivers’ contact information when in weather-related difficulty in Italy and Germany.

19th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Indian tyre market turned over £3.8b last year, states MRF

In its recently released annual report for the 2010-11 financial year, MRF Tyres estimates the entire Indian tyre industry’s annual turnover as being Rs 300,000 million (£3.8 billion), with exports accounting for Rs 36,000 (£455.8 million) of this. MRF states that during the year to the end of September 2011 an estimated 119.2 million tyres were produced in India by 39 tyre companies; the ten largest of these produced 95 per cent of this these.

19th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Open for business: T&A tours Triangle HQ and manufacturing base

International News

Although six of the world’s top 20 largest tyre manufacturers are located in China and/or Taiwan, and despite the fact that all of these have global ambitions, for the most part these companies are still developing their positions in international markets. Likewise while reams have been written about the top names and more recently there has been increased coverage of the activities of the Korean bloc (Hankook, Kumho and Nexen), far less detail is reported about the leading Chinese players. It has to be said that this is partly because of the media’s gravitation towards well-known names but is also because – and this is something of a generalisation – Chinese manufacturers don’t have the best reputation when it comes to international communications.

12th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokian targets grip and durability with Hakkapeliitta LT2

Nokian Tyres has introduced a new winter range for larger 4×4 vehicles, light trucks and vans. Known as the Hakkapeliitta LT2, the tyre employs the same innovations and technical solutions used in the Hakkapeliitta 7 passenger car tyre, however the Finnish tyre maker says the LT2 has been designed for heavy-duty use and this “combines uncompromised grip and exceptional durability.”

11th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Fulda unveils EcoControl HP

Fulda has announced the upcoming launch of its new high performance summer tyre, the EcoControl HP. The range will be introduced in time for the 2012 season and be available in 22 dimensions for 15 and 16-inch rim diameters. The tyre maker says the EcoControl HP is designed to take “meet both dry and wet conditions in its stride”; in September-October 2011 the new tyre was extensively tested against three competitor tyres by the independent testing and certification organisation TÜV SÜD Automotive, and was found to be a “well balanced performance tyre.”

13th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Al Dobowi holds inaugural Westlake Partners’ Day

The Westlake tyre brand is named after one of China’s most popular domestic tourist destinations and a 2011 addition to UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites – the freshwater West Lake in the centre of Hangzhou, the home town of its manufacturer Hangzhou Zhongce, located around 180km south-west of Shanghao. Shen Jin-Rong, Hangzhou Zhongce president and chairman, reflects with pride on the link between what is seen as a premier Chinese location and the tyre brand named after it: “Westlake is our tyre brand and also the best place in our city.” The Al Dobowi Group distributes the brand in several European territories through its Eskay Tyres subsidiary; the newly exclusive distributor of the brand in the UK was announced as Axle Group Holdings at the end of September – owner of the Viking International wholesale arm and the National Tyres & Autocare retail chain (see T&A October’s Wholesale feature and the Related News link below). Tyres & Accessories travelled to the town from Shanghai with representatives from the Al Dobowi Group to see the development of Hangzhou Zhongce’s manufacturing facilities, and to witness the growth in interaction between the manufacturer and European dealers of its Westlake brand.

12th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors