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Pirelli Workers At Carlisle Vote To Strike

A report in the local paper the News and Star says that 700 workers at Pirelli’s factory in Carlisle have voted to strike on three days in August, after the company said that it was going to outsource five jobs to outside workers. This will be only the second strike at the factory since it opened in 1969 and the three days chosen are August 3, 4 and 17.

700 workers represent 70 per cent of the workforce and Pirelli has to decide whether it will be worthwhile opening the factory with so many absent. Complete closure would mean a loss of production of around 10,000 tyres a day.

16th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Ex-Carlisle Workers Protest in Trinidad

Former employees of a Trinidad & Tobago based tyre factory acquired by Carlisle Tire & Rubber in 1995 have protested over severance money owed to them for more than a dozen years. Earlier this year the country’s Industrial Court ordered Carlisle, who took over the assets of the Caribbean Tyre Company, to pay more than TTD$10.6 million (£854,000) in outstanding benefits, with a payment deadline of February 23. To date Carlisle has not complied with the court’s ruling.

The workers involved in the current protest were employed by the Caribbean Tyre Company Ltd, who made them redundant in 1995. The company paid 70 per cent of the workers’ severance with the promise that Carlisle would re-employ all of them. Carlisle closed down operations in Trinidad & Tobago in September 2003, allegedly after workers began protesting working conditions and outstanding wages. About 400 employees lost their jobs during the closure.

4th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Carlisle to Buy Chinese Tyre Group

Carlisle Companies Incorporated, parent company of Carlisle Tire & Wheel, have on December 18 announced details of their agreed purchase of a tyre group in China. This latest acquisition adds to the US company’s already sizable manufacturing base in that country, a presence the company has had for more than a decade.

Carlisle will acquire the assets of Meiyan Tire Group, based in Meizhou, Guangdong Province, and the deal is expected to be finalised by March 31.

19th December 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Successful in the Speciality Niche – Carlisle Tire & Wheel

If the share price of its parent company is anything to go by, speciality tyre specialist, Carlisle Tire & Wheel, is having a successful time of it in the growing niche segment. Between year-end 2005 and the close of trading on 31 October Carlisle Companies’ share price has increased 21 per cent from $69.15 to $83.69.

Carlisle used November’s SEMA show to highlight a number of new products within the ATV/Utility vehicle, ST Trailer and Industrial segments. And, further to this aim, the company’s new 2007 product catalogue is available now. The company also dedicated a section of its booth to its growing Carlisle Certified Dealer (CCD) network.

29th November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Soopa Toobs Expands

Soopa Toobs says that it has had a busy year, characterised by stiff competition and a difficult marketplace. Despite this, the company has, over the past 18 months, taken on more warehouse and distribution staff and has now fully opened its new warehouse, which increases warehousing capacity by 300 per cent.

22nd November 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Breakthrough in Pirelli Talks

Talks between Pirelli and the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) have resulted in Pirelli tabling an “improved” pay deal. Although exact details of the pay offer have not been disclosed T&G representatives told Tyres & Accessories that it was enough for the union to “suspend” industrial action. According to T&G, the details will be released once the union members have been notified of the new offer. A ballot will be conducted in the first week of September.

“The proposals we will now put to our members are a significant improvement on the company’s previous ‘final’ offer,” said T&G national organiser for manufacturing Peter Booth. “The offer fully justifies the strong stance taken by our members in support of their pay claim, and I believe it an acceptable conclusion to this claim.”

Pirelli originally offered workers a 1.1 per cent pay rise back in April. This was followed by the 2.2 per cent offer which provoked the union’s strike ballot. The latest offer, which was negotiated with the assistance the conciliation service ACAS, seems sure to be in excess of this. Pirelli representatives were unavailable for comment.

A union spokesperson refused to comment on the union’s perspective of the long-term future of the Carlisle plant until after the ballot.

17th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli and Unions to Discuss Strike Action

Representatives from Pirelli Tyres UK and unions representing workers at the company’s Burton and Carlisle production plants are to meet. The talks, scheduled for later this week, are seen as an attempt to avoid the planned strike action, which is due to take place on 25 August.

15th August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Workers to Strike

Workers at Pirelli Tyres’ operations in both Burton and Carlisle have voted to strike after rejecting the company’s final pay offer of 2.2 per cent, according to the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G). Pirelli had revised the pay deal to 2.2 per cent after workers reportedly rejected a 1.1 per cent offer. Pirelli representatives made no comment in response to the news.

2nd August 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Workers Balloted Over Industrial Action

In the UK, two Unions are today balloting Pirelli workers at plants in Carlisle and Burton-on-Trent about possible industrial action, following the rejection of a 2.2 per cent pay offer. The largest Union is the Transport and General Workers, which has 900 members at Pirelli, while the second Union is Amicus, with 200 members. A T&G spokesman described the plants as “highly profitable for Pirelli”, adding: “The plants need support and investment, not a squeeze on pay.”

10th July 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

SJR Hankook Gears up for First Asphalt Test of Season

SJR Hankook rally drivers Gwyndaf Evans and Stuart Jones are set to face more than 160 miles of fast and challenging roads next month as the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship heads to the Scottish borders for the Jim Clark Rally. With one round down and the championship still in its early stages, the SJR Hankook team now turns its attention to asphalt and one of the toughest tests of the championship.

21st June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Two Service Centre Staff Injured in Tyre Accident

Two workers were injured when a tyre exploded at the Durranhill Industrial Estate in Carlisle, Carlisle News and Star has reported. The health and safety executive is said to be investigating the accident. The two workers were reportedly the only people on the premises when the accident happened. The manager of Hewden Hire Centre declined to comment to local news reporters. According to the News & Star there is also a Hi-Q/Motorway service centre on the industrial estate.

16th June 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli to Errect Turbine Mast

Pirelli’s plans to construct a 393-foot tall wind turbine at its factory in Carlisle, have moved a step further. “If the wind speeds match data collected over the years at Carlisle Airport, then we can put forward a final working proposal to Milan,” a Pirelli spokesman said. The first phase is to erect a 45-metre tall mast to measure wind speeds and directions on 8 June. The factory has set a target of having the turbine fully operational in the second half of 2007.

31st May 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Launches New Scorpion ATR

Need a tyre that can perform on any surface, while remaining quiet and looking good? Pirelli says the new Scorpion ATR does exactly that. Attending the tyre’s launch in Tozeur, Tunisia Tyres & Accessories asked if a tyre capable of performing strongly on sand and in wintry conditions really can be quieter and more comfortable than any other 4×4 tyre Pirelli has produced?

At the Scorpion ATR’s launch, Pirelli representatives spoke of the Italian manufacturer’s latest 4×4 offering with no small measure of hyperbole. Describing the Scorpion ATR as “Another Tyre Revolution”, the company was basically saying that its latest offering is aimed squarely at the “would like to go off-road, but won’t make a habit of it” market. But that is not to say that it doesn’t perform. According to Pirelli, the new tyre outperforms its predecessor, the Scorpion A/T, in almost every respect. The product is situated right in the centre of the company’s 4×4 portfolio and represents a serious attempt to please as many SUV drivers as possible.

19th May 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

John O’Groats to Land’s End on Flat Tyres

Goodyear has set eccentric British challenger Lloyd Scott, a new challenge – drive the length of the nation on flat tyres. Lloyd, 48, from Essex, who has previously cycled across Australia on a Penny Farthing bicycle and completed this year’s London Marathon in a full suit of armour, has agreed to take the wheel throughout May for Goodyear’s RunOnFlat Rally. The RunOnFlat Rally will see Lloyd drive the more than 1600 miles in distance across the British Isles, from John O’Groats, where he started yesterday, to Land’s End in a Mini with flat tyres.

10th May 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Embarks on “Intensive Testing” Ahead of BRC

With the first round of the British Rally Championship getting underway next week the Hankook SJR team is making its final preparations for its first assault on Britain’s premier rally series. Former British Rally Champion Gwyndaf Evans and new talent Stuart Jones will spearhead the team’s campaign in the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship which beings in Carlisle on Saturday 13 May.

3rd May 2006/by Tyrepress Editors