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Toyo to raise passenger car and light truck tyre prices in Japan

From 1 April Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd will increase the price of tyres for passenger cars and light trucks sold in the Japanese domestic replacement market by an average of 7 per cent. Despite the fact the price hike takes effect on April fool’s day, the increase is not joke and applies to both Toyo’s summer and winter tyres. In fact the cost of some size of light truck tyres will rise sooner, with their Japanese domestic market price increase scheduled to take effect on 1 March 2011.

7th February 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Expands Middle East Retreading Activities

In recent months, Marangoni Retreading Systems has taken on a number of new partners in the Middle East and signed agreements with a number of important retreaders within the region, including Al Zahem Industries in Kuwait. Through this particular contract, Marangoni Retreading Systems has been able to enter the Kuwaiti market with the backing of the experience and skills possessed by the country’s sole retreader.

4th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo to Raise Domestic Market Prices

Domestic market prices for Toyo Tire & Rubbers’ commercial and light commercial vehicle tyres are to increase by an average of seven per cent as of March 1, 2011. These Japanese replacement market prices apply to both summer and winter tyres and are being implemented in response to increasing natural rubber prices plus the high price of petrochemical raw materials such as synthetic rubber and carbon black. Toyo notes it has made efforts to minimise raw material prices through product mix and cost rationalization, however these internal measures are not sufficient to not cover the increase in raw material prices.

13th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Beissbarth 2011 Range Includes 3 New Changers; 2 New Wheel Balancers

Based on the principles of the need for quick and efficient tyre servicing, especially in the peak seasons of spring and autumn; the variety of staff experience used in workshops to deal with the high turnover and any customer inquires; and the ability to deal with increasingly popular runflat and ultra high performance tyres, Beissbarth says that the market is now placing increased quality demands on the tyre fitting process. At Automechanika in Frankfurt, the company showcased three new tyre changers and two new balancers for tyre service and contracted workshops, which it says fulfil all of the requirements for quick and easy tyre service. All three changers are certified for fitting RFT and UHP tyres by the Trade Association of the German Rubber Industry (WDK).

9th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Foundation Stone Laid for Michelin China Plant

A foundation laying ceremony for Michelin’s new Shenyang factory in Liaoning Province, China was held on November 21, marking the official start of work on the Michelin Shenyang Tire expansion project. When the US$1.457 billion expansion is complete the factory will hold the capacity to produce ten million passenger and light commercial vehicle tyres per annum plus 1.8 million truck tyres and 295,000 retreaded truck tyres.

22nd November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Achieves First SmartWay Verification

Cooper Tire has announced the first ‘SmartWay’ verification of a member of its commercial vehicle tyre range. The company’s Roadmaster RM180 long haul steer tyre has been added to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Transport Partnership list of low rolling resistance commercial vehicle tyres after meeting the required criteria.

16th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

New Van Tyre Delivers 30% Lower Rolling Resistance, says Conti

Van drivers looking for a tyre designed with rolling resistance in mind have a new option open to them in the form of Continental’s VancoEco range. The manufacturer states the new tyre has been specifically developed for van such as the Mercedes Sprinter, Ford Transit and Volkswagen T5 and claims the VancoEco reduces rolling resistance by around 30 per cent – which equals a four per cent fuel saving. At the same time, adds Continental, the engineers have managed to keep the braking distance on dry and wet roads short, giving the VancoEco performance “like a car tyre.” The VanEco range is already available and has already been approved as original equipment on the new ‘BlueEfficiency’ models in Mercedes-Benz Viano and Vito line-ups.

23rd September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

European OE Truck Tyre Market Swells, PCR Slips in August

Market data released by Michelin shows the European original equipment market for passenger car and light commercial vehicle tyres to have dropped 10.0 per cent year-on-year during August. Sales of these products have in the year to date increased 18.6 per cent in Europe, and our region was the only of the three reported markets to have suffered a decline; the North American OE market for passenger car and light truck tyres grew 34.0 per cent during August, while the China market increased 12.7 per cent. Both of these monthly results are lower than year to date growth figures, which for North America and China are 61.8 per cent and 40.5 per cent respectively.

20th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental 360° Fleet Services Launched in the UK

On 14 September Continental Tyres Ltd gave Conti 360° Fleet Services its official UK launch. Sharp eyed Tyres & Accessories readers will have spotted news of the European launch of this programme on tyrepress.com back in February as well as in March’s magazine. Seven months later, the UK launch revealed further details of how this will be rolled out across the UK and Europe and how the British ContiNetwork model gave the impetus for what is now know as the Conti 360° Network.

Dates first. Despite being initially announced as operational as early as February this year, the official launch of Conti 360° Fleet Services was – as we can see in mid-September, however the big UK switch-on in is scheduled for October. The Republic of Ireland will join the ranks of the programme with it own independent dealer network – a first for Continental Eire – being launched in November.

16th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone to Increase PCR/LTR Capacity in Thailand

Continued growth in global demand for radial passenger car and light commercial vehicle tyres has convinced Bridgestone of the need to further expand capacity at its Nong Khae factory in Thailand. Capacity at the plant, which has supplied the domestic and key overseas markets including Asia, North America and Europe since entering production in 1995, has already benefitted from one capacity expansion project. In January 2008, work began on increasing daily capacity by approximately 6,000 units. This project is scheduled to be completed by 2011; now the tyre maker’s Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd. subsidiary will invest approximately 21.3 billion yen (£164.9 million) to boost daily production capacity by 13,500 units to 50,000 units by the end of 2014.

10th September 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Rebranding for General Truck Tyre Range in North America

A relaunch of the General truck tyre range in North America is intended to give it “a stronger focus and an identity that will resonate with commercial truck drivers across the Americas.” Upon announcing the changes to the Continental Tire the Americas brand, truck tyre brand manager Libor Heger commented that the General commercial vehicle tyre portfolio would be expanded to meet the needs of customers throughout the entire continent.

17th August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone & Towell Open Oman Bandag Retreading Plant

Bridgestone and its exclusive distributor in Oman, Towell Auto Centre LLC, have jointly opened a Bandag retreading facility near the capital city Muscat. The plant, located in Mabella, has the capacity to retread 26,000 tyres per annum. Bridgestone Middle East & Africa FZE president Shoichi Sakuma indicates that approximately $1.5 million has been invested in the facility. “This is our fifth retread facility in the region,” Sakuma commented. Bandag also operates plants in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The new factory will, in accordance with local regulations, restrict its retreading activities to commercial vehicle tyres for 20-inch and larger rim sizes.

3rd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Stamford Tyres Probing Markets for Increased Penetration following “Foundational” FY2010

Stamford Tyres is a business of two major halves. Firstly it runs a distribution business in nine countries including its home nation of Singapore; secondly it is the manufacturer of its SSW brand of wheels and the owner of its outsourced manufactured Sumo Firenza proprietary brand tyres, which it displayed in Europe recently at Essen 2010. “We help the plants with technical assistance, with our own designs for products, and we own our own tooling,” explained the company’s CEO and president, Wee Kok Wah when Tyres & Accessories interviewed him on his recent visit to London following Reifen 2010. “That way we can gear our capacity quite quickly and easily. We have a large team of engineers in China to deliver product quality assurance. The product meets the highest standard that you want.”

2nd August 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Hankook Displays New Concept Commercial Vehicle Product, VW Links

Hankoook made its ninth Reifen appearance in a large booth next to Pirelli in Hall 3, reflecting the company’s current importance on the European market. Hankkok characterised its presence in Essen is something of a “home game”: the company argues that it is now an established presence at the show and, thanks to its increased market share and growth, Europe has become a home territory – especially considering the company’s production plant in Hungary, which has recently received Volkswagen certification.

Volkswagen has been ordering Hankook’s products since 2002, and its inspection team’s report gave the Hungarian facility the highest possible marks. The tyre manufacturer expects to supply Volkswagen Group models using Hankook products to be supplied directly from the site. Jin-Wook Choi, executive vice-president and head of Hankook Tire in Europe, stated: “We are proud and happy to maintain business ties with the Volkswagen Group and other leading European automotive manufacturers in a spirit of mutual trust and confidence. German car manufacturers, in particular, are known for their stringent quality standards and for top-notch technology and performance. At Hankook Tire, we share this passion for technological perfection.”

8th July 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin X One Maxitrailer Tyre “Increases Stability” in Tests

Michelin says it has recorded a 6.5 per cent improvement in stability over 385/65R22.5 tyres after measuring the vehicle overturn angle of a 44-tonne tractor unit and trailer combination fitted with X One MaxiTrailer tyres. The trial took place at QinetiQ’s automotive test facility in Chobham, Surrey, using the only tilt-table in the country capable of accommodating a fully loaded 13.6m commercial vehicle.

18th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors