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Michelin ‘Ready for Le Mans’

Michelin scored another win in the Le Mans Series at the weekend, with taking the Peugeot-Total-Michelin team the chequered flag in Monza. The cars, driven by, Stéphane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy, ended up winning after what company representatives described as “a real ding-dong battle with the No. 2 Audi [of] Mike Rockenfeller at the wheel.” The No. 17 Pescarolo (Tinseau / Primate) finished third.

For Michelin, the Monza race proved to be the perfect testing ground to validate tyres in preparation for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Matthieu Bonardel, Director of Four-wheel Competition commented: “Firstly, we want to wish a speedy recovery to Stéphane Ortelli from the Oreca team, who suffered an incredible “off” today and we hope to see him on the circuits again soon. With regards tyres, this race was by no means easy. The Monza circuit is highly specific and the evolution of the track today was quite strong. While there was a definite phenomenon of understeer in all categories during practice, it was not the case in the race…The only disappointment for us was because we failed to find a solution to double-stint and gain time. We tried both with medium and hard compounds, but we soon found that the mediums lost on performance over time, while the hards didn’t have the performance to start with.

28th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Conquer the Asphalt with Federal and Hero

Taiwan’s Federal Tire has been in the business for more than half a century, and in recent times has become much involved in motorsports, especially in parts of Asia and the US, with an emphasis on drifting championships much in evidence. A hardcore base of motorsport fans always ensures a market for a tyre manufacturer’s high performance products, and in 2008 Federal Tire has several such ranges available under both the Federal and Hero brand names.

23rd April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Marangoni Title Sponsor at Santa Pod Fast Show

A crowd of over 15,000 attended the Marangoni Fast Show at Santa Pod on 9/10 March. For Marangoni, the Fast Show was a huge success. The informal and involving Marangoni roadshow feature with its ‘hand’s-on’ approach reportedly proved popular with show visitors, particularly the Pit Stop competition with its top prize of a white-knuckle ride up the strip in the Santa Pod 2-seater dragster.

21st April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Australian ‘Drifter’ Nathan Weissel Teams Up With Federal Tyres

Federal Tyres has partnered with Nathan Weissel, winner of the 2007 NSW Drift Series, 8th overall in the Australian National Drift Series as his major sponsor. According to the company, the extreme performance of Federal’s 595 Competition Series has shown great resonance in action at 2008 Toyo Drift Australia Series at Symmons Plians Raceway.

16th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Tyres International – ‘Investigation Good for Consumers’

CEO of South Africa’s Dunlop Tyres International, Dr Luis Ceneviz, has responded positively to the actions carried out by the country’s Competition Commission to ensure anti-competitive behaviour is regulated. A statement from Dr Ceneviz was released after police and investigators from the commission raided Dunlop Tyres International’s head office in the city of Durban on April 4.

“During the raid, Dunlop remained fully co-operative and complied with any request made by investigators for any hard copy or electronic documentation,” said Cenevis. “At this point we are not able to give any further comment on the issue and have instructed our attorneys, who will be dealing with the matter.

11th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Commercial Tyres Announces Competition Winner

Kent based tyre dealer, Commercial Tyres has named Fleet Manager Stuart Joyce based in Snodland, Kent, as the winner of its recent prize draw. The competition, run in association with Continental Tyres, gave away a brand new LG 32-inch LCD television to Mr Joyce of Alan Firmin Ltd after he completed a questionnaire and submitting it to his local Commercial Tyres depot.

Paul Kuske of Commercial Tyres commented: “We have been an official representative of the Continental Tyres dealer network – ContiNetwork – for six years now and were very pleased to be chosen as a partner for this competition. We hope Mr Joyce gets a lot of enjoyment out of his prize and look forward to establishing a good relationship with him in the future”.

9th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

B&J Rocket to Announce Competition Winner

B&J Rocket’s unique Pro-Team online competition concludes in May at the ‘Reifen 2008’ trade fair. The campaign started mid-November and the growing image gallery of Retreading Pro Teams worldwide can be viewed in the competition pages under www.bj-rocket.com. In addition to the competition, B&J Rocket will be promoting its wide range of products on its show stand situated in hall 4-308.

9th April 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Time To Hit The Acquisition Trail?

Hardly a day goes by without some tale or other of economic woe – the sub prime crisis, falling stock markets worldwide; all the indicators suggest that this is a time to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm. However, analysts Plimsoll Publishing have just produced their annual acquisition survey of the Tyre Manufacturers & Distributors industry and their message is that, for the strongest companies in the market, this could be the ideal time to buy a competitor.

26th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Uganda Introduces Tyre Import Certification

Problems surrounding the importation of sub-standard tyres in Uganda may be reduced following the decision to introduce a certificate of conformity that importers must obtain from manufacturers. A consensus to this effect was reached during a recent workshop held by the Uganda Industrial Research Institute.

Regulation of the sale of tyres has become the responsibility of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), and at the opening of the workshop UNBS executive director, Dr. Terry Kahuma, commented that regulation will better ensure safety and fair trading. “We have embarked on enforcing standards of imported tyres in order to protect road users and passengers against accidents caused by sub-standard tyres,” Kahuma was quoted as saying by Uganda’s New Vision newspaper. “This has come up as a need to protect consumers and traders dealing in good quality tyres but subjected to unfair competition by those dealing in poor quality tyres.”

14th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyres Northampton Named Pirelli Performance Centre of Year 2007

Pirelli Tyres has crowned Tyres Northampton as Pirelli Performance Centre (PPC) of the Year for 2007. The award is the culmination of a four month assessment programme which included the PPC technical audit followed by an onsite video “mystery shop.” The PPC technical audit covers a wide spectrum of areas including working practices, standard and maintenance of equipment, housekeeping and tyre/wheel removal procedures. In contrast, the video “mystery shop” focused on the consumer experience and levels of customer service. A tyre dealer gaining PPC status can justifiably claim to be amongst the most professional in the UK as expectations are high and audit standards stringent.

11th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

New UK OE Fitments for Yokohama

The UK distributor for Yokohama tyres, Yokohama HPT Ltd, has announced several key new original equipment fitments in the Japanese manufacturer’s range for the UK market. The latest brand to select Yokohama as the tyre of choice is Volkswagen, for its new Touareg model. The choice follows Porsche, which recently adopted the Advan Sport model on its high-performance SUV, the Cayenne. The new Volkswagen model leaves the factory with both 19 and 20-inch wheel options fitted with Yokohama’s Advan Sport, sized 275/45R19 and 275/40R20 respectively.

6th March 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

The Art of Safety

The road safety message is one that can never be taught too early, and for several years Bridgestone has encouraged children to express their understanding of the issue creatively. This year the tyre major is again holding its “dreams at heArt” children’s drawing contest as part of its global “safety at heArt” activities, and all children in Europe up to age 11 are eligible to enter.

19th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Autogem Hosts Playstation F1 Competition

To mark the forthcoming 2008 F1 season, Autogem will be hosting a series of online Playstation 3 (PS3) races for its customers, staff and suppliers. The idea is to host an ongoing competition that replications the season’s tour of real-life F1 circuits in the virtual world. Autogem is offering prizes for the 2008 championship, which is totally free of charge.

As Autogem’s managing partner Prashant Chopra explained: “We already have a select number of colleagues and friends within the industry that go absolutely bananas racing so we thought we’d put together a championship of our own and have some fun. Each race will coincide with actual races in the season and we already have a good online turnout. With prizes on offer and bragging rights to win for, come online and see if youre really as good as you think you are!”

13th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone Quits Marine Hose Business due to “Improper Payments”

According to the content of a statement released by Bridgestone on February 12, the company’s internal inquiry into the now well known international marine hose cartel has uncovered a number of occurrences of what Bridgestone calls “improper monetary payments.” These payments were made to foreign agents, including government officials. Other “possible forms of improper payments” were also reported.

The European Commission, US Department of Justice, the Fair Trade Commission of Japan and other authorities have been investigating Bridgestone Corporation since last May due to suspicions of the company’s involvement in the marine hose cartel. Bridgestone, in its February 12 statement, wishes to clarify that the act of making improper payments to foreign agents, which will possibly be paid to government officers and other customer representatives, is a serious violation of its compliance rules. “Such acts betray the confidence that customers, shareholders and business counterparts have in our company,” declares Bridgestone. “We solemnly apologise for all such acts.”

12th February 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

No Control Tyre for Australian Rally Championship

Australian Rally Commission (ARCom) chairman Colin Trinder has announced that a control tyre will not be adopted for the 2008 Australian Rally Championship competition season. The Commission initially sought expressions of interest from tyre suppliers and other stakeholders last October, and Mr. Trinder states that the decision not to pursue an arrangement similar to that adopted by numerous other championships was only taken after extensive consultation with all relevant parties.

Mr Trinder said Rallycorp received “some very attractive offers”; in spite of this he states that the complexity involved in implementing a workable scheme in 2008 meant there was insufficient lead in time to fully explore all the options in detail for the upcoming season. “Moving to a strict control tyre regime simply cannot be rushed and unfortunately all the necessary moving parts required to reduce the overall cost of tyres for all competitors in the ARC could not be brought together in sufficient time for the 2008 season,” he said.

18th January 2008/by Tyrepress Editors