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Future Toyota Cars will be 100 per cent Hybrid

(Akron/Tire Review) Toyota Motor Corp. says record fuel prices will reduce demand for conventional vehicles and increase demand in hybrids. As a result, future Toyota vehicles will be 100 per cent hybrid, according to executive vice president Kazuo Okamoto. He did not specify a date.

At an investor conference in New York, Katsuaki Watanabe, Toyota president, said the carmaker plans to produce 400,000 hybrid vehicles in 2006, which is 60 per cent more than 2005’s target. Watanabe also said he would cut product costs and cut the $5,000 price premium in half.

19th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli to Fit New Peugeot 407 Coupé

Pirelli has announced that its tyres will be fitted as OE on the new Peugeot 407 Coupé, at an international press conference in Granada, Spain. The new 407 will be exclusively equipped with 18 inch P Zero Nero UHP tyres.

19th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Williams and Toyota F1 Teams Leave Michelin

Michelin has confirmed it will end its F1 links with Williams and Toyota in a press conference at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday evening. As expected the company also suggested it would pull-out of Formula 1 altogether if it became a single supplier series. However the sport’s governing body, the FIA, hit back at Eduoard’s Michelin’s statement saying: “If Mr Michelin is not aware of these simple facts he shows an almost comical lack of knowledge of modern Formula 1.”

12th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Awards For Truck Point Dealers

Four members of Truck Point, the network of independent truck tyre dealers, won awards at the first-ever Truck Point conference. The awards were made by major customers that use the tyres and services on offer from Bridgestone and the Truck Point network.

Chris Deevey, head of purchasing for Ryder Europe, presented the Ryder award to Glyn Cainey, of Dexel Tyres, saying that the company had exhibited levels of service “second to none” and had been pro-active in reducing Ryder’s costs and downtime.

31st August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Rubber Prices Set to Increase Next Year

Natural rubber prices will continue to rise next year even though output from the world’s leading producing countries is expected to increase, according to an expert from the London-based International Rubber Study Group (IRSG).

30th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Awards For Truck Point Dealers

Four members of Truck Point, the network of independent truck tyre dealers, won awards at the first-ever Truck Point conference. The awards were made by major customers that use the tyres and services on offer from Bridgestone and the Truck Point network.

12th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Dates Set for 2006 Tire Industry Conference

(Akron/Tire Review) Clemson University’s Office of Off-Campus Distance and Continuing Education in Clemson, SC, has set dates for the 22nd annual Tire Industry Conference. The Tire Industry Conference will be held 15-17 March at the Westin Resort located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Suppliers from the domestic and international tyre industry are expected to attend. To register, call 864-656-2200 or visit http://odce.clemson.edu.

29th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Asia Rubtech 2006

The Asia Rubtech Expo 2006, is expected to attract around 900 delegates including 30 from overseas. The international conference, which will be organised by the Kerala and Mumbai branches of the Indian Rubber Institute (IRI) from will run from 23 to 25 November 2006 at Hotel Le Meridien in Kochi.

Click here for contact details.

15th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Snap-on Celebrates 40 Years

Snap-on Tools is celebrating its 40th anniversary of the opening of its UK operation this year.

“Today we are clear brand leaders in the UK automotive tools market, with a commanding market share,” said Terry Barcham, Snap-on Tools UK managing director, at a recent press conference.

29th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Assessing the Industry

A scheme to raise standards of car servicing and repair by testing the competence of technicians currently working in the retail motor industry has been launched.

Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) is a voluntary assessment system designed to appraise technical competence and in turn raise the professional status and credibility of skilled individuals whilst providing a benchmark for technician recruitment and career development. It is hoped that the initiative will improve consumer confidence in the retail motor sector.

The NTDA’s spring conference, held last month, highlighted the tyre industry’s desire to initiate a similar scheme and the Institute of the Motor Industry, IMI, offered its support in moving forward with the idea. The assessments would be based upon National Occupational Standards, and formed in cooperation with industry representatives to ensure that they are updated with changing technologies. The NTDA is currently looking to organise a seminar in July, which will be hosted by the IMI, and invites all interested parties to join the discussion.

16th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti’s Dr Rieth wins US Government Award

Dr Peter E Rieth, head of Advanced Engineering for the Automotive Systems division of Continental AG, has been honoured with the US Government’s Award for Safety Engineering Excellence in Washington DC. The award, presented by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), is traditionally awarded at the International Technical Conference on Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) every two years.

6th June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

New Hazardous Waste Regulations

New hazardous waster disposal regulations are come into force on 16 July 2005 and are expected to impact on around 20,000 sites related to the motor industry, with the Environment Agency having the powers to issue £300 on the spot fines to sites which are in breach of the law. Some things have a way of sneaking up on you, and the new Hazardous Waste Legislation is not different. Of course it doesn’t help when businesses bury their heads in the sand and pretend it’s not going to happen. And to some extent that’s what the UK tyre industry has been doing over these latest environmental rules and regulations. The issue raised its head at the NTDA’s Spring Conference, and highlighted a serious need to raise the industry’s awareness, something the association is trying to do, and quickly.

3rd June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental to Outpace Car Growth

“Continental AG will grow faster than automotive sector output in the years ahead,” chief executive Manfred Wennemer told an investment conference on Tuesday.

“Also in coming years — based on the orders we have in our books — we will grow considerably faster than the relevant car (sector) production,” he said, noting that Continental grew some seven per cent faster than relevant automotive production in 2004.

1st June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Tyres Blamed for Ferrari’s Poor Showing

Rival teams have blamed Ferrari’s poor start to the Formula One season on its Bridgestone tyres. Speaking in a press conference prior to the Monaco Grand Prix, Michelin supplied drivers including Red Bull Racing’s David Coulthard, Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella and McLaren’s Kimi Raikkonen all pointed to inferior Japanese rubber as the reason for Ferrari’s struggles.

19th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Nokian’s Leningrad Factory Due to Open in July/August

Nokian Tyres is to launch its Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad, tyre plant in July or August 2005. Speaking at a Leningrad an Interfax press conference, regional governor Valery Serdyukov confirmed the company would begin production this summer.

5th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors