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Cooper’s Avon Tyres Gets High Marks in Consumer Survey

(Akron/Tire Review) In a consumer survey conducted by The Tire Rack, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co’s Avon Tech M500 and Tech M550 A/S tires earned top ratings by UHP summer and UHP all-season tyre owners.

Some 95,000 respondents were asked to rate their tyres according to the following criteria: traction in dry, wet and snowy conditions, cornering stability, steering response, ride and noise comfort, resistance to hydroplaning and tread wear. In the UHP summer category, 40 tyre lines from 12 major tire brands were rated, according to The Tire Rack.

Avon owners, according to The Tire Rack survey, said they would buy the same tires again. The Avon line, originally available in European markets, was launched in North America in May 2004.

For complete results visit: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=UHP
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=UHPAS

19th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop launch ‘Great and British’ Racing Festivals

Dunlop is introducing a series of ‘Great and British’ Dunlop Motorsport Festivals for the 2006 season.

A major marketing programme, to broaden the appeal of motorsport in the UK and to introduce new spectators to the sport, will also support the weekend events.

The complete list of championships is due be announced shortly, however the John Cooper Mini Challenge, Radical Enduro and Radical BiDuro Championships, and Avo Ginetta Championship have already signalled their commitment to the package, which is backed by the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC).

6th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Appoints Three to Marketing Posts

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co has made three appointments to its North American tyre-marketing group. James Keller was vice president of marketing for North America, Philip Kortokrax was appointed general manager for Cooper’s Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels unit, and Christopher Pantani was named director of UHP marketing and business development.

2nd September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Recalls Tyres

Cooper Tire is recalling several models of tyres in the US according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

There is a concern that the tyres affected could lose air pressure causing them to run under-inflated and to wear prematurely says an American news source.

Up to 50,000 of its tyres may be unsafe says the NHTSA. The recall effects the following tyres: Trendsetter SE, Mastercraft A/S IV, Dean Alpha 365 A/S and Starfire Flite-Line IV Tires sizes P195/70R14 AND P185/65R14.

Cooper is offering to replace the affected tyres, which were manufactured between 21November 2004 and 14May 2005, free of charge.

24th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Names Brennan to Head Supply Chain Operations

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire, & Rubber Co. has promoted Fran Brennan to vice president of supply chain operations. The 21-year Cooper veteran most recently served as the technical vice president, a position he held for the past five years. During his Cooper career, Brennan also has served in industrial engineering, manufacturing planning and production planning.

18th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Tyres Get A1 Test

The inaugural test session for the A1 GP Series has been hailed a success by the fifteen teams driving the cars, reports tyre sponsor Cooper.

The teams, representing nations from across the globe, made their way around Northamptonshire’s national circuit over 600 times on Cooper rubber, racking up a total distance of 1,800 km.

17th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

4×4 Market Shows No Sign of Tiring

According to Cooper Tires 4×4 tyre sales have increased by a staggering 151 per cent in the last five years. In 2004, there were 1.25 million 4×4 tyres sold throughout the UK, a jump from 825,000 in 2000.

Factors such as 4×4 fashions and the increasing number of “Chelsea tractors” in town and city centers are thought to have influenced this growth. Other trends such as the replacement of standard manufacturer fitted wheels and tyres with larger sizes are also affecting the market.

17th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Opening New DC in Texas

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is set to open a new 400,000-square-foot distribution center in Grand Prairie, Texas. The new facility, said Cooper, will improve its service to customers in the Southwest, South and Midwest regions of the US.

4th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Strike, Raw Materials Drop Cooper Earnings for the Half

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co posted a net loss of $7 million in its second quarter of 2005, a downturn fuelled by the strike at its Texarkana, Arkansas, tyre plant earlier this year and rising raw material costs. Cooper also lost $2 million overall for the first half of 2005.

Net sales for the second quarter reached $511 million, up slightly from sales of $509 for the same period last year. For the first six months, Cooper racked up net sales of $1 billion, up 4 per cent versus the first half of 2004.

2nd August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Appoints New Technical VP

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co has appointed Charles G Yurkovich Jr as technical vice president. Mr Yurkovich will lead Cooper’s technical organisation in developing new products and technologies and improving current ones, said Cooper.

Prior to this appointment, he had worked in various technical management roles in the consumer, commercial and retread markets and held sales and marketing management positions at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Mr Yurkovich also holds US patents on light truck and medium truck tyre designs, according to Cooper.

28th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Avon and ATS Put Mini Up For Grabs

Customers who buy two Avon tyres from participating ATS Euromaster outlets will get the chance to win a new MINI Cooper. The car in question is worth £12,500 and comes in Chilli Red paintwork with Union Jack roof decoration and white bonnet stripes, plus of course a set of Avon Tyres. Five runners-up will receive a Sharp DAB portable digital radio, and all entrants will get a free Avon baseball cap. The competition runs from 1 August until 30 September.

27th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Names Technical Relations Manager

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co has named Bradley Rump as its new manager of technical relations. In his new post, Mr Rump will be responsible for providing the company, tyre industry and government with technical expertise on tyre-related issues.

Bradley Rump joined Cooper in 1993, and has worked as product engineer in inner tube and curing bladder development and high-performance tire development, as senior product engineer in the Albany, Georgia, plant, as technical director in the Clarksdale, Missouri, plant, and most recently as manager of the materials laboratory in Findlay, Ohio.

26th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Declares 134th Consecutive Quarterly Dividend

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. declared its 134th consecutive quarterly dividend – 10.5 cents per share on common stock – earlier this week. That marks some straight 33 years of paying dividends each quarter. The dividend will be payable Sept. 30 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 2, said the company.

22nd July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Cooper Adds UHP Sizes

(Akron/Tire Review) Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has expanded its Zeon 2XS and Zeon XST ultra-high performance lines with new sizes for performance cars and SUVs. And it added two new sizes to its Cooper Lifeliner SLE touring line. Cooper added five new 18 and 19-inch sizes to, its Zeon 2XS line targeting BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Cadillac, Lexus, Mustang, Audi and Chrysler models.

In addition, it added sizes 305/35R23, 305/40R23 and 285/45R22 to the Zeon XST line to target sport tuned trucks and SUVs. Sizes 235/65R16 and 225/60R17 were added to the Lifeliner SLE family, Cooper said, to target the Saturn Vue, Chevy Equinox and Lincoln Town Car.

22nd July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

US Tyre Shipments Strong in June

US tyre shipments rose 4.2 per cent year-on-year in June, possibly boosted by pre-buying ahead of June price increases. Deutsche Bank analysts, who also calculated the figures, found that shipments for the full quarter were in line with expectations, rising 1.5 per cent compared with the second quarter of 2004. As a result of the strike early in the second quarter, the analysts expect Cooper Tire to “underperform the industry during the quarter.”

In contrast the report suggests Goodyear and other tyre manufacturers outperformed the market in the same period. “We continue to expect an inflection point for Cooper Tire in the third and fourth quarters, as production and industry pricing levels continue to rise,” said the analysts.

15th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors