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Aftermarket Show Professional Tool Chest Prize Draw

Trade visitors to The Aftermarket Show have always had the opportunity to walk away with useful giveaways, but the stakes have been raised this year with the opportunity to win a professional tool chest worth over £3,200. Donated by tool specialists Teng Tools, the Mega Master TCMM1001N is a top-of-the-range tool storage solution and a superb prize for the professional technician. Containing 1001 tools and featuring 19 sliding drawers with super-smooth ball bearing runners and steel shutter doors for peace-of-mind security, the Mega Master can justifiably claim to be the king of the tool chest world.

To have a chance to win the Mega Master, visitors must pre-register their aftermarket trade ticket online at www.theaftermarketshow.com before 20 December. These pre-registered trade visitors will be entered into a special prize draw, which will be made during a TalkShop seminar in the aftermarket area on Friday, 9 January 2009.

5th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin North America Announces Agricultural Tyre Price Rise

As of December 1, Michelin North America is increasing prices on Michelin and Kléber brand agricultural and compact line tires and tubes sold in the United States and Canada. The company reports that prices will go up by an average of 11 per cent.

4th November 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

GM to Temporarily Halt Production

General Motors, the owner of European brands Vauxhall and Opel, is considering temporarily halting production at all its European plants, according to press reports. Speaking to Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung German union official Rainer Einenkel said GM was mulling a plant shutdown for the two last weeks in November and from December 15 until the end of the year. GM has previously announced that it wants to reduce output by 40,000 vehicles by the end of the year. The group’s European boss, Carl-Peter Forster, told AFP sales of its main models in Europe had fallen by 30 per cent.

22nd October 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Sealey Christmas Promotion

Sealey has got into the Christmas spirit early with its Christmas promotion, which offers over 400 exciting deals and more than 50 new products, promising something for everyone, whatever their area of interest and expertise. The promotion, which is valid until 31st December, offers up to 69 per cent discount and products include Sealey’s ever-popular Topchest Combo deals including free tools, trolley jacks, compressors, car starter/chargers and too many hand tools to mention.

To get your hands on the 56-page bumper catalogue, contact your local Sealey distributor, call the company direct or visit their website and make it a Happy Christmas for your workshop.

25th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

OK Tire Ranks Tops with J.D. Power

British Columbia’s OK Tire ranked highest in customer satisfaction on the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Canadian Customer Commitment Index Study. Based in Langley, B.C., OK Tire, has some 260 owner-dealers across Canada. The company achieved an index score of 902 on a 1,000-point scale, and scored well in the areas of work quality and customer orientation, score areas the study considered.

“Naturally we’re extremely happy with the news. The results of the study are an objective confirmation in regards to the efforts our owners have made over the past year to ensure we earn the trust our customers place in us” said Greg Sims, OK Tire president and CEO. The J.D. Power 2008 Canadian Customer Commitment Index Study is based on responses from 17,114 owners of 2- to 12- year-old vehicles. Vehicle owners were surveyed between December 2007 and May 2008. Overall customer satisfaction with their vehicle service provider is determined by examining five key factors: appointment/check-in, service advisor, work quality, after service and customer orientation. (Tire Review/Akron)

19th September 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Veyance Appoints Gingo to Board

Veyance Technologies Inc., exclusive manufacturer of Goodyear Engineered Products, has appointed Joseph Gingo, chairman and CEO of A. Schulman Inc., to its governing board. The election of Mr. Gingo increases the size of Veyance’s board to seven.

“Joe’s broad experience includes leading our business ten years ago when we were a division of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,” said Veyance president and CEO Tim Toppen in a statement. “He fully understands our customer-focused, market-back business philosophy and the importance of innovative products and services.”

28th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Report Recommends Winter Tires on Ambulances

(Canadaeast News Service) Ambulance New Brunswick (ANB) is asking an Edmundston-based consultant who prepared a report on winter-tire testing to clarify its results. In a news release, the organization expressed frustration with Gilles Francoeur over delays, findings and unanswered questions in the report which was made available to ANB earlier this week. “With many initial questions still unanswered by this version (of the report), we have returned to the consultant for further clarification on some of the information,” said Preston Holmes, ANB’s director of clinical operations.

According to Local 4848 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents about 1,000 paramedics in the province, the report recommended a return to winter tires on ambulances. Officials from the provincial ambulance system and from the paramedics’ union agreed to conduct a series of tests last spring to measure the performance of several models of tire, including the brand used on every ambulance in New Brunswick.

22nd August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Amtel-Vredestein Delivers $222 Million Loss in 2007

Despite net sales rising 29.4 per cent to $994 million in the full 2007 year to December 1, Amtel-Vredestein has recorded a pretax loss of $222 million for the year. The company states that its strong sales were boosted by its core passenger car tyre business, as well as good trading in other tyre segments. Sales from the company’s Russian operations grew 30 per cent to $439 million, while sales from European operations via the Company’s Vredestein Banden subsidiary rose 18 per cent to $402 million.

15th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Makes 2 North American Leadership Appointments

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has appointed Stephen McClellan and Joe Copeland to new leadership assignments within the company’s North American Tire business. McClellan, formerly vice president of Commercial Tire Systems, has been named president of the North American Tire Consumer business, replacing Lawrence Mason, who has announced he will leave the company. Copeland, previously vice president of the Off-Highway businesses, becomes vice president of Commercial Tire Systems, replacing McClellan. A replacement for Copeland will be named at a later date.

“Steve and Joe are two proven leaders who have demonstrated the strategic, operational and team building success that will have an immediate impact in their new assignments,” said Richard J. Kramer, president of North American Tire. “They have a track record of exceptional performance at every level and are well positioned to help lead our businesses into the future.”

4th August 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Mark Brebberman Named CFO of Hayes Lemmerz

Hayes Lemmerz International has announced the promotion of Mark A. Brebberman to the position of vice president and chief financial officer. Brebberman succeeds James A. Yost, who left the company in May. Originally joining Hayes Lemmerz in December 2001 as the North American Wheel Group Business Unit controller, Mr. Brebberman was promoted to corporate controller, operations and corporate controller in April 2004 and July 2007, respectively.

“We are fortunate to have a person of Mark’s capability and experience within Hayes. Mark has a deep knowledge of the corporation and its operating companies,” said Curtis Clawson, president, CEO and chairman of the Board. “I’m confident in the capabilities of Mark and our other finance department leaders to make this a seamless transition.”

31st July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Hungary Production Will Not Begin Before 2010 – Apollo

Apollo Tyres is said to be experiencing delays acquiring land and gaining regulatory clearance for the tyre manufacturing facility it is building in Hungary. Because of this, production is now expected to commence later than the originally anticipated June 2009 start date.

“The government regulatory process is still ongoing. What we had expected to get done now has been delayed by about a quarter or so,” Kankana Das told the Reuters news service. Apollo now hopes to acquire the site land by December and begin construction work next March or April. Therefore, it appears that production will begin in June 2010 at the earliest.

31st July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Report: Bridgestone to Announce 26% Profit Fall at Year End

Bridgestone Corp is expected to announced a sharp fall in group operating profits as a result of rising rubber prices. According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun daily financial newspaper, Bridgestone could announce a fall of up to 26 per cent in its operating profits compared with the last financial year.

New sources now expect Bridgestone’s group operating profit for the year ending 31 December to fall to about 185 billion yen ($1.74 billion), down from the company’s initial estimate of 195 billion yen. Thomson Reuters estimates put the analyst consensus forecast for Bridgestone’s operating profit this year at about 189 billion yen.

14th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Announces Joe Ruocco as New Senior VP

Joe Ruocco has been appointed as Goodyear’s new Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Ruocco, who has spent 23 years with GE, is due to take up the position at the beginning of August and “will provide strategic direction and business leadership for Goodyear’s global human resources operations,” according to Goodyear. He will also become a member of Goodyear’s core leadership team.

On the appointment, CEO Robert Keegan said that, “Joe has a wealth of experience in HR leadership positions with GE, an obvious global leader in the area of human resource management. We believe he is an excellent addition to our leadership team as we continue to build on Goodyear’s reputation as an innovative and globally admired company.” Ruocco stated his excitement at joining the team and his desire “to help Goodyear achieve its strategic business objectives.”

8th July 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Smithers Rapra Hosts REACH Seminar

With pre-registration underway for companies using chemicals under the European Union’s REACH legislation, Smithers Rapra in Shropshire are holding a one-day seminar responding to “the increasing concern amongst companies now faced with managing registration, technical dossiers, joint submission of data and the obligations of supply chain communication.” The seminar promises to be useful to small or medium-sized enterprises using chemicals in the tyre industry.

18th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors

Two-Thirds of Jobs to Go at Goodyear Tyler Plant

About two-thirds of the remaining workforce at Goodyear’s Tyler, Texas facility will be made redundant in August. According to the Tyler Morning Telegraph newspaper, the tyre major has informed the United Steelworkers Union of its plan to lay off approximately 110 people between August 6 and 19. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice received by the union stated the “permanent mass layoff has been necessitated by a lack of work at the plant.”

13th June 2008/by Tyrepress Editors