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Trelleborg moves North American office

Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas Inc has moved its North American corporate offices in Ohio about 25 miles (40 km) to Fairlawn from Hartville. “We are very pleased with our new location for the business’s industrial and agricultural tyre divisions,” says Ydo Doornbos, managing director. “The city of Fairlawn has been very welcoming.” The Hartville location will remain as a satellite distribution centre. The main Ohio distribution centre is located in Akron, Ohio.

27th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

CGS Tyres Expands in France

CGS Tyres has announced plans to expand in the French markets after Copadex agreed to cede exclusivity in distributing CGS-produced Continental agricultural tyres in France as of 15 January 2011. CGS Tyres now sells all its brands in France, namely Mitas, Cultor and Continental (produced under licence). This consolidation was preceded by an announcement made in September about CGS Tyres acquiring distribution rights for Mitas tyres from L’Européenne de pneumatiques. Copadex will continue to sell Continental tyres.

21st January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Totrax Flexes Its Muscles With Cam Systems

Totrax has announced that it is introducing Cam Systems Cameo product to provide “greater flexibility and efficiency to its business through streamlining its day to day operating system.” By replacing its outmoded platform with the modern Cameo software system, Totrax aims to flex and grow the programme with its business, which has doubled in size over the past three years.

19th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Quinton Tyres Opens New Head Office

Tyre supplier and fleet service provider Quinton Tyres has consolidated its operations at three sites into a single location. The new 28,000 square foot site in Dukinfield was set up with a ₤1.35 million investment and will act as a base for Quinton’s entire operations, including mobile tyre fitting, sales, accounts, marketing and a new retail on-site fitting facility.

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop Goes Solar in Germany

It may not be the sunny season in Europe right now yet solar energy still has a role to play in our region. Goodyear Dunlop has shown its confidence in the technology through investing in an 87,000 square metre solar facility at its Philippsburg plant in southern Germany. The set-up installed on the roof of the tyre warehouse at Philippsburg by regenerative energy specialists PV julist and juwi is said to be the third largest rooftop solar power plant in the world and is expected to provide an output of 7.4 MW and 7.3 million kWh per annum, equivalent to the annual requirements of approximately 1,800 households.

13th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Kirkby Reveals New Tyres, Patterns, Sizes for 2011

Kirkby Tyres, based near Liverpool Airport in Speke, has been distributing tyres and wheels for over 60 years and now lay claim to being a top UK agricultural tyre wholesaler, with what it says is “the largest and most comprehensive range available.” The company has UK distribution deals with the Alliance Tyre Group and Balkrishna Tyre, and has recently extended its agricultural range with the introduction of new tyres from both companies.

10th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Canada Reorganises Consumer, Commercial Businesses

Yokohama Tire Canada has reorganised its internal structure by creating separate commercial and consumer business units to manage the sales and marketing of the two respective product lines. This revised structure is intended to better support dealers and assist is sharpening the focus of both the consumer and commercial businesses.

7th January 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Sailun Appoints New Truck Tyre Distributors

Sailun Tyres has begun to appoint new distributors for the company’s truck tyre range as part of the firm’s new European distribution strategy. The Sailun team, led by Martin West, report that they have recently received substantial orders from two European distributors – Intergomma in Italy and Grupo Soledad in Spain. Presenting the Sailun philosophy of “quality and technology”, West has been stressing that Sailun is pitched at the top end of the premium economy tyre sector.

15th December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Sailun Hosts ITMA at Euro HQ

Having recently joined the Imported Tyre Manufacturers Association, Sailun Tyres was pleased to host the latest meeting at their European Headquarters in Birmingham. Welcoming ITMA president David Seward (managing director, Yokohama) and fellow Association members, Martin West (European managing director of Sailun Tyres) commented: “ITMA is recognised as one of the leading body of International tyre manufacturers and plays a pivotal role in representing our interests at all levels. Sailun Tyres recognise the benefits of joining such a group and are delighted to be able to host this meeting.”

2nd December 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

First Look at Stapleton’s New Erdington ‘Super Hub’

Stapleton’s Tyre Services latest and greatest 100,000 square foot warehouse has been developed to be the leading tyre wholesaler’s UK “super hub.” Positioned near the literal mid-point of England, the new depot is central to the company’s existing warehouses. Previously the largest of these were developed to be Northern and Southern hubs, but now they will be fed by the large Birmingham location, which is coincidently located a stone’s throw away from Goodyear Dunlop’s Tyre Fort in the Erdington area, Birmingham. Tyres & Accessories recently met Ashley Croft, head of Stapleton’s supply chain, for an exclusive first look at the new facility.

The first thing you notice after you arrive inside the Erdington, Birmingham location – which is impossible to miss owing to the largest Stapleton’s signage in the company fixed to the road facing wall outside – is that the new super hub is already stocked with a full-range of about 3500 stock keeping units (SKUs).

30th November 2010/by Chris

Capacity Almost Doubled at Exide Distribution Centre

Having recently centralised its distribution activities on Trafford Park, Manchester, Exide Batteries has just completed a six figure refurbishment of its distribution centre that will virtually double its stockholding to 150,000 units. The warehouse’s footprint has increased 25 per cent to 23,000 square feet and the facility now has 3,500 locations compared to the original figure of 1,920. Exide reports this increase was largely achieved through narrowing aisle width from 3.2 metres to 2.3 metres, a measure that in turn necessitated the replacement of its existing fleet of standard reach trucks with narrow aisle, articulated types better suited to this new environment. Existing racking was further supplemented by new installations with nine tiers instead of six in order to maximise utilisation of roof space.

22nd November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Continental Rolls Out ‘American’ Tyre

In November, Continental Tire the Americas launched the first tyre it has specifically engineered to both meet the needs of the people moving segment and to perform on roads throughout North and South America – the steer and all-position HSR2 SA. This heavy steer regional tyre was designed and will be produced at the company’s Mt. Vernon plant in Illinois, and according to Clif Armstrong, CTA’s marketing director for commercial tyres in the Americas, the HSR2 SA completes the tyre maker’s product portfolio for people movers. Conti’s American people mover range also contains a long-distance steer/all-position tyre for heavier buses and recreational vehicles (the HSL1 Coach, introduced in January 2010) and a steer/all-position tyre for urban bus traffic, the HSU1.

19th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Air-Seal Wins Royal Mail Contract

Air-Seal Products Ltd, a UK supplier of tyre sealant products, recently became the sole provider of tyre sealant to the Royal Mail Group's fleet in a three-year deal with includes the option to extend to 2015. The contract was signed in late August and will reportedly be implemented throughout their fleet with immediate effect.

15th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Sumitomo And Ruia Group In JV – Report

According to the Calcutta Telegraph, the Calcutta-based Ruia Group and Japanese tyre manufacturer Sumitomo are engaged in talks concerning the construction of a radial tyre factory in India. It is reported that the joint venture would cost around 500 crore rupees (US$113 million) and would either be a 50/50 project or with Sumitomo taking a majority holding.

8th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Kirkby Tyres Offers Galaxy-brand Tyres to UK & Irish Market

Kirkby Tyres has announced that it is now offering the Galaxy and Primex tyre brands to the OE and replacement markets in the UK and Ireland. The range includes the popular Mighty Mow, Turf Special, Beefy Baby, Super Trencher and others, says the tyre wholesaler based in Speke. Alliance acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the Galaxy and Primex brands in December 2009, when it bought key GPX International Tire Corp assets. Trelleborg Wheel Systems had previously held the European distribution rights to the Galaxy brand, and had continued to supply European customers in the first quarter of 2010.

5th November 2010/by Tyrepress Editors