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NETE Names Gavin Marshall as New Managing Director

After providing more a decade of leadership that has generated impressive growth, Ian Darcy has passed the Mantle of North Eastern Tyre & Exhausts managing director onto Gavin Marshall. Ian Darcy will continue in the new role of Business Development Director. Part of “phase two” of an ongoing growth plan, the company also has plans to open a new location. Scheduled to open in January 2008, the new Knaresbrough site will employ around 20 people, provide 4000 square metres of retail space and store over 20,000 tyres for wholesale distribution.

“Gavin and I have worked closely together for over 10 years and I know he is the right person to provide stability and direction for the next decade of our success. On my part I am delighted to have the opportunity to focus and lead our expansion programme in Knaresbrough,” Ian Darcy commented.

18th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Metro Tyres Looks Towards EU for Expansion

Motorcycle and bicycle tyre manufacturer Metro Tyres has discussed plans to expand into European markets. The Punjab, India based manufacturer entered into a technical collaboration deal with Continental in January and is now in the process of preparing for the unveiling of its European distribution cell. Conti will also source bicycle tyres from the company.

“European markets hold much bigger potential for the company as far as cycle and bike tyres are concerned,” said Metro Tyres managing director Rummy Chabbra. He further commented that Metro Tyres currently holds 24 per cent of the bicycle and 3 per cent of the motorcycle tyre market in India. The company aims to capture a 10 per cent share in the motorcycle sector with the next two years.

11th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Yokohama Releases All-New S.drive in US

(Akron/Tire Review) Yokohama Tire Corp. has introduced the all-new S.drive high performance tyre, featuring nanotechnology. Yokohama said the new line is available now through its U.S. distribution centres. Designed for sports sedans and coupes, the S.drive comes in a range of sizes covering 15- through 20-inch rim diameters. By the end of 2007, Yokohama said, the line will include 70 different sizes. According to the company, the S.drive features a silica-based compound that uses nanotechnology, which allows the tyre to better conform to the road surface for wet and dry grip. The tire also features scoring in the groove walls that Yokohama said helps distribute stress loads to reduce uneven wear.

4th July 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Vredestein Fits One Millionth Space Master

Vredestein Banden recently achieved a major milestone by fitting its 1,000,000th Vredestein Space Master spare tyre, supplying the tyre to Audi for use in the Audi A6 All Road. Vredestein has been using the existing fitting machine for Space Master spare tyres since 2002. The company expects that the next milestone, namely 2,000,000 Space Master spare tyres, will be reached considerably more quickly, given the huge demand from the auto industry.

Thanks to the rise in the large number of SUV and 4×4 models in particular, the popularity of Vredestein’s Space Master spare tyres has grown enormously over the past few years, with many manufacturers opting for the Space Master and the high quality and level of service offered by Vredestein.

The Audi Q7 is the most recent model to be delivered with Vredestein’s Space Master. The Q7 has proven to be an exceptional success and the percentage of Space Master spare tyres fitted in Audi’s SUV is so high that Vredestein has to pull out all the stops in its production and installation processes in order to meet the huge demand.

26th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Solideal Opens Distribution Centre in Edmonton, Canada

Solideal Canada is pleased to announce the opening of a distribution centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in May 2007. The facility allows Solideal, Canada to meet the growing demand for industrial and construction products in this region.

“This facility is in a great location to better serve our customers in Western Canada,” explained Bob Bulger, President of Solideal Canada. The warehouse further complements Solideal Canada’s warehouse network that offers same-day and next-day service to over 80 per cent of the Canadian market. Solideal Canada now operates 3 Warehouse Locations in Ontario, a distribution centre in Edmonton and has plans to add facilities in Quebec by middle of 2007.

25th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Vacu-Lug Signs Five-Year Deal With Nightfreight

Vacu-lug, Europe’s largest independent retreader of commercial and industrial tyres, has renewed its national distribution contract with leading specialist delivery business Nightfreight for a further five years. Nightfreight will collect new and professional retread tyres from Vacu-lug in Grantham and transport them to its regional hubs before distributing them nationwide to Vacu-lug’s 300 strong customer base which includes TDG, Keuhne & Nagel, Woolworth’s, and Veolia Environmental Services Ltd. Used casings will also be collected on a nationwide basis.

In addition from April 2007 Vacu-Lug reached agreement with Pirelli resulting in the transfer of their retread production and distribution to Vacu-Lug adding further volume into the Nightfreight distribution network.

21st June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Solideal de Mexico Opens 2 New Locations

Solideal’s Mexican wing has opened its third location, a branch in Monterrey, Mexico on 23 April 2007. Adding to the existing branches in Mexico City and Guadalajara, this new 1000 square metre facility is dedicated to serving construction equipment, forklift, and tyre dealers. A month later on 31 May, Solideal opened a distribution centre in Hermosillo.

Richard Le Borgne, General Manager of Solideal de Mexico stated: “Our decision to open these locations [in Monterrey and Hermosillo] was taken in order to allow us to be closer to our market. Our sales people will not only attend the Monterrey market, but all the market in the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tamaulipas. Our goal was to reduce to a minimum the lead time for products delivered to this part of the country and reduce customers’ final costs”.

18th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Energas Ltd Choose Michelin Tyres

Hull-based Energas Ltd, together with its sister-company Engineering & Welding Supplies Ltd, has adopted a 100 per cent Michelin tyre policy managed by ATS Euromaster, following a brief from the Managing Director to reduce the cost of transport.

The agreement covers all vehicles operated by the two companies, including nearly 50 trucks, 16 trailers, 16 vans and 55 cars, together with 15 forklift trucks – using ATS Euromaster’s skills as the only nationwide fast-fit network to be able to support such a wide-ranging fleet of vehicles.

The fleet is spread across 11 depots throughout the Midlands and North East of England, supported by a further four satellites, with the commercial vehicles used primarily for delivering compressed, bulk and liquefied industrial gases, together with a range of welding products.

13th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Conti Plans HQ Move

(Akron/Tire Review) The Charlotte Business Journal has reported that Continental Tire North America Inc. plans to move its headquarters from Charlotte to a business park in nearby Lancaster County, North Carolina. CTNA is reportedly negotiating a multi-million deal with the park developer.

According to the report, CTNA would move its 120-person headquarters staff to a 65,000-quare-foot facility, and will keep a small operation at its 1.7-million-square-foot Charlotte facility. The Charlotte facility had served as CTNA’s headquarters and home plant. The plant has ceased producing tyres, but still serves as a warehouse and distribution centre.

12th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Christian Salvesen’s Tyre Plan Proves ‘Difficult’

Profits at Christian Salvesen fell 19 per cent, at least partly due to the higher than expected start-up costs encountered in its distribution deal with Goodyear Dunlop and Continental Tyre Group in the UK. The firm posted underlying pre-tax profits of £12.5 million for the year to March 31 and extended the UK transport division’s operating losses to £4.6 million for the year.

“Progress during the year was slower than hoped, due in part to a difficult start-up for our national tyre distribution partnership with Goodyear Dunlop. The unplanned start-up costs were a significant factor in the increased losses for the year. As part of the turnaround plan for our UK network business, we are investing in new systems to achieve rapid improvement in operational efficiency. For the longer term, we are investigating options that will require more fundamental infrastructure changes,” said the company reporting its full-year results.

7th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Chris Behan Appointed UK General Manager at Snap-On

Snap-on has appoint Chris Behan (43) as UK general manager. In this role Behan will have responsibility for the sales service and administrative activities for both Hofmann and John Bean.

“Chris is a proven and seasoned sales leader in the UK having demonstrated general management success in expanding UK markets for German and US produced industrial products,” said Thomas L Kassouf, president, Snap-on Equipment. He joins Nap-on with extensive experience in the power tools sector having workted with A&M Electric, Atlas Copco and AEG. Most recently he acted in the capacity of general manager for fastener distribution company, Tornado Fixings.”

“I believe that the Snap-on Equipment heritage is second to none,” said Behan, adding: “My aim is to build upon the equity of both the Hofmann and John Bean brands to maintain a clear brand direction and differentiation within the UK automotive wheel and service equipment market. Going forward we will be unveiling a fresh marketing strategy to support our customers in the UK automotive market. I am entirely confident that the same quality products and customer service will be behind our energetic new look.”

4th June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Omega 3000 Extruder

Marangoni Retreading Systems has presented the Omega 3000, the latest version of its extruder for high quality hot retreading. Over the last few years the hot retreaded tyre market has become increasingly focused on the quality of the end product. In the building of retreaded tyres with hot retreading technology, quality is obtained by using compounds that are increasingly similar to new tyres and by applying the materials with precision, in terms of both quantity and distribution.
That’s why medium-sized retreading firms (producing 60-80 tyres per day) require a machine able to extrude “difficult” compounds, which is rapid, dependable, accurate and can be used on a wide range of tyre sizes.
Marangoni Tread introduced a modern extruder, the Omega, designed for the hot retreading market in 2003. Since then, the Omega has been continually updated in order to meet the needs of retreading firms and has become well established on the main European markets: France, Spain, UK and Italy.

Marangoni Tread has now produced the Omega 3000, considerably improved in many ways with respect to the first version. Updates include:
– Precision: the previous circumference and tyre profile measuring device has been replaced with a laser technology instrument.
– Rapid and simple use: software improvements have made it possible to increase process automation and to make machine operation more user friendly;
– Extrudable tyre size range: the previous 15-24 inch range has been widened to the new 13-25 inch range;
– Throughput: even when extruding “difficult” compounds, there is no reduction in machine throughput.

1st June 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Test Production Starts at Amtel-Vredestein Voronezh Plant

(Akron/Tire Review) Russian tyremaker Amtel-Vredestein N.V. announced the beginning of test production at its new facility in Voronezh. Amtel tyres will be the first to be produced there, followed by Vredestein and Maloya tyres after new rubber mixing equipment is installed by December.

The new 44,000-square metre facility was modeled after the tyremaker’s Vredestein Banden plant in Enschede, Holland. Voronezh II will initially produce approximately 2.5 million passenger car and light truck tyres per year, which could be expanded up to 4.1 million tyres per year with additional investment, according to Amtel-Vredestein.

31st May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Toyo Sells Australian Parts Business

Toyo Tire & Rubber have announced the sale of their Australian subsidiary’s automotive interior parts business. This move comes eight years after the parent company in Japan discontinued its involvement in the automotive interior parts business. The Australian subsidiary, Toyo Tyre & Rubber Australia Ltd, will now focus solely upon its tyre sales and distribution role.

The transfer sees the company’s facilities in Sunshine, Victoria changing hands, along with 69 Automotive Interior Parts Business employees. Toyo has not released specific details regarding the division’s new owners.

30th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors

Solideal Factory in China achieves ISO 9001 Certification

Solideal is pleased to announce that Solideal Rubber Products (Qingdao) Co. Ltd has achieved the ISO 9001: 2000 Quality management certification from Lloyds Shanghai on April 25th 2007. After one year working on the project, the factory was audited by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance and has officially been granted the certification for quality management, aligning itself on all the other Solideal factories worldwide.

Since 1996, Solideal has strived to achieve and maintain ISO certification for its factories and research and development facilities. Through its global network of manufacturing, distribution and service centers, the Solideal group supports the Forklift and Tire dealers throughout the world. The Solideal group employs over 7000 people in 20 countries.

30th May 2007/by Tyrepress Editors