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Goodyear Dunlop Appoints Two New Commercial Vehicle Managers

Goodyear Dunlop has announced two new appointments to their Commercial Vehicle business senior management team. Martin Dungworth joins the Birmingham-based company as Commercial Sales Manager and Marc Preedy is appointed as Customer Strategy Manager. These roles cover the UK and Ireland business where the company’s portfolio, including the Goodyear and Dunlop tyre brands, Next Tread retread range and TruckForce service network, are well-established in the truck fleet market.

16th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Signs First China Agreement

Company News

A three-year deal for the supply of bias tyres will see Taiwan based Mandarin Airlines become the first customer to utilise Dunlop Aircraft tyres’ new distribution and retreading facility in China. Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft Tyres Company Limited will supply tyres for the airline’s fleet of eight E-190/195 twin-engine medium range jets.

8th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

ITV Increases Dunlop British Touring Cars Coverage

News

ITV will increase its coverage of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship to over 120 hours this year. The Championship’s title sponsor this time around changes from HiQ to Dunlop, as Goodyear Dunlop continues to publicise the motorsport capabilities of the brand, which also supplies the BTCC. The move by ITV will therefore please Dunlop, which will be getting an increased opportunity for brand exposure direct to motorsport fans’ living rooms.

4th February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Davian Enterprises Buys Wyko Tire Technology

News

At the beginning of January 2010 Davian Enterprises LLC, a newly founded company, acquired Wyko Tire Technology. Wyko Tire Technology had previously been owned by Eriks NV, a Dutch company, and is based in the Dudley, UK, with further manufacturing facilities located in Greenback, Tennessee. Terms of the purchase have not been released.

3rd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Micheldever/Southam Praises Tyre Suppliers’ Generosity

News

Micheldever Wholesale director Alan Baldwin praised the generosity of top tyre manufacturers for the “exceptional” prizes they donated for a charity auction in aid of Motor Neurone Disease Research on 29 January. Held at the world famous Butchers Arms Restaurant, the auction was in aid of a £1 million fund raising attempt by Simon Adams, a customer of Southam Tyres, who was sadly diagnosed with the terminal illness just before Christmas. Over £30,000 pounds was raised on the evening with Guests reportedly bidding into the thousands for prizes like a framed Man Utd shirt signed by all of last season’s Premiership winning side, Ferrari driving days, Goodwood festival of Speed tickets, British touring cars, sets of tyres, and many more items including a Formula 1 factory visit. Alan Baldwin said it was an incredible night, and paid special thanks to Bridgestone, Continental, Kumho, Toyo, Goodyear Dunlop, Pirelli, Michelin, General Tire and Manchester United FC.

2nd February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Apollo Q3 Performance “Remarkable” – Kanwar

Company News

Apollo Tyres’ Onkar S Kanwar has called the company’s performance in the third quarter of the 2009-10 financial year a “remarkable performance”. The company chairman had ample ground for such praise – year-on-year net profit ballooned from Rs 89 million (₤1.2 million) to Rs 1.8 billion (₤24.4 million) on the back of a Rs 22.96 billion (₤311.0 million) net profit, an increase of 108 per cent from the third quarter of the 2008-09 financial year.

1st February 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Reports “Outstanding Response” to Autosport Activities

News, Premium

With over 85,000 visitors coming through the doors across the four-day Autosport International Show from 14-17 January, Dunlop was keen to welcome as many as possible onto its large 464 sqm stand. The brand featured a variety of live and interactive environment including a selection of cars from championships such as the British Touring Car Championship, Le Mans 24 hours, Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup Radical, FRT Moto2 Bike, Formula Ford and Autosport Young Guns.

The JMW Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT2, which will race in the 2010 Le Mans Series was described as a real crowd-pleaser. Fully Dunlop branded, the car was one of the main features on the stand sitting underneath the famous Dunlop Bridge which was replicated on the stand. Next to these spectacular vehicles, Dunlop hosted its own media stage where racing stars such as Colin Turkington, Johnny Herbert and Matt Neal were interviewed throughout the show.

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28th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli Historic Rally Gets “New Look” Following Competitor Feedback

Motorsport

Feedback gained from competitors in previous events has led to changes been made for the 2010 Pirelli Historic Rally. The organiser of the Pirelli sponsored event, the Cumberland Sporting Car Club, states the “radical shake-up” it is bringing to the format will give it a “totally new look” when it is held on April 24.

25th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Extends Australian Superbike Control Tyre Deal

Motorsport

Dunlop Tyres’ control tyre supply to the Australian Superbike Championship has been extended for a further three seasons. The tyre maker has already served in this capacity for the past two years. “We at Dunlop are excited with this announcement and are proud to be appointed this tender,” said Dunlop’s motorcycle and motorsports National Manager Ken Wieden. "This was an important contract for us and our distributors to win.

25th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop Zimbabwe Extends Factory Shutdown

News

Botswana based publication The Business Diary reports that a shortage of raw materials has prompted Dunlop Zimbabwe to extend its annual shutdown period, and this decision has led to unrest amongst the company’s workforce. The Apollo Tyres South Africa owned company was scheduled to re-open its factory on January 11, however company officials say production will now commence on February 11 – provided it has obtained the necessary raw materials by that time.

22nd January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop India, Falcon to Retain Separate Identities – Ruia

News

Ruia Group chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia has confirmed that no plans to merge Dunlop India and Falcon Tyres exist. In an interview with Indian business channel CNBC-TV18, Ruia said “at this particular time there is no plan for merging Dunlop for Falcon because Falcon has a very separate niche market in the two-wheeler, three wheeler segment while Dunlop will be working on a bus and truck, the four wheeler segment plus the industrial product division.”

19th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop India to Produce at Full Capacity by Next Fiscal Year

News

The production of Dunlop brand tyres in India has recommenced, and according to parent company the Ruia Group, the brand expected to generate revenues of Rs 6 billion (£80.6 million) by the next financial year. Before the two facilities ceased operations in 2008 Dunlop India turnover stood at Rs 900 million (£12.1 million).

18th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop and Aston Martin Aiming for Le Mans Glory

Motorsport

Dunlop, Aston Martin Racing’s official global GT2 Development Partner, is to work closely with the British manufacturer over a three-year period in order to develop the Vantage GT2, which the Dunlop supported team JMW Motorsport will race in the 2010 Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hour. According to Dunlop, an intensive testing programme gets underway this month ahead of the opening Le Mans Series race, the 8 Hours of Le Castellet, on April 9-11. Participation in a number of selected high profile events may be added to the team’s calendar at a later date.

15th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop to Supply Britcar GT Championship

Motorsport

Dunlop signed a contract to supply the Britcar GT and Production Championships for a further four seasons at the Autosport International Show at Birmingham’s NEC today (14 January 2010. The Britcar GT Championship is said to be the biggest championship of its type in the UK. Bringing endurance racing to circuits all over the UK, Britcar has become the country’s fastest and most popular National GT Championship. 2010 will see the return of the Britcar 24 hour race, Britain’s ‘blue-riband’ endurance racing event at Silverstone on 2 – 3 October.

14th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop India Returns to BSE

News

Dunlop India has resumed trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange following an absence of eight years. The company’s stock was relisted at Rs 50 per share, a figure that proved to be both its high and low on January 12, its first day back.

13th January 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

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